• If you didn’t get tickets to the Fleet Foxes show tomorrow at Stubb’s, you can just watch it on NPR's livestream! Score!
• If you were thinking about subscribing to satellite radio just to listen to “Willie’s Place” don’t bother, because it’s (mostly) gone.
• There was actual jousting that took place in Austin earlier this month!

One of the films we're most excited about seeing at this year's South By Southwest Film Festival is Laura Dunn's The Unforeseen, a documentary look at the controversy surrounding Austin's real estate development and its impact on the Edwards Aquifer and on Barton Springs. Co-executive-produced by Terrence Malik and Robert Redford (who reportedly learned to swim at Barton Springs), the film explores the unseen relationships between our natural environment and our urge to destroy it.... more ›

Tonight, Texas legends Explosions in the Sky play to a sold-out audience at Emo's, supporting their new album, All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone. Its a curious thing, reviewing a new Explosions In the Sky album in their hometown. Daunting, like penning a critical appraisal of Jesus' triumphal entry on Palm Sunday ("I'll say it here: Hallelujah is the new Hosanna"). Sure, even here in ATX, they have their detractors, but they're generally... more ›

Hurrah, it’s Friday! There’s plenty of stuff going on around town this weekend, but perhaps you can find the time to slip into a cool, dark theatre and enjoy one of this week’s new movie releases. *The New World Another take on the story of Pocahontas, this time by director Terrence Malick. Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, and our future husband, Christian Bale, star in a film certain to at least be more historically authentic... more ›

We imagine that tonight's screening
of

Napoleon Dynamite, the final of the Movies
in the Park series, has long been on your
calendar, still we must tell you of your other options for cinamatic experiences this evening.



Tonight

Top Hat, the 1930s Fred and Ginger flick,
kickoffs the

Paramount Summer Film Series 30th
anniversary season. In honor of their 30 years of summer movies, they are showing the film that started it all off and for the same price - 50¢! Bonus they will be showing
"Batman: Chapter One" from the original
"Batman" serial. All weekend they will host a
'double Bogie' feature of

Casablanca and the splendid

Treasure of the Sierra Madre.


Also getting underway this evening is the

HRC's Summer Voyages film Series. Tonight's
film is Terrence Malick's

The Thin Red Line (1998), based on James
Jones' autobiographical novel. These are free,
open to the public and will take place in the
Prothro Theater at the Harry Ransom Center.
Next up on June 9th will be: Zacharias Kunuk's

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001).



Now in case of inclement weather you still
have great choices for unique movie watching without CGI.

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