What we’re about
Watching good movies in the Austin area and hanging out before/after the screenings at bars/restaurants close to the venues.
This group's purpose is to cultivate a community of folks who share the love of Cinema.
We have an active Discord Server to connect with our members: https://discord.gg/eGnzMhbe
Any attempt to define "arthouse" movies, as it usually goes with definitions, is doomed to fail. A rough demarcation, nevertheless, could do some good. I see the artistic value of a cinematic production in its conscious or unconsciousness attempt for reaching emotional/intellectual depth, to defamiliarize the familiar, to bring out some unknown to the view, to shake and enrich our existence. As such, the attempt is more important than the result and the failures valuable in one way or another.
We do not need to watch Godard backwards to count as an "arthouse movie" club, although that sounds fun. But we won't watch the 537th remake of Superman or James Bond here. Everyone else does. Let's do something more interesting.
You can contact the Organizer by text: 804-573-9168 for any feedback or questions.
Meetup structure:
- Meet at the lobby of the theater with other members prior to the screening.
- Event Host will wait for all the participants to converge in the lobby after the screening
- The group will proceed to the designated hangout space for the discussion.
Upcoming events
4
Viridiana- dir: Buñuel (Spain, 1961, 90 mins)
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USA novice’s faith is put to the test by a corrupt uncle and a ragtag group of beggars who push the limits of her selflessness. Banned in Spain and denounced by the Vatican, VIRIDIANA is an irreverent, masterful sacrilege from Luis Buñuel.
-- Write-up by the Austin Film Society
Film Trailer
Tickets can be bought online at this link.
Meetup Ratings:
Rating system on meetup is meant for rating our meetup event and not the quality of the movie. We hope you give us best possible rating as this makes us possible to attract more cinema-lovers like you! Thanks!
We also have a discord chat server for our community. You may join it here: https://discord.gg/E82QUNJrhH
Meetup Structure:
1: Meet at the lobby of the theater with other members prior to the screening. (Look for movie poster, Deserto Rosso: poster image link )
2: If you missed or arrived late then meet the Event Host who will wait for all the participants to converge in the lobby after the screening at the same spot.
3: The group will decide where to go for post-screening discussion3 attendees
Four Nights Of A Dreamer- dir: Bresson (France, 1971, 80 mins)
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, US“Time and again, FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER is shockingly beautiful.”
–The New York Times
An artist in search of the girl of his dreams finds her in the form of a suicidal young woman he saves from diving off the Pont Neuf. Moved by compassion, he attempts to reunite her with her former lover — his altruism concealing his true feelings. Robert Bresson freely adapts Dostoevsky in this understated masterpiece.
-- Write-up by the Austin Film Society
Film Trailer
Tickets can be bought online at this link.
Meetup Ratings:
Rating system on meetup is meant for rating our meetup event and not the quality of the movie. We hope you give us best possible rating as this makes us possible to attract more cinema-lovers like you! Thanks!
We also have a discord chat server for our community. You may join it here: https://discord.gg/E82QUNJrhH
Meetup Structure:
1: Meet at the lobby of the theater with other members prior to the screening. (Look for movie poster, Deserto Rosso: poster image link )
2: If you missed or arrived late then meet the Event Host who will wait for all the participants to converge in the lobby after the screening at the same spot.
3: The group will decide where to go for post-screening discussion16 attendees
SHOWING UP - KELLY REICHARDT
Hyperreal Film Club, 301 Chicon St, Suite A, Austin, TX, USDirected by Kelly Reichardt
United States, 2024, 1h 18min, in English
Meetup Ratings:
Rating system on meetup is meant for rating our meetup event and not the quality of the movie. We hope you give us best possible rating as this makes us possible to attract more cinema-lovers like you! Thanks!
We also have a discord chat server for our community. You may join it here: https://discord.gg/E82QUNJrhH
Film Synopsis:
In the days leading up to a possibly career-changing exhibition, a sculptor navigates her relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.
- write up by Letterboxd
Venue Details: Doors open at 7pm. There is a small parking lot next to the pickleball courts. There is also street parking available. Normal movie theater concessions available for purchase.
Ticket STRONGLY encourage purchasing a ticket asap online
Trailer
Discussion venue AFTER the screening Whislers
Meetup Structure
1: Meet at the theater with other members prior to the screening. We’ll be near the back bench in front of the bar.
2: If you missed or arrived late then meet the Event Host who will wait for all the participants to converge in the lobby after the screening at the same spot.
3: The group will proceed to the designated hangout space for the discussion.3 attendees
Casablanca - dir: Michael Curtiz (USA, 1942, 1h 42 mins, 35mm)
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, US“In the entire history of American cinema, only a few other movies have been loved as much and as well as CASABLANCA … The most familiar movie in the world is still fresh … The universal adoration has been produced by an unrepeatable combination of impudent wit and doomed romanticism, all of it held together by voluptuously emotional anti-fascist sentiment.”
—The New Yorker
It really is a perfect film. In the French colonial outpost of Casablanca, miles away from the guns of WWII but subject to Hitler’s command, an American nightclub owner (Humphrey Bogart) sees an old flame (Ingrid Bergman) again, but the Nazi-led forces that are driving the world apart threaten to extinguish the fire. In 35mm.
-- Write-up by the Austin Film Society
Film Trailer
Tickets can be bought online at this link.
Meetup Ratings:
Rating system on meetup is meant for rating our meetup event and not the quality of the movie. We hope you give us best possible rating as this makes us possible to attract more cinema-lovers like you! Thanks!
We also have a discord chat server for our community. You may join it here: https://discord.gg/E82QUNJrhH
Meetup Structure:
1: Meet at the lobby of the theater with other members prior to the screening. (Look for movie poster, Deserto Rosso: poster image link )
2: If you missed or arrived late then meet the Event Host who will wait for all the participants to converge in the lobby after the screening at the same spot.
3: The group will decide where to go for post-screening discussion9 attendees
Past events
253
Group links
Organizers
Members
407
