Cinema 41

Cinema 41 Working to sustain a communal film culture. The screenings are FREE and held on the last Thursday of every month at the Salvage Vanguard Theater.

Winner of the Austin Chronicle's "Best Indie Film Cred Boost (2012)", Cinema41 is a film collective that screens overlooked/forgotten independent films. Each screening is augmented with a special guest (e.g. filmmakers, academics, etc...) to help contextualize the film.

10/19/2025

4 HOURS LEFT TO BID!!

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The historical collection of the Dobie Theatre’s Mylar Archive

10/13/2025

WEEK until the Dobie Theatre’s LARGE MYLAR ARCHIVE Auction ENDS!

ENDS SUNDAY OCT 19TH at 8pm Central.

Don't sleep on this mega rare collection of analog Cinema History.

Vidiots will receive 10% of profits from this auction

10/11/2025
2 HOURS UNTIL Auction goes LIVE!!!TODAY IS THE DAY to bid on mega rare Cinema memories from Austin's historic Dobie Thea...
10/10/2025

2 HOURS UNTIL Auction goes LIVE!!!
TODAY IS THE DAY to bid on mega rare Cinema memories from Austin's historic Dobie Theatre.

AUCTION LINK will be posted on the Dobie's FB feed at 8pm.

Come take a look!!!

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10/03/2025

Dobie's Mylar Archives AUCTION!!!
LARGE SIZED 5x25

Auction on EBAY:
STARTS Friday, October 10th
ENDS Sunday, October 19th
10 DAY Auction
Bidding starts at $150.00 USD

10% of this auction will be donated to a cinema or film archive
announced on October 10th.

This is a VERY RARE Collection of the Dobie Theatre’s Light Box Film
You may remember the Theatre #1 Projection Booth had a glass window, allowing patrons to view a live projector. This booth was wallpapered with some of these mylars.

For more photos check our Facebook photo gallery.

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The director of past Cinema41 entry GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH has a much-buzzed about film hitting limited releas...
10/09/2014

The director of past Cinema41 entry GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH has a much-buzzed about film hitting limited release this weekend; check it out!

More Full Metal Jacket than Dead Poet’s Society, the film is an epic battle of wills between two fanatical artists, one doing everything in his power to painfully make a master out of the other.

The Academy of Motion Pictures & Sciences gave Patton Oswalt carte blanche to screen any film they have in their archive...
08/03/2014

The Academy of Motion Pictures & Sciences gave Patton Oswalt carte blanche to screen any film they have in their archive. He chose the greatly underloved (and previous Cinema41 selection) BLAST OF SILENCE. Watch him & comedian Karen Kilgariff discuss Allen Baron's classic!

Follow along as comedian, actor and movie fanatic Patton Oswalt is offered the opportunity to screen any film from the Academy Film Archive, then watches and...

06/27/2014

Thanks to everyone who came out to SUMMER WARS last night! We'll see you next month for our screening of THE LAST BATTLE!

Eli Wallach was one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, and was almost as old as the medium itself. Things ...
06/25/2014

Eli Wallach was one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, and was almost as old as the medium itself. Things we never knew: he was a former resident of Austin, attending UT "because tuition was only $30 a year." What are your favorite Eli Wallach roles?

Mr. Wallach was one of his generation’s most prominent and prolific character actors in film, onstage and on television for more than 60 years.

Tomorrow night! Come see the Austin premiere of MONDO FUZZ!
06/05/2014

Tomorrow night! Come see the Austin premiere of MONDO FUZZ!

This Friday, Free & BYOB, co-starring Cinema 41 alum Caitlin Leach

AGFA is three days and less than $2,500 away from hitting their goal! Help push this more than worthy cause over the edg...
06/02/2014

AGFA is three days and less than $2,500 away from hitting their goal! Help push this more than worthy cause over the edge!

AGFA is raising money to help save endangered 35mm film prints, starting with THE ASTROLOGER!

05/30/2014

Thanks to everyone who came out for HEAD-ON! We're glad to be back!

Address

617 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX
78701

Opening Hours

7pm - 10pm

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(512) 371-8797

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