About us
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.
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
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THE DEVILS - KEN RUSSELL
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USDirected by Ken Russell
UK, 1971, 1h 54min, DCP
“A crazed movie.”
—Los Angeles Times“It’s bold, individual, and a landmark in British cinema, with outstanding performances from Oliver Reed as Grandier and Vanessa Redgrave as the possessed Mother Superior; memorable stylised sets by Derek Jarman; dramatic lighting by David Watkin; and an atonal score by Peter Maxwell Davies.”
—The GuardianOne of the most controversial films ever made, Ken Russell’s THE DEVILS, is coming to US screens for the first time in its uncut form.
Starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave in a story of religious mania and persecution so extreme that it has been virtually an underground film since its release. Condemned by the Vatican but praised at international film festivals, THE DEVILS was only released in a censored version in the US. Even the censored version received an X rating. Finally, for those with the stomach for its excesses, an essential chapter in the history of art-horror is available as director Ken Russell intended it.
- write up by Austin Film Society
IMPORTANT: Please try to buy tickets as soon as possible, there is a chance this will sell out!
Cooler Film Trailer but with lots of flashing
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/E82QUNJrhHMeetup Structure:
1: Meet at the lobby of the theater with any 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 proceed to the post-screening location.
6 attendees
A Tale Of Two Sisters - Kim Jee-Woon (South Korea, 2003, 1h 54m)
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Mueller, 1911 Aldrich St #120, Austin, TX 78723, USA, Austin, TX, USA TALE OF TWO SISTERS begins with Su-mi’s (Im Soo-jung) return home from her time away at a mental institution, and her homecoming is less than ideal. Her heavily medicated stepmother Eun-joo (Yum Jung-ah) rules the house, erratic and violent, she often terrified her younger sister Su-yeon (Moon Geun-young). However, their stepmother is not the only one wreaking havoc in their home: the ghost of their mother also haunts them in the evenings, fragmenting the barrier between what is real and what is psychosis.
Korean New Wave spearhead Kim Jee-woon’s diabolical fairy tale is filled with twists and turns. A TALE OF TWO SISTERS is an achingly haunted tale of sisterhood, evil stepmothers, and deadbeat dads. A luscious slow burn, the film to this day remains one of the most affecting Korean horror films of all time.
What is girlhood without a little bit of insanity?-- Write-up by the Alamo Drafthouse
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/E82QUNJrhHMeetup 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 discussion
2 attendees
The Decameron - Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italy, 1971, 1h 51m)
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USInspired by the tales of Giovanni Boccaccio, the first film in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Trilogy of Life imagines a pre-modern world where personal freedom, sensuality, and eroticism are central to human experience, and church and religion are fodder for comedy.
This is a joint event with Alienated Majesty Books:
Join us for a special conversation on Sunday, October 18. This film’s book pairing, Heretical Aesthetics: Pasolini on Painting by Pier Paolo Pasolini, is available for purchase at Alienated Majesty Books, in person or online.
-- Write-up by the Austin Film SocietyTickets 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/E82QUNJrhHMeetup 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 discussion
3 attendees
MY BROTHER’S WEDDING - CHARLES BURNETT
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USDirected by Charles Burnett
USA/Germany, 1983-2007, 1h 21min, DCP
Unreleased after its 1984 premiere, this KILLER OF SHEEP follow-up is the story of Pierce Mundy, who scrapes by in a dead-end job in South Central. But with his best friend released from prison and his brother set to marry a first-class snoot, he’s got some figuring out to do of his own. Re-edited and released to critical acclaim in 2007, MY BROTHER’S WEDDING is filled with “voices and memories, humor and rage; [Charles Burnett’s] vision of neighborhood life has an ample, passionate generosity” (The New Yorker).
- write up by Austin Film Society
IMPORTANT: Please try to buy tickets as soon as possible, there is a chance this will sell out!
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/E82QUNJrhHMeetup Structure:
1: Meet at the lobby of the theater with any 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 proceed to the post-screening location.
3 attendees
Past events
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