Go Greek: AFS Essential Cinema

AFS Essential Cinema: From the Shadows: Greek Independent Cinema

"...Mention the phrase "Greek cinema" to most people, and you're likely to hear more..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Austin Film Society Unveils Its New Home for Cinema

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

"...final touches time at the new Austin Film Society Cinema: fine-tuning the projectors, training staff on the ticketing system,..."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

AFS Cinema Joins Forces with Sundance Film Festival

Local arthouse becomes satellite venue for the Utah fest

"...than ever, and one sign is that Austin's AFS Cinema has just been announced as a satellite venue for..."

Dec. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Love and Cinema: Janet and John Pierson

Texas Film Awards honorees and indie cinema's fairy godparents Janet and John Pierson look back on 40 years at the movies

"...like "power couple" or "the first couple of indie cinema," but glow a little at a countersuggestion: indie cinema's..."

March 3, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

AFS Cinema Announces Reopening Date, First Lineup of Films

The arthouse mecca brings new titles, immortal classics

"...Mark your calendar: July 15. AFS Cinema, the two-screen theatre operated by Austin Film Society, will..."

June 9, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stateside Independent Screens 'Cinema Six' Tonight

Austin favorites star in indie comedy

"...In the trailer for Cinema Six, a young employee describes a movie as "kinda..."

March 25, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

AFS Cinema Announces Opening Dates

New two-screen arthouse specialists release first schedule

"...Austin Film Society has announced that the new AFS Cinema's permanent home at the former Marchesa Hall & Theatre..."

May 11, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Cinema Will Reopen This Summer With The Next Picture Show

Fundraiser aims for $150,000 to get us all back to the movies

"...AFS Cinema, one of the gems of Austin's film scene, is..."

May 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

IPic Will Be Second Austin Cinema to Reopen

Local branch of luxury chain firing up starting June 11

"...National luxury cinema micro-chain iPic has announced that its Austin location will..."

June 9, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One in a Crowd: Pioneers of African-American Cinema

Kino Lorber to curate remarkable historical document

"...There are many lost and secret corners of cinema. With their next big restoration project, DVD house Kino..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Cinema Owner Mixing Classic Albums and Classic Films for Silents Synced

Blue Starlite's Josh Frank working with Radiohead, R.E.M., more

"...classic films. The series will be made available to independent and drive-in theatres starting in the fall via Blue..."

June 27, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'World' Cinema

Three-month series AFS@Dobie launches with latest Jia Zhangke film

"...AFS@Dobie, a three-month series that will feature a new independent film every week, showing twice nightly for seven nights..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Trusting Your Gut: Texas Film Awards Honoree Michael de Luca on a Life in Cinema

From New Line to Warners, the exec discusses his career

"...an executive role, under the mentorship of New Line Cinema cofounder Robert Shaye. De Luca himself became president of..."

March 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Cinema of Possibilities

Low budget or big, the energy and imagination of the grind-house circuit is reborn in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's tribute

"...know, is a celebration of a certain kind of cinematic fare and the theatres that showed it. Robert Rodriguez..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

AFS Cinema Hosts Tribute to the "Quiet Engine" of Austin Film

A celebration of Mark Reeb

"...community, but now they are coming together at AFS Cinema on Jan. 27 for a night of shorts and..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SeX and Violence: Ti West Returns to Cinema with X

SeX and violence in his seventies porno-horror flashback

"...since then he’s taken on high-profile horror shows like Cinemax’s Outcast, Fox’s The Exorcist, and Amazon Prime’s Them...."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cinema East's Summer Lineup

Jazzing up the summer screenings with indie films from fresh off the festival circuit

"...Cinema EastFrench Legation Museum, 802 San Marcos..."

June 7, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Cinema of the Americas

A Festival of Latino Films Showcases New Visions of an Old and Resurging Culture

"...Fourth Annual Cine Las Américas International Festival of New Cinema of the Americas presents 35 feature and short films..."

April 13, 2001 Screens Feature by David Garza

aGLIFF Honoree Madeleine Olnek Finds a Space in Cinema

A look through the queer lens

"...Nineties, she describes her plays as standing out as cinematic even before she realized film was an option. With..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Screens Feature by James Scott

Film on the Fringe

The Blue Theater's new experimental film and video series Blue Screen looks to redefine the parameters of 'independent' cinema.

"...Henry, along with Cinematexas' Spencer Parsons and Blue Theater owner Ron Berry, have..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Only Lovers Left Alive

In this hypnotic love story, Jim Jarmusch gives us vampires who are bohemian outsiders and not blood-sucking freaks.

"...arthouse auteur and one of the reigning royals of independent cinema – has bowed to the demands of Hollywood..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Go for Sisters

John Sayles' new film, which stars Edward James Olmos and LisaGay Hamilton, is the indie film icon's best work in years.

"...of years, and since this icon of the American independent cinema can always be counted on to deliver maverick..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What Love Is

Writer/director Callahan keeps his characters talking from the first frame to the last – and like all great chatterers their preferred topic is love and all its variations.

"...is a throwback to the salad days of American independent cinema, a time when filmmakers like Kevin Smith and..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Chrystal

Billy Bob Thornton plays an Arkansas husband who attempts to redeem himself after critically injuring his wife and killing their son in a car accident four years earlier.

"...Tim Bevan – then what you have is honest-to-peaches independent cinema, and it’s not always pretty? Chrystal is not..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Buffalo '66

"...as a series of Calvin Klein ads), and though independent cinema in America has, at this stage, been almost..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Meme Weaver

Local distributor Indie Meme brings independent film from India to the U.S.

"...of their own day-to-days. This describes the difference between independent cinema and Bollywood in India as related by Alka..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Matthew Irwin

Location Is Everything for the Lake Travis Film Festival

New fest brings indie cinema to new audiences outside of the city center

"...Film Festival. It's a celebration of local and international cinema, yet what makes her festival different is that old..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

Start Your Week With Magnolia Mondays

Violet Crown season highlights the indie powerhouse

"...Starting tonight, Violet Crown Cinema has launched Magnolia Mondays, a series celebrating the best..."

Jan. 14, 2019 Screens Post by Britt Hayes

From the Vaults: Dear Pillow

John Pierson interviews filmmakers Bryan Poyser and Jacob Vaughan

"...A screening tonight at the Violet Crown Cinema celebrates the 10th anniversary of Dear Pillow, an Austin-made..."

June 10, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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