How The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Helped Shape Austin Filmmaking

The saw remains the same for Mike Blizzard

"...It's been said that there would be no Austin filmmaking scene without The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The 1974..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Filmmaking Sin Fronteras

In its 18th annual edition, Cine Las Americas presents an eclectic mix

"...it an astonishing wealth of Latin American and indigenous filmmaking? Well, yeah, it may seem like only yesterday that..."

April 17, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Better 'Artful Filmmaking' Than 'Grindhouse'

"...parenthetically in midgush, that it's not actually very good filmmaking, but that doesn't seem to dampen their spirits. Rodriguez..."

April 13, 2007 Postmarks

Austin Filmmaking, Ten Years After

Film director Richard Linklater interviews Bob Ray, the director of the new Austin-made movie Rock Opera, about the Austin Film scene over the past 10 years.

"...new movie and discuss the evolution of the Austin filmmaking scene over the past 10 years...."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Empty Metal Rewrites the Rules of Filmmaking

Cine Las Americas film blends entertainment and the avant-garde

May 3, 2019 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Sembene! and Black Girl: Viewing the "Father" of African Filmmaking

A doc and a feature introduce the films of Ousmane Sembène

Feb. 11, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fatalistic Filmmaking

Alex Karpovsky hits the road to find the comedy behind his anxiety

Sept. 28, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The New New in Indie Filmmaking

July 22, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Guerrilla Filmmaking

April 9, 1999 Screens Feature by Amy Smith

The Zen of Filmmaking

Letters at 3AM

Aug. 1, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Small-Gauge Samurai

Super-8 enthusiast Cory Ryan brings Flicker to town.

"...the Fifties, Sixties, and Seventies heyday of Super-8 home filmmaking...."

July 20, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

CQ

"...confectioner's idea of a cotton-candy love note to Sixties Euro-filmmaking tropes. That it also has a sneaky-smart filmmaking heart..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Girl on the Bridge

"...it takes you back to the days when French filmmaking and French filmmakers were the darlings and saviors of..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blended

America's favorite screen couple, Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, mosey through another rom-com.

"...Increasingly, it seems that Adam Sandler’s filmmaking career functions as a means of financing his family..."

May 23, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mifune

"...Mifune conforms to strict production standards designed to strip filmmaking of its artificiality and pretense and focus on storytelling..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Small Wonders

They just nabbed two festival awards, next up is HBO, and Ed Wood is their greatest influence. Meet Austin's most successful 12-year-old filmmakers.

"...been as inseparable as kids and Saturday afternoons since filmmaking began. Growing up in upstate New York in the..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Mirror

"...a realistic fiction, and in the process exposes the filmmaking apparatus and the urgent realities that go along with..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Full Tilt Boogie

"...before Kelly's camera and offer their insights on the filmmaking process. Beginning with an outrightly hilarious bit of staged..."

July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brush With Danger

The obvious martial arts skills of the brother and sister filmmakers, Ken and Livi Zheng, don't compensate for this film's wooden drama.

"...The Indonesian-born brother/sister filmmaking duo of Ken and Livi Zheng scores high points..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Heaven Is for Real

Greg Kinnear plays a dad who believes his son's claim to have seen heaven.

"...religious or spiritual beliefs may be. It’s not great filmmaking, or even good filmmaking for that matter, but you..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Full-Gore Press

Mind the viscera: Austin's horror filmmaking scene is exploding

"...2011 go down as the year the Austin horror filmmaking community definitively established itself as a vital hub for..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine

"...reflects Farmanara's personal experiences, beliefs, and attitudes -- a filmmaking approach which, in itself, indicates a degree of liberalization..."

June 8, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Carman: The Champion

"...and Carman. Talk about your niche marketing … Christian filmmaking seems to be all the rage these days --..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Irma Vep

Assayas' camerawork and editing recall the glory days of the French New Wave, while Cheung holds the center as an actress caught up in the behind-the-scenes mayhem on a creative film set.

"...this French take on the madness inherent in independent filmmaking rivals Tom DiCillo's Living in Oblivion as the most..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Operation Condor

"...hard to hold the man accountable. Chan's style of filmmaking has more to do with the old Mack Sennett..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bride With White Hair II

"...directors Yu and Yeung pack every bit of their filmmaking prowess into The Bride with White Hair II making..."

Jan. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Totally F***ed Up

Queer New Wave classic tracks six teenagers living in Los Angeles.

"...F***ed Up is often a politically reactionary piece of filmmaking that occasionally tells the straight, heterosexual establishment just where..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Beware of a Holy Whore

"...Werner Fassbinder's -- the Seventies' enfant terrible of foreign filmmaking -- quintessential film. Made in 1970 (along with six..."

Nov. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Better Tomorrow

Woo's crime drama is one of the signature films of the Hong Kong cinema.

"...Hong Kong cinema, establishing a new star on Asian filmmaking's horizon and ensuring Woo's future bankability (not to mention..."

March 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pepi, Luci, Bom

"...first film is notable for its lack of polished filmmaking technique (the shots are crudely composed and murky, the..."

Jan. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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