Something Wilder

AFS Essential Cinema: Censors, Drop Your Scissors! Billy Wilder's Later Comedies

"...Billy Wilder's late-period movies, Avanti! and Fedora. The former Austin Community College film instructor, author, and occasional Austin Chronicle..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Border Crossing

AFS Essential Cinema presents 3 Mexicanas en Hollywood

"...in Babel. But if you're a student of Mexican cinema, the last three women need no last name (for..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Mighty Finn

AFS Essential Cinema presents the Chilly Humorist of Finland: Aki Kaurismäki

"...garbageman is typical of the characters that populate the film world of Aki Kaurismäki, Finland's best-known filmmaker. Ostensible losers,..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFS Turns Over A New Leaf Tonight

Hello, Goodbye series continues with Elaine May comedy

"...The Austin Film Society’s Hello, Goodbye series – its programming send-off..."

Oct. 27, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Peek Into One Boutique's Two Decades of Preservation

AFS Essential Cinema: Selections From Milestone Films

"...entities with personalities and not just invisible behemoths peddling film products to make a buck?..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Intersection of Personal and Political

AFS Essential Cinema presents a miniretrospective of the films of Philippe Garrel

"...Garrel is one of the true enigmas of the film world. Born in Paris in 1948, an up-and-coming director..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Endless Ache

AFS Essential Cinema: Children of Abraham / Ibrahim 5

"...For five years running now, the Austin Film Society has devoted a winter series to culling..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

More Milestones

More opportunities to see films from boutique outfit Milestone Films

"...In this week's Screens section, we preview the Austin Film Society's summer Essential Cinema series, which presents a..."

June 3, 2010 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bewitched

AFS Essential Cinema: I Married a Witch: Fredric March's comic curse

"...her blond cascade, indented over one eye, outlives her filmography. Frenchman René Clair pivots her carefully toward the camera..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Modern Tales as Old as Time

New AFS series travels back to the seat of civilization

"...the birthplace of civilization is nearly impossible, but the Austin Film Society's latest Essential Cinema series illuminates the beauty..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Losing It at the Movies

AFS Programming Director Chale Nafus on a life in film

"...my wife. When he allowed me to program a series for the Austin Film Society in 2004, he couldn't..."

July 24, 2015 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Subverting the Code

New AFS series showcases Barbara Stanwyck at her most sly and seductive

"...Around this time last year, the Austin Film Society programmed a short series devoted to early,..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Ghosts Are Good Company

AFS Essential Series: The Third Wave: Contemporary German Cinema

"...Petzold's 2007 award-winning supernatural-psychological drama, which will have its Austin premiere on Sept. 9. Like most of the films..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

On the Road, From San Fran to Taipei

Two new film series bebop and globe-hop

"...Ascending Dragon: Films of Greater China: AFS Essential Cinema..."

March 28, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Peggy Chiao Enters A City of Sadness

UT alum returns for rare screening of Hou Hsiao-hsien's greatest

"...This week, Austin Film Society and the Austin Asian-American Film Festival wrap..."

Sept. 27, 2018 Screens Post by Julian DeBerry

Che Bella

The Austin Film Society's series is called "Che Bella: Italy in the 60s," but the story really begins -- as does all of modern cinema -- in the streets of Rome, in May of 1944. Nick Barbaro looks at Italian neorealism and the movies it inspired.

"...The series is called "Che Bella: Italy in the 60s," but..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Nick Barbaro

Copping Out

World cinema takes a swing at the police procedural

"...The Austin Film Society's latest Essential Cinema series – a compact,..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

You Don’t Even Have to Go to the Movies Anymore

You really shouldn’t stop going to the movies

"...It’s no secret Austin has a hugely vibrant film culture, bursting at the..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Larger Than Life

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...Alamo and Terms of Endearment, Texas has fostered voice-of-their-generation films like Slacker and Easy Rider, made music with State..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Lubitsch's Last Hurrah

New AFS Essential Cinema series covers the 'Touch' from pre-war to 'Cluny Brown'

"...only through a brand of voyeuristic collusion with the films' own underlying narrative. Lubitsch's silent films, always utilizing a..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 2

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 8-14

"...questions. So each week, we’ll fill you in on films, readings, book clubs, and more where crime does pay..."

July 7, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Hot and Cold

Two new series tap extreme climes, from Buñuel in Mexico to Iceland's endless winter

Nov. 19, 2010 Screens Feature

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 1

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 1-7

"...questions. So each week, we’ll fill you in on films, readings, book clubs, and more where crime does pay..."

July 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Double Nickelodeons on the Dime

Plenty of opportunities to catch some classic films

"...Now chew on this, if you will. The AFS Cinema reopens this weekend with double the screens and programming..."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stormy Weather

AFS Essential Cinema presents Fire Beneath the Ice: Films of Iceland

"...tip of the American tongue; after hearing about the Austin Film Society's new Essential Cinema series, Fire Beneath the..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...and in the company of others. This summer two Austin film series, the Austin Film Society's Summer Free-for-All and..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Making Love and War

Love is a battlefield in the comedies of remarriage

"...When the Austin Film Society's longtime, indispensable programmer Chale Nafus asked me..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

When It Felt True

The Austin Chronicle's Raoul Hernandez curates an AFS Essential Cinema series on the 'enigma' of William Wyler

"...received a single Academy Award nomination during her 55-year film career. About the director, however – William Wyler –..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Such Great Heights

The agony and ecstasy of Powell and Pressburger pictures

"...to save Europe was to make extravagant, romantic British films." – Michael Powell, Million Dollar Movie..."

June 11, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

An Outdoor Screening, Bluey Live, and More Lead Our Recommended Arts Events

Get out and art this week!

"...Austin Parks Foundation revives its popular programming this spring with..."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

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