Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (THE BOURNE SUPREMACY/ULTIMATUM) re-team for their latest electrifying thriller in Green Zone, a film set in the chaotic early days of the Iraqi War when no one could be trusted and every decision could detonate unforeseen consequences.

During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their mission.

Spun by operatives with intersecting agendas, Miller must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil for answers that will either clear a rogue regime or escalate a war in an unstable region. And at this blistering time and in this combustible place, he will find the most elusive weapon of all is the truth.

There is only one truth in this life: PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE is the FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER MADE. If anyone tells you different, they’re just trying to start trouble.

Watch the most entertaining man who has ever roamed the earth embark on a cross-country quest to reclaim his kidnapped best friend: a bicycle. Along the way, ol’ P.W. will encounter tough-as-nails bikers, giant dinosaurs, wild animals, ninjas, chubby billionaires, escaped convicts, buckin’ broncos, tone-deaf hobos, unwanted romance, fibbing gypsies, clumsy Godzillas, basement-less Alamos, vengeful  boyfriends and even an undead trucker! Fun didn’t exist until Pee-Wee invented it, and now the most funrocious, funtacular, fungorious funsplosion in the history of FUN will finally get its due as the most funeriffic Quote-Along ever!

Get tickets for THE RITZ HERE!

Get tickets for THE VILLAGE HERE!

Win tickets to the AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE show (The Paramount, April 17th) from C3 at the Thursday Ritz show! Tickets for ATHF aren’t even on sale yet, boom!

We’re back this year with another edition of JIGGY CRUNK, and because we’re in a whole new decade now, we’re going to do something unheard of in previous Jiggy Crunk shows and add in some of the best pop rap of the ’00s right there alongside the ’90s rap and R&B! We’ll be reprising a lot of our favorite songs from last year’s show, so don’t worry about missing out on your Will Smith, Neneh Cherry, or even Vanilla Ice. Pop rap is coming back to the Alamo Drafthouse, and this time around there ain’t no future in your frontin’.

Get tickets for THE RITZ HERE!

Get tickets for THE VILLAGE HERE!

This March, Master Pancake Theater devalues GOLDFINGER (1964), the movie that made “Shaken, not Stirred” and “Pussy Galore” household names. Featuring Sean Connery as James Bond, who must foil a scheme concocted by the absurdly named Auric Goldfinger to depreciate the monetary system of the United States, a plan that – prior to George Bush – most people thought impossible. At Goldfinger’s side is a cavalcade of preposterous henchmen, including Harold Sakata as Oddjob,
whose cutting edge headgear has 007 on the run, and Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, the most ridiculously named Bond Girl since Mounds O’Snatch in SHAMROCKS ARE FOREVER. Join Master Pancake as we say “Bravo” to Bond and “Alas, poor Auric”.

MASTER PANCAKE IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY KERBEY LANE CAFE

AGLIFF Presents Brunch Time Boo-ya with Rebecca Havemeyer!

IT IS TRULY POSSIBLE THAT BARBRA STREISAND WAS ONCE AN ATTRACTIVE AND HILARIOUS WOMAN WHO COULD KILL YA’ WITH STYLE AND GRACE!! People, I ain’t one to lie to ya’ about a thing like this…and I sure as shame wouldn’t lead ya’ down a twisted road of cinematic deceit just for personal gain and hilarious hoo-haa….kinda. I am offerin’ ya’ll a chance to experience one of the last greatest slapstick comedies to ever fly across the screen like a cheap meringue pie! Peter Bogdanovich could not have assembled a better cast than this to create a San
Francisco speedway of entertainment! BRUNCH TIME BOOYA is balls to the wall blazin’ about this most special screening of the 1972 smash-up, ”WHAT’S UP DOC?”….pullin’ into the Alamo Ritz with a screenplay by Buck Henry and starring Ryan O’Neal, Madeline Kahn (in her first screen role), Kenneth Mars, and Randy Quaid! Get ya’ biscuits ready for swapped luggage, hotel mishaps, car chases and a Chinese parade gone to pure pot! It’s one of ya’ hostess’ favorite movies in the whole wide
world, and to miss this would be a sin. A SIN. (REBECCA HAVEMEYER) Please note: due to SXSW, this month’s Boo-Ya will take place at South Lamar.

(Rebecca Havemeyer)

BLIP FESTIVAL: REFORMAT THE PLANET is a feature length documentary which delves into the movement known as chiptunes, a vibrant underground scene based around creating new, original music using old video game hardware. Familiar devices such as the Nintendo Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System are pushed in new directions with  startling results.

Using New York as a microcosm for a larger global movement, “…Reformat the Planet” maps out the genesis of the first annual Blip Festival, a four day celebration of over 30 international artists exploring the untapped potential of low-bit video game   consoles. With floor-stomping rhythms and fist-waving melodies, trailblazers of the chiptune idiom descend upon Manhattan to pen a new chapter in the history of electronic music.

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL! Admission to the screening of REFORMAT THE PLANET is free! Once you’ve gotten your celluloid fix of 8 Bit deliciousness, come check it out live at DATAPOP 3.0, a FREE two day celebration of 8 bit music and culture over at the Highball.

