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November 2, 2009
Zac Efron joins Linklater at the Paramount
Richard Linklater’s terrific period drama “Me and Orson Welles” will have its official Austin premiere (it had a special sneak at SXSW this year) at 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at the Paramount Theatre. Linklater and stars Zac Efron and Christian McKay, who does a mean Orson Welles impression in a star-making turn, will be at the show. It’s presented by the Austin Film Society.
Society members can buy tickets during a member pre-sale starting Tuesday. Tickets for the general public go on sale at noon Nov. 10 through the Paramount box office, ProTix and the Austin Film Society website HERE.
Pricing: $125 VIP seating and official after-party with Linklater, McKay and Efron. $50 (Orchestra), $35 (Mezzanine) and $15 (Upper Balcony) for the screening including a Q and A.
More about the film HERE.
Efron and Claire Danes in ‘Me and Orson Welles’
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August 17, 2009
Texas filmmakers receive a trove of grants
Several Austin artists are part of this year’s crop of grant recipients for the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund, which just announced its winners.
Twenty-five Texas-based projects were picked, totaling cash grants of $90,000, $6,000 worth of Kodak film stock, $5,000 in in-kind services from Seattle-based Alpha Cine Labs, and more.
Some of the Austin filmmakers include: David Modigliani, who received $10,000 for his feature documentary “61 Bullets”; Kyle Henry, $7,000 for his experimental feature “Fourplay”; David Zellner & Nathan Zellner, $5,750 Kodak film stock and $2,260 Alpha Cine Labs services for their feature “Pardon My Downfall”; and Amy Grappell, $2,000 for her experimental short “Long Island”.
For this year’s full list of TXFPF winners, go HERE.
Amy Grappell receives $2,000 to complete her experimental short “Long Island,” the genesis of which, titled “Quadrangle,” is on view at Arthouse
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July 30, 2009
The wilder films of Billy Wilder
The Austin Film Society is doing something keen. As usual. Its upcoming Essential Cinema Series focusses on Billy Wilder comedies, with a twist: Instead of the usual fare — “Some Like It Hot,” “The Apartment,” etc. — it presents Wilder’s less celebrated, sometimes controversial late movies, all co-written by the great I.A.L. Diamond.
The series, “Censors, Drop Your Scissors! Billy Wilder’s Later Comedies,” is a rare chance to catch these films on the big screen, specifically that of the Alamo South:
“One, Two, Three” (1961); “Irma La Douce” (1963); “Kiss Me, Stupid” (1964); “The Fortune Cookie” (1966); and “Avanti!” (1972).
Get times and ticket details HERE.
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July 24, 2009
Mike Judge's new one gets the Austin treatment
Smack on the heels of the big Austin premiere of Robert Rodriguez’s new movie “Shorts” at the Paramount Theatre on Aug. 16 comes the big Austin premiere of Mike Judge’s new comedy “Extract” at the Paramount on Aug. 18.
That’s a lot of Austin film power for a three-day stretch.
Judge and his star Jason Bateman will present the Miramax flick for a show that benefits the Austin Film Society’s Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund.
Film society members get first crack at tickets at noon Tuesday HERE. General tickets go on sale at noon Aug. 3 at the Paramount box office and HERE.
Prices: $100 VIP seating and official after-party with Judge and Bateman; $30 mezzanine and $17 upper balcony.
The comedy co-stars Kristen Wiig, Mila Kunis and Ben Affleck. It officially opens Sept. 4. More about it and the trailer HERE.
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July 22, 2009
Production fund panelists screen their work
Filmmakers Sam Green (“The Weather Underground”) and So Yong Kim (“Treeless Mountain”) and Mike Plante, director of the CineVegas Film Festival, make up this year’s panel that will select recipients of the annual Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund.
The panelists/jurors will choose what film and video artists will get $100,000 in cash, goods and services based on their work and works-in-progress. The Austin Film Society received 244 applicants this year, the most in its 14-year history.
Per tradition, the panelists will screen one of their films while they’re in Austin:
So Yong Kim shows her drama “Treeless Mountain” at 7 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Alamo South.
Sam Green screens his Oscar-nominated doc “The Weather Underground” at 9:25 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Alamo South.
Mike Plante shows his in-progress doc “Be Like an Ant” at 7 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Austin Studios Screening Room.
The shows are free, but reservations are recommended HERE.
Recipients of this year’s grants will be announced Aug. 17.
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June 18, 2009
Open letter from Richard Linklater
Rick Linklater has posted an open letter at the Austin Film Society site, which you can read HERE.
It concerns the Austin Studios and the small donnybrook brewing about THIS ISSUE.
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June 15, 2009
New tenant at Austin Studios raises eyebrows
Austin Studios is glowing about its possible new tenant Soundcheck Austin, which is in negotiations to ink a five-year lease on Stage 4. Soundcheck Austin specializes in ” full production rehearsal, tour prep services, set and equipment storage, cartage and backline” for bands.
