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
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DRY LEAF - ALEXANDRE KOBERIDZE
We Luv Video, 100 E. North Loop Blvd. ,, Austin, TX, USSHOT ENTIRELY ON A 2008 CELL PHONE CAMERA
On Sunday, May 17th at 6PM, We Luv Video will screen Georgian filmmaker Alexandre Koberidze’s new film Dry Leaf.When a sports photographer goes missing, her father embarks on a journey through the countryside to find her. Shot entirely on a 2008 cell phone camera (Sony Ericsson W595), Koberidze crafts a three hour personal epic across rural Georgia in 144p. At the forefront of the los-res DIY filmmaking movement, Dry Leaf is essential viewing for fans of adventurous cinema.
Please note the run time for this film is 3 hours and 6 minutes. We will be starting the film no later than 6:10 so please arrive on time.
- write up by WeLuvVideo
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 in the screening room with other members prior to the screening. (It is at the back of the video store )2: If you missed or arrived late then meet the Event Host who will wait for all the participants to converge after the screening at the same spot.
3: The group will decide where to go for post-screening discussions
3 attendees
Summer Get-Together at the Austin Greek Fest!
Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church, 414 St. Stephens School Road, Austin, TX, USWe will hold our annual Summer get-together / picnic at the Austin Greek Fest. Come and hang out with other cinema-loving folks of our community! In addition, our friends from the New Yorker Short Story Reading Club will also be joining us.
Things To Know:
When: May 23rd, Saturday 6:30pm-9:00pm
Where: Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church 414 St Stephens School Rd SThere is a 5$ entry charge
There will be food and drink stalls to purchase refreshments.
There is free parking and shuttle service available to pick and drop you from their lots.VERY IMPORTANT: The venue has a cashless policy. All transactions will require a credit-card.
How To Find Us: We will post our spot in the comments section.
11 attendees
BITTER RICE - GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USDirected by Giuseppe De Santis
Italy, 1949, 1h 48min, DCP, In Italian with English subtitles.
“A fascinating example of neorealist pulp.”
—The New York TimesThis is the film that broke Italian Neorealism at the domestic Italian box office and had arthouse patrons lining up around the block in the cosmopolitan centers of the world. The great success was partly because of its depiction of poor but honorable female rice-field workers who become entangled in a criminal plot foisted upon them by a charming hood (Vittorio Gassman). But the main part of the appeal was the up-and-coming actress Silvana Mangano as a worker who is seduced by the easy money and easy virtue of the criminal life.
- 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
6 attendees
Days and Nights in the Forest - Satyajit Ray
AFS Cinema, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX, USDirected by Satyajit Ray
India, 1970, 1h 57min, DCP, In Bengali with English subtitles.
“Satyajit Ray’s seriocomic delight DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST sharply demonstrates that even when getting away from it all, you can never escape your own hopelessly wretched self.”
—4Columns
“DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST… the very title rings with enchantment, and the old Ray magic is soon at work again … A poetic masterpiece.”
—Sight and Sound
One of writer-director-composer Satyajit Ray’s best and heretofore least accessible films is back in a new restoration. Four cosmopolitan sophisticates from Kolkata attempt to go “back to the garden” — a popular pursuit in the Age of Aquarius. The quartet finds many of their assumptions about rural/urban divisions (and, importantly, caste divisions) shattered in this breezy but multilayered comedy of manners and self-discovery.-- Write-up by the Austin Film SocietyMeetup 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
7 attendees
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