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THE PUNK SINGER (2013)Screening daily from 12/6 - 12/12

Kathleen Hanna, lead singer of the punk band Bikini Kill anddance-punk trio Le igre, rose to national attention as thereluctant but never shy voice of the riot grrrl movement.

She became one of the most famously outspoken feministicons, a cultural lightning rod. Her critics wished she would justshut-up, and her fans hoped she never would. So in 2005, whenHanna stopped shouting, many wondered why.

Trough 20 years of archival footage and intimate interviews with Hanna, HE PUNK SINGER takes viewers on afascinating tour of contemporary music and offers a never-before-seen view into the life of this fearless leader.

JACKASS 3D (2010) JACKASS 3D is a sublime dose of chaos that will have you atturns crying tears of laughter and gasping for air through yournausea. It had its premiere at the Museum of Modern Art,

which means you cant ignore its status as a piece of art! WIthunbelievalbe camerawork that manages to make every ripple ofesh into a thing of beauty, this movie has everything you couldpossibly want in a cinematic experience. For this reason, justthree years after its release, we feel the need to watch it again

with you in eyeball-smashing 3D.

THE HOBBIT DOUBLE FEATURE

It is time to return to Middle-earth with the second in a three-part adaptation of olkiens LORD OF HE RINGS prequelHE HOBBI .

HE HOBBI : HE DESOLA ION OF SMAUG premieresat midnight and your ticket to this Double Feature gets youinto that screening as well as a screening of HE HOBBI :

AN UNEXPECED JOURNEY leading up to the new movie.

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (2012)Gandalf (Ian McKellen), Galadriel (Cate Blanchett), Legolas(Orlando Bloom), Gollum (Andy Serkis) and Elrond (Hugo

Weaving) all return, joining some new faces with Martin

Freeman taking on the role of the ultimate reluctant hero, littleBilbo Baggins. Tis time the fellowship consists of one hobbitand a whole bunch of dwarves, braving dark magic, debilitating

weather and one hell of a dragon in order to score a pricelessfortune. (Meredith Borders)

THE HOBBIT:THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (2013)Te second in a trilogy of lms adapting the enduringly popularmasterpiece Te Hobbit, by J.R.R. olkien, Te Hobbit: TeDesolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the titlecharacter Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys withthe Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellan) and thirteen Dwarves, ledby Torin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an epic quest toreclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.

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A CHRISTMAS STORYQUOTE-ALONG

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PUELLA MAGIMADOKA MAGICAPARTS 1 AND 2

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY

1 SUNBroadway Brunch:THE SOUND OF MUSIC

8 Alamo Kids Camp:MUPPETS TAKEMANHATTAN

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Movie Interrupction:LETHAL WEAPON

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MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN (1984)Te Muppets are always up to something exciting, but whenthey arrive in New York City, their adventures expand to Big

Apple size. In spite of their catchy melodies and the fact thattheyre, you know, the Muppets, the crew cant seem to catch abreak, and their circle begins to break apart. But Kermit refusesto give up on his dreams, and through the power of teamwork,the Muppets just might get their night on the Great White Way.

Featuring the introduction of the Muppet Babies plus plentyof fantastic cameos, including Liza Minnelli, Brooke Shieldsand Gregory Hines, this vibrantly funny lm proves that theMuppets know a thing or two about show business.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) Who can resist the magic of this epic musical? Tis is thestory of a daydreaming nun sent to work as a governess for therecently widowed Captain Georg von rapp. Meeting the sevenchildren she will look after, she nds them to be terrors whennot under the stern eye of their father. Quickly she charmsthem with her songs, and even warms up to the Captain.

When she nds herself falling in love with him, she ees, butthe children insist on her return, and a happy union is formed.But happily ever after doesnt come just yet as the Nazis invade

Austria, and the Captain is called to serve under the Fuhrer. Wanting nothing of that, he makes his plan to get his familyto safety.

MS. 45 (1981)Te legendary, surreal revenge classic is here at last. New Yorks

Abel Ferrara has made some of the most unusual and fascinatingexploitation lms in history. In it, a mute garment-district

worker Tana (the immortal Zoe amerlis) is brutalized oncetoo often and hits the streets with a pistol, seeking vengeance.

Te grand nale at her company Halloween party is oneof the great sequences ever. Tough MS. 45 has a sterlingreputation among academics and scholars, it was made for arough audience of imes Square theater goers, many of whom

were gross, sexist males, exactly the type Tana set her sites on.Troughout theres a fascinating tension. Tis is one of the tenor twenty essential classics of revenge cinema.

TOTALLY 80S Sing-Along Dance Party (1987)

Te single greatest gift the 1980s gave the world is what werehere to celebrate with the otally 80s Sing-Along DanceParty the music video. Tere will never be another form ofentertainment greater than the music video, and seeing them onthe movie screen with a thumping digital movie theater soundsystem blasting the music throughout the theater is one of thebest experiences you can have in life.

While on most nights the Alamo strives to be the best movietheater in town, at Sing-Along Dance Parties we transform ourauditoriums into the greatest dance club in your neighborhood,complete with fully VJed sets of the greatest music videos evermade plus free props included with your ticket.

BET RAISE FOLD (2013)Tis is a coming-of-age story for an entire generation of youngpoker professionals. We follow Danielle, a young mother fromrural Minnesota who used online poker to support her family;ony, a Las Vegas tournament pro who co-hosts the WorldPoker our on television; and Martin, a world-traveler from

Australia obsessed with understanding the intricacies of thegame. Tese players used online poker to build a life, only tohave it all stripped away in one fell swoop by forces beyondtheir control.

BE RAISE FOLD: Te Story of Online Poker celebratesthe roller coaster ride that was the online poker boom, theevolution of poker as a game, and the enduring spirit of thepoker maverick.

The Movie Interruption:LETHAL WEAPON (1987)

Join our crew of professional comedians as they sit in the frontrow and interrupt the Mel Gibson/Danny Glover buddy copclassic LE HAL WEAPON. Enjoy some food and cocktails

while we make the Gary Busey jokes that we all know need tobe made.

Rob Cantrell (who has appeared on Te Colbert Reportand Last Comic Standing) and his cohort of comedians willbe leading the charge against Murlaugh and Riggs for ourscreening in Yonkers.

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ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN (1976)Based on the non-ction book by Carl Bernstein and Edward

Woodward, this movie tells the story of how the two young WASHING ON POS reporters followed a story that began with a hotel break-in and ended with the toppling of an American president. Te true story is one of the most importantchapters in American history, and the movie version is a

wonderful example of the serious lmmaking that came out ofmajor studios in the 1970s golden age of Hollywood.

ALMOST FAMOUS (2000)Tis lm is a journey following 15-year old Rolling Stone

journalist William Miller as he tours with the ctional band in1973. Crowe based the story off of his own experience coveringTe Allman Brothers in his teens for the infamous magazine.From the moment we meet William and his older sister

bequeaths onto him her record collection, including Simon andGarkfunkels Bookends, we feel like we are in this time.

CITIZEN KANE (1941)Its become a sort of dry truism that this is the greatest lmof all time. Its so ubiquitously cited and referenced as thepinnacle of cinematic achievement that its easy to just write itoff. Maybe youve known the secret behind Kanes dying word,Rosebud, since you were a kid or maybe youve just enoughhomages of fat old Orson Welles that you think you can get byin life without actually sitting down and watching it. We dontblame you. But something incredible happens when you dotake the time to sit and watch it.

NEWSIES Sing-Along (1992, 35mm)Tis movie is Christian Bales breakout role, in Disneys musicaltribute to turn of the 20th century paperboys who becomefriends with Bill Pullman and then decide that its time to stickit to the man by going on strike from their jobs and turning tostreet performance art and super high heel-clicks to make thebosses understand their plight. And the world would know thattheyre the kings of New York, all because they had the courageto open the gates and seize the day.

SUPERMAN (1978)Unable to convince the ruling council of Krypton that their

world will soon destroy itself, scientist Jor-El takes drasticmeasures to preserve the Kryptonian race by sending his infantson, Kal-El, to Earth. Tere, gaining great powers under Earthsyellow sun, Kal-El will become our planets greatest champion.Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive!

Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Look! Up in thesky! Its a bird! Its a plane! Its Superman!

SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)Hollywood nice guys ony Curtis and Burt Lancaster have theirpersonas inverted here as two morally reprehensible men whosepower plays turn them to monsters. As the sycophantic Sidney,Curtis moves quickly through each scene, perfectly lling out ashifty, soulless body. Te sharp, cynical dialogue cuts deep, andthe moment of redemption that weve come to expect may notbe reached.

A CHRISTMAS STORY QUOTE-ALONG (1983)Teres something so magical about this lm that we alwayscatch ourselves watching it until the end every time we clickpast it while channel surng during the holidays. But as muchfun as it can be to watch this holiday treat on the ol boob tube,nothing can compare to seeing it projected up on the big screen

while being surround by dozens of other fans as awesome as you who all understand how incredibly dangerous it can be to stickyour tongue on a metal pole in the winter.

Cartoon Cereal Party: HOLIDAY EDITION Were gonna bring you a 2.5 hour Saturday Morning CartoonCereal Party, and the only thing were leaving out is the crappycartoons. Just bring yourselves, and if you have a special spoonor stuffed animal you can bring that too. Both the holidaycartoons and the endless supply of cereal will take you back to a

younger, more innocent and - yes - stupider time.

DIE HARD (1988, 35mm)Tis is the ultimate Holiday lm that brings us all together andmakes us give thanks at the alter of Bruce Willis for making usbelieve in the heroic acts of one man, against the odds, with noshoes taking down a German terrorist organization.

ELF Quote-Along (2003) Will Ferrells take on a North Pole elf trying to gure outManhattan just might be the funniest hes ever been, and thisis certainly the best holiday movie from the past ten years. ocelebrate, well have jingle bells for everyone, bubbles for a fewkey scenes, and a present for whoever can eat their spaghettithe fastest!

HOME ALONE Pizza Party (1990)Tis is the highly successful and beloved family comedy abouta young boy named Kevin who is accidentally left behind whenhis family takes off for a vacation in France over the holidayseason. Alone, he learns to fend for himself and eventually hasto protect his house against two bumbling burglars who areplanning to rob every house in this Chicago neighborhood.

ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)Tis ultimate feel good and festive favourite, from Oscar-

winning director Frank Capra, stars James Stewart as despairingbusinessmen George Bailey. One fateful Christmas Eve, Georgereceives a visit from Clarence, a celestial messenger, whoprevents him from jumping into a freezing river. Te pair traveltogether through moments in Georges life to show him whatthe world would be like if he had never existed. A genuinelytender and enduring piece of yuletide cinema.

LOVE ACTUALLY (1985, 2003)I challenge you to nd one other movie that combines ColinFirth, an adorable little boy with a dead mom, the British PrimeMinister, the porn industry, Mr. Bean, a washed up rock starand a kid in an octopus costume into something that makes mecry tears of shimmering, golden joy.

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