BEATRIZ AT DINNER – We Need to Talk: Opens at AFS Cinema This Week 6/22
Every once in a while a movie like BEATRIZ AT DINNER comes along and says, “we need to talk.” In the midst of the seismic political, cultural and, yes, spiritual forces that quake around us now, we certainly do need to talk. And talk is what Salma Hayek’s Beatriz and John Lithgow’s Doug Strutt do […]
Wait… Erroll Morris Made a Short Interview Film with Trump? About CITIZEN KANE?
It’s almost too astonishing to be true, but Donald Trump’s favorite film is CITIZEN KANE. He’s said it many times, and has even displayed some insight about Charles Foster Kane’s plight – along with some seemingly pretty vapid misunderstandings. Certainly he is among the few people who can identify with Kane’s great wealth, his vulgarity, […]
In The Zone: Stalking Hypernormalisation with Tarkovsky
The AFS Cinema screens the new restoration of Andrei Tarkovsky’s STALKER six times this week. Enter the zone with us. Special guest post by AFS Senior Programming Intern Cameron Timmons: We at AFS enjoy programming films we’d love for you to see and enjoy, and occasionally those have an important relationship with current events. […]
Revisiting the Outlaw Indie TV Series SPLIT SCREEN with Host John Pierson Live 6/11
John Pierson and friend John Pierson’s Split Screen, the essential show about American independent cinema, was a deep dive into both the great troublemakers of the 90s film scene alongside the truly obscure, interesting characters that were around at the time. Sadly, the series, which originally aired on IFC, was unavailable to the public for years, until […]
“Easily One of the Best Films of the Year:” I, DANIEL BLAKE; Opens This Weekend at AFS Cinema
As you have probably read, or even seen for yourself, the AFS Cinema is open again, newly renovated, expanded and improved. We are offering the same kind of repertory, documentary, and community programming as before, only much more of it. Additionally, we now have a New Release screen, dedicated to the best first run films. […]
Midcentury Medieval: ‘Comedy, Italian Style’ Begins May 26
From Pier Paolo Pasolini’s chapter of the omnibus film THE WITCHES (1967) In the Italian comedies of the sixties we find medieval obsessions — love, sex, class, religion, fate and honor — wedded to the shiny, modernist surfaces of midcentury cosmopolitan culture. The obstacles faced by our protagonists are the daunting challenges of modern life, […]
The AFS Cinema Opening is Just Around The Corner: New Photos!
As many of you who are reading this doubtless already know, the long anticipated reopening of the AFS Cinema is coming very soon with the first public screenings starting on Friday, May 26. Check out the entire, packed calendar here. Not only has the AFS Cinema added a second theater, we have reconfigured the lobby, ticket […]
Watch This: DEVO: The Men Who Make The Music
Today, composer/performer/visual artist Mark Mothersbaugh turns 67 years old. It’s a good time to reflect on how pervasive his influence has been on the popular arts. His band Devo emerged from small-town Ohio with a fully formed aesthetic that was part cultural critique and part art movement. They were also a really solid rock band. […]
AFS Viewfinders Podcast: AFS Programmers Lars Nilsen & Holly Herrick on the New AFS Cinema
It’s been a busy week at AFS. With the help of our capable team we have announced the opening of our new two-screen theater, the AFS Cinema. In only a few weeks we will resume our regular programming, only this time with the addition of many more screenings and a first run screen which brings […]
Austin Eater Gets the Scoop on the New AFS Cinema Food & Bev Menu
Today, Austin Eater published a nice overview of the initial menu offerings at the new AFC Cinema. Fans of Smokey Denmark sausages, Antonelli’s cheeses, beers from Austin Beerworks, Live Oak and Adelbert’s, and Stumptown coffee should rejoice. Also, and this is no small thing, the popcorn offerings have been given a lot of thought and […]
More Photos of the AFS Cinema Renovation in Progress
The art deco doors remain unchanged A few more photos of the AFS Cinema construction project have made their way to this desk and I wanted to share them with everyone. These were taken about three weeks ago, during a visit we staffers made to the space. Last month, we shared some photos from earlier […]
Cine Las Americas Starts This Week
A CIDADE ONDE ENVELHEÇO (WHERE I GROW OLD), screening Saturday, May 6 Cine Las Americas is an annual tradition here in Austin. Now in its 20th year, Cine (as we customarily abbreviate it) brings us films that the other fests do not. It runs from Wednesday May 3 to Sunday May 7 at three locations, […]
