A series dedicated to CinemaTexas. Originally screened March & April 2018. Films included:

-THE BAND WAGON

-SUNRISE

-BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA

-CAGED HEAT

-NECROLOGY

-CORRUPTION OF THE DAMNED

-GUN CRAZY

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From the early ‘70s through the mid ‘80s, there was an on-campus film-programming initiative at the University of Texas called CinemaTexas. Every Monday through Thursday night there was a separate two movie lineup programmed by Radio-Television-Film Department faculty and graduate students. The unique set of influences and doctrines that held sway at the time, and the prodigious talent pool of the student and faculty collaborators make these programs of ongoing interest today. Now a historic selection of the original program materials has been published by UT Press as “CinemaTexas Notes: The Early Days of Austin Film Culture,” and we are honored to welcome some of the CinemaTexas alumni back to reprise some of their favorite films as part of this accompanying series.

*Description courtesy of the Austin Film Society

Films included:

-WILD STRAWBERRIES

-THE SEVENTH SEAL

-THE VIRGIN SPRING

-THE RITE

-CRIES & WHISPERS

-HOUR OF THE WOLF

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This year marks the centennial of the great writer/director Ingmar Bergman. We will present two selections of his work, one in summer and one in fall. This, the first of the two series, focuses on characters in crises both godly and man-made as seen through the lens of Bergman, perhaps the filmmaker most able to express this “Darkness.”

AFS Presents a series celebrating Olivier Assayas. Originally screened during SXSW in March 2018. Films included:

-PERSONAL SHOPPER

-SOMETHING IN THE AIR

-PARIS AWAKENS

-COLD WATER

-IRMA VEP

-SUMMER HOURS

-CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA

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“Movies should not be about other movies, they should be about your experience of life.” – Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas joins us in-person for a limited retrospective of his films, including the premiere of the new restoration of his 1994 classic, COLD WATER (a Janus Films release). The director will also be present at the screenings of SOMETHING IN THE AIR, PARIS AWAKENS and IRMA VEP. French director Olivier Assayas is the voice of a generation. His brilliant body of work addresses our rapidly globalizing and increasingly technological environments, and interrogates the meaning of art and artistic creation in our finite existence. Born in 1955, he was an adolescent during the galvanizing “social revolution” of May 1968, an experience that would forever impact the way he sees the relationship between ideas and the world.

*Description courtesy of the Austin Film Society

These trailers feature the early work of Bong Joon-Ho, which was screened at AFS Cinema in January 2018. The series trailer was submitted for competition at Sundance's Art House Convergence. Films included:

-BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE

-MEMORIES OF MURDER

-THE HOST

-MOTHER

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Bong Joon-Ho’s emergence as a major voice in international cinema has coincided with the emergence of his homeland South Korea as a cultural force. For our Essential Cinema series this January we present his first four features, which range from the tiny observations and subversive comedy of BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE to the big-budget monster attack movie THE HOST. We are proud to present these films of a contemporary master who is still rising in prominence and proficiency with each new film.

*Description courtesy of the Austin Film Society

The new cult film canon. Late nights on weekends.Films included:

-BARBARELLA

-D.O.A. RITE OF PASSAGE

-DEEP RED

-THE NUDE VAMPIRE

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A series dedicated to one of the most important filmmakers to exist, Agnes Varda. Originally screened at AFS Cinema in January & February 2018. Films included:

-MUR MURS

-CLEO FROM 5 TO 7

-LA POINTE COURTE

-VAGABOND

-FACES PLACES

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In her 90th year, cinema giant Agnès Varda contributed yet another unforgettable film to her oeuvre. FACES PLACES, a collaboration with young photographer JR, is a visionary new work which, while looking forward, manages to make poetry of Varda’s lifetime of adventures in cinema. We look back at five essential films which peek into Varda’s method, breakthroughs, and passions.

*Description courtesy of the Austin Film Society

 A trio of surreal art-house films from Seijun Sezuki. Originally screened in February 2018. Films included:

-ZIGEUNERWEISEN

-KAGERO-ZA

-YUMEJI

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Sunday School is a monthly family-friendly series at the Austin Film Society, which aims to introduce young audiences to global classics that parents and kids can enjoy together. Films included:

-PAPER MOON

-MON ONCLE

-NATIONAL VELVET

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Trailer made for a very rare screening of Bernardo Bertolucci's BEFORE THE REVOLUTION. Screened on March 24, 2018.

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Bernardo Bertolucci’s second film signaled his ascent as a great director. Vivid and cinematic, the film centers on romance and deception among youth in Parma, and draws upon Bertolucci’s appreciation of Roberto Rossellini and the French new wave.

A gang of teenage thugs in south London meet their match when they must defend their neighborhood from an alien invasion. One of the most fun, inventive and surprising debut features to recently premiere at SXSW, featuring a breakout performance by John Boyega.

*Description courtesy of the Austin Film Society

A series celebrating film adaptations of Patricia Highsmith's work. Films included:

-STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

-PURPLE NOON

-THE AMERICAN FRIEND

-CAROL

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Films included:

-TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT

-A PLACE IN THE SUN

-THE AWFUL TRUTH

-PILLOW TALK

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Two films from Jacques Becker originally screened at the AFS Cinema in January 2018. Films Included:

-ANTOINE & ANTOINETTE

-CASQUE D'OR

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