SERIES HIGHLIGHTS THE DARK MUSICALS OF ERIC ROHMER’S BOB FOSSE SIX MORAL TALES From 1969-1979, the master choreographer Eric Rohmer made intellectual fi lms on the and dancer Bob Fosse directed three musical canvas of human experience. These are deeply dramas that eschewed the optimism of the felt and considered stories about the lives of Hollywood golden era musicals, fi lms that everyday people, which are captivating in their had deeply infl uenced him. With his own character’s introspection, passion, delusions, feature fi lm work, Fossae embraced a grittier mistakes and grace. His moral tales, a aesthetic, and explore the dark side of artistic collection of fi lms made over a decade between drive and the corrupting power of money the early 1960s and 1970s, elicits one of the and stardom. Fosse’s decidedly grim outlook, most essential human desires, to love and be paired with his brilliance as a director and loved. Bound in myriad other concerns, and choreographer, lent a strange beauty and ultimately, choices, the essential is never so mystery to his marvelous dark musicals. simple. Endlessly infl uential on the fi lmmakers austinfi lm.org austinfi 512.322.0145 78723 TX Austin, Street 51 1901 East This series includes SWEET CHARITY, This series includes SUZANNE’S CAREER, that followed him, Rohmer is a fi lmmaker to CABARET, and ALL THAT JAZZ. THE BAKERY GIRL OF MONCEAU, THE discover and return to over and over again. COLLECTIONEUSE, MY NIGHT AT MAUD’S, CLAIRE’S KNEE, and LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON. CINEMA SÉANCE ESSENTIAL CINEMA: Filmmakers have long recognized that cinema BETTE & JOAN is a doorway to the metaphysical, and that the Though they shared a profession and were immersive nature of the medium can bring us contemporaries, Bette Davis and Joan closer to the spiritual realm. Inspired by the Crawford were notorious enemies. Both were release of Texas fi lmmaker David Lowery’s A fi ne actresses, and both had long careers that GHOST STORY, in which ghosts confront the went through many seasons, from their years profound mystery of time, we selected four of radiant youth, through to their critically global masterpieces from cinema history that acclaimed peak years, and, much later, as stars also conjure the spirits. These transcendent of horror and thriller fi lms in the PSYCHO fi lms, which deal with existential questions in mold. For this Essential Cinema series we creative and enlightening ways, are in and of lightly scratch the surface of these remarkable themselves captivating, spiritual experiences careers. Naturally we conclude it with the for the audience. fi lm that brought their rivalry to a screaming This series includes THE MIRROR, SHADOWS This series includes EX-LADY, GRAND HOTEL, climax, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS, THE SPIRIT JEZEBEL, MILDRED PIERCE, and WHATEVER JANE? OF THE BEEHIVE, and SYNDROMES AND A HAPPENED TO BABY JANE. CENTURY. Celebrate LGBTQ Pride with MOVIE MADNESS: BETTE VS. JOAN, a campy cocktail event and PERMIT NO. 2026 NO. PERMIT special screening of WHATEVER HAPPENED ORGANIZATION AUSTIN, TEXAS AUSTIN, US POSTAGE NON-PROFIT TO BABY JANE? Friday, August 25. Details and PAID ticket info coming soon at austinfi lm.org. LOVE FILM? You’ll love being a member! Join at austinfi lm.org or at the AFS Cinema box offi ce. WATCH 2017 & AUGUST JULY NEW RELEASES The new AFS Cinema will off er daily screenings of new releases on a full schedule. Dates and times JULY AUGUST are subject to change and will be updated weekly. Please see austinfi lm.org for current cinema schedule. Here are some anticipated highlights for July and August. