Terror Tuesday and Weird Wednesday Return to the Alamo!

Sorry about that exclamation point, citizen, but we’re excited af

"...Alamo Drafthouse’s legendary genre film series Terror Tuesday and Weird Wednesday are set to return next month at Alamo..."

Sept. 15, 2021 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Alamo Adds Terror Tuesday and Weird Wednesday to Virtual Cinema

Signature programs return online to keep community together

"...of cinema in themed evenings like Terror Tuesday and Weird Wednesday. Now as the Austin-based theater company has its..."

March 31, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Weird Wednesday Celebrates Low-Budget Legend Albert Pyun

An unstoppable workhorse whose films celebrated earnest fun

"...– 1985 to 1990 – across this month's entire Weird Wednesday slate...."

Dec. 30, 2022 Screens Feature by Julian Towers

Weird Wednesday Interview: Don Barton and 'Zaat'

And you thought C.H.U.D. was slimy

"...curator Ed Tucker will be on hand for tomorrow's Weird Wednesday one-off at the Alamo Ritz, but we managed..."

July 10, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Getting Real Weird at Fantastic Fest

Two gems from the Weird Wednesday archive connect the genre fest to the Alamo Drafthouse's history

"...Fest and the American Genre Film Archive, there was Weird Wednesday. A weekly late-night dive into the 35mm vaults..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Weird Times Five

Lars Nilsen reveals his top five Weird Wednesday flicks.

"...this whole world is indeed wild at heart and weird on top, then Alamo Drafthouse programmer and Weird Wednesday..."

Feb. 17, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Any Given Wednesday

One man, 10 years, some seriously sublime weirdness

"...its embrace of the good, the bad, and the weird. You can thank Lars Nilsen in large part for..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wednesday Rewind

The Boxing Lesson, the Weird Weeds, the Black Angels, and rapping Rick

"...the corner, it's only fitting that this edition of Wednesday Rewind offers a random grab bag of new tunes..."

Oct. 27, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...the acting, and, of course, the writing. It's a weird hybrid in that it's dirt-cheap and shows it but..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Patreon Announces Weird Stream-A-Thon to Help After SXSW Cancellation

Three-hour streaming event to raise funds for affected artists

"...Patreon is mounting a special fundraising streaming event on Wednesday – and the service is putting its own money..."

March 16, 2020 Emergency Post by Richard Whittaker

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...Wednesday Picks Sonny Knight & the Lakers..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Something Weird

How Tim League discovered 110 drive-in films in an East Prairie warehouse and other stories of disappearing celluloid.

"...The Alamo plans to screen the drive-in movies every Wednesday at midnight, free of charge, under the name "Something..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Relationtrip Is Weird in All the Right Places

High-speed romance kicks love into overdrive

"...oozes outside the crust and makes everything sticky and weird. As apt a metaphor for relationships as any. Filmmakers..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Austin's Queen of Soul Is Weird Made Flesh in Becoming Leslie

A personal look brings the local legend into posthumous focus

"...turn-of-the-century Austin in tiara and thong, he became the Weird Made Flesh, and when filmmakers Tracy Frazier, Ruby Martin,..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Moontower Wednesday

"...it wasted no time in spreading the funny. Its Wednesday schedule gave laugh-seekers 15 shows to choose from, and..."

April 19, 2013 Arts Feature

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Second night SXSW handicapping

"...WEDNESDAY PICKS Francis Mbappe..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Point Austin: It's Getting Harder to Stay Weird

Amid state and federal nonsense, it's getting harder to stay weird

"...but yet another unfunded mandate for local governments. On Wednesday morning, Adler was testifying against another one of those,..."

May 12, 2017 News Column by Michael King

'Weird Rodeo' at the Scottish Rite

Theatre fires artistic director as harassment charges come to light

"...Marks' hand. As Riedie describes it, it was a "weird rodeo of bullshit. They had a Mad Men-esque, retrograde..."

Aug. 2, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson

A Slice of Weird and Wonderful

Distinguished Screenwriter Awardee Caroline Thompson

"...experience of having a pint-sized Oogie Boogie or black-clad Wednesday run around the house come All Hallows' Eve?..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Remembrance of Things Weird

Nancy Higgins' 'Viva Les Amis'

"...Welcome to Austin, land of vanishing weirdness and Merlot-fueled nostalgia...."

April 29, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Trump’s Twitter Library, a Ferris Wheel of Cheese, and More From the Wide, Weird World of SXSW

Festival-adjacent events abound!

"...Cheeselandia WisconsinTuesday, March 12, 9:30am-6pm; Wednesday, March 13, 11am-6pm, JW Marriott Rooms 301-302 From a..."

March 8, 2019 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

Wednesday Rewind

Peter Stopschinski flips out Flipnotics plus MurdochGate music

"...… well, take half an hour to relish this weird and wonderful excursion through his experimental oddities, courtesy of..."

July 20, 2011 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Wednesday Sleepers

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Should Take Some More?, offers another glimpse into his weird universe. – Audra SchroederZOM ZOMS1am, Chuggin' Monkey How Zolo..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Lars Nilsen Joins Austin Film Society

Drafthouse programmer bolsters AFS team, plus new Marchesa home

"...Wednesdays have always been Lars Nilsen's day, and today is..."

Feb. 27, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Farewell to the King of Grindhouse

Mike Vraney, founder of Something Weird Video, dead at 56

"...cult cinema. Mike Vraney, founder of the era-defining Something Weird Video, died Jan. 2 at the age of 56...."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam

On marshmallows, V.C.'s in Vegas, and a Weird sad signoff

"...a release date, Lars Nilsen hangs up his Something Weird Wednesday hat, and more news lighting up Screens big..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Meet the Real Babe Ruthless

Whip It inspirations putting on the Ritz

"...the real Babe Ruthless at the Alamo Ritz, and Wednesday night the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls will be ready for..."

Oct. 6, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Fearless James Hong

Star of 'Big Trouble in Little China' revives the raunch

"...It takes a brave man to tell Weird Wednesday wonder Lars Nilsen to shut up and sit..."

Jan. 24, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Warped and Bloodied: Two New Books by Drafthouse Veterans

Giving the forgotten children of horror and exploitation the analysis they deserve

"...by Drafthouse and AGFA veterans – Warped and Faded: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of the American Genre Film..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lars Nilsen Steps Back From Full-Time Alamo Duties

Longtime programmer will stay on as adviser and Weird Wednesday host

"...continue to program and host his popular weekly series, Weird Wednesday.”..."

Feb. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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