Austin Film Society
Founded in 1985 by filmmaker Richard Linklater, AFS creates life-changing opportunities for filmmakers, catalyzes Austin and Texas as a creative hub, and brings the community together around great film. AFS supports filmmakers towards career leaps, encouraging exceptional artistic projects with grants and support services. AFS operates Austin Studios, a 20-acre production facility, to attract and grow the creative media ecosystem. Austin Public, a space for our city’s diverse mediamakers to train and collaborate, provides many points of access to filmmaking and film careers. The AFS Cinema is an ambitiously programmed repertory and first-run arthouse with broad community engagement. By hosting premieres, local and international industry events, and the Texas Film Awards, AFS shines the national spotlight on Texas filmmakers while connecting Austin and Texas to the wider film community. AFS is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. To learn more about Austin Film Society visit: www.austinfilm.org and follow @AustinFilm on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.www.austinfilm.org
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Oct 16, 2026
Erica SchultzGUEST
So, um, like Chris, I've got tickets to see The Devils this weekend.
Erica SchultzGUEST
Um, and then I'll be at Austin Film Society pretty much every weekend for the month.
Erica SchultzGUEST
Um, they're doing a lot of, a lot of horror movies this month.
Erica SchultzGUEST
Um, origins of J-horror retrospective.
Keith MaitlandHOST
Um, and I'm gonna wrap it up here.
Keith MaitlandHOST
I wanna spit a very big thank you to Lars and Austin Film Society for programming this film, for, uh, giving them this great Sunday afternoon slot, for you guys making the wise decision to escape the heat and be here and celebrate, uh, the work of these powerful women.
Keith MaitlandHOST
Um, I'm grateful that you allowed us to include our podcast in this.
Keith MaitlandHOST
Thank you, Dana.
Graham CulbertsonHOST
[laughs]
Nathan GelgudGUEST
And I'll be in, at the Austin Film Society after that for something that I think is not announced yet.
Nathan GelgudGUEST
But, um, it, it's all...
Nathan GelgudGUEST
You'll be able to find it all.
Jerry QuijanoHOST
Welcome back to the show.
Jerry QuijanoHOST
The Austin Film Society is hosting this weekend special screenings of the documentary, First They Came for My College.
Jerry QuijanoHOST
The film focuses on the transformation of a public college in Florida.
Jerry QuijanoHOST
Here to tell us more is Holly Herrick, head of film and creative media at AFS.
Keith MaitlandHOST
She's a good friend, and she's here to present her documentary feature debut, Our Body Electric, a look at three powerful women in the competitive world of fitness and bodybuilding.
Keith MaitlandHOST
This episode's a little different, and we're excited to mix things up here, taking Dana on a walk around, uh, Northwest Park in Northwest Austin, and then jumping into the post-screening Q&A at the Austin Film Society, moderated by me, where Dana and producer Maggie Bailey will, uh, give you a peek into the making of Our Body Electric.
Keith MaitlandHOST
So please stick around for an electrifying episode of Doc Walks with New York's own Dana Riley here in Austin on Doc Walks.
Ben SteinbauerHOST
Doc Walks is created, hosted, and produced by my friend Keith Maitland.
Josh RobinsGUEST
So when things like that happen, it gets tough for us to... [sighs] I mean, I do all the scheduling, so we have to start making difficult decisions like, what night of the week is it? I feel like part of our mission is to help these art house cinemas because I go to the art house cinemas.
Josh RobinsGUEST
I go to Austin Film Society.
Josh RobinsGUEST
You can't really call the Alamo Drafthouse an art house anymore.
Josh RobinsGUEST
They've gone corporate and been bought by Sony.
Richard LinklaterGUEST
You know, I've been so isolated for a while.
Richard LinklaterGUEST
It was really wonderful for me when starting the Austin Film Society.
Richard LinklaterGUEST
And I just attracted it was like a hive.
Richard LinklaterGUEST
You know, I attracted fellow film freaks.
KatePANELIST
And I am a big Ethan Hawke fan.
KatePANELIST
And I feel like I am required to be by virtue of working at Austin Film Society.
KatePANELIST
We love him over there.
KatePANELIST
I think I might be fired if I said I did not like Ethan Hawke.
KatePANELIST
And I am a big Ethan Hawke fan.
KatePANELIST
And I feel like I am required to be by virtue of working at Austin Film Society.
KatePANELIST
We love him over there.
KatePANELIST
I think I might be fired if I said I did not like Ethan Hawke.
Jarrod HornbeckHOST
mean like you get Harvey Keitel first and again Harvey Keitel welcome to the show we have not had yeah
Steve GuntliHOST
yeah I have weirdly just been immersed in Harvey Keitel I watched two Harvey Keitel movies yesterday and one of them was this and the other was uh there was a repertory screening of uh of the piano uh at my local Austin Film Society so me and my friend went and caught that And then I've been rewatching Scorsese movies.
Steve GuntliHOST
I've been going back and going through his entire filmography in order.
Steve GuntliHOST
And obviously he's very joined to Scorsese in the early going.
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