(AUSTIN, TX)—The Austin Film Society is pleased to announce upcoming programming for April 2014.
The month’s schedule to date is as follows:
APRIL 2014
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Jewels in the Wasteland: A Trip Through 80’s Cinema with Richard Linklater STAR 80 Wednesday, April 2 at 7:30 PM AFS at the Marchesa (6226 Middle Fiskville Rd) $10 General Admission // $8 AFS MAKE & WATCH Members // $5 AFS LOVE Members // Free for AFS Premiere Members Richard Linklater will introduce the film and participate in an audience discussion afterwards.
Bob Fosse’s deadly tale of doomed Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten is a twisted examination of fame, celebrity and jealousy.
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Essential Cinema BLACKBOARDS Thursday, April 3 at 7:30 PM AFS at the Marchesa (6226 Middle Fiskville Rd) $8 General Admission // $5 AFS MAKE & WATCH Members // Free to AFS LOVE & Premiere Members The desire to teach is sometimes as strong and persistent as the desire to learn, even in the most difficult situations.
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Riding the Wave: Romania’s Latest and Finest WHEN EVENING FALLS ON BUCHAREST OR METABOLISM Friday, April 4 at 8 PM Sunday, April 6 at 7 PM AFS at the Marchesa (6226 Middle Fiskville Rd) $10 General Admission // $8 AFS MAKE & WATCH Members // $5 AFS LOVE Members // Free for AFS Premiere Members In this fearless and brilliant story about the cowardice of making art, a director and his lead actress form a complicated relationship off set during the production of their new film.
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Doc Nights BLOOD BROTHER Tuesday, April 8 at 7:30 PM AFS at the Marchesa (6226 Middle Fiskville Rd) $8 General Admission // $5 AFS MAKE & WATCH Members // Free to AFS LOVE & Premiere Members A young American longing for a family goes to India to volunteer in an AIDS hostel, where he discovers the joy and responsibilities of being needed and loved.
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Jewels in the Wasteland: A Trip Through 80’s Cinema with Richard Linklater DAS BOOT Wednesday, April 9 at 7:30 PM AFS at the Marchesa (6226 Middle Fiskville Rd) $10 General Admission // $8 AFS MAKE & WATCH Members // $5 AFS LOVE Members // Free for AFS Premiere Members Richard Linklater will introduce the film and participate in an audience discussion afterwards.
A major dramatic epic that takes place almost entirely in the cramped confines of a Nazi U-Boat. The large crew goes about its deadly business in unspeakably dangerous conditions under the direction of their captain played by the deservedly acclaimed Jurgen Prochnow. Director Wolfgang Petersen and his technical crew deserve medals themselves for telling a story with so much human drama and immediacy in such a limited space. A true classic.
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Essential Cinema WATCHTOWER Thursday, April 10, 7:30 PM AFS at the Marchesa (6226 Middle Fiskville Rd) $8 General Admission // $5 AFS MAKE & WATCH Members // Free to AFS LOVE & Premiere Circle Members A lonely forest ranger in north-central Turkey has his quiet life interrupted and enriched by a young woman in great need.
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Special Program SOUND OF SILENT FILM FESTIVAL Friday, April 11 at 7:30 PM AFS at the Marchesa (6226 Middle Fiskville Rd) $12 General Admission // $10 AFS MAKE & WATCH Members // $8 AFS LOVE members // Free to AFS Premiere Members Chicago-based Access Contemporary Music comes to Austin for one night to play live experimental music for 7 films.
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Riding the Wave: Romania’s Latest and Finest BEYOND THE HILLS Sunday, April 13, 7 PM Friday, April 18, 7 PM AFS at the Marchesa (6226 Middle Fiskville Rd) $10 General Admission // $8 AFS MAKE & WATCH Members // $5 AFS LOVE members // Free to AFS Premiere Members At an Orthodox convent in rural Romania, two young women’s paths and fate cross as they determine who and what forces will determine the shape of their lives. Winner of Best Actress and Best Screenplay at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
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Arthouse SAVAGE GOLD Monday, April 14, 8 PM AFS Screening Room (1901 E. 51st St.) $5 General Admission // $3 AFS LOVE, MAKE & WATCH Members // Free to AFS Premiere Members A new video oddities show curated by Maximillian Meehan and Lars Nilsen. |
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Riding the Wave: Romania’s Latest and Finest FOUR MONTHS, THREE WEEKS, AND TWO DAYS Tuesday, April 15 at 8 PM AFS at the Marchesa (6226 Middle Fiskville Rd) $10 General Admission // $8 AFS MAKE & WATCH Members // $5 AFS LOVE Members // Free to AFS Premiere Circle Members Two college students attempt an illegal abortion during the late years of the regime of Romanian dictator Nicolai Ceaucescu. After taking the 2007 Cannes Palme D’Or prize, FOUR MONTHS became the flood gate opener for the brilliant films of the “Romanian New Wave.”
