LAUREL & HARDYS FESTIVAL OF LAFFS!

LAUREL & HARDYS FESTIVAL OF LAFFS

(16mm) By sworn survey, 253 solid las are guaranteed! Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are unsung heroes of early motion picture comedy. Overshadowed by Charlie Chaplins pathos and Buster Keatons acrobatics, Laurel & Hardy kept things simple. Their lms werent trying to solve the worlds problems -- it was all about the las. Stan and Ollie were dedicated to friendship, laughter, and perseverance. No matter what challenge was thrown at them in their movies, the boys bounced back. They stuck together. And then they destroyed a house with their bare hands. In the words of biographer John McCabe, their characters were two supremely brainless men, totally innocent of heart, and outrageously optimistic -- there is no one as dumb as a dumb guy who thinks hes smart. From Hardys trademark slow burn stare to Laurels misreading of every situation, the teams early Hal Roach two-reelers rank as some of the most hilarious comedies to ever come out of Hollywood. Join us as we screen four of Laurel & Hardys nest two-reelers, projected in glorious 16mm!

GHOST STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS

WHISTLE AND ILL COME TO YOU (1968) & A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS (1972) Originally broadcast in the dying hours of Christmas Eve, the BBCs A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS series was a xture of the seasonal schedules throughout the 60s and 70s. Tucked away from the more joyous yuletide celebrations late at night, the hour long lms gave viewers an extra winter chill, continuing a long tradition of spooky stories that undercut the seasonal cheer. The lms are classic slow-burners. Theres no rush to get to the scares, nor any false jump-shocks to punctuate proceedings; just a buildup of dread, taking time to concoct a thick atmosphere of unease, with strange, intriguing characters, things glimpsed out of the corner of the eye, and then great payos that are impossible to completely shake o.

AGFA PRESENTS: SECRET FANTASY KUNG FU DOUBLE FEATURE

(35mm) From out of the vaults of the American Genre Film Archive come two 35mm prints of the wildest, most colorful, over the top spectacles of Kung Fu wizardry ever created. These universe-ending epics deliver a non-stop extravaganza of 1980s eects and wire-fu madness. Wrap your brain in a diaper, tear o your eyelids and get ready for an impossible mix of ancient Eastern mysticism, lazerblasting blockbuster, ying puppet dragon-lions, baby-killing villains, exploding henchman and the ultimate in fairy-powered superheroics all set to an analog synth score. Featuring the greatest wizard battle in the history of the world lasting one full 35mm reel! Considered too powerful for American minds, neither was ever released on video in the U.S.!

VIDEO HATE SQUAD: TALES FROM THE THIRD DIMENSION

(1984, VHS) An unbelievable horror anthology from the wilds of North Carolina. The stories are hosted by Igor, a robotic Rod Serling with no skin, surrounded by animatronic vultures modeled after Laurel & Hardy and The Three Stooges. True joy has never been more fully captured on camera. Unfortunately the rst two stories are only adequate, but the walls tumble to the ground in the nal stretch with a tale of a homicidal granny desperate to wipe out her grandkids on Christmas Eve. Watch in horror and amazement as a lovable old woman employs, cutlery, electricity, poison and shotgun blasts in an all-out war against two 8-year-olds. All this, plus a twist ending that will shatter your kneecaps.

