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+)
See all- US AND THE NIGHT - AUDREY LAMAFS Cinema, Austin, TX
Directed by Audrey Lam
Australia, 2024, 1h 7min, DCPMeetup 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/E82QUNJrhHFilm Synopsis:
“A love story which builds over the course of the 60 minutes plays out with all the mystery and magic of any Rivette film.”
—In ReviewTwo library workers map their adventures through books left for each other, weaving stories within the library’s rhythms. Audrey Lam captures their journey on lush 16mm film, layering references to Calvino, Bishop, Rhys, and Dickinson. A bookish love story, written in the margins, open and closed at both ends.
- write up by Austin Film Society
Discussion venue AFTER the screening: Easy Tiger
Meetup Structure
1: Meet at the lobby of the theater with other members prior to the screening. (Look for movie poster, Deserto Rosso)
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. - IKIRU - AKIRA KUROSAWAAFS Cinema, Austin, TX
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 1952, 2h 23min, DCP, In Japanese with English Subtitles
“One of the few movies that might actually be able to inspire someone to lead their life a little differently.”
—Roger EbertIn this early Kurosawa drama, an aging Tokyo salaryman, approaching retirement, contemplates the meaning of life — and more specifically, the meaning of his life — as he weighs the good he has done in the world and finds it wanting. He hurries to make amends as his life approaches its twilight.
- write up by Austin Film Society
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Discussion venue AFTER the screening Yellow RangerMeetup 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 proceed to the designated hangout space for the discussion. - BOY MEETS GIRL - LEOS CARAXAFS Cinema, Austin, TX
Directed by Leos Carax
France, 1984, 1h 40min, DCP, In French with English subtitles
Part of the Leos Carax: The Alex Trilogy“A wonderful movie about a disastrous personality, directed with such an exacting eye that even its excesses take on a kind of charm.”
—New York Native“The meteoric first film by the French director Leos Carax … Ecstatic cinema and ecstatic living join together in a pressurized promise of glory and misery, a flameout waiting to happen.”
—The New YorkerAlex (Denis Lavant) is a filmmaker who has yet to make a film. Mireille (Mireille Perrier) is a jilted lover on the verge of suicide. Two strangers cross paths in the night, their lives connected by a voice over an intercom. The first outing for Carax’s alter ego — this is the stuff of cinephile dreams.
- write up by Austin Film Society
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Trailer
Discussion venue AFTER the screening Yellow RangerMeetup 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 proceed to the designated hangout space for the discussion. - THE WASPS - JAKE BINSTOCK AND PARKER ROUSEAFS Cinema, Austin, TX
Directed by Jake Binstock and Parker Rouse
USA, 2025, 1h 20min, DCPMeetup 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/E82QUNJrhHFilm Synopsis:
Made on a micro-budget in a literal backyard set built in the Cherrywood neighborhood of Austin, this indie labor-of-love executive produced by filmmaker Richard Linklater boasts full period costumes and production design, stunts, pyrotechnics, period-accurate dildos, and flying old men.
A delightful mix of highbrow and low, this adaptation of the fourth oldest comedy known to mankind lovingly combines Chicago-style footnotes with stoner fart comedy. Called CLERKS in Ancient Greece, the film has offended and delighted audiences, causing rapturous guffaws and disgusted walkouts in equal measure.
Join us for a post-screening conversation with filmmakers Jake Binstock and Parker Rouse, featuring executive producer Richard Linklater.
- write up by Austin Film Society
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Trailer
Discussion venue AFTER the screening Epoch CoffeeMeetup 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 proceed to the designated hangout space for the discussion.
