Friday, March 11, 2005
- cl.one, 6 p.m., Austin Convention Center, (500 E. Cesar Chavez St.)
- Occupation: Dreamland, 6 p.m., Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
- The Wendell Baker Story, 9 p.m., Paramount, (713 Congress Ave.)
- The Aristocrats, midnight, Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
— Leeann Pendley
Saturday, March 12, 2005
- Girl Scouts whose mothers are incarcerated video tape their wrenching prison visits in the documentary "Troop 1500" (4 p.m., the Paramount).
- A brutal kidnapping in the Phillipines spurs the action in tense drama "Cavite" (4:30 p.m., Alamo Downtown).
- In "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," corporate chicanery leaves a nasty mess (6:30 p.m., the Paramount).
— Chris Garcia
- Max and Grace, 1:30 p.m., Paramount, (713 Congress Ave.)
- Hooligans, 7 p.m., Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
- Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic, 9:45 p.m., Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
- Drop Dead Sexy, 10 p.m., Paramount, (713 Congress Ave.)
- Unleashed, midnight, Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
— Leeann Pendley
Sunday, March 13, 2005
- 6 p.m., the Paramount - "Palindromes," Todd Solondz's provocative, semi-experimental satire about (gulp) abortion.
- 1:30 p.m., Alamo South - A Macedonian boy vies for himself in his broken nation in the dark action drama "Mirage".
— Chris Garcia
- Pucker Up, 3:45 p.m., Paramount, (713 Congress Ave.)
- Press On, 4:45 p.m., Alamo S. Lamar, (1120 South Lamar)
- The Fearless Freaks, 7 p.m., Alamo S. Lamar, (1120 South Lamar)
- The Comedians of Comedy, 9 p.m., Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
- cl.one, 9:30 p.m., Austin Convention Center, (500 E. Cesar Chavez St.)
- Reeker, midnight, Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
— Leeann Pendley
Monday, March 14, 2005
- 4 p.m., Austin Convention Center - The folk art of virtuoso whistling goes competitive in the documentary "Pucker Up".
- 6:30 p.m., Dobie - The documentary "Light From the East" tells a first-person account of revolution in Ukraine.
- 9 p.m., the Paramount - Sundance smash "Murderball" joins the tumult of wheelchair rugby.
— Chris Garcia, American-Statesman
- Occupation: Dreamland, 11 a.m. Austin Convention Center, (500 E. Cesar Chavez St.)
- Hooligans, 3:30 p.m., Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
- Pucker Up, 4 p.m., Austin Convention Center, (500 E. Cesar Chavez St.)
- Shooting Livien, 6:30 p.m., Austin Convention Center, (500 E. Cesar Chavez St.)
- Murderball, 9 p.m., Paramount, (713 Congress Ave.)
- The Roost, midnight, Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
— Leeann Pendley
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
- 1:30 p.m., the Paramount - Two unstable lovers escape a mental home in "Max & Grace," with Natasha Lyonne.
- 4 p.m., the Paramount - "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" plunges into the life and mind of the part-time Austinite, artist and musician.
- 9 p.m., Alamo South - Comic Sarah Silverman cracks us up in the live concert film "Jesus is Magic".
— Chris Garcia, American-Statesman
- Press On, 1:15 p.m., Alamo S. Lamar, (1120 South Lamar)
- Max and Grace, 1:30 p.m., Paramount, (713 Congress Ave.)
- Reeker, 4:30 p.m., Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
- All We Are Saying, 6:45 p.m., Paramount, (713 Congress Ave.)
- Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic, 9 p.m., Alamo S. Lamar, (1120 South Lamar)
- The Ring Two, 9:45 p.m., Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
- Scratch: All the Way Live, 10:30 p.m., Dobie, (2025 Guadalupe St.)
— Leeann Pendley
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
- 11:30 a.m., Austin Convention Center - "The Dreams of Sparrows" shows Iraqis' perspectives of their country after the fall of Saddam Hussein.
- 6:30 p.m., Arbor - Daniel Day-Lewis plays a dying father raising a precocious teenage girl in "The Ballad of Jack and Rose".
- 9:45 p.m., the Paramount - Dark crime comedy "Drop Dead Sexy" is set in Texas and stars Crispin Glover and Jason Lee.
— Chris Garcia, American-Statesman
- cl.one, 7 p.m., Austin Convention Center, (500 E. Cesar Chavez St.)
- The Fearless Freaks, 7 p.m., Paramount, (713 Congress Ave.)
- Shooting Livien, 7 p.m., Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
- The Comedians of Comedy, 9:45 p.m., Austin Convention Center, (500 E. Cesar Chavez St.)
- Drop Dead Sexy, 9:45 p.m., Paramount, (713 Congress Ave.)
- The Roost, midnight, Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
— Leeann Pendley
Thursday, March 17, 2005
- 4:15 p.m., the Paramount - A real school of rock, where youths learn to jam, is spotlighted in the documentary "Rock School".
- 7 p.m., Alamo South - Peter Falk, Paul Reiser and Olympia Dukakis star in "The Thing About My Folks," a warm-fuzzy comedy about family ties.
- 7 p.m., the Paramount - "Occupation: Dreamland" offers an uncommonly candid, human look at the Army's 82nd Airborne Division as it patrols Fallujah, Iraq.
— Chris Garcia, American-Statesman
- All We Are Saying, 1:45 p.m., Alamo S. Lamar, (1120 South Lamar)
- Max and Grace, 7 p.m., Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
- Occupation: Dreamland, 7 p.m., Paramount, (713 Congress Ave.)
- Pucker Up, 7:30 p.m., Austin Convention Center, (500 E. Cesar Chavez St.)
- Murderball, 9:30 p.m., Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
- Reeker, 9:45 p.m., Paramount, (713 Congress Ave.)
— Leeann Pendley
Friday, March 18, 2005
- 1:15 p.m., the Paramount - Pop group The Flaming Lips are profiled over the course of 10 years in " The Fearless Freaks."
- 1:45 p.m., Austin Convention Center - "You're Gonna Miss Me" traces the rocky-rolly life of legendary singer Roky Erickson.
- 10 p.m., Alamo South - An American (Elijah Wood) kicks his way into the violent world of British soccer in "Hooligans."
- The Fearless Freaks, 1:15 p.m., Paramount, (713 Congress Ave.)
- Scratch: All the Way Live, 2 p.m., Alamo S. Lamar, (1120 South Lamar)
- Culture Clash in AmeriCCa, 7 p.m., Paramount, (713 Congress Ave.)
- The Comedians of Comedy, 9:45 p.m., Paramount, (713 Congress Ave.)
- Hooligans, 10 p.m., Alamo S. Lamar, (1120 South Lamar)
- The Roost, midnight, Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
— Leeann Pendley
Saturday, March 19, 2005
- Press On, 11 a.m. Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
- All We Are Saying, 4:30 p.m., Alamo S. Lamar, (1120 South Lamar)
- Shooting Livien, 10 p.m., Austin Convention Center, (500 E. Cesar Chavez St.)
- Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic, midnight, Alamo Downtown, (409 Colorado St.)
— Leeann Pendley