SECRET FANTASY KUNG FU DOUBLE FEATURE

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INTERACTIVE SCREENINGS AND CINEMATIC EVENTS

TERROR TUESDAY $3

GROUND ZERO FOR HORROR TREASURES IN 35MM

OTHER STUFF!
Bangarang!: BATMAN RETURNS (1992, 35mm) Oozing with Tim Burtons trademark dark, brooding atmosphere, BATMAN RETURNS is Burton going FULL BURTON with the Batman franchise. Over-the-top hijinx and extremely dark character work create a gothic fairytale out of the Batman world. CARTOON CEREAL PARTY: CHRISTMAS EDITION Two hours of the greatest holiday cartoons on the big screen with unlimited sugary cereal for all! A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983, 35mm) Youll shoot your eye out, kid! CITIZEN KANE (1941, 35mm) Orson Welles immortal classic. The greatest lm of all time. DIE HARD (1988, 35mm) Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except... the four assholes coming in the rear in standard two-by-two cover formation. DIE HARD is the ultimate holiday lm that brings us together and makes us give thanks at the alter of Bruce Willis. Free Kids Club: EMMET OTTERS JUGBAND CHRISTMAS (1977) The Alamo Kids Club Christmas custom returns, with special thanks to the Jim Henson Foundation! Kermit the Frog hosts this classic Muppet musical Christmas tale. With a live music set from the Rogue River String Band and free themed gifts from Toy Joy! HOME ALONE Pizza Party (1990, 35mm) Im eating junk and watching rubbish! You better come out and stop me! Cinema Cocktails: HUDSUCKER PROXY (1994, 35mm) The Coen Bros impossibly entertaining screwball comedy is one of the greatest New Years Eve movies ever made and this year were celebrating it with handcrafted themed cocktails (you know...for kids!) courtesy of our own Bill Norris. Cinema Club: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967, 35mm) On a summer night in Sparta Mississippi, an upstanding citizen is found murdered. In the course of the round-up a black man (Sidney Poitier), waiting for a train at the station, is picked up by the police. The cops have all but pinned the crime on him when it turns out that he is a Philadelphia homicide detective passing through town on a family visit. The police chief (Rod Steiger) is forced to reluctantly ask for his help in the investigation, and thats where the trouble really begins. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT is a fantastic, tense, entertaining movie full of great performances, music, and camerawork. Austin Film Society programmer Lars Nilsen will join us for a special introduction and audience discussion session after the lm.

ELF Quote-Along (2003) The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear! NEWSIES Sing-Along (1992, 35mm) Sing along with Christian Bale in his breakout role in Disneys musical tribute to turn of the 20th century paperboys who become friends with Bill Pullman and then decide that its time to stick it to the man by going on strike from their jobs and turning to street performance art and super high heel-clicks to make the bosses understand their plight. NEW YEARS EVE PARTY Ring in the new year, Action Pack style. XMAS POPS Sing-Along We put together the greatest and most ridiculous holiday hits so you can sing falsetto with the Peanuts gang, jam to Whams Last Christmas and dance along with Justin Bieber. Well have trivia, videoke, a host of new videos along with favorites from last year, and so, so much more.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND THE MONSTERS (1965, 35mm) Whats more terrifying than Dracula, Frankensteins monster, Carrot Head (exactly what it sounds like), a robot, deformed siamese twins, and a cardboard dragon attacking Little Red Riding Hood and her friend, Stinky Skunk? Thats right -NOTHING. Well, maybe a Wicked Witch unleashing a spell that turns children into apes. TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1972, 35mm) The E.C. horror comics come to life in this legendary Amicus horror anthology. One of the stories in the movie, And All Through the House, concerns a lthy homicidal hobo who dresses like Santa Claus and terrorizes a family on Christmas Eve. This is everything you could ask for in entertainment during the Christmas season. SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984, 35mm) A controversial and disgusting monolith of anti-Christmas celebration, in which a demented psycho dresses like Santa Claus and goes on a killing spree. See our hero deliver death to both the naughty and the nice! See a nubile teenage girl impaled on moose antlers! See police re bullets at the most beloved gure in the entire world!

