Tough Guy Cinema

Baymageddon: 10 hours of action flicks includes sneak peek of Michael Bay's latest, Pain & Gain

By Ryan Lakich

04.21.13 | 8:17 am

With May comes the favorite season of any film geek: Summer blockbuster season. These are the movies that bring the bone-crushing, eyeball-pleasing action while throwing art film sensibilities ...

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Cinema wars heat up: Luxury movie theater wants to take over the vacant Books-A-Million spot

By Whitney Radley

02.23.13 | 7:27 am

Houston's movie theater scene has recently seen something of an arms race to fill an entertainment void, with Florida-based iPic Entertainment signing a lease in the forthcoming ...

Switch Up

Montrose gets a fancy new movie theater, while Midtown loses its theater chance — for now

By Whitney Radley

02.20.13 | 8:58 am

On the heels of the news that Florida luxury movie theater group iPic Entertainment will be moving into River Oaks, Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse revealed that it also will be opening a theate ...

2013 Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow Film Screenings at Market Square Park

Market Square Park

03.27.13 - 07.10.13

For those of us who don't want to schlep out to the 'burbs, Market Square Park is bringing the Alamo experience to downtown Houston. Enjoy these classics under the stars. March 27, 8 p.

Midtown is next

Valentine's is red letter day for new Alamo Drafthouse Vintage Park with lots of beer on tap

By Clifford Pugh

12.25.12 | 3:00 pm

Alamo Drafthouse has announced an opening day for its newest Houston-area cineplex. The Austin-based theater chain will open at the Vintage Park Shopping Village off of Tomball Parkway and Louetta ...

No Excuses

No movie for you! Arrive late and this theater chain will ban you from the show

By Austin Sanders

11.27.12 | 1:17 pm

Alamo Drafthouse doesn’t want to hear your excuses. Oh, you’re late because you couldn’t wrap up that last drink in time? Sorry. Here’s a voucher. Come again, please. ...

Profiles of Innovation

From deep in the heart of Texas, Tim League builds Alamo Drafthouse into national theater chain

By Kevin Benz

09.17.12 | 6:00 am

Tim League drove home using the same usual route from his two year-old engineering job at Shell Oil in Bakersfield, Calif. It was 1993; League was 23 years old. The Shell job was his first out of c ...

Blockbuster season isn't over

Edwards plans special deals for debut of new 14-screen complex at West Oaks Mall

By Sarah Rufca

08.08.12 | 1:45 pm

Summer is prime movie season, so for Houstonians near West Oaks Mall it's probably felt like eons since the mall's Alamo Drafthouse closed on June 25. The good news is that the 14-screen Ed ...

Remember the Alamo

Remember the Alamo: Drafthouse seeks cinema domination with rapid expansion in Texas & U.S.

By Mary Rose Wiley

07.08.12 | 9:09 am

The Alamo Drafthouse rocked the country last year when the hilarious rambly voicemail left by a customer who was kicked out of the theater for texting made national headlines, leaving non-Austinite ...

texas on film

On location: Long before Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson used St. John's School as a movie set

By Samantha Pitchel

06.16.12 | 1:00 pm

Wes Anderson’s films are as well known for their colorful locations and carefully designed sets as their impossibly wise and eternally classy characters. His latest, Moonrise Kingdom, whi ...