
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
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Possession - dir: Andrzej Żuławski (France/West Germany, 1981, 2h 4mins)
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, US“Rarely has the screen been subject to such awe-inspiring fits of hysteria … all suggesting a purification process that leads to a higher state of being akin to divinity.”
—Kier-la JanisseMarriage makes monsters of Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill in this cult art-horror classic from director Andrzej Żuławski (ON THE SILVER GLOBE). An unforgettable experience, a film that will get under your skin and make itself at home there.
-- Write-up by the 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 discussion
4 attendeesHALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING - dir: RaMell Ross (USA, 2018, 1h 16mins)
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, US“Pure cinematic poetry … poses a quietly radical challenge to assumptions about race, class, and the aesthetics of filmmaking.”
—The New York Times“It’s not every day that you witness a new cinematic language being born … HALE COUNTY traverses years, encompasses tragedy and beauty, all in just 76 minutes.”
—The Village Voice“HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING is a major work, and a richly rewarding one … the sort of film for which the word ‘lyrical’ was invented.”
—Vox
Post-screening Q&A with director RaMell Ross.In his debut feature, RaMell Ross traces the lives of two young Black men over five pivotal years, offering an intimate and poetic glimpse into rural Alabama. In HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING, Ross challenges conventional portrayals of Black life and reflects on race, identity, and the fabric of the American South — finding meaning in the everyday and blending the ordinary with the profound. A film made up of moments, big and small.
-- 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
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