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS (1982, 35mm) Every girl should be given an electric guitar on her 16th birthday. Dare to witness the electrifyingly entertaining rise and fall of the worlds ultimate ctional female punk band. LORD OF THE RINGS feast (2001-2003) Seven courses! Three movies! One ring to rule them all! Girlie Night: LOVE ACTUALLY (2003) Forget about little Ralphie or Charlie Brown. Heck, forget about Baby Jesus! LOVE ACTUALLY is basically the whole reason to celebrate Christmas. For, without this masterpiece of a romantic comedy, there would be no love in this cold, cruel world. The Benson Movie Interruption: SOMETHINGS GOTTA GIVE (2003) Benson and friends mock the ultimate in middle aged romantic shenanigans. Tough Guy Cinema: SUPERMAN (1978, 35mm) You will believe a man can y. THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957, 35mm) In the swift, cynical SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, Burt Lancaster stars as the vicious Broadway gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker, and Tony Curtis as Sidney Falco, the unprincipled press agent Hunsecker ropes into smearing the up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister. Featuring deliciously unsavory dialogue in an acid, brilliantly structured script, and noirish neon cityscapes, this is a cracklingly cruel dispatch from the kill-or-be-killed wilds of 1950s Manhattan. ATX Fest presents TV NIGHT Join us for the inaugural screening of a new regular series that will run the gamut from bizarre Brazilian cop shows to medical dramas to sitcoms to variety hours to...you get the idea. For the kick o, were getting festive and showing holiday episodes from four classic sitcoms. Were not saying which ones theyll be but each is from a dierent decade, so get ready to witness the evolution of TV comedy! Homo Arigato: UNZIPPED! (1995, 35mm) What do you get when you combine the Hollywood Eskimo look, the Mary Tyler Moore show, and Ouija-derived advise like dominatrix mixed with Hitchcock? Isaac Mizrahis 1994 fall fashion line. Zzang!!!: WILLOW (1988, 35mm) Long before putting tiny people in movies was cool, Willow stood alone and declared himself THE GREATEST SORCERER TO HAVE EVER LIVED. Willow is a whirlwind of totally 80s wildness peppered with George Lucas touches under the steady direction of Ron Howard. Theres real magic, stage magic, and movie magic and this movie has all three! ZZANG!!! ZODIAC (2007, 35mm) Based on the true story of one of Americas most notorious uncaptured serial killers, ZODIAC is as much a story of obsession as it is a story of murder. A masterpiece from director David Fincher that, despite overwhelming positive reviews and an all-star cast, was left basically ignored by audiences. Dont make the same mistake twice and miss your chance to get swept up in this gut-wrenching sea of anxiety!

MASTER PANCAKE

AUSTINS FAVORITE MOVIE MOCKING MAESTROS

MASTER PANCAKE CHRISTMAS SHOW The Master Pancake holiday extravaganza returns! Join us as we mock a blizzard of clips from your favorite holiday movies and specials (Rudolph, Frosty, The Grinch) to some weird programs you never dreamed existed (The Christmas Shoes, holiday porn)!

WEIRD WEDNESDAY $3
EXPLOITATION CLASSICS IN 35MM

MUSIC MONDAY
MOVIES ABOUT MUSIC

GET CRAZY (1983, 35mm) One of the most rabidly garish and spastic movies the neon decade had to oer. Director Allan Arkushs follow-up to his beloved ROCK N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL oers up an even more outrageous look at rock, roll, sex, and drugs! Its New Years Eve in New York City and a wicked promoter has a plan to hatch a massive concert at the biggest venue in town. As the bands and the fans start showing up at The Saturn, things do indeed Get Crazy. This movie destroys all challengers. THE STONE ROSES -- MADE OF STONE (2013) In 2012, a resurrection no one thought possible took place when legendary band The Stone Roses reformed after 16 years. With unprecedented access to previously unseen archive footage, MADE OF STONE is a revealing journey through the life of one of the most revered and inuential bands in British music history.

THE DRIVERS SEAT (1974, 35mm) Super rare, unbelievably weird artsploitation starring Elizabeth Taylor as a spiritually lost woman on a search for the perfect man in a cold, hostile Rome. The movies sense of icy alienation would be unbearable if it werent for Taylor grabbing hold of every scene like a great white shark and shaking all the meat out of it. Sample dialogue from Liz: When I diet, I diet -- and when I orgasm, I orgasm! LOADED GUNS (1975, 35mm) The late Fernando Di Leo made some of the toughest, funniest crime movies ever. But LOADED GUNS is dierent from his other movies like MISTER SCARFACE and THE ITALIAN CONNECTION: Ursula Andress is the heroine, a stewardess whos had just about enough shit from everybody. She takes on Woody Strode and his tough bunch of carnival workers with the help of acrobat Marc Porel. The movie is played as a broad farce and its a crazy love story to boot. A true Stewardessploitation Classic! THE SILENT PARTNER (1978, 35mm) Elliott Gould stars as a bank teller who spies a way to steal a lot of money from his till and get away with it. The problem with his plan is that he antagonizes a real bank robber, whos also a real mean dude (played brilliantly by Christopher Plummer). Plummer, who has cased and robbed the bank in the guise of a department store Santa, puts the pieces together fairly quickly and starts to make Goulds life a living hell. But Gould, a chess enthusiast with a mind for strategy, counters every move. The tension ratchets up to an unbearable intensity before the sublime conclusion. One of the best movies of the 70s!