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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Merry Christmas, Mr Lawerence -Dir. Nagisa Ōshima
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, US“MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE plays even better today. Bowie is superb, as is Ryuichi Sakamoto, whose evocative soundtrack is one of the best ever to grace a motion picture. It’s time for you to discover Ôshima.”
—The Guardian
In this narrative departure from cinematic provocateur Nagisa Ôshima’s earlier works, he tells the story of four men in a Japanese POW camp during World War II. David Bowie stars as a recalcitrant prisoner whose experiences in the camp trigger memories of earlier guilt. In 35mm.-- Write-up by the Austin Film Society
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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/E82QUNJrhH
Meetup 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 discussion5 attendees
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - JEAN COCTEAU
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USDirected by Jean Cocteau
France, 1946, 1h 33min, DCP, In French with English Subtitles.
“One of the most magical of all films.”
—Roger Ebert
“A self-conscious but never precious attempt to revisit childhood fantasies and half-remembered dreams.”
—Time Out
We throw the term “magic” around quite a lot in relation to cinema. Jean Cocteau’s fairy tale adaptation really earns the descriptor with its filigree of silvery tones and its gorgeously surreal love story. This is poetry on celluloid.
- write up by Austin Film Society
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Discussion venue AFTER the screening TBD
Meetup 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.4 attendees
TASTE OF CHERRY - ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USDirected by Abbas Kiarostami
Iran, 1997, 1h 39min, DCP, In Persian with English subtitles.
In this characteristically poetic and philosophically rich Kiarostami classic, a man (the recently departed Homayoun Ershadi) is seeking only one thing — someone to bury him after he commits suicide. It’s a tough task and may be futile. When he does interest a stranger in the job, things get even more complicated. New 4K restoration.
- write up by Austin Film Society
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Trailer
Discussion venue AFTER the screening TBD
Meetup 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.3 attendees
SAFE - TODD HAYNES
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USDirected by Todd Haynes
USA, 1995, 2h 8min, DCP
In this ’90s indie classic, Todd Haynes directs Julianne Moore as Carol, a paranoid California housewife who becomes allergic to her environment. When her illness escalates from coughing fits to nosebleeds, Carol retreats to the Wrenwood Institute in New Mexico. But, as the tagline asks, “Where can you go, when no place is SAFE?”
- write up by Austin Film Society
Ticket
Trailer
Discussion venue AFTER the screening TBD
Meetup 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.4 attendees
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