Category Archive: Watch This

1. Watch This: Richard Linklater’s Jewels in the Wasteland Home Edition

   September 9, 2020 4:35 am Leave a Comment

   (UPDATED SEPTEMBER 9, 2020)

   With many of us home-bound and stuck indoors indefinitely, we wanted to share some film recommendations to help you pass the time. Where better to start than one of AFS’s most popular series, Jewels in the Wasteland, curated and hosted by AFS Founder and Artistic Director Richard Linklater to spotlight some of the best overlooked films of the 1980s.

   Below you’ll find links to Linklater’s intros and Q&A discussions on films that can all be streamed via the Criterion Channel, including LOST IN AMERICA, JOJO DANCER, VAGABOND, MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS, L’ARGENT, STRANGER THAN PARADISE, FANNY & ALEXANDER, EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF, and WINGS OF DESIRE.

   Linklater also appears in the documentary ALSO STARRING AUSTIN, which is now available for free on YouTube.

   For an archive of all of our Jewels in the Wasteland films and Q&A recordings, visit our Youtube page.

   Albert Brooks’ LOST IN AMERICA

   Eric Rohmer’s SUMMER (LA RAYON VERT)

   Richard Pryor’s JOJO DANCER

    

   Agnes Varda’s VAGABOND

   Paul Schrader’s MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS

   Robert Bresson’s L’ARGENT

   Jim Jarmusch’s STRANGER THAN PARADISE

   Ingmar Bergman’s FANNY & ALEXANDER

   Jean-Luc Godard’s EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF

   Wim Wenders’ WINGS OF DESIRE

    

2. WATCH THIS: Richard Linklater on ’80s Jewels including DRUGSTORE COWBOY, THEY LIVE, WINGS OF DESIRE, and more

   May 3, 2019 3:11 pm Leave a Comment

   For the past few years, we’ve been fortunate to have AFS Founder & Artistic Director Richard Linklater curate his “Jewels in the Wasteland” series at AFS Cinema. Encompassing the entire 1980s, the series focuses on highlighting the best of the decade, from veterans like Godard to newcomers like Gus Van Sant. These are not just film screenings—Jewels in the Wasteland also includes an introduction and post-film discussion by Linklater. In anticipation of our next chapter of the Jewels series (beginning May 8 with LOCAL HERO), we’ve now published the videos from the 2017 chapter of the series, including DRUGSTORE COWBOY, THEY LIVE, ISHTAR, among others. Enjoy these and don’t miss out on the upcoming lineup.

   For an archive of all of our Jewels in the Wasteland recordings, visit our Youtube page.

   DRUGSTORE COWBOY

   ANOTHER WOMAN

   BARFLY

   BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY

   BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS

   COLORS

   ISHTAR

   THE DEAD

   THEY LIVE

   WINGS OF DESIRE

    

3. WATCH THIS: Q&A WITH THE CAST OF HER SMELL

   April 16, 2019 8:00 pm Leave a Comment

   HER SMELL opens Friday, April 19 at the AFS Cinema. Get your tickets here.

   The new film from writer/director Alex Ross Perry (GOLDEN EXITS, LISTEN UP PHILIP) stars Elizabeth Moss as Becky Something, a ’90s rock superstar who once filled arenas with her band Something She. When her excesses derail a national tour, she’s forced to reckon with her past while recapturing the inspiration that led her band to success. Featuring Cara Delevingne (SUICIDE SQUAD), Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) and Amber Heard.

   Watch this interview from Variety at the Toronto International Film Festival with the cast of HER SMELL as they discuss the film.

4. WATCH THIS: Francois Truffaut Discussing Jean Vigo’s L’ATALANTE

   March 27, 2019 5:53 pm Leave a Comment

   L’ATALANTE is part of our series, The Complete Works of Jean Vigo, and screens this week at AFS Cinema. Purchase Tickets.

   The complete works of the visionary filmmaker Jean Vigo, who, before his death at age 29, made four groundbreaking films that would influence generations to come.

   One of the filmmakers who was influenced by Vigo was Francois Truffaut. Watch this clip from an interview with Truffaut discussing Vigo’s L’ATALANTE and the powerful effect it had on him. Then join us at the cinema for screenings of L’ATALANTE & TARIS this Thursday and Sunday, March 28 & 31.

5. Watch This: You Must Remember This Podcast Host Karina Longworth and Richard Linklater in Conversation

   January 29, 2019 7:54 pm Leave a Comment

   This past December, Karina Longworth, host of the essential film podcast You Must Remember This (which just released its final episode of the season this week), joined us for a special presentation of WAIT TILL THE SUN SHINES, NELLIE at AFS Cinema.The rare screening of the Jean Peters’ film was followed by a lengthy discussion between Longworth and AFS Founder & Artistic Director Richard Linklater. We captured this special evening and have included the full conversation below. It’s fascinating to see these two film experts talk about the film, Jean Peters, Howard Hughes, and more. As a forewarning, there are spoilers about this bonkers film within.

   P.S. If you haven’t picked up your copy of Longworth’s new book, Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes’s Hollywood, you can purchase it online or at AFS Cinema (copies are signed).

6. Watch This: New Restoration of Don Hertzfeldt’s short REJECTED

   November 1, 2018 6:56 pm Leave a Comment

   If animation moves you, we’re showing an incredible amount of it this month at AFS Cinema. From our retrospective of Czech puppeteer Jiri Trnka, to classics like THE LAST UNICORN, to contemporary anime such as LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD, MFKZ, PAPRIKA, and MIRAI.

   In 2000, when 23 year old Don Hertzfeldt made the short film REJECTED, he never could have dreamed that his hours of labor with a 35mm camera, paper and pens would change the way animated short films were perceived in the new century. Directly and indirectly, the film created a new consciousness of humor and visual storytelling that went way up-market with Adult Swim and helped Hertzfeldt become the important and thoughtful filmmaker he has become since.

   Here is REJECTED at last in an HD remaster. Enjoy.