From Texas Archive Of The Moving Image: Championship Bowling from Austin’s Dart Bowl 1961
For some reason, probably because it was cheap and not weather-dependent, televised bowling was one of the staples of local, and even national, broadcasting for many years. Most people of a certain age probably have memories of thrilling to these weekend afternoon telecasts. Many more probably have memories of feeling glum and depressed because televised […]
Watch This: Jonathan Demme’s 11-Minute Video for New Order’s “The Perfect Kiss”
As we remember Jonathan Demme, who died today at the age of 73, we will of course remember all of those films he directed that have changed the vocabulary of the cinema. As a craftsman he was, of course, a great master of angles and shots and all the technical aspects of film. His unique […]
The Best AFS Trailers of the Past Year
Recently I was asking a distributor for a downloadable version of his film so we could cut an in-house trailer. This is an unusual request, but one we make frequently. The reason for this is that most trailers are cut for a very general market, and one that may not be as savvy or, well, […]
Craziest Career Ever? The Amazing Life of Olga Karlatos
Has any performer ever had a weirder and more diverse resume than Olga Karlatos, born on this day in 1947? Her first credited acting role is in the Greek New Wave landmark THANOS & DESPINA (1967), directed by her first husband Nikos Papatakis. Also known as SHEPHERDS OF DISASTER, this is the favorite film of […]
“If your faith in humanity needs a little boost…” Austin Chronicle on New French Cinema Week
For the past two years, New French Cinema Week has taken over the AFS home theater for some of the best contemporary French-language cinema programming you will find anywhere, in collaboration with Premiers Plans, one of AFS’ sister organizations in Angers, France (appropriately enough, Austin’s sister city). This year, the AFS Cinema is under renovation […]
Don’t Miss: A Weeklong Celebration of Contemporary French-Language Film at AFS
From RAGING ROSE (Crache Coeur), screening Thursday April 20 For the third year, AFS is partnering with Premiers Plans, a film festival and organization located in the Loire Valley capital of Angers, France, to create a cross-cultural dialogue about independent film. AFS and Premiers Plans will co-present the New French Cinema Week, showcasing four new […]
VICE Reports on the AFS & Holodeck Records Live Event at SXSW
AFS was honored to be asked by SXSW to coordinate an event for this year’s fest with our friends from Holodeck Records‘ stable of talented artists. As the annual spectacle of SXSW raged outside, a very lucky 50-or so folks crowded into the back room at the Hideout to enjoy a live score of the […]
AFS Viewfinders Podcast: Lisa Hart Carroll on Acting & the Actor as Filmmaker
Lisa Hart Carroll in her first film role, in TERMS OF ENDEARMENT For every actor who becomes a star, there are 500 more who wear out their shoe leather going to auditions. Lisa Hart Carroll hit the jackpot early, getting cast in TERMS OF ENDEARMENT in an important supporting role in a film that would […]
A Look Inside the AFS Cinema Renovation
The main theater is being outfitted with sound improvements, a new screen and a cosmetic facelift We know how eager everyone is to get inside the renovated AFS Cinema and check out the next wave of movie culture in Austin. We have huge plans, and are just waiting for the doors to open so we […]
Watch This: Aki Kaurismäki’s DOGS HAVE NO HELL
It’s tempting to compare Finnish writer/director Aki Kaurismäki (born on this date in 1957) to Jim Jarmusch or the Coen Brothers, but, to be perfectly honest, there is no satisfying comparison. He, like those stateside peers, is sui generis. There’s great joy in discovering Kaurismäki, and in fact his characters are always experiencing discoveries. Much of the […]
Jazz on Film: YOU SEE WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY? with Marion Brown (1967)
In this short film from 1967, filmmaker Henry English attempts to place a context around saxophonist and composer Marion Brown’s flurries of notes and expression. Juxtaposed against performance footage and scenes from Brown’s environment are the musician’s spoken observations in which he, in a gentle Georgia accent, explains some of who he is and how […]
Listen Here: Actor’s Actor Kevin Corrigan Tells Tons of Great Stories and Does Impressions
The actor Kevin Corrigan (born on this day in 1969) has been nearly omnipresent in independent American films for better part of three decades. The list of his credits in both independent and studio films is crazily impressive. To name a few: GOODFELLAS, TRUE ROMANCE, LIVING IN OBLIVION, TREES LOUNGE, HENRY FOOL, BUFFALO ’66, SLUMS […]
