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by Kimberley Jones
Friggin' Genius
Thu Feb 4, 1:01am
Think film festivals are all about dour, arty indie pics? Yeah, that’s not really SXSW’s style.
Got Noise? Good. Then Make Some More.
Wed Jan 27, 5:38pm
You know what we did the day after Thanksgiving? Let out our pants and made another turkey sandwich. Know what UT freshman Chris Rajan did? Flew to Hollywood and hung out with Usher.
White Stripes Doc to Ring SXSW's Doorbell
Wed Jan 20, 1:05pm
SXSW started as a music fest first, so it's kind of a no-brainer that SXSW Film would make room for movies about music. Hey, you know who makes music and is in a new movie? The White Stripes.
Go Go 'Goliath'
Tue Jan 12, 12:45pm
Austin’s the Zellner Bros. find humor in the unlikeliest of places: diabolical monkeys, deathbed diatribes, guilt-stricken men of God. No surprise, then, that their wickedly funny 2008 feature Goliath, out today on DVD, centered around a dead cat. Don’t worry, it’s only a movie – see photo for said cat being adorably squished.
SXSW 2010 Kicks Ass, Drops Some Names
Wed Jan 6, 6:00am
This morning SXSW Film announced its opening night film: comic book adaptation Kick-Ass, about a high school wannabe superhero who figures if he dresses the part, the rest will fall into place. Don’t be surprised if you see some homespun tights, capes, and codpieces at the screening; turns out Austinites like to play dress up.
Texas to Officially Adopt QT
Mon Dec 21, 3:36pm
, 2009
Tags: Quentin Tarantino
Well, close enough: The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards will make Quentin Tarantino an Honorary Texan at the ceremony in 2010.
Who's on Mars
Fri Dec 18, 12:24pm
, 2009
Call it the home field advantage: British fans of, yes, the beloved British sci fi series Doctor Who will have a 24-hour head start on the sendoff to Tenth Doctor David Tennant, The End of Time, which airs on BBC America on Dec. 26.
AFCA Announces 2009 Awards
Wed Dec 16, 12:59pm
, 2009
J.J. Abrams' relaunched Star Trek came in second place in the Austin Film Critics Association best movies of the year poll (announced today), thus narrowly avoiding the rumored resignation of more than one member**. Instead, top honors went to Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, which continues its domination of year-end awards.
Sundance Announces Shorts Program
Tue Dec 8, 12:41pm
, 2009
Tags: Sundance
Sundance announced its 2010 short film program yesterday, and a handful of Texans made the cut, including Park City regulars the Zellner Bros.
Bryan Poyser to Do the 'Dance
Wed Dec 2, 3:28pm
, 2009
Just a few minutes ago, word came down from the mountain – you know, the one(s) in Park City, Utah – announcing the 2010 Sundance Film Festival competition film lineup. Making the cut this year? Austin native son Bryan Poyser.
Feast Your Eyes on This
Tue Nov 17, 3:28pm
, 2009
SXSW Film first tipped its hand last month by unveiling a brand-spanking-new award for excellence in Title Design. Eyeing the latest batch of 2010 panels to be announced, I think it's safe to say it: SXSW Film has a serious jones for the visual arts.
Austin Asian American Film Festival: '9500 Liberty'
Fri Nov 13, 3:54pm
, 2009
Want a seat at Saturday’s free AAAFF screening of 9500 Liberty? You might have to fight for space with State Representatives Elliott Naishtat and Mark Strama and Austin City Council Members Laura Morrison and Bill Spelman: They’re all confirmed to attend the just-added screening of Eric Byler’s new documentary about immigration policy.
Don't Call the Cops on This Mug
Mon Nov 9, 12:50pm
, 2009
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AFF Announces Audience Award Winners
Thu Nov 5, 11:47am
, 2009
In what is presumably its last order of business for the 2009 fest, the Austin Film Festival just announced its audience award winners. The envelopes, please...
Whatever You Do, Don't Panic
Fri Oct 30, 12:20pm
, 2009
As a promotional tie-in to the Dec. 4 theatrical release of Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles