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Wanna know what you absolutely can’t miss in the next couple months? Hate the feel of paper in your hands? Well we got something for you! Check out our July/August Alamo Guide in PDF form. We worked long and hard on it. And there’s like, a million things in here that are going to be a-ma-zing. Check it out online and download a PDF of the July August Guide right here!

“Like Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, BRÜNO defies you not to see yourself in its funhouse mirror. 3 1/2 Stars.”
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

The day we’ve been waiting for all Summer is here. BRÜNO has arrived. And there is no better way to wash down the cultural toxicity than with stiff BRÜNO cocktail and taking a bite of BRÜNO’s Weiner Schnitzel only at the Alamo.

The Velcro Jumpsuit
Do NOT try to enjoy one of these at a fashion shoot in Milan, as we
guarantee you’ll be arrested. Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka with our house-made Lemonade. (Ritz only)

The Vassup!
For when you just want to be fabulous! Frangelico and Vanilla Vodka shaken over ice and served in a shot glass. (Ritz only)

The Gayby
Madonns’s got one, Brangelina’s got one, and now you can get one too! Kahlua, Bailey’s and cream (shot). (Ritz only)

And since this week also marks the beginning of Fashion Week here in Austin, join us at this Sunday night (July 12th) Ritz show for a contest of Fashion Do’s and Don’ts! Time to dust off those Z. Cavaricci’s.

Tickets to BRÜNO at the Ritz

Tickets to BRÜNO at the Village (in gorgeous digital projection!)

Director Scott Hamilton Kennedy in attendance for the screenings on Sunday and Monday only!

The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central
Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community.

But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis. THE GARDEN
follows the plight of the farmers, from the tilled soil of this urban farm to the polished marble of City Hall. Mostly immigrants from Latin America, from countries where they feared for their lives if they were to speak out, we watch them organize, fight back, and demand answers. The film has the pulse of verité with the narrative pull of fiction, telling the story of the country’s largest urban farm, backroom deals, land developers, green politics, money, poverty, power, and racial discord. It explores and exposes the fault lines in American society and raises crucial and challenging questions about liberty, equality, and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable among us.

We’ve teamed up with Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop (at 4th and Nueces in
downtown Austin) to put together a couple of free events for the cycling-oriented families of Austin. On July 5, you can join us for their Tour de France Launch Party, and on July 12 we’ll have a special screening of BREAKING AWAY.

1979 saw the release of the film BREAKING AWAY, a film that spoke to the hearts of all the Euro-phile cycling fans embedded within American Cycling Culture. 2009 marks the 30 year anniversary of the Academy Award winning film, and to pay tribute to this film Rapha has teamed up once again with Austin, Texas based shop Mellow Johnny’s to present:

BREAKING AWAY with Rapha and Mellow Johnny’s.

Taking place right in the middle of the Tour de France the event will pay tribute to Cycling and Breaking Away by re-entacting the final race scene of the film. Ten teams will compete in our own version of the Little 500 on July 12th. We have even brought back some of the local flavor that was a part of the Roller Races and added a few new teams. But the night doesn’t end there. Following the racing The Alamo Drafthouse has come onboard to show the film in a special outdoor screening directly behind Mellow Johnny’s.

There’s a rumor going around that REC is one of the most terrifying films of all time, and we’re pleased to report that those rumors are incredibly true. This film has long been on our Fantastic Fest wish-list, but circumstances have delayed an Austin premiere until now, a mere two days before it’s official U.S. release on DVD and Blu-Ray from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. No matter, because we’re psyched as hell to finally screen this new terror classic at the Alamo (for FREE), and we insist – insist! – that anyone and everyone who loves horror films and loves to be scared witless in a movie theater must attend this special one-time-only screening. It may sound like we’re overselling this one, but trust us when we say that die-hard horror lovers the world over have loudly voiced their approval of REC, and to finally share it with you at the Alamo Drafthouse will be an experience in horror that no one who attends will ever forget. Believe us on this one.

Special thanks to our friends at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

This show is FREE, first come first served, but priority seating will be given to current Fantastic Fest badgeholders! Please bring confirmation of your FF badge purchase to the show to be admitted first!

Watch HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE in ultimate style!

The Harry Potter Hogwart Academy Feast has been one of the most popular Film & Food offerings in the history of the Alamo Drafthouse. And
while we have rushed to the defense of our chefs John Bullington and
Trish Eichelberger when they have been accused of witchcraft by certain
intolerant parties, the thought has long lingered in the back of our minds that maybe there was some sort of unholy collusion with the forces of magic at work in their delicious middle English menu. But after a butter-beer, all our cares sort of melt away and we just relax and enjoy the great food and a great movie. If they are immensely powerful wizards, we’re glad they’re on our side.

The Menu

first Scallop-mushroom pie

second Cauliflower and carrot terrine, mustard vinaigrette

third Chilled leek soup

fourth Roast pheasant supreme wrapped in house cured bacon, Cumberland sauce, potato-stilton gratin, fresh peas

fifth Bramble berry pudding, lavender cream

TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE OPENING WEEK OF HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE! GET THOSE HERE!

We’ll have butter beer, great Potter food specials, Potter Pre-show and all the greatness you’d expect from the Alamo!

We’ll take all the club hits that get us up and dancing, but we’ll free them from the confines of the obnoxious crap that passes for a dance club in this city by bringing them all into the Alamo Ritz instead. Because at the Alamo Ritz, every single person at the party has a reserved table, and you don’t have to pay $300 for one bottle to get one. When you want to hang out and chill, just lounge in your seat. Wanna go crazy to Love Sex Magic? Come on up to the stage. Expect to see plenty of Kanye West, T.I., T-Pain, Ciara, the Black Eyed Peas, and beats from every other contender out there vying for the title of 2009’s Ultimate Summer Jam.

So crack a bottle, and let your body waddle. Th-th-that that don’t kill you only makes you stronger.

Alamo Sing-Alongs on Facebook

Monday through Thursday at S. Lamar & Village!

This summer, the Alamo Drafthouse will give kids and parents a chance to take a relaxing break with Free Movies every week at the Alamo South Lamar and Village. Movies screen at 11 AM.

Seating is on a first come first served basis so be there early for the best seats.

SKY HIGH plays at South Lamar this week!

Most teenagers cringe at the thought of meeting their parents’ high
expectations — good grades, well-behaved friends, and a plan for the
future — and none more so than Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano), the son of legendary superheroes Commander (Kurt Russell) and Jetstream (Kelly Preston). This clever Disney comedy follows Will from his first day as star student at Sky High, an elite school for the children of superheroes. The only problem is that Will apparently has no special powers, and he can’t let his parents find out! Lacking the abilities needed to attend hero classes, Will falls in with the misfit sidekicks, whose only powers include turning into a guinea pig, glowing, and melting. However, when an old villain with a new power reappears on the scene, the pressure is on Will and his sidekicks to save his parents, his school, and the earth itself.

THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE plays at the Village this week!
Visit HERE for details!

Whether it’s a company outing or a get-together with
friends, forget standing in line to buy tickets or waiting outside for everyone
in your group to arrive! Instead, rent your very own private theater – let
us handle the details and sit back, relax and enjoy the show!

When renting a private theater to watch a new release movie you can
also request custom pre-show entertainment, have a short presentation
if you’d like, make announcements, select your own menus and much
more! Private theater rentals are available at any time, and for groups of all sizes!