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Oz the Great and Powerful
Neither a besmirching nor a instant classic, this sometimes clunky prequel in which James Franco plays the Wizard when he was a mere, young huckster also has Sam Raimi's ravishing visuals.
Film Review, Mar. 8, 2013
From the Vaults: Herzog's Ecstasy of Truth
Werner Herzog on documentary filmmaking
Screens Blog, Mar. 1, 2013 4:50 PM
Dark Skies
Aliens mess with a suburban family's peace of mind in this unsettling, slow-burn thriller.
Film Review, Mar. 1, 2013
A Place at the Table
The issue of hunger in America is on the menu in this stirring documentary.
Film Review, Mar. 1, 2013
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
Werner Herzog focuses on Siberian fur trappers in his latest documentary.
Film Review, Mar. 1, 2013
From the Vaults: Phantasm-ania
Don Coscarelli, Angus Scrimm, and Reggie Bannister talk 'Phantasm'
Screens Blog, Feb. 22, 2013 5:15 PM
Bless Me, Ultima
This honest, earnest, and naturalistic kids’ story about growing up Mexican-American in 1940s New Mexico is based on the popular book.
Film Review, Feb. 22, 2013
From the Vaults: LaGravenese Gravitations
Richard LaGravenese enters the YA fray with 'Beautiful Creatures'
Screens Blog, Feb. 15, 2013 6:05 PM
Beautiful Creatures
She's a witch, he's a mortal, and they both read Charles Bukowski: Some teens will never make it to heaven.
Film Review, Feb. 15, 2013
Chasing Ice
Time-lapse photography of various glaciers melting over the years provides undeniable evidence that they are disappearing faster than ever before.
Film Review, Feb. 15, 2013
From the Vaults: Underneath With Soderbergh
When Steven Soderbergh Came to SXSW ’95 ...
Screens Blog, Feb. 8, 2013 6:00 PM
Fourplay
These four stories of unabashed sexual intimacy are often funny, sometimes poignant, always unconventional and playfully erotic.
Film Review, Feb. 8, 2013
Side Effects
Jagged turns and sinuous style are the mark of Steven Soderbergh's taut drama, which stars the very well-cast Rooney Mara and Jude Law.
Film Review, Feb. 8, 2013
From the Vaults: Balancing Acts
Jonathan Levine has become the go-to guy for tonally adroit filmmaking
Screens Blog, Feb. 1, 2013 5:30 PM
Sun Sets on the Big 'Dance
Sundance ends with acquisitions and accolades for Austin filmmakers
Screens Feature, Jan. 31, 2013
Sundance ’13: Day Five
'Before Midnight' clocks in as the best of Sundance
Screens Blog, Jan. 26, 2013 12:15 PM
Amour
Death is part of love’s bargain, a fact filmmaker Michael Haneke lays bare.
Film Review, Jan. 25, 2013
Sundance ’13: Day Four
'Computer Chess' and 'Pit Stop' are true originals
Screens Blog, Jan. 24, 2013 11:04 AM
Sundance '13: Day Three
Texas brings the party
Screens Blog, Jan. 21, 2013 4:00 PM
Sundance ’13: Day Two
Austin-connected films abound and I jump in with 'A Teacher'
Screens Blog, Jan. 19, 2013 5:35 PM
Sundance '13: Day One
Marjorie Baumgarten kicks off the festival with a song in her heart
Screens Blog, Jan. 18, 2013 12:19 PM
Rust and Bone
The unlikely relationship between two damaged souls is made deeply palpable by the stunning performances of Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard and rising star Matthias Schoenaerts.
Film Review, Jan. 18, 2013
From the Vaults: Kathryn Bigelow Soldiers On
'The Hurt Locker' Oscar-winner was robbed of a 'Zero Dark Thirty' nom
Screens Blog, Jan. 11, 2013 6:30 PM
Texas Chainsaw
Decades after the original, this story about the deranged, backwoods cannibal with a power tool still has legs – and extra 3-D torque.
Film Review, Jan. 11, 2013
Straight Out of Brooklyn
Austin Film Society highlights three films distributed by Factory 25
Screens Blog, Jan. 8, 2013 2:00 PM
From the Vaults: The Roots of 'Promised Land'
Before John Krasinski and Matt Damon, it was Krasinski and Dave Eggers
Screens Blog, Jan. 4, 2013 5:40 PM
Not Fade Away
Five years after the end of The Sopranos, creator David Chase directs his first movie, which takes him back to New Jersey in the Sixties.
Film Review, Jan. 4, 2013
Promised Land
Matt Damon and John Krasinski star in this modern morality tale about fracking in America; Gus Van Sant directs.
Film Review, Jan. 4, 2013
Impressed, Yes, but Socks Still Firmly On
It was a good year for movies – but was it great?
Screens Feature, Jan. 4, 2013
Marjorie Baumgarten's Top 10 list
Marjorie Baumgarten's Top 10s
Screens Feature, Jan. 4, 2013
From the Vaults: Melody Maker Russell Crowe
Song man Russell Crowe from 30 Odd Foot of Grunts to 'Les Misérables'
Screens Blog, Dec. 28, 2012 2:10 PM
Django Unchained
As entertaining and subversive as Django Unchained is, Tarantino's latest also suffers from a certain slackness.
Film Review, Dec. 28, 2012
From the Vaults: Christopher McQuarrie
The 'Jack Reacher' writer and director discusses 'The Way of the Gun'
Screens Blog, Dec. 21, 2012 3:40 PM
Hyde Park on Hudson
The film gets big points for casting Bill Murray as FDR but its vision gets muddy after that.
Film Review, Dec. 21, 2012
Slacker Added to National Film Registry
'Slacker' and works from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image selected
Screens Blog, Dec. 19, 2012 8:45 AM
'El Mariachi' to Perform Sundance Encore
Robert Rodriguez's 1993 debut to be honored with a Sundance screening
Screens Blog, Dec. 14, 2012 2:15 PM
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
There's little about this return trip to Middle-earth that feels "unexpected" or fresh.
Film Review, Dec. 14, 2012
'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' in 48 fps
Austin theatres showing the film in 48 frames per second listed here
Screens Blog, Dec. 13, 2012 2:40 PM
Francis Ford Coppola 5-Film Collection
Screens Feature, Dec. 13, 2012
From the Vaults: Hitchcock in Rewind
Seven takes on Alfred Hitchcock in our series, 'How I Got Hitched'
Screens Blog, Dec. 7, 2012 4:15 PM
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