Not everyone is so sanguine about it, despite the fact that the Studios need the business badly during a harsh filmmaking drought.
“In recent days the Austin Film Society has learned that this move has brought consternation to members of the local film community, from UPMs to craft guild members,” say Studio honchos.
“The concern we hear is that now that film incentives are in place, Austin’s film crew is finally going to get some business, only to lose a key facility that gives Austin a competitive edge when fighting for business, and makes it a pleasure to film in Austin.”
Ergo, they are holding an open forum from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday, June 25 at the Austin Film Society/Austin Studios campus, 1901 E. 51st St. (Phone: 322-0145)
RSVP for the forum HERE.
Read the Film Society’s FAQ about Soundcheck Austin HERE.
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May 20, 2009
Hall of Fame hits the small screen
You, like so many, probably miss the big shindig each year, though you pine to be there. So the Austin Film Society is bringing the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards to television for the first time.
Catch this year’s ceremony, edited down to a digestible one-hour run-time, at 8 p.m. May 28 on KLRU channel 9. It will repeat at 9 p.m. June 3 on KLRU2.
This year’s honorees include Larry Hagman, Powers Boothe, Catherine Hardwicke and Billy Bob Thornton, and presenters were Linda Gray, Keith Carradine, Brendan Fraser and Dennis Quaid. Luke Wilson accepted honors on behalf of the cast and crew of “Rushmore.” Thomas Haden Church held the emcee duties. Expect lots more familiar faces.
And there’s this …
A mini-Audrey Hepburn festival at the Hampton Branch at Oak Hill Austin Public Library (5125 Convict Hill Rd.): “Roman Holiday,” 6 p.m. June 8; “Sabrina,” 6 p.m. July 13; and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” 6 p.m. Aug. 10. All shows are free.
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April 6, 2009
Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund is ready for you
Starving filmmakers, aspirants, wannabes, et al — it’s time again to impress the jurors of the Austin Film Society’s annual Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund with your latest in-progress movie project.
Get this:
This highly competitive grant program has given out over $930,000 in cash, goods and services since its inception in 1996. This year, AFS plans to give out at least $95,000 to emerging film and video artists in Texas, in cash grants up to $15,000, as well as Kodak film stock and in-kind services from Seattle-based Alpha Cine Labs.
All you need right HERE.
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April 1, 2009
Visuals and Fuzzies
Eric Bricker screens and answers questions about his adored doc “Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman” at 7 p.m. April 8 at the Alamo Ritz.
The film, narrated by Dustin Hoffman, looks at the career of architectural photographer Shulman. It’s part of the Austin Film Society’s Documentary Tour. Everything HERE.
Austin jazz scribblers White Ghost Shivers play a benefit for the in-progress short film “Warm Fuzzy” from 7 to 11 p.m. April 11 at Cafe Mundi (1704 E. Fifth St.).
A Warm Fuzzy.
The evening features one hour of short films by the cast and crew of “Warm Fuzzy,” who will be there, and a set by the Shivers, who is scoring the movie. Plus: silent auction and food and drink.
$10 at the door. Ask for more info at events@starvelingproductions.com.
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February 13, 2009
Film camp for youngins
Movie camp! Kids can learn how to make movies and either a) fill their heads with wildly unattainable dreams of Hollywood grandeur, or b) simply discover a nice new hobby.
Where they can do this is at the Summer Filmmaking Camp thrown by the venerable Austin Film Society in June, July and August (you know, in summer) at Austin Studios.
It’s hands-on real stuff, and you can sign up and learn more HERE.
Austin filmmaker Tom Suhler’s short doc “At What Cost?” will play the Sedona International Film Festival, running Feb. 24 through March 1 in Sedona, Arizona.
The film, say its makers, “documents the demise of a 100-year-old pecan grove in the heart of Austin, which was cut down to make room for condominiums. The film takes the form of a fictional obituary for one of the trees cut down.”
More about the movie HERE.
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November 11, 2008
Special 'Twilight' screening
The Austin Film Society is hosting the premiere of ‘Twilight’ at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.
Director Catherine Hardwicke will be in attendance to discuss the movie, which deals with a romance between a vampire and mortal.
The movie opens Nov. 21. Tickets at http://austinfilm.org. $50 tickets include screening and after-party. $15 tickets for screening and Q&A with director.
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October 30, 2008
Bruce Conner retrospective
As part of the Avant Cinema series, the Austin Film Society will present a special screening of several titles from the late experimental director Bruce Conner.
Conner, who died in July, was known for his short films that featured what The New York Times called ‘shocking juxtapositions’ and visual riffs on annihilation.
Among the titles to the be screened: ‘A Movie’ (1958); ‘Marilyn Times Five’ (1968-73); and ‘Mongoloid’ (1978). A Q&A with filmmaker Michelle Silva, representing the Bruce Conner estate, will follow.
Wednesday, 7:55 p.m., Alamo Ritz, 320 E. Sixth St. $6 for film society members and students with ID. $8 for nonmembers.
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