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
5
Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters - Paul Schrader (Japan, 1985, 2h 1m)
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USPaul Schrader’s homage to the great, doomed Japanese author Yukio Mishima is told in great, mad, colorful sequences that depict stories from Mishima’s oeuvre and which contrast with the realistic sequences that show the troubled Mishima’s conflicted life and death. A startling, ambitious project that has come to be appreciated as one of the best films of its era.
-- 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
9 attendees
MEMORIES OF MURDER - BONG JOON-HO
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USDirected by Bong Joon-ho
South Korea, 2003, 2h 11min, DCP, In Korean with English subtitles.
“It’s an altogether remarkable piece of work, deepening the genre while whipping its skin off, satirizing an entire nation’s nearsighted apathy as it wonders, almost aloud, about the nature of truth, evidence, and social belonging.”
—The Village VoiceA true modern masterpiece and one of the most visionary updates of the crime genre. Bong Joon Ho reimagines the policier with his darkly comic take on a true unsolved Korean murder mystery.
- 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
17 attendees
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD - JOACHIM TRIER
The Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX, US(2021, 128min/color/Norwegian w/ English subtitles, DCP) Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, and Herbert Nordrum.
Directed by Joachim Trier.
Chronicling four years in the life of Julie, this modern story about the quest for love and meaning explores a young woman’s navigation of the troubled waters of her love life and career path, ultimately leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
- write up by the Paramount Theatre
This is part of the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series! This will be screening at the State Theater, which is directly next to the Paramount Theatre.
Tickets can be bought online at this link.
PARKING:
$6 parking available at the 600 Congress parking garage.
Entrance at 155 W 7th StMeetup 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.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
2 attendees
The Trip - Roger Corman
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USDirected by Roger Corman
USA, 1967, 1h 25min, DCPThere is a whole subgenre of films about psychedelic drugs and their discontents. Almost all of these films are laughable nonsense, made with the collaboration of police agencies and other unfun people. For THE TRIP, Roger Corman took LSD, had a great time, and set out to depict the experience respectfully. It’s a remarkable film, funny and perceptive. Peter Fonda plays the tripper, with Bruce Dern as his bearded, professorial guide. One of the best movies of the ’60s.
write up by Austin Film Society
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
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