Event

TIMES SQUARE

DESTROY ALL MOVIES!!!
A full-on meltdown from Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film, the massive new book from the Seattle-based publisher of some of the finest underground comics and writing ever put to paper: Fantagraphics! From mohawked wasteoids to teenage gutter superstars, this special twofilm extravaganza of punk angst, spite, drugs, shrieking, and wrecked futures showcases two special
examples of this underappreciated genre with rare 35mm screenings of Ladies and Gentlemen, the
Fabulous Stains and Times Square! Presented by the book's editors, phantoms of Austin's Alamo
Drafthouse Cinema and former All Freakin Night hosts Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly.
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

9:15pm
TIMES SQUARE / Dir. Allan Moyle / 1980 / USA / 111 min. / 35mm
One of Kathleen Hanna's (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre) favorite films, Times Square is the second of our twofilm celebration of rebel girl-punk inspiration movies. Tough and streetwise Nicky meets sheltered rich
kid Pamela when both are sent to a mental hospital for examination. Forming an instant intense bond,
they decide to run away, ending up in a still-sleazy, pre-Giuliani, pre-Disney Times Square. Squatting
in a derelict abandoned warehouse, they start a punk band, the Sleez Sisters, which attracts the attention
of all-night DJ Johnny LaGuardia. He puts them on the air, their passion and fury attracting a rabid fan
base of similarly unhappy teens, and cult heroines are born. Director Allan Moyle went on to create cult
film faves Pump Up The Volume and Empire Records. Featuring a legendary punk and new wave
soundtrack, Times Square is "socially irresponsible and refreshingly optimistic: a Wizard of Oz for the
80s (Time Out Film Guide).
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