Discussion with Lulu Wang, director of THE FAREWELL

On October 14, Austin Film Society proudly presented our Doc Days Opening Night presentation of Todd Haynes' THE VELVET UNDERGROUND. After the film, we were joined virtually by director Todd Haynes for a conversation moderated by AFS's Founder & Artistic Director Richard Linklater.

AFS Lates host and programmer Jazmyne Moreno joined the AFS Discussion Club to talk about the vampy art/horror masterpiece DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS with Lars Nilsen and AFS members on Oct. 27, 2020. 

Enjoy a lively discussion between UT Professor and founder/Executive Director of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image Dr. Caroline Frick and AFS Lead Programmer Lars Nilsen, with input from AFS members. The conversation centers around the 1932 THREE ON A MATCH, starring Joan Blondell, a pre-stardom Bette Davis and Ann Dvorak as three childhood friends who meet up again as adults whose lives have diverged greatly. 

Hear about the Austin-shot documentary BOYS STATE from the directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss, subject Steven Garza, and AFS-supported filmmaker and BOYS STATE camera operator, Patrick Bresnan (PAHOKEE). Moderated by AFS's Holly Herrick. BOYS STATE is an Apple Original Films and A24 release.

On this episode of the AFS Viewfinders Podcast, trailer editor Trevor Lee discusses how his career developed and what he's learned about editing along the way. Hosted by AFS Lead Programmer Lars Nilsen.

AFS-supported filmmaker Channing Godfrey Peoples and her partner/producer Neil Creque Williams joined us to discuss her debut feature film, MISS JUNETEENTH, now playing in AFS's Virtual Cinema.

Part of an ongoing series. Here, a number of former Vulcan Video employees recount some of the brushes with famous people they had at the late, lamented video rental store locations. Plus an extra bonus section about the rivalry between I Luv Video and Vulcan Video, which came to a peak of intensity in the Trivia Showdowns between the two staffs at the Alamo Drafthouse.

This is the introduction for a series of very candid and, we hope, very entertaining interviews in which the former employees of the recently closed video store chain Vulcan Video tell all about their job experiences, their reflections and more. Vulcan Video was a vital and important part of Austin, and the employees helped to create the Austin film culture we all know today. This is their story.

In their submitted interviews, the former employees of the now-defunct Vulcan Video talked a lot about the wonderful customer experiences they had. But, you probably wouldn't click on that if we posted it first, so here are some of the bad, the weird, and sometimes harrowing experiences that Vulcan employees had with their customers.

See full videos on AFS's Youtube channel.

Back in October 2019, we were privileged to host director Agnieszka Holland for a screening of EUROPA, EUROPA (1990), her brilliant account of the absurdities of fascism and war. With Criterion Channel just adding it to their lineup last week, we thought you might want to follow up your viewing of that with a listen of this Q&A.