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
8
COFFEE AND CIGARETTES - JIM JARMUSCH
The Factory on 5th, 3409 E 5th St,, Austin, TX, USDirected by Jim Jarmusch
United States/Italy/Japan, 2003, 97min
An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.
- synopsis from Letterboxd
Details:
Doors open at 7, film starts at 8
BYOB allowed.
Free coffee will be provided as well as bottled water/soda/beer available for purchase. TBD on the cigarettes.
There is a food truck outside the space.
This is a FREE place event!
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 inside with other members prior to the screening.2: If you missed or arrived late then meet the Event Host who will wait for all the participants to converge in the outside after the screening.
3: The group will decide where to go for post-screening discussions
5 attendees
MCCABE & MRS. MILLER - ROBERT ALTMAN
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USDirected by Robert Altman
USA, 1971, 2h 1min, 35mm
“The film is time travel, as sensually immersive as any American film of any era.”
—Sight & Sound“Robert Altman’s best moment, this 1971 anti-Western murmurs softly of love, death, and capitalism.”
—The Chicago Reader“A mystically beautiful film that also feels rooted in the earth and its bittersweet pleasures.”
—Time MagazineDubbed a beautiful pipe dream of a movie by none other than Pauline Kael, Robert Altman’s revisionist Western follows gambler John McCabe as he partners with opium‑smoking madam Mrs. Miller to build a booming enterprise in the Old West mining town of Presbyterian Church — that is, until big business comes to stake its claim. Stars Warren Beatty and Julie Christie ignite the screen with a sensual heat strong enough to melt the snow off a pine tree, set to the haunting lyricism of Leonard Cohen and captured in the intoxicating cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond. In 35mm.
- write up by Austin Film Society
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 discussions
1 attendee
MY FATHER’S SHADOW - AKINOLA DAVIES JR.
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USDirected by Akinola Davies Jr.
Nigeria/UK, 2025, 1h 33min, DCP, n English and Yoruba with English subtitles.
“A heartbreaking reflection on father-son relationships and a nation on the cusp of change.”
—The Hollywood Reporter“A vibrant, deeply felt love letter to Lagos, written in blood.”
—Indiewire“With great tenderness, Davies imagines such dreams, memories, and even cinema itself as a portal through which we might resume communion and honour what could have been.”
—Sight & SoundThe BAFTA award-winning debut feature from British-Nigerian director Akinola Davies Jr. vividly melds autobiographical reminiscences with turbulent historical context as we witness a family’s journey to Lagos with the backdrop of a historic election in 1993. The story, which was written by the director’s brother Wale, shows us the events through the not-quite-comprehending eyes of two brothers, uncertain why their father is taking them on this unexpected trip. Throughout, an understanding dawns for the boys (and the viewer) of the meaning and significance of the events. Free Member Monday — free admission for all AFS members on Monday, May 11.
- write up by Austin Film Society
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 discussions
5 attendees
THE MAIKU HAMA TRILOGY: THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE - KAIZO HAYASHI
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USDirected by Kaizo Hayashi
Japan, 1993, 1h 32min, DCP, In Japanese with English subtitles.
Launching the trilogy with a mix of black-and-white noir and pop‑art swagger, THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE channels the wild energy of Seijun Suzuki and the gumshoe grit of Mickey Spillane. When Maiku Hama saves a Taiwanese immigrant, he’s dragged into a spiraling pan-Asian, brother‑against‑brother gang feud, turning Yokohama’s backstreets into a battleground of divided loyalties — in deadpan style. Featuring special appearances by Shinya Tsukamoto (dir. TETSUO, THE IRON MAN) and Joe Shishido (star of BRANDED TO KILL).
- write up by Austin Film Society
Part of the THE MAIKU HAMA TRILOGY (write up by AFS):
Emerging from the wild, genre‑bending energy of 1990s Japanese cinema, Kaizo Hayashi’s Maiku Hama Trilogy reimagines the character of the hard‑boiled detective through a distinctly pop‑art lens. Anchored by the effortless cool of Masatoshi Nagase (star of Jim Jarmusch’s MYSTERY TRAIN) as a private eye working out of a dilapidated Yokohama movie house, the films blend moody American noir, Nikkatsu‑style action, and offbeat comedy into a world where missing dogs, waterfront turf wars, and serial killers coexist — with deadpan charm. Shot in both striking black‑and‑white and bold color palettes, the trilogy stands as a cult landmark of its era, now newly restored and ready for rediscovery.
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 discussions
7 attendees
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