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Jewels in the Wasteland: A Trip Through 80’s Cinema with Richard Linklater CUTTER’S WAY Wednesday, April 16 at 7:30 PM AFS at the Marchesa (6226 Middle Fiskville Rd) $10 General Admission // $8 AFS MAKE & WATCH Members // $5 AFS LOVE Members // FREE to AFS Premiere Members A criminally unknown film from Czech emigre director Ivan Passer. Jeff Bridges plays Richard Bone, who witnesses evidence of a murder and doesn’t know what to do about it. His friend, Alex Cutter (John Heard), disabled during the war and full of malice and bile, knows exactly what to do about it. And so Cutter begins to piece together the parts of the conspiracy. In the meanwhile the two men come into conflict in more direct and emotional ways.
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Essential Cinema LAST DANCE Thursday, April 17 at 7:30 PM AFS at the Marchesa (6266 Middle Fiskville Rd) $8 General Admission // $5 AFS MAKE & WATCH Members // Free to AFS LOVE & Premiere Members A Holocaust survivor living in Australia suddenly finds herself the hostage of a Palestinian terrorist hiding from the police in her home.
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Auteur Obscure ROBERT CLOUSE’S DARKER THAN AMBER Sunday, April 20 at 7 PM AFS at the Marchesa (6226 Middle Fiskville Rd) $10 General Admission // $8 AFS MAKE & WATCH Members // $5 AFS LOVE Members // Free for AFS Premiere Members This cult tale of violent revenge, directed by unsung journeyman Robert Clouse, pits good-guy Rod Taylor against psychopathic bodybuilder William Smith.
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Avant Cinema WHAT’S THE USE? Monday, April 28 at 7:30 PM AFS at the Marchesa (6226 Middle Fiskville Rd) $8 General Admission // $5 AFS WATCH & MAKE Members // Free to AFS LOVE & Premiere Members An eye-popping, non-linear tour de force ostensibly about a young girl on a mission to kill a ruthless loan shark who has brutally threatened her junkie dad.
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Jewels in the Wasteland: A Trip Through 80’s Cinema with Richard Linklater FANNY AND ALEXANDER Wednesday, April 30 at 7:30 PM AFS at the Marchesa (6226 Middle Fiskville Rd) $10 General Admission // $8 AFS MAKE & WATCH Members // $5 AFS LOVE Members // Free AFS Premiere Members Richard Linklater will introduce the film and participate in an audience discussion afterwards.
By the time Ingmar Bergman made this gentle, moving story of youth he had been one of the world’s most inspired creators of cinema for over 30 years. He made many masterpieces. This is one of his most important ones, a great artist’s reverie on childhood, its many storms and doldrums. He is aided by the cinematographer Sven Nykvist who does some of his most beautiful work here. It is composed and shot with the care of an old master, a film that in itself ennobles the entire art form. This is the 188 minute theatrical version.
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About Austin Film Society
The Austin Film Society empowers our community to make, watch and love film and creative media. Through Austin Studios, which AFS opened in 2000 through a lease with the City of Austin, AFS attracts film development and production to Austin and Texas. Gala film premieres and the annual Texas Film Awards raise funds and awareness of the impact of film on economy and community. Austin Film Society is ranked among the top film centers in the country and recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts and Directors Guild of America. For more information on the Austin Film Society, visit www.austinfilm.org.
The Austin Film Society empowers our community to make, watch and love film and creative media. Through Austin Studios, which AFS opened in 2000 through a lease with the City of Austin, AFS attracts film development and production to Austin and Texas. Gala film premieres and the annual Texas Film Awards raise funds and awareness of the impact of film on economy and community. Austin Film Society is ranked among the top film centers in the country and recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts and Directors Guild of America. For more information on the Austin Film Society, visit www.austinfilm.org.