Suzhou River

The Austin Film Society presents its latest Essential Cinema Series – on the heels, I guess appropriately, of “Shattering the Narrative” – at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown. Admission is free for AFS members and for those who sign up online or at the theatre; otherwise, find $4. All screenings take place on Tuesdays at 7pm. For more information, see www.austinfilm.org.

Tue., June 6: Songs From the Second Floor (D: Roy Andersson, 2000)

June 13: Suzhou River (D: Ye Lou, 2000)

June 20: Hukkle (D: György Pálfi, 2002)

June 27: Elephant (D: Gus Van Sant, 2003)

July 11: Woman Is the Future of Man (D: Sang-soo Hong, 2004)

July 18: Sex and Lucía (D: Julio Medem, 2001)

July 25: Irreversible (D: Gaspar Noé, 2002)

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