New French Cinema Week Displays a Nation’s Artistic Resilience

Vive la nouvelle France at AFS Cinema

"...spectrum of voices in philanthropy, art, and, of course, cinema...."

April 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

New French Cinema Week at AFS

Head over heels for the new Gallic wave

"...Festival d'Angers (Austin's sister city), UniFrance, and the U.S. French Embassy, put together for their New French Cinema showcase...."

April 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

New French Cinema Week

Austin Film Society series restores a bit of hope for humanity

"...Underway this week is one of my favorite series that the Austin..."

April 21, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 4

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 22-28

"...nosy cop asking all the wrong questions. So each week, we’ll fill you in on films, readings, book clubs,..."

July 21, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 5

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 29-31

"...nosy cop asking all the wrong questions. So each week, we’ll fill you in on films, readings, book clubs,..."

July 29, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 1

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 4-8

"...nosy cop asking all the wrong questions. So each week we'll fill you in on films, readings, book clubs,..."

July 4, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Parks, Gardens, Pisces, and More Arts Events for the Week

Get out and get arty, away from the SXSW crowds

"...is as McCool as it gets. Evidence: The gallery’s newest show brings together the colorful and provocative work of..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Soundscapes, Bat Books, and More Arts Events for the Week

Things to do when you're not staring at an interloping moon

"...realized gallery shows, as well as buy or commission new artwork. Sa-Ten, which recently expanded its hours from 7am-9pm..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week

Your guide to SXSW's buzziest artists, both official and unofficial

"...shifted into darkness with buzzsaw riffs and hardcore breakdowns. New single “Doll” presents a cohesive amalgamation: When Jack Ip’s..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Chronicle Recommends: Vive la France!

In honor of New French Cinema Week, we go Gallic!

"...without France, there would be no such thing as cinema. Our European cousins didn’t just perfect the first iteration..."

April 22, 2019 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Wes Craven, Philosopher of Terror

Remembering the horror innovator

"...This week, the film community lost one of its leading luminaries:..."

Sept. 5, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mommy

Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan creates a volatile drama about a violently hyperactive teen, his strong-willed mother, and the nice woman who lives across the street.

"...Dolan is one of those enfants terribles of the cinema, making and sometimes acting in films that court attention...."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Books, Sculpture, and Weed Lead Our Recommended Arts Events

It'd be a lot cooler if you went to one of these events this week

"...food, fine wine, and even finer arts. And great news, art lovers – it’s all for a good cause...."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Nightwatch

New venue, same labor of love for Cinema East

"...How many cinematic labors of love are lucky enough to make the..."

June 8, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...if movies don’t overrepresent this experience. This month, the cinematic-minded queer “professors” of Queer Film Theory 101 feature films..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

What Would Jean-Luc Do?

In a post-digital world, is cinema dead or just rebooting?

"..."Everything is cinema." – Jean-Luc Godard..."

July 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Rushmore

A modern cult classic.

"...of academia, his plate piled high with extracurricular activities (French Club, Fencing Club, Double-Team Dodgeball Society, and founder of..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...screenings are devoted to such things as Cary Grant Week, Nuclear Crises, Lusty Old England, and Thirties Glitz and..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...Fantastic Fest is nearly upon us, and the cinematic celebration of all film bizarre, strange, and innovative has..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Funny Ha-Ha in a Half-Dozen Languages

AFS Essential Cinema presents Making the World Laugh: Global Comedy

"...Enter the Austin Film Society and its Essential Cinema series, which – after months of bringing audiences films..."

May 30, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Intersection of Personal and Political

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

"...French director Philippe Garrel is one of the true enigmas..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Truth

Binoche and Deneuve clash exquisitely as mère et fille

"...role of Fabienne Dangeville, an aging doyenne of the French cinema screen. Over a long career, Fabienne has scaled..."

July 3, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Papa Brasilia

Nelson Pereira dos Santos Retrospective

"...there's the problem of getting filmgoers, after a long week's work, to fork over 2 or 3 or 8..."

April 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Regal Arbor Closed

North Austin art house institution quietly shuttered

"...even its own staff off guard, the Regal Arbor Cinema at Great Hills closed last week with no announcement..."

Sept. 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Obscene Beauty

New series Sunday Bloody Cinema makes the weekend transgressive

"...Blood. Gore. Mutilation. Art. This weekend, new film series Sunday Bloody Cinema will be accentuating..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

TV Eye has girl crushes aplenty

"...to be her when I grow up" excitement. This week, I had occasion for three girl crushes on three..."

June 25, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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 legendary director William..."

Aug. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

It's Knives Out For Rian Johnson at Fantastic Fest

The Last Jedi director's latest to close fest

"...director Rian Johnson, and you've got Knives Out, the new closing night film for Fantastic Fest...."

Aug. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Night of the Hunted'/'The Grapes of Death'

Horror auteur Rollin abandons vampires for mental decline

"...With his hypnotic tales of vampires and supernatural seduction, French horror director Jean Rollin seemed to have no North..."

April 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Camp Guide

"...the only girl without a curling iron – who knew they could run on batteries? The details are different,..."

April 28, 2006 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

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