Nestled in amongst the walkable – and therefore intolerably expensive – Hyde Park neighborhood is former post office-turned-book purveyor First Light. They’ve made their mark among the hip and literate in Austin, but now they aim to secure the cinephile crowd as well. Kicking off their summer movie series,
The Talented Mr. Ripley screens in First Light’s picturesque courtyard. A tale of stolen identity, the film adapts Patricia Highsmith’s first Tom Ripley novel into a scintillating summer story featuring Matt Damon as bisexual menace Ripley and a golden Jude Law at peak pretty in the Dickie Greenleaf role. Popcorn’s included, so all you need to bring is a camping chair or blanket to watch from. –
James Scott Read a full review of The Talented Mr. Ripley.