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY A GHOST STORY 2 P AFTER THE FOX 6 P THE INCREDIBLE 7:30 P THE BAKERY GIRL 7:30 P EX-LADY 7 P SWEET CHARITY 2 P THE HUMAN SURGE 7:30 P FUNERAL PARADE SHRINKING WOMAN OF MONCEAU & 10:30 SANTA SANGRE 4:30 P EX-LADY “Lovely, mysterious and cosmic” - Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out OF ROSES SUZANNE’S CAREER 7 P SANTA SANGRE 5 P SUNDANCE SHORTS The surprise hit of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival is this majestic metaphysical tale of two lovers separated by death, directed by Dallasite David Lowery and fi lmed entirely in Texas. An absolute 1 1 2 3 New4 Releases are 5 added every Friday. must see. Details at austinfi lm.org. 2 P FUNERAL PARADE 7:30 P SUNDANCE SHORTS 7:30 P I CALLED HIM MORGAN 7:30 P KIRIKOU AND THE 7:30 P SYNDROMES AND A 4:30 P SYNDROMES AND 2 P THE COLLECTIONEUSE 7:30 P CHASING TRANE 7:30 P SANTA SANGRE 7:30 P CHASING TRANE 7:30 P GRAND HOTEL 7:30 P CABARET 2 P CHASING TRANE COLUMBUS OF ROSES SORCERESS CENTURY A CENTURY 4:30 P SWEET CHARITY 10 P MANIFESTO 4:30 P GRAND HOTEL 4:30 P I CALLED HIM MORGAN 7 P SNAKE DEADLY ACT 8 P SANTA SANGRE 7 P CABARET “One of the rare fi lms in which nerdy intelligence-knowledge without experience-comes off without neurosis, 7 P BY THE RIVER 9:30 P FISTS OF THE 10 P MANIFESTO comedic awkwardness, or vengeance.” - Richard Brody, The New Yorker WHITE LOTUS 11:59 P RETURN OF THE FIVE 2 3 4 5 6 New7 Releases are 8 6 7 8 9 10 11New Releases are 12 In the small-town architectural mecca of Columbus, Indiana, a young woman (Haley Lu Richardson) added every Friday. DEADLY VENOMS added every Friday. develops an unexpected rapport with the visiting son (John Cho) of a visiting Korean architect who Details at austinfi lm.org. Details at austinfi lm.org. has fallen gravely ill. The debut fi lm by acclaimed video essayist Koganada. 12 P BASTARD SWORDSMAN 7 P HISTORY OF 7:30 P SHADOWS OF 7:30 P THE SON OF JOSEPH 7:30 P FANTASTIC PLANET 2 P SHADOWS OF 2 P MY NIGHT AT MAUD’S 7 P SAVAGE GOLD 7:30 P MANIFESTO 7:30 P JEZEBEL 7:30 P ALL THAT JAZZ 4 P JEZEBEL 2:30 P THE YOUNG MASTER TELEVISION: THE JUDY FORGOTTEN FORGOTTEN 5 P CABARET 10 P BLONDE DEATH 10 P BLONDE DEATH PERSON TO PERSON 5 P SABER TOOTH DRAGON GARLAND SHOW ANCESTORS ANCESTORS 8 P MANIFESTO V. THE FIERY TIGER 9 P FANTASTIC PLANET 8 P KIRIKOU AND THE “A lot like the New York character it celebrates: indefi nable but unmistakable”. - Nerdist SORCERESS 9 10 11 12 13 14New Releases are 15 13 14 15 16 17 18New Releases are 19 added every Friday. added every Friday. In this sweetly funny ensemble comedy a group of New Yorkers’ lives intersect: a pair of tabloid Details at austinfi lm.org. Details at austinfi lm.org. crime reporters, a collector in search of a rare Charlie Parker record (Bene Coopersmith), his 12 P MALCOLM X 25TH 7:30 P THE SON OF JOSEPH 7:30 P A LIFE IN WAVES 7:30 P PRINCESS MONONOKE 7:30 P THE SPIRIT OF 2:30 P A LIFE IN WAVES 2 P CLAIRE’S KNEE 7:30 P DESERT HEARTS 7:30 P WHEN TWO WORLDS 7:30 P MILDRED PIERCE 7 P MOVIE MADNESS: 2 P MILDRED PIERCE hapless roommate, and others. With Abbi Jacobson, Michael Cera and Philip Baker Hall. ANNIVERSARY THE BEEHIVE 5 P THE SPIRIT OF 5 P ALL THAT JAZZ COLLIDE BETTE VS. JOAN 4:30 P FANTASTIC PLANET 10 P DUELLE THE BEEHIVE 8 P BLONDE DEATH MENASHE 7:30 P PRINCESS MONONOKE 10 PM DUELLE Filmed in Brooklyn’s ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community in the American Yiddish language, 16 17 18 19 20 21New Releases are 22 20 21 22 23 24 25New Releases are 26 MENASHE is a fascinating window into an often hidden culture. An awkward widower is pressured by added every Friday. added every Friday. the community to remarry in order to retain custody of his son. Details at austinfi lm.org. Details at austinfi lm.org. 1:30 P PRINCESS MONONOKE 7:30 P PRINCESS MONONOKE 7:30 P THE HUMAN SURGE 7:30 P SLACK BAY 7:30 P BOY AND THE WORLD 7:30 P THE MIRROR 4:30 P BOY AND THE WORLD 11 A SMALL CHANGE 7:30 P I AM THE BLUES 7:30 P SMALL CHANGE 7:30 P WHATEVER HAPPENED TICKETS & SHOWTIMES 4:30 P THE WILGUS STORIES 10 P SLACK BAY 7 P THE MIRROR 2 P ERIC ROHMER’S MORAL TO BABY JANE 7 P THE SPIRIT OF 10 P DER FAN TALES: LOVE IN THE For up-to-date showtimes and online ticket THE BEEHIVE AFTERNOON sales, visit austinfi lm.org 4:30 P DESERT HEARTS 7 P I AM THE BLUES 23 24 25 26 27 28New Releases are 29 27 28 29 30 31 added every Friday. Details at austinfi lm.org. 1 P THE INCREDIBLE 7:30 P THE MIRROR LOCATION MEMBERSHIP THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP SHRINKING WOMAN Want your company to partner with AFS? 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