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Lars Nilsen Joins Austin Film Society
Drafthouse programmer bolsters AFS team, plus new Marchesa home
"...Lars Nilsen's day, and today is no exception: The Austin Film Society has just announced that the Alamo Drafthouse..."

Feb. 27, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

American Cinematheque's Universal Appeal
"...of L.A.'s recently renovated 1922 Egyptian Theatre, the American Cinematheque is a viewer-supported, nonprofit organization devoted to the preservation..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

The Austin Film Society Unveils Its New Home for Cinema
Two-screen theatre will showcase the best of new and classic arthouse cinema
"...It's final touches time at the new Austin Film Society Cinema: fine-tuning the projectors, training staff on..."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Film History, With a Fresher Date Than Usual
Austin Cinematheque opens season with Uncle Boonmee
"...The Austin Cinematheque showcases great classic films on the University of..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Size Matters
Making sense of Austin's microcinema scene
"...started with a microcinema, really. A vital element of Austin's cinematic community was born and blossomed around Richard Linklater's..."

July 17, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

At the Altar of the Archival
Austin Cinematheque and the essentialness of the shared moviewatching experience.
"...Longtime Austin serious-cine devotees all have their Texas Union Theater stories...."

Feb. 7, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Counterprogramming Cupid
Stick it to Valentine's Day with these free ways to say eff off to love
"...people, we like the idea. So, too, does the Austin Public Library; the Hampton Branch (5125 Convict Hill Rd.)..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Daniel Erickson Scores Mad Love at Fantasia Fest
Austin filmmaker's mannequin noir wows Montreal
"...be honest: more than a little creeped out) when Austin filmmaker Daniel Erickson recently reappeared on the scene after..."

July 19, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Maverick Outsider
Avant-garde artist Willie Varela discusses politics, the nature of personal work, a career on the fringes, and what it's like to be a Chicano filmmaker.
"...at the MoMa, the Whitney Biennials, the San Francisco Cinematheque, the Collective for Living Cinema, the Guggenheim and elsewhere...."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Feature by Athina Rachel Tsangari

The Many Faces of Janus
AFS Essential Cinema series presents a wild lineup
"...What links the Austin Film Society's latest Essential Cinema series is distributor Janus..."

April 12, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinematheque
"Oh, the thrill of identifying unknown films!"
"...HENRI LANGLOIS: PHANTOM OF THE CINEMATHEQUE..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Bringing Out the Dead
Swiss documentary maker Richard Dindo considers himself a "portraitist or biographer of those who are no longer with us." This week, he brings two films : about revolutionary Che Guevara and writer Jean Genet : to town as part of the Austin Film Society's Texas Documentary Tour.
"...because I'd heard you could see films at the Cinematheque Française. Then I married a French woman who supported..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Icon Down the Street
Remembering Louise Brooks, a little too late
"...only in the mid-Fifties when Henri Langlois and his Cinematheque Française held a retrospective of her work, correctly spotting..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Noir City Film Festival Redefines the All-American Genre
Black, white, and red all over
"...step was to get these movies seen. "The American Cinematheque in Hollywood thought it would be a great idea..."

May 17, 2019 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Billy Friedkin Kills It
Extended Q&A with the man behind 'The Exorcist,' 'French Connection'
"...In this week's paper, we have a Q&A with..."

Aug. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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