The Secret Splendors of Black Emanuelle

New box set and a special AFS screening set to reappraise the Italian sexploitation series

"...film in the series, Emanuelle in America. AFS programmer Lars Nilsen (who also provides a commentary track for Emanuelle..."

June 9, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

Revolution in the cinema

"...Lars Nilsen still remembers the first time he held a..."

July 15, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Presses Play on the Career of TV Superproducer Aaron Spelling

The History of Television series spotlights the man who built The House That Would Not Die

"...from television historian Amanda Reyes and AFS lead programmer Lars Nilsen on Austin Public channel 10, the six-month series..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Sage Dunlap

Jay Trachtenberg’s Top Books of 2021

In a lost year, retrospectives and reprints with new context were comfort reads

"...pp., $35 [paper]) by Alamo Drafthouse/Austin Film Society programmer Lars Nilsen and friends tells the unlikely tale of how..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Warped and Bloodied: Two New Books by Drafthouse Veterans

Giving the forgotten children of horror and exploitation the analysis they deserve

"...Wednesday chief weirdo (now Austin Film Society Lead Programmer) Lars Nilsen and ex-Drafthouse programmer-turned-author and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse started..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Getting Real Weird at Fantastic Fest

Two gems from the Weird Wednesday archive connect the genre fest to the Alamo Drafthouse's history

"...AFS Cinema booker Lars Nilsen, aka the Weird Wednesday Hunk, was the first..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Terror Tuesday and Weird Wednesday Return to the Alamo!

Sorry about that exclamation point, citizen, but we’re excited af

"...Birth of the American Genre Film Archive. Written by Lars Nilsen and a host of genre champions and edited..."

Sept. 15, 2021 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021

Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup

"...American Genre Film Archive, film historians Kier-La Janisse and Lars Nilsen are digging into the AGFA archives for exploitation..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post

The Lights Are On at AFS Cinema

After 16 months of closure, the arthouse indie cinema reopens this weekend

"...story narrative about virtual cinema," said Lead Film Programmer Lars Nilsen, "but there was no way near as many..."

July 16, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Vulcan Video Lives in the Alamo!

Not a dream! Not a what-if! Video Vortex comes to South Lamar!

"...Also, former Alamo programmer and preshow curator Lars Nilsen compiled a wonderful (and pretty emotional) series of..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: "Vulcan Video: The Exit Interviews"

New series looks back at the local movieloving institution

"...exactly what Austin Film Society and lead film programmer Lars Nilsen are creating through a new video series: "Vulcan..."

April 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Cinemas Go Virtual

New initiative changes the game for VOD to benefit indie theatres and distributors

"...ticket sales with the theatre. AFS Cinema Lead Programmer Lars Nilsen called initial sales "surprisingly" good. He explained, "People..."

April 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Finding Jewels With Richard Linklater

Director's AFS series celebrating 80s cinema returns tonight

"...Here's the Oscar-nominated filmmaker in conversation with AFS programmer Lars Nilsen about Sam Fuller's controversial classic White Dog from..."

May 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Zack Carlson Cracks the Vault on Terror Tuesdays at the Drafthouse

Wild and weird movie expert on the underground horror phenom

"...a series called Terror Thursdays as a complement to Lars Nilsen's Weird Wednesdays exploitation screenings. But she already had..."

Jan. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Five Things to Do in Austin This Weekend

Because what good is sitting? Alone? In your room?

"...area to be worthy of what that moving-picture obsessive Lars Nilsen and friends will provide for this art-hungry burg...."

May 26, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A First Look at the New AFS Cinema

"...film & creative media Holly Herrick, lead film programmer Lars Nilsen, and CEO Rebecca Campbell open the door to..."

May 25, 2017 Photo Gallery

The Austin Film Society Unveils Its New Home for Cinema

Two-screen theatre will showcase the best of new and classic arthouse cinema

"...by other theatres with one-off screenings. Lead film programmer Lars Nilsen said, "We would look and say, 'OK, UT..."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Double Nickelodeons on the Dime

Plenty of opportunities to catch some classic films

"...Programmers "Ask Me Anything" session with Holly Herrick and Lars Nilsen. Go forth, and double your pleasure and fun...."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFS Cinema Announces Opening Dates

New two-screen arthouse specialists release first schedule

"...celebration of the European nation's 1960s, culiminating in Peter Sellars' Studio Roma spoof After the Fox. Meanwhile, the Noir..."

May 11, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Match Game

AFS programmer exposes his [BLANK] for the classic game show

April 28, 2017 Screens Column by Lars Nilsen

Exploring the Auteurs of Early Black Cinema

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

"...Pictures Western, he would have been comic relief," says Lars Nilsen, programmer for the Austin Film Society. "He would..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Blue Starlite Lights Up in Buda

Mini urban drive-in adding overnight camping at new location

"...a new location, it was Austin Film Society booker Lars Nilsen who suggested looking south, and that worked for..."

Dec. 20, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Presents a Night of Texas Animation

Animation showcase draws artists together

"...AFS lead programmer Lars Nilsen described the night as fitting into the society's..."

July 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Takes Over the Marchesa

Lincoln Village site to become permanent two-screen cinema

"...AFS started holding screenings at the the Marchesa back..."

May 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tales of Ordinary Madness

AFS screens acclaimed Arabian Nights trilogy

"...say, 'They were the prophets of our time,'" says Lars Nilsen, programmer for the Austin Film Society, speaking on..."

April 8, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Losing It at the Movies

AFS Programming Director Chale Nafus on a life in film

"...and most people don't see this," expands AFS programmer Lars Nilsen, "is the impact he has had on the..."

July 24, 2015 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

From the Vaults: “Are You Talking to Me?”

Chronicle Archives: Richard Linklater & Paul Schrader in 1991

"...Several weeks ago, Austin Film Society Programmer Lars Nilsen was at the Chronicle office talking with Team..."

June 3, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Telling The David Whiting Story or, the Cesar Romero Joke

Louis Black reflects on working decades ago with Walter Reuben

"...Vampires when the curtains were open (recently featured by Lars Nilsen on the AFS Viewfinders site). Earlier, in another..."

Feb. 16, 2015 Screens Post by Louis Black

Kickstart Your Weekend: Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In

Local drive-in revivalists want to improve their screen

"...his Savage Gold series co-creator, Austin Film Society booker Lars Nilsen, teaming up with Nilsen's old Alamo buddy Zack..."

July 18, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

An Eli Wallach Triple-Header

Three Eli Wallach classics will screen over the next few days

"...Thanks to Lars Nilsen at the Austin Film Society for pointing out..."

July 17, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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