Our Recommended Events Include Broods, Books, and Barking Buddies

The weekdays are filled with events worth leaving the house

"...Tuesday 1, Saturday 5 - Sunday 6, AFS Cinema..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Art, Movies, Sports, and More Recommended Events

Pack your weekend with the best happenings around town

"...Friday 21 & Sunday 23, AFS Cinema..."

March 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Movie Duos, Rude Little Pigs, and More Events for the Week Ahead

Time to reflect and project

"...Tuesday 21 & Saturday 25, AFS Cinema..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Surreal Party, a Dead Parade, and More Recommended Events

Liven up your weekend with these undead events

"...Friday 25 & Sunday 27, AFS Cinema..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Lost Movie and a Forgotten Sport in New Book Cockfight: A Fable of Failure

Kier-La Janisse lets the blood and feathers fly

"...This Friday, she’ll be screening the original movie at AFS Cinema in celebration of its publication...."

Sept. 20, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Matilda, The Matrix, and Mixers in This Week’s Recommended Events

Get nerdy, brooding, and out there with these suggestions

"...Monday 12, AFS Cinema..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Five Ingredients for a Perfect Halloween

Like the best bags of trick-or-treat candy, it’s all in the selecton

"...It's twins of evil at AFS Cinema with two series of Halloween-themed programming. Big Screen..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Halloween at the Movies

Your ultimate guide to spooky season screenings in Austin

"...AFS CINEMA..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Doomed. Bourgeois. In Austin: The Films of Whit Stillman

Indie legend on Austin, Austen, and his landmark trilogy

"...of Disco, all of which screen this month at AFS Cinema. Stillman himself will be in attendance for the..."

Oct. 11, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Road Trip to The Unknown Country With Director Morrisa Maltz

How a long commute became a drive into America's heart

"...been for the Austin Film Society and the annual AFS Filmmaker Grants program. In fact, the film received AFS..."

Aug. 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lights, Camera, Stupidity in Austin-Made Satire

Bryan Connolly's Make Popular Movies spoofs how films are (and aren't) made

"...summed up in Make Popular Movies, which screens at AFS Cinema this weekend. Connolly recalled his thinking: "Screw it,..."

March 31, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

In the Flesh: Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell Leads the Reappraisal of Porn

The archivist sees erotica as a vital chapter in the history of queer liberation

"...described her programming as a cross between two other AFS series, Essential Cinema and Lates: hitting familiar canonical film..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Screens Feature by James Scott

Five Films to Watch at Cine Las Americas

Oscar contenders, Austin stories, and global tales from the Latinx, Portugeuse, and Indigenous communities

"...Festival, Austin's celebration. CLAIFF runs June 8-12 at at AFS Cinema, 6406 N. I-35, and the Emma S. Barrientos..."

June 10, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Night at the Movies With Evan Smith

Texas Tribune founder honored by the Texas Film Hall of Fame for his services to cinema

"...the dozens of luminaries who have been honored by AFS ended up flicking his throat to the tune of..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

In My Blood It Runs

How erasure of Aboriginal culture splits the life of one boy

"...available as a virtual cinema release. Choose from: • AFS Cinema (Tickets here)..."

June 26, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Yourself and Yours

Korean master Hong Sang-soo's understated dissection of how men only see women as they want

"...available as a virtual cinema release. Choose from: • AFS Cinema (Tickets here)..."

June 26, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Infiltrators

Reckless, heroic, or both? Immigration center story told through reconstruction and fly-on-the-wall footage

"...UT grad and former AFS Filmmaker Grant recipient Cristina Ibarra and fellow director Alex..."

April 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Stars at Night Are Big and Bright at the Texas Film Awards

Ceremony celebrates Shelley Duvall, Erykah Badu, and Kaitlyn Dever while raising funds for filmmakers

"...event with a special screening of the film at AFS Cinema the night before the ceremony...."

March 6, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film News: Linklater, Rodriguez, and a Case of Millennium Bugs

Production updates, new releases, and job opportunities

"...Austin Film Society is hiring too. Austin Studios, which AFS runs, is in the middle of completing buildout on..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

We Have a Lot of History Here: The Austin Chronicle and Between the Lines

How Jeff Goldblum’s first starring role helped shape the paper we became

"...Tuesday, we're having another Chronicle party, this one at AFS Cin­ema. We probably won't steal a vehicle this time,..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Screens Feature by Nick Barbaro

A Life Reconstructed in Noir Classic The Killers

A death in New Jersey

"...Fri., June 21, 7pm, and Sun., June 23, 4pm @AFS Cinema, 6406 N. I-35 #3100. Tickets and info at..."

June 21, 2019 Screens Feature by Julian DeBerry

Cold Case Hammarskjöld Uncovers a Crime Too Terrible to Stay Buried

An assassination to hide an atrocity

"...you simply cannot ignore." The Austin Film Society presents AFS Doc Days..."

May 31, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Short Film “Stop” Finds Fear in Being Pulled Over

Austin director Steven DeGennaro on race and roadside terror

"...screens today as part of the SXSW Community Screening: AFS ShortCase at AFS Cinema...."

March 9, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From Paris to Austin

AFA Ciné-Club brings in Gallic wonders from the Champs-Élysées Film Festival

"...Ciné-Club has recently been relocated from Austin Studios to AFS Cinema, and as McMahan notes, the larger venue "gives..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Gay Place

The Return of Homo Arigato

"...forward with Homo Arigato until they saw Suspiria at AFS's new spot and felt instantly inspired to restart their..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

'Tis the Season

Something wicked this way screens

"...the safety of bingeing slasher films from your couch). AFS Cinema's Art Horror series is a good beginning marker,..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Austin Film Society Announces 2017 Film Grants

$143,000 in cash and support awarded to 34 filmmakers

"...AFS announced Monday this year’s class of AFS Grant recipients..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Buoyed Up by A Life in Waves

A life in electronic music captured this weekend at AFS

"...A Life in Waves, AFS Cinema, 6406 N. I-35, Sat., July 22, 2:30pm. Tickets..."

July 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces Design Firm Partnership

The arthouse theatre to close for renovations at the end of October

"...engage with each other,” said Michael Hsu in an AFS press release. Hsu’s past projects in Austin include the..."

Sept. 27, 2016 Screens Post by Will McCarthy

Austin Film Society Presents a Night of Texas Animation

Animation showcase draws artists together

"...night came from Mighty Coconut co-founder Christina Martell and AFS director Holly Herrick having a conversation over drinks, "as..."

July 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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