All Entries in the "Programming" Category
Interview with Caroline Koebel (AFS Avant Cinema 29 April 2010)
Marc Savlov of the Austin Chronicle conducted a delightful and illuminating interview with filmmaker Caroline Koebel, who will present a selection of her works at the upcoming AFS Avant Cinema 4.8. Caroline has recently presented works of Chick Strand and films from the Filmmakers Cooperative of New York for Avant Cinema 4.6 and 4.7. Caroline [...]
Video from SYZYGY
Thanks to Anne Heller for providing video coverage of our recent Avant Cinema program with Marfa-based filmmaker Jennifer Lane, SYZYGY.
Berliner Q&A
We just got a couple of new Flip cameras, which I’m really excited about. Here is my first attempt–recording the Q&A from last nights Doc Tour presentation of INTIMATE STRANGER with veteran documentarian Alan Berliner.
Clips from Roger Beebe’s Avant Cinema Screening
Roger Beebe, University of Florida professor of Film and Media Studies, comes to the Austin Film Society with his multi-projector film event. Beebe installed 4 16mm projectors, 1 super8 projector, and 3 video projectors into our screening room. Here’s a few excerpts from his screening…
EXAMINED LIFE Book Now Available
We had a fantastic, sold out screening of Astra Taylor’s EXAMINED LIFE way back in February, and we are pleased to announce that a companion book is now available. From Amazon: The companion to Astra Taylor’s documentary film, the book features interviews with eight iconoclastic and influential philosophers, conducted while on the move through places [...]
Texas Medal of Arts Ceremony on April 7
The 2009 Texas Medal of Arts Awards are right around the corner. On Tuesday, April 7th, the Texas Cultural Trust will celebrate Texans who have achieved excellence in the arts and philanthropy. With all Texas Legislators and State Officials invited, Texas Medal of Arts provides an excellent opportunity for us to increase awareness for how [...]
MISSING (COSTA-GAVRAS, 1982) at UT with Special Guests JOYCE HORMAN and PETER KORNBLUH
Based on a true story, activist director Costa-Gavras’ first American film (1982) stars Sissy Spacek and Jack Lemmon as a wife and father searching frantically for information about American journalist Charles Horman, who was disappeared and murdered during Pinochet’s violent September 11, 1973 coup in Chile. Joyce Horman, on whom Spacek’s character is based, will [...]
Robert DeNiro Unclothed
Last Saturday (3.24) I shook the hand of Travis Bickle, Rupert Pupkin, Jake La Motta, the young Vito Corleone, Johnny Boy, Jimmy Doyle, Jimmy Conway, Noodles Aaronson, Max Cady, and Sam Rothstein. Robert De Niro, who embodied all those fascinating and often disturbing characters, was guest of honor at a reception at the UT Harry [...]
Regarding Dame Evelyn Glennie in TOUCH THE SOUND
January 2006 the Austin Film Society presented TOUCH THE SOUND, a wonderful documentary looking at the life and art of the amazing percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. Here is what I wrote about the film, which is now available on DVD. TOUCH THE SOUND: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie Directed, photographed, and edited by Thomas [...]
