New French Cinema Week Displays a Nation’s Artistic Resilience

Vive la nouvelle France at AFS Cinema

"...forefront of their yearly fest to Austin for four days of eight feature films, an animated shorts program, with..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Qmmunity: Love, Lust, and the Pursuit of Queerness

Lez Prom, OUTsider Fest, and more queer'd events

"...Cox's twin!) Couch dialogues run through Saturday, with full days Friday and Saturday, and the fest closes Sunday night..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

True Life, Unfiltered

New mini-fest AFS Doc Days scours the globe for fresh viewpoints

"...Austin Film Society is finally providing that specialty with Doc Days, bringing new and unexpected viewpoints about regional life..."

May 11, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

I Don't Feel at Home Wins Best Austin Film

Macon Blair's debut lauded by Austin Film Critics Association

"...will be a special screening on Jan. 6 at AFS Cinema, two days before the AFCA releases its complete..."

Dec. 31, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Do Not Resist Charts the Rise of the Militarization of Law Enforcement

Documentary offers a critical look at evolving present-day policing efforts

"...the backdrop, the first scenes of Craig Atkinson's police documentary Do Not Resist threaten violence, staged on the protest-filled..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Austin Film Society Announces 2016 Grants

Program gives much-needed funds to Texas filmmakers

"...they are funding this year, as part of their AFS Grant program...."

Aug. 29, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Ones to Watch

A new year, a new batch of filmmakers

"...and flow of great talent from the Eagle Pennell days to the Linklater/Rodriguez era, yet with another year upon..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Punk Trilogy Gets a Re-release

Penelope Spheeris speaks on her restored punk doc triptych

"...call director Penelope Spheeris one of the most influential documentary filmmakers in the history of cinema isn't hyperbole, it's..."

July 17, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Around the World in 519 Terrifying Days

'Maidentrip' circles back to Austin for Doc Nights

"...sail only 24 hours over the course of 12 days. After you've shared experiences like these with 14-year-old Dutch..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

AFS Hosts an Andrew Bujalski Twofer

‘Computer Chess’ director screens his first film and an old favorite

"...the influential photographer William J. Eggleston for his 1973 documentary Stranded in Canton, an immersive portrait of Memphis and..."

Aug. 14, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

AFS Doc Nights: 'How to Survive a Plague'

When desperate times called for desperate measures

"...all that terribly concerned about it. Those were the days, you will recall, of the Bush père administration and..."

May 10, 2013 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

When the Sixties Was Happening on FM Radio

AFS Doc Night: 'Radio Unnameable'

"...other. One unique feature about Radio Unnameable, particularly in the early days, is that people would drop by the studio unannounced...."

Dec. 7, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Artist Will See You Now

AFS Doc Night screens Marina Abramović portrait

"...MA: Several things. She has energy for days. She works as hard as anyone else that's made..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Boxing Gym

Famed documentary maker Frederick Wiseman directs his camera on Richard Lord's Austin boxing gym.

"...Directed by: Frederick Wiseman. Doc-maker laureate Frederick Wiseman's latest, filmed locally at Lord's Gym,..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc Recommends: Micro Championship Wrestling

AFS Cinema, Friday, August 6, 2010

"...in the buff … while coated in oil. These days that sort of thing only happens at financially distressed..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Got Philosophy?

AFS Documentary Tour presents Examined Life

"...Obviously, a doc pitched to a general audience with this conceit could..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Into Thin Air and Back

AFS Documentary Tour presents Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains

"...knowledge of the subject of Uruguayan filmmaker Gonzalo Arijón's doc Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed on..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Advance's Retreat

Is this the end for Cinematexas?

"...in a "completely rundown" three-story building – dubbed the "Doc Motel" – is still standing, unoccupied. "They didn't offer..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Glastonbury

The sense of total immersion in England's Glastonbury Festival is breathlessly complete in Julien Temple's everywhere-at-once music documentary.

"...sweep and stubborn longevity as England's Glastonbury Festival, this documentary begins with a solemn, stentorian narrator recalling the history..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film News

Making 'Room' for Kyle Henry in Cannes; plus, 'August Evening,' 'Everything in Between,' and 'Dallas'

"...South Lamar. Tickets are $12, $10 if you're an AFS member. By the way, also upcoming at Cannes are..."

April 29, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

A Bee Worth Buzzing About

Texas Documentary Tour presents the Oscar-nominated Spellbound.

"...explains why rookie filmmaker Jeff Blitz's first feature and doc also walked off with an Oscar nomination, to boot...."

June 6, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Boys in the Barracks

Texas Documentary Tour present Arthur Dong's award-winning 1994 documentary about gays in the military, 'Coming Out Under Fire.'

"...be readily apparent, but the timing of the Texas Documentary Tour's screening of Coming Out Under Fire -- L.A...."

April 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

First You Laugh, Then You Join Greenpeace

The vinyl industry's environmental and health dangers hit home when documentarian Judith Helfand's family installs vinyl siding. Helfand caught it all on tape in her toxic comedy, Blue Vinyl.

"...-- she could probably rivet an audience to a documentary about the history of the stepladder. Not that Blue..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

A Little Eclectic

Texas Documentary Tour brings Immy Humes to town.

"...different: "A Little Vicious" (1991), a tragicomedy (and Oscar-nominated documentary short) about a pit bull on death row. The..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

(Backroom) Journeys With George (and James)

Revisiting The War Room -- the electrifying '92 campaign documentary starring the Lone Ranger and Tonto (Stephanopoulos and Carville) -- with executive producer R.J. Cutler.

"...begun to blur, The War Room is the Oscar-nominated documentary that focussed not on the promising candidate from Arkansas..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

In Memoriam

Longtime friends and colleagues of Eagle Pennell remember the filmmaker.

"...who had become a hopeless alcoholic. His last film, Doc's Full Service, made in 1994, was full of promise...."

Aug. 30, 2002 Screens Feature

Will Pay Cash for Film

Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund underwrites independent film and video

"...in a culturally rich environment like Austin, narrative and documentary film- and videomakers often find themselves scrambling at the..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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