The Paramount continues its Summer Classics film series this evening with a double-feature of two of the best haunted house movies ever produced, The Haunting (at 7pm) and The Shining (at 9:10). Lovers of classic horror rejoice -- these movies were made to be shown back-to-back. more ›

One of our favorite things to do during a steamy Austin summer is to enjoy a classic film in the cool air-conditioning of Austin's historic Paramount Theatre. The 2011 Paramount Summer Classic Film Series schedule was released a couple weeks ago; this summer's selections are a diverse mix of some very familiar titles and some foreign and lesser-known. more ›

There is no doubt about it: film festivals are expensive. The badge, the travel, the time off work—it all works against the ability for workaday film lovers to experience new and interesting cinema, especially independent film. We are lucky that in Austin there are endless opportunities to have many different kinds of cinema experiences, but typically the price of admission is not insignificant to the casual cinephile. Well, there's a new kid in town that aims to change that and its name is Cinema East. more ›

As some sort of satirical pop-culture Nostradamus, Mike Judge may very well have predicted humanity's sadly (and dare we say, most assuredly) tragic future. His seemingly prescient Idiocracy paints a world where we water our plants with sports drinks and watch entire television channels devoted to violence without comment. For some strange reason, when the film was released, it was done so by an almost silent studio and quickly exited theaters, perhaps because the industry realized that what was being skewered by the film's content was the very lifestyle that they work to create, but in any case there is a strong chance that you may never have had the chance to see it in a theater. As part of their Made in Texas Film Series, the Austin Film Festival aims to reverse that unfortunate situation for you tonight at the Bob Bullock Texas Spirit Theater. more ›

United Way Capital Area and KLRU have joined forces for a three-part community strengthening film series that will feature that lovely and oft-skipped post-film activity: conversation. Beyond just building awareness around timely social issues, the Live United Film Series will bring in local guests and provide resources for taking action on the topic at hand. The series$mdash;which is free and open to the public—launches this Thursday and will zero in on Austin education with a screening of Academy Award-winning Sue Marx's It All Adds Up. more ›

Beginning September 28 and running through the creepy month of October, you'll have the chance to get freaked out for free every Monday night during the Harry Ransom Center's Edgar Allen Poe Film Series. The festival will offer not one, but TWO versions of The Fall of the House of Usher (the silent and the talkie); three Roger Corman-directed movies (Fall of the House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum, and The Raven); and the Fellini/Malle/Vadim-directed Spirits of the Dead. more ›

Zombies get a bad rap. It’s not like they DECIDED they wanted to be undead. Well tomorrow night all that changes…for a little while, anyway.Tonight these poor undead bastards are getting some solid screen time as Spider House Café teams up the film geniuses to show a double feature with Zombie and Return of the Living Dead. Catch them on the big screen on the back patio as part of their Midnight Movies Series. more ›

Anyone that’s ever driven around Texas knows one thing for sure -- it’s friggin’ HUGE. Seriously. We’ve been all over this damn state at one time or another, and we feel like we have a pretty good idea of the geography. But we’ve never seen any place like Virgil, Texas. Now’s your chance to see this incredibly interestingly oddball (and totally fictional) town in David Byrne’s musical feature film, True Stories. The Austin Film Festival screens this 1986 cult classic as part of their Made in Texas Film series. The film screens at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum’s Texas Spirit Theater tonight at 7:30. more ›

Objectified, a feature documentary about the relationship between people and things, will revisit Austin movie screens this week following an appearance at SXSW 2009. Produced by Gary Hustwit, who also brought us 2007’s font-tribute Helvetica, this engaging film exudes a vibrant energy despite the fact that it primarily focuses on inanimate objects and how they came to be. more ›

You know what’s fun? Movies. About food. With painted up dwarves. And young comedians in purple coats. Under the stars. Sounds like a perfect Friday night, right? Well, we’ve got your golden ticket for this Friday, June 19th—the Alamo Drafthouse and Whole Foods present Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory outdoors, on the roof of their flagship store at 6th and Lamar. more ›

Proving that not everyone is letting the ungodly summer heat slow them down, the Blanton Museum of Art and the Austin Film Festival are teaming up to present the New Directions Film Series, which will feature the intelligent voices of emerging independent filmmakers. The five chosen films will screen at the Blanton on Third Thursdays and a few selected Sundays from now until July 19. Kicking off the indie fun is Gretchen, the story of an awkward 17-year-old trying to survive the indignities of adolescence. more ›

They’ve started a major summer tour, The Album is set to drop in just a few days and they’ve released an engaging and enjoyable DVD of live concert footage and behind the scenes band interaction. Wilco is on a roll, people, and if you’re really excited about that, then you belong at the Lake Creek Alamo on Thursday night. more ›

The Hulu/laptop combo has proved to be a great one, but watching stuff for free doesn’t always have to feel quite so conventional. Change things up this summer by heading to the Austin Public Library for a slightly more social alternative; each month you’ll have two chances to see an independent film free of charge (and free of “limited commercial interruption”) that you probably wouldn’t have discovered otherwise. more ›