SHIT, Y’ALL! IT’S THE FINAL SEASON! The promos keeps saying “The time for questions (bum bum bum)… is over!” – WHY DO I STILL HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS?!

We screen two episodes for each show: the previous week’s episode followed by a short break and then the new episode fresh of the DVR. Screenings will be in HD quality and booming surround sound! It’ll also be super fun and if you watch this show but never with a crowd, I highly recommend the experience. There are a lot of collective gasps and “WTF!”s that make this viewing party so much more than a private living room screening. Oh, and we don’t allow talkers, so don’t let that be a concern. We’ll kick their asses out faster than you can say “4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42!”

To get tickets to the SOUTH LAMAR LOST PREMIERE go here!

To get tickets to the VILLAGE LOST PREMIERE go here!

Note: While this film is not rated, it is not for anyone who will be offended by nudity, strong language or scenes of drug use. You have been warned.

TOTAL BADASS blazes the true Texas tale of hilarious,   crazy-ass writer/publisher/singer/weed-dealer/sex  addict/Guinea pig enthusiast/dad/pirate radio host/raconteur and general man-about-town Chad Holt as he rides out the last six months of felony probation and subsequently must change his ways when a financial crisis befalls his estranged family.

Fascinating in its deep access to unbelievable scenes of outlandish self-expression, Total Badass reveals an unsettled soul, fettered by a felony conviction and relegated to the underground arts scene. Will a happenstance family of his own finally ground this roustabout? Does Chad just need to grow up, relinquish his aspirations and get practical?

We witness the high life taking its toll on Chad, and fatherhood throws him a lifeline.

“Frederick Wiseman’s astoundingly beautiful documentary, has sumptuous delights to satisfy every balletomane… The unobtrusive camerawork and sensitive editing add to the resplendent images that illustrate the fragility and ephemeral nature of dance.” John R. Killacky, San Francisco Chronicle

Read The Austin Chronicle’s 4 Star review here

In this lyrical and beautiful film, vérité auteur Frederick Wiseman turns his camera on the Paris Opera Ballet. You’ll see a montage of the maintenance staff painting walls, buffing armrests, and picking up litter, then a rehearsal of a contemporary ballet danced by a man and a woman, then a scene featuring the director of the Paris Ballet working out the benefits that will be provided for certain donor levels, then a performance of a classical ballet featuring over 20 dancers. These scenes are not connected in any particular way, other than the fact that, seen together, they provide a total portrait of this ballet company.

Your texted heckles on screen!

His name is Schumacher; learn it well for it is the chilling sound of Batman’s doom. Batman. Robin. Nipples. Holy terrible concept, Joel! Batman and Robin battle it out for Poison Ivy’s affections while she conspires with Mr. Freeze to ice all of Gotham in a wintry tomb for forever. And just when this menage-a-quatre seemed like it had too many parts flying around, in walks motorcycle-riding tough girl in disguise Barbara Wilson, aka. Batgirl. This movie has been subject to so much hate and criticism (even Clooney calls it terrible!) we found it criminal to not allow you to have that catharsis on screen. With that we present to you Batman & Robin in Hecklevision! Arm your utility belts with your texting device
of preference and bring all your wit as we textually bash one of the greatest cinematic blunders of our time. Yeah it’s a little bit like beating a dead horse, but if your friend called you up and invited you to over to beat a dead horse, you’d probably show up, wouldn’t you? (Greg MacLennan)

WARNING: Though the film ANNIE is lovable and suitable for all ages, this Hey Homo! presentation is not. Expect an intro full of foul language and adult themes and use discretion to protect your child’s psyche!

If you’re like me and love being taken back to a time when the only thing you had to worry about was how many days could you get away with not taking a bath, then come on out to a brunch that will transport you to the glory days of charming, cuter-than-Shirley  Temple juvenile delinquency! Carol Burnett, Tim Curry and Albert Finney are the dazzled n’ dastardly grown-ups inhabiting the depression-free Depression Era
world of everyone’s favorite parentless scamp. The sun will come out tomorrow, but for now, ANNIE will make you sing out loud, dance on the tables, and wish you were wearing a short dress, red wig and had a cuddly pup to call Sandy. Make sure you don’t miss out on this adorable-as-hell Hey Homo Treat!

We all know that parking downtown can be a small hassle. While there’s usually some meter parking a few blocks from the theater, driving around and searching for that can be tiresome, and what if you’re carrying a cinder block with you to the theater cause you want to use it as a booster seat? That block is HEAVY!

Which is why we’ve partnered with the parking garage at 7th and San Jacinto and convinced them to open on days they were previously closed,
as well as to provide a $2.00 discount from their regular rates to anyone who returns to their car with an Alamo ticket stub. Just pay the full price on your way in, then stop by the attendant with stub in hand on your way back to your car, and you’ll get a $2 refund. Easy parking, good deals, and all just a block away from the Ritz.

At this point that discount will unfortunately NOT apply on Friday and Saturday, but if we show them how loyal Alamo customers can be, we might be able to swing a discount on the weekends at some point in the future as well. Look for the Alamo sign on the parking garage in the next week or so, and we’ll see you downtown!

The garage is on 211 E. 7th St, Southwest Tower garage.

Big thanks to HOSPITALITY PARKING for helpin’ us out!

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