2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, for the very first time
Contributed by Stacy Brick, guest programmer of our family-friendly SUNDAY SCHOOL series. In an interview about the “unrestoration” of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, director Christopher Nolan talked about seeing the film for the first time at age 7. “I had the extraordinary experience of being transported in a way that I hadn’t realized was possible. […]
A New Understanding of Time with Hou Hsiao Hsien — Series Begins September 8 at AFS Cinema
Reality in Long Shots: A Hou Hsiao-Hsien Retrospective begins Saturday, September 8, at AFS Cinema. Buy your tickets today. Presented in partnership with Austin Asian American Film Festival. Hou Hsiao-Hsien grew up in the wake of WWII and Japanese occupation of Taiwan, witnessing a generation with bleak outlooks leading bleak lives. Reflecting on his early […]
Children of Abraham/Ibrahim: IN BETWEEN, screening Wednesday at AFS Cinema
Written by Associate Professor Karen Grumberg, of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at UT. The three Israeli Palestinian women in Maysaloun Hamoud’s debut film, IN BETWEEN, are, first and foremost, women. The fact that Hamoud is Israeli Palestinian herself may lead viewers to expect her film to focus on the political dimension of their existence; […]
“The greatest tennis film of all time” coming to AFS
JOHN MCENROE: IN THE REALM OF PERFECTION opens Friday, September 7th at AFS Cinema. Tickets are on sale now. In the 1980’s, the Technical Director of the French Tennis Federation wanted to make instructional films of tennis players in action. His experiments ended with 16mm footage of superstar bad boy John McEnroe at Roland Garros (colloquially called […]
The Miracle in Barbara Loden’s WANDA, opening Saturday at AFS Cinema
WANDA screens at AFS Cinema this weekend, September 1-3. Get tickets today. Barbara Loden wrote, directed, and starred in WANDA with a crew of four people. They filmed in a Pennsylvania coal town on a $100K budget gifted by Harry Schuster. Without studio pressure, Loden could make the film that she wanted to. “There is […]
Josephine Decker’s MADELINE’S MADELINE opens Friday at AFS Cinema
MADELINE’S MADELINE opens on Friday, August 31st at AFS Cinema. Tickets are on sale now. Josephine Decker (BUTTER ON THE LATCH, THOU WAST MILD AND LOVELY) is back with her newest feature, a favorite at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Madeline (newcomer Helena Howard) has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. […]
Christopher Nolan’s Grand “Unrestoration” of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY opens August 31 at AFS Cinema
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY’s new 4K unrestoration opens at AFS Cinema on Friday, August 31. Get tickets. Few movies can top both the lists of best movies made of all time and most boring movies of all time. A work of art must have greatness in it – a la “Moby Dick” – to produce […]
Good Vibrations: Interview with MILFORD GRAVES FULL MANTIS Filmmaker
AFS Doc Days guest programmer Todd Savage talked to MILFORD GRAVES FULL MANTIS director Jake Meginsky in anticipation of the film’s opening this weekend at AFS Cinema. 15 years ago, drummer Jake Meginsky showed up at the front door of the renowned free-jazz percussionist Milford Graves’ home and asked to be taken on as a […]
AFS Viewfinders Podcast: THE COCOANUTS Discussion w/ Caroline Frick
This month’s ongoing Essential Cinema series, Pre-Code Treasures, looks back at the unique period of time (roughly 1929-34) before the implementation of the Hays Code. Each week, we’re joined by film scholars to talk about the era and the film selection for the week. On August 9, scholar, professor, and film archivist Dr. Caroline Frick […]
Japanese Courtroom Thriller THE THIRD MURDER opens Friday
THE THIRD MURDER opens on Friday, August 17 at AFS Cinema. Tickets are on sale now. THE THIRD MURDER, the newest movie from two-time Cannes Film Festival winner Hirokazu Koreeda (SHOPLIFTERS; LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON), follows the trial of confessed killer Misumi, a previously convicted murderer who has killed again and this time faces the […]
AFS Viewfinders Podcast: A Conversation with Andrew Bujalski
Here at AFS, we’re big fans of Austin-based filmmaker and so-called “Godfather of Mumblecore” Andrew Bujalski. Later this month, Bujalski’s newest film SUPPORT THE GIRLS opens around the country, including at AFS Cinema. Our Lead Programmer Lars Nilsen recently sat down with the filmmaker for a conversation about living and working in Austin, his thoughts […]
“Stirringly Poetic,” Ryuichi Sakamoto Doc opens Friday at AFS Cinema
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA opens this Friday, August 17th, at the AFS Cinema. Tickets are on sale now. Ryuichi Sakamoto’s prolific career began as a member of the Japanese synth-pop trio Yellow Magic Orchestra (as seen here on “Soul Train” in 1980). Sakamoto would soon shift his focus onto film scores, composing the acclaimed scores for […]
