FILM

Join Alamo Drafthouse and Market Square Park for Back to the Future - Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow. Market Square Park downtown officially reopened on Aug. 28, 2010. The renovated park -- framed by Preston, Congress, Milam and Travis Streets -- will now include a sizable dog run, along with a lawn and patio area.

For those of us who don’t want to schlep out to the burbs, we’re bringing the Alamo experience to Market Square Park.

Saturday, June 18:  Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade. In honor of Father's Day join Indy Jones and his fiesty father Dr. Jones Sr.

Fedora and whip at the ready, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) sets off on his third cinematic outing accompanied by none other than his father, Henry (Sean Connery), to explore the cradle of civilization on a perilous hunt for the Holy Grail. The Nazis are also after the powerful relic, but no one is what they seem in this rousing quest for everlasting life. John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott and Alison Doody co-star.

Not as good as the first one, but better than the second. That’s been the consensus opinion regarding Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the third installment in Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’ original adventure trilogy, throughout the nearly two decades since its 1989 theatrical release. It’s a fair assessment.

After the relatively dark and disturbing Temple of Doom (1984), The Last Crusade (1989) recalls the sheer fun of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). With its variety of colorful locations, multiple chase scenes (the opening sequence on a circus train, with River Phoenix as the young Indy, is one of the best of the series, as is the boat chase through the canals of Venice), and cloak-and-dagger vibe, it’s the closest in tone to a James Bond outing, which director Spielberg has noted was the inspiration for the trilogy in the first place; what’s more, it harkens back to Raiders in its choice of villains (i.e., the Nazis--Indy even comes face to face with Hitler at a rally in Berlin) and its quest for an antiquity of incalculable value and significance (the Holy Grail, the chalice said to have been the receptacle of Christ's blood as he hung on the cross).

Add to that the presence of Sean Connery, playing Indy’s father and having a field day opposite Harrison Ford, and you’ve got a most welcome return to form.

Niko Niko’s is open Mon-Fri from 7 am to 8 pm and Saturday & Sunday 9 am to 9 pm, extended hours during events. Blankets, lawn chairs and picnics are welcome. Food and beverages (including beer and wine) are sold at Niko Niko’s. Alcohol is not allowed to be brought into the park; it can only be bought at the café.