Listen Here: The Weirdest Cash-In Album Ever Made By An Actor
Peter Wyngarde (born Cyril Louis Goldbert on this day in 1933, though the year is disputed) is certainly an unusual figure in the British theater. Rail-thin, baroquely outfitted, and equipped with a mellifluous voice, he makes an unforgettable first impression, glanced through a window, in THE INNOCENTS (1961). He was a flamboyant figure who, ironically, cultivated an […]
Austin’s Experimental Response Cinema Featured In Chronicle, Local Showcase Next Tuesday at AFS Cinema
ERC’s Scott Stark and Rachel Stuckey The Austin Chronicle today turns their screens spotlight on a group that has been bringing avant-garde and experimental cinema to Austin for four years now, and who will be presenting a showcase of local Austin Filmmakers at the AFS Cinema on Tuesday, August 23 at AFS Cinema. If you […]
Watch This: John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara and Peter Falk Wasted on National TV
“This is the reason I didn’t join a fraternity.” – Dick Cavett During the filming of John Cassavetes’ HUSBANDS (1970) the director/star and his other cast members Peter Falk and Ben Gazzara really got into character as a trio of middle aged ne’er-do-wells. When it came time to promote the film they took that same […]
Watch This: An Exercise in Speed, Danger and Romance from Claude Lelouch
Filmed 40 years ago, in August 1976, in one take, with director Claude Lelouch at the wheel, zipping through Paris, this is a high-concept, but high-reward film. It was a bit of a goof. The director, having just acquired a high-tech camera mount for use in his new feature, decided to try it out in […]
Skip Film School, Just Watch this Hourlong Samuel Fuller Doc Instead
OK, maybe don’t actually skip film school, at least if you’ve already enrolled. But you should be able to test out of at least 4 semesters with the knowledge and insight that can be had in this documentary about the great writer/director Samuel Fuller (born on this day in 1912). Fuller was an all-American iconoclast, […]
Penny Lane’s New Movie is NUTS!
“Nothing to see here. Just a medical miracle!“ That headline is a statement of fact, not opinion, although… The new film NUTS!, directed by Penny Lane, will be screening at the AFS Cinema on Thursday, August 18. The director will take part in a Skype Q&A after the movie. Lane, whose last film, OUR […]
Watch This: Dennis Lim on “What is Lynchian?”
Author, programmer and AFS Grant Panelist Dennis Lim will join us at the AFS Cinema on Tuesday, August 16 for a 35mm screening of David Lynch’s seminal 2001 film MULHOLLAND DRIVE. Here, from Fandor Keyframe, is a video essay on Lynch’s films using words and concepts from Lim’s book “David Lynch: The Man From Another […]
The Robert Aldrich Story
Robert Aldrich (born on this date in 1918) had a lot of success in his career, made a lot of movies, did very well at the box office by and large, and left a legacy of films that will continually be rediscovered by new generations. But despite all this he has not become a ‘brand […]
Watch This: John Huston Living the Good Life, 1966
John Huston (born on this day in 1906) was a great filmmaking talent, with remarkable intelligence and an unusual ability to communicate. He made many good, and some bad, movies, and was pretty much the definition of a larger than life character. It is impossible, hearing it now, not to be charmed by his mellifluous […]
Essential Cinema: IDA LUPINO: THE HARD WAY Series Notes
We hope you can join us this August for our special all-35mm tribute series to one of the screens finest performers, and a pioneering director, Ida Lupino. Program notes follow. ESSENTIAL CINEMA: IDA LUPINO: THE HARD WAY ON DANGEROUS GROUND: Thu, Aug 4, 2016, 7:30 PM, AFS Cinema ROAD HOUSE: Thu, Aug 11, 2016, 7:30 […]
Gaze in Wonderment at this Stunning Gallery of Stills by Master Cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa
There are cinematographers who do their job adequately, making sure the subject is lit and focused according to the director’s wishes, and then there are the artists, who create perfect frames and perfect shots. These are rare people, and when they are empowered, can produce magical cinema. Gabriel Figueroa (1907-1997) was one of the latter. […]
New Essential Cinema Series Starts this Week: Pioneering Director/Star Ida Lupino
Tickets available below. Watch the series trailer here. Born into a family whose theatrical pedigree extended as far back as Renaissance Italy, British actress Ida Lupino was a vaudevillian from birth, a Royal Academy Of Dramatic Arts trained actress by 13 and an imported contract player at Paramount by age 15. Hollywood had no idea […]
