Screening of the 1986 independent film No Picnic in a new 4K restoration, with a Q&A session with director Philip Hartman.
No Picnic screens at AFS Cinema on Thursday, September 3, with two showtimes: 6:45 PM and 8:00 PM. It's the first and only film by writer-director Philip Hartman, a 1986 picture that follows Macabee Cohn, a jukebox operator who wanders the Lower East Side in search of a mysterious woman in a striped dress. Along the way, the film features appearances by Steve Buscemi, Richard Hell, and Luis Guzmán.
For a long time, No Picnic has lived mostly in the margins. The Village Voice called it the "swan song to a languishing New York tribe," and Rolling Stone described it as a chronicle of a lost paradise and a forgotten era of downtown NYC and independent moviemaking. This screening brings it back in a new 4K restoration, so it's a good chance to see it as it was meant to be seen.
It's playing at AFS Cinema, Austin's only nonprofit art house theater and the Austin Film Society's two-screen venue. They run first-run international and independent films on one screen and repertory programming on the other, with a mission to bring the community together around great film. This fits right into the repertory side of things—a rare 80s indie getting a second look.
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Tickets are $15 for the evening shows, with a $12 matinee available Monday through Friday for screenings before 5 PM. AFS MAKE & WATCH members get a $4 discount, and LOVE & Impact Circle members get in free. There are also discounts for AISD educators and local high school and college students at the box office with a valid school ID. The cinema is at 6406 N I-35 Suite 3100, Austin, TX 78752.
