AFS Cinema, Violet Crown Closing Temporarily During COVID-19 Outbreak

Arthouse cinemas follow national chains

"...Austin's arthouse scene was bound to follow: both AFS Cinema and Violet Crown have announced that they are closing..."

March 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Exploring the Auteurs of Early Black Cinema

AFS screens rare and influential selections from the Pioneers of African-American Cinema

"...Society will screen pivotal selections from Pioneers of African-American Cinema, a war chest of seminal "race" films by early..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Cinema, Vehicular

Green Screen Film Series returns to the Laguna Gloria Amphitheater

"...a mixed-media sculpture by the renowned polymath, and now, cinematic sommelier, Terry Allen...."

July 7, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Hitler's Hollywood

The Third Reich's cinematic propaganda machine exposed

"...Suchsland previously chronicled the rise and fall of Weimar cinema in 2014's From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in..."

July 13, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

My Best Fiend

"...Dorado, the city of gold. The film is a landmark chunk of cinema, a marvel and a nightmare all..."

March 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Lovers on the Bridge

Carax's stridently anti-romantic romance is curiously full of extravagant visual panache.

"...groups, and an entire issue of Les Cahiers du Cinema was devoted to the film's analysis. First released in..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Okoge

"...Internationally, the film is now becoming something of a landmark in the new gay cinema...."

July 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Great Scott!

"Why Not?"

"...cool (and we could do a lot worse than Landmark), will be able to maintain that same deft touch..."

April 16, 1999 Screens Feature

Re-Re-Re-Re-Reopening Night

The Ritz: Talkie theatre, cowboy hangout, playhouse, comedy and punk club, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

"...Karrie League, the husband-and-wife founders of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas, of which this particular venue will be the new,..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Film Society That Brought Indie and Arthouse to Austin Returns

AFS hosts a series of the movies that inspired Cinema 40

"...Before Austin Film Society, before CinemaTexas, there was Cinema 40. The film society, created by..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hobo With a Shotgun

Though it's a great title, this Rutger Hauer movie is an unfocused throwback to Seventies exploitation films.

"...mitts. It's an ode, of sorts, to Seventies grindhouse cinema, curdled and gooey and tailor-made for midnight showings (preferably..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mummy's the Word

Mexic-Arte Museum screens a landmark of Mexican fantastic cinema

"...is, in its own modest, black-and-white way, a genuine landmark of Mexican fantastic cinema. In a switch from Universal's..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

How the Reich Manipulated Pop Culture in Hitler's Hollywood

The power of propaganda

"...new documentary, Hitler's Hollywood (screening this weekend at AFS Cinema before a home release by Kino Lorber), director Rüdiger..."

July 13, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

AFS Celebrates Culture-Defying Movies With Film as a Subversive Art

Revolution in the cinema

"...from over 600 films, all intriguing outsiders to mainstream cinema. Nilsen, with trademarked self-effacing humor, said, "I remember [being]..."

July 15, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A New Night-out Option

The Violet Crown Cinema brings the arthouse ethos to Downtown

"...weeks shy of its opening date, the Violet Crown Cinema didn't look a whole lot like a cinema. Not..."

April 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Peggy Chiao Enters A City of Sadness

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

"...wrap up their retrospective examination of the work of landmark Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien. On Saturday, UT alumna and..."

Sept. 27, 2018 Screens Post by Julian DeBerry

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...into one of the most important creative hubs for cinematic storytelling. Our writers have looked back at the last..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Finding Jewels With Richard Linklater

Director's AFS series celebrating 80s cinema returns tonight

"...time. While there's a lot of romanticization of Eighties cinema, the era that brought us E.T. also spawned Mac..."

May 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS and UT Press Celebrate the Legacy of CinemaTexas

Notes on cinema history

"...doesn't come from nowhere. Its seeds were planted in CinemaTexas, the film programming unit of UT's Department of Radio-Television-Film...."

Feb. 23, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Tobe Hooper, R.I.P.

Remembering The Texas Chain Saw Massacre director

"...age of 74, left an indelible bloody thumbprint on cinema with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: not just for..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Evo Entertainment Acquires Violet Crown Cinemas

Firm to be renamed Elevate Entertainment Group

"...Two Austin-based cinema chains are merging into one with the announcement that..."

Oct. 23, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Eggshells' Is an Austin Time Capsule

Tobe Hooper presents 'Eggshells' on Tuesday night with Louis Black

"...Tobe Hooper would would break through with his 1974 landmark, filmed-around-Austin, horror epic, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre). First came..."

July 7, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVD Watch: My Neighbor Totoro

Hayao Miyazaki's sweet and monstrous classic arrives on Blu-ray

"...troll friend has earned a Blu-ray release as a landmark cartoon feature...."

May 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...Drafthouse’s celebration of the best of strange and wonderful cinema running Sept. 19-26, has announced its 2024 lineup, complete..."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Slices of Life at AFS Doc Days

Memory, subjectivity, and nudism all under the truest of lenses

"...AFS Doc Days, AFS Cinema's annual exploration of the best, most incisive, educational, and..."

May 25, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

White Noise

Can Don DeLillo's postmodern landmark make it to the actual future?

"...and massive special effects (although credit where credit’s due: Cinematographer Lol Crawley deserves every award he has picked up..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Alamo Drafthouse Reunites Lord of the Rings Cast

Austin cinema chain shares exclusive Q&As with global theatres

"...4K release of Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's landmark trilogy - and they won't just be available at..."

March 4, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Record Store Day, Formula 1, Dyke March, and More Event Recommendations

Your weekend is spoken for

"...could have been a forgettable monster flick into a landmark. Cinema doesn’t get eerier than Jane Randolph being pursued..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Film Festival to Honor James Ivory and Ron Bass

Oscar winners joined by The Farewell, Seinfeld writers

"...Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, defined 1980s’ prestige cinema – deserves the description...."

Sept. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Awaken

Malick-endorsed abstract world trip finds joy in our world

"...a uniquely human experience. Honestly, it's part of what cinema does so well, especially in theatres: to be beyond..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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