Taking Shots

What better way to get over that Memorial Day hangover than with some cheap beer and a couple of Tim Burton movies? This week, the Brew & View at the Vic Theatre, one of the few venues in the city where you can drink and watch quality films at the same time – unless you sneak a flask into Facets, that is – puts on a mini-retrospective of the oddball director’s work. Tonight, they’ll screen the magical Big Fish at 8 and follow it up with the eerie Sleepy Hollow at 10. (Christopher Walken as the Hessian Horseman is the very definition of the word “eerie.”) Though Chicagoist thinks these films pale in comparison to his classic Ed Wood (not to mention the criminally underrated Mars Attacks), you can’t go wrong with the $5 (per film) admission price or the Tuesday night drink specials. Edward Scissorhands – perhaps Burton’s greatest and most personal achievement – will show there Thursday at midnight.