Celebrating 20 years, Nobuhiro Yamashita’s beloved coming-of-age cult classic charts a high school girl band gearing up for a school festival. Ft. music from The Smashing Pumpkins' James Iha, LINDA LINDA LINDA screens newly restored in 4K Sep. 26-Oct. 2. austinfilm.org/screening/lind…

Using clips culled from hundreds of sources and featuring narration by Maya Hawke, filmmaker Alex Ross Perry (PAVEMENTS) tells the story of the great video store years. VIDEOHEAVEN screens Sep. 21 & 27. Perry joins us Sep. 21 for a special in-person Q&A. austinfilm.org/screening/vide…

As a hurricane nears Atlantic Beach, most flee, but two dreamers, a teen, and a storm chaser remain—gripped by obsession, hope, or quiet rebellion—to face the gathering winds. Alexandra Simpson’s elegiac debut, NO SLEEP TILL, screens Sep. 21 & 28. austinfilm.org/screening/no-s…

Like a walking amalgam of Peckinpah, Melville, and Kurosawa, John Woo's operatic "gun fu" carved a new path for action films. Screening Sep. 30-Oct. 30, AFS presents John Woo: Heroic Bloodshed—the best of Woo’s Hong Kong films in new 4K restorations. austinfilm.org/series/essenti…

Writer-director Hong Sang-soo's 32nd feature follows an artist and lecturer entangled in a student scandal who enlists her estranged uncle and blacklisted director to stage a play as on-campus tensions rise. BY THE STREAM opens Friday, Sep. 19, austinfilm.org/screening/by-t…

Featuring the vocal talents of Janeane Garofalo, Julio Torres, and more, animator Julian Glander's coming-of-age odyssey transforms suburban Florida into a pastel purgatory of empty strip malls and adolescent yearning. BOYS GO TO JUPITER opens Sep. 20. austinfilm.org/screening/boys…

In anticipation of his latest film NOUVELLE VAGUE (opening Oct. 31), director and AFS Founder Richard Linklater curates a selection of New Wave classics that epitomize the period. "French New Wave," curated by Richard Linklater, screens October 1-31. austinfilm.org/series/french-…

Featuring an endearing cast and a track list of irresistible covers from Japanese punk band The Blue Hearts—including the titular hit "Linda Linda"—Nobuhiro Yamashita's teen cult classic, LINDA LINDA LINDA, screens newly restored in 4K Sep. 26-Oct. 2. austinfilm.org/screening/lind…

Marriage makes monsters of Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill in Andrzej Żuławski's cult art-horror classic. An unforgettable experience that will get under your skin just in time for spooky season. POSSESSION returns to AFS Cinema Oct. 2-5. austinfilm.org/screening/poss…

After years toiling in the industry, John Woo hit it big with this brotherly crime saga—forever changing action cinema and making box-office stars of Chow Yun-fat and Leslie Cheung. John Woo: Heroic Bloodshed begins Sep. 30 & Oct. 4 with A BETTER TOMORROW. austinfilm.org/screening/a-be…

When nine-year-old Sophia spends her first summer without her mother, her grandmother (Glenn Close) guides her on a giddy path toward young adulthood. Adapted from Tove Jansson’s beloved novel, THE SUMMER BOOK opens Sep. 26 at AFS Cinema. austinfilm.org/screening/the-…

Thirteen-year-old Antoine ditches school and commits petty theft until his rebellion catches up with him. Screening in 35mm, François Truffaut’s autobiographical debut, THE 400 BLOWS, opens our Richard Linklater-curated French New Wave series Oct. 1 & 3. austinfilm.org/screening/the-…

In Paris, a young Guinean immigrant hustles together a living doing bike deliveries and living in a shelter while trying to navigate the visa system. Festival favorite SOULEYMANE'S STORY screens Oct. 6-12, starting with a Free Member Monday presentation. austinfilm.org/screening/soul…

AFS Paper Cuts presents Almodóvar-collaborator Iván Zulueta's arthouse horror cult classic ARREBATO Oct. 11-13 in 35mm. Paired with Tim Lucas' "Throat Sprockets" and featuring a post-film discussion and pop-up shop with Alienated Majesty Books Oct. 11. austinfilm.org/screening/arre…

“My new favorite French New Wave film.” —Richard Linklater Little-known master Jacques Rozier's freshly rediscovered French New Wave classic, ADIEU PHILIPPINE, screens Oct. 8—Part of AFS' "French New Wave" series, curated by Richard Linklater. austinfilm.org/screening/adie…

Lisa Cholodenko’s sleek 1998 debut about the electric but ruinous connection between a photographer (Ally Sheedy) and an editor-in-training (Radha Mitchell) remains one of the defining films of New Queer Cinema. HIGH ART screens newly restored Oct. 9 & 12. austinfilm.org/screening/high…

Nouvelle Vague icon Jean-Pierre Léaud forms a love triangle between his girlfriend and a nurse in Jean Eustache’s existential gender drama. AFS Founder and "French New Wave" series curator Richard Linklater joins us Oct. 11 for THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE. austinfilm.org/screening/the-…

The main players are back in this sequel to John Woo’s breakthrough. John Woo: Heroic Bloodshed continues Oct. 7 & 11 with a new 4K restoration of A BETTER TOMORROW 2. austinfilm.org/screening/a-be… Thanks to our partner Austin Asian American Film Festival

As one of baseball’s biggest icons, it was Roberto Clemente's remarkable life off the field that defined his legacy. Producer Mike Blizzard and executive producer Richard Linklater join us Oct. 4 for CLEMENTE. Opening Oct. 3 at AFS Cinema. austinfilm.org/screening/clem…