With their frank depictions of sexuality, crime, and other taboos, pre-code films—films made before Hollywood’s self-censoring 1934 “Production Code”—are as fun as they are transgressive and justifiably popular with modern audiences. Screening January 7-February 1, AFS presents a selection of the most pre-code of the all the pre-code films with our signature series Pre-Code Mania. Tap the link for tickets and times. https://www.austinfilm.org/series/pre-code-mania/ | Austin Film Society

Kick off our Pre-Code Day celebration on March 21st with a matinee screening of BABY FACE, starring Frida Cinema favorite Barbara Stanwyck in one of her defining roles ☕️ Make sure to get their early as the co-author of Pre-Code Essentials: Must-See Cinema from Hollywood’s Untamed Era, 1930-1934, Kim Luperi, will be joining us to introduce the film and sign copies of her book in the lobby! A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonde