AUSTIN, Texas — It's almost time for a yearly Austin tradition: fleeing the summer heat for the cool darkness of the Paramount Theatre.
For 50 years, the historic theater has hosted its "Summer Classic Film Series," a stacked, near-daily program of big blockbusters, Old Hollywood staples, heartwarming family films and cult classics. And this summer, to celebrate the series' half-century mark, the Paramount has special guests, themed events and more planned.
Below is a look at the scheduled films by month.
May
- May 24: "Casablanca"/"Top Hat" 35MM double feature (7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.)
- May 26: "Star Wars: A New Hope" (3 p.m.) and "Phantom of the Paradise" (7 p.m.)
- May 28: "Young Frankenstein" (7:30 p.m.)
- May 29: "The Godfather Part II" (7 p.m.)
June
- June 3: "American Psycho" (7:30 p.m.)
- June 4: "This Is Spinal Tap" (7:30 p.m.)
- June 5: "Superman II" (7:30 p.m.)
- June 6: "Lolita" (7:30 p.m.)
- June 7: "Jackie Brown"/"Foxy Brown" double feature (7 p.m. and 10 p.m.)
- June 8: "Pink Flamingos"/"Female Trouble" double feature with a Q&A with John Waters (7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.)
- June 9: "Paddington 2" (1 p.m.) and a "In the Mood for Love"/"2046" double feature (3:45 p.m. and 5:50 p.m.)
- June 10: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (7:30 p.m.)
- June 11: "The Sting" (7:30 p.m.)
- June 12: "Bride of Frankenstein"/"Dracula's Daughter" double feature (7 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.)
- June 13: "The Watermelon Woman"/"Irma Vep" double feature (7 p.m. and 8:50 p.m.)
- June 14: "Grease 2" (9 p.m.)
- June 15: "Alice in Wonderland" (3:30 p.m.) and "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" (7 p.m.)
- June 17: "The Color Purple" (7 p.m.)
- June 18: "The Birdcage" (7:30 p.m.)
- June 20: "Paris is Burning"/"Kokomo City" double feature (7 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.)
- June 21: "Weekend"/"Passages" double feature (7 p.m. and 9 p.m.)
- June 23: "Desert Hearts" (3:30 p.m.) and "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" presented by Robert Rodriguez (7 p.m.)
- June 25: "A Clockwork Orange" in 35MM (7:30 p.m.)
- June 26: "Evil Dead 2" in 35MM (7:30 p.m.)
- June 27: "To Kill a Mockingbird" (7:30 p.m.)
- June 28: "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (9 p.m.)
- June 30: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" (1 p.m.) and "I Am Not Your Negro"/"If Beale Street Could Talk" double feature (3:45 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.)
July
- July 1: "Chinatown" in 35MM (7:30 p.m.)
- July 2: "The Bodyguard" (7:30 p.m.)
- July 3: "Out of the Past"/"Dark City" 35MM double feature (7 p.m. and 9 p.m.)
- July 5: "Dirty Dancing"/"Footloose" double feature (7 p.m. and 9 p.m.)
- July 6: "The Muppet Movie" (3:30 p.m.) and "Purple Rain" (7 p.m.)
- July 7: "Jaws" (3 p.m.) and "Point Break" (7 p.m.)
- July 9: "9 to 5" (7:30 p.m.)
- July 10: "Muriel's Wedding"/"Dogs in Space" double feature (7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.)
- July 11: "The Graduate" (7:30 p.m.)
- July 12: "Double Indemnity"/"Fargo" double feature (7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.)
- July 13: "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (3:30 p.m.) and "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" presented by Robert Rodriguez (7 p.m.)
- July 14: "Viva Las Vegas"/"A Hard Day's Night" 35MM double feature (2 p.m. and 3:50 p.m.) and "Eve's Bayou" (7 p.m.)
- July 16: "Lady Sings the Blues" (7:30 p.m.)
- July 17: "Ladies and Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains" (35MM)/"Out of the Blue" double feature (7 p.m. and 8:55 p.m.)
- July 18: "Do The Right Thing" (7:30 p.m.)
- July 19: "Videodrome" (9 p.m.)
- July 20: "The Third Man"/"Touch of Evil" double feature (2 p.m. and 4:10 p.m.) and "Brokeback Mountain" (7:30 p.m.)
- July 21: "The Sound of Music" (2:30 p.m.) and "First Blood" presented by Robert Rodriguez (7 p.m.)
- July 23: "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (7:30 p.m.)
- July 24: "Tony Takitani"/"Burning" double feature (7 p.m. and 8:40 p.m.)
- July 25: "High and Low" (7:30 p.m.)
- July 26: "Repo Man" (9 p.m.)
- July 27: "The Lion King" (1 p.m.), "Dick Tracy" (3:45 p.m.) and "Blade Runner" (7 p.m.)
- July 28: "Lonesome Dove Part 1" (3 p.m.) and "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (7 p.m.)
- July 30: "Lonesome Dove Part 2" (7 p.m.)
- July 31: "The Lunchbox" (7 p.m.)
August
- Aug. 1: "Pulp Fiction" (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 2: "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar" (9 p.m.)
- Aug. 4: "Until the End of the World" (1 p.m.) and "All About My Mother" (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 6: "Set It Off" (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 7: "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 8: "Ocean's Eleven" (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 9: "The Goonies" (7 p.m.)
- Aug. 10: "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" (3:30 p.m.) and "The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant"/"Portrait of a Lady on Fire" double feature (6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.)
- Aug. 11: "Romancing the Stone"/"Three Amigos" double feature (1 p.m. and 3:10 p.m.) and "Like Water for Chocolate" (7 p.m.), both presented by Robert Rodriguez
- Aug. 13: "The Matrix" (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 14: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" - 1934 (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 15: "Notorious" (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 16: "Dial M for Murder"/"Rope" double feature (7 p.m. and 9:10 p.m.)
- Aug. 17: "The Cure" (7:30 p.m.) and "The Man Who Knew Too Much" - 1956/"North by Northwest" double feature (1 p.m. and 3:25 p.m.)
- Aug. 18: "North by Northwest"/"The Man Who Knew Too Much" - 1956 double feature (1 p.m. and 3:45 p.m.) and "Clue" (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 20: "Thelma & Louise" (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 21: "I Am Love" (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 22: "Steel Magnolias" (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 23: "The Breakfast Club"/"10 Things I Hate About You" double feature (7 p.m. and 9 p.m.)
- Aug. 24: "It Happened One Night" (3:30 p.m.) and "Chungking Express" (7 p.m.)
- Aug. 25: "Roman Holiday"/"Amélie" double feature (1 p.m. and 3:25 p.m.) and "Josie and the Pussycats" (7 p.m.)
- Aug. 27: "The Searchers" (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 28: "The Big Lebowski" (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 29: "2001: A Space Odyssey" in 70 MM (7:30 p.m.)
- Aug. 31: "Kiki's Delivery Service" (3:30 p.m.) and "Streets of Fire" in 70MM (7 p.m.)
September
- Sept. 1: "The Wizard of Oz" (3:30 p.m.) and "What's Up, Doc?" in 35MM (7 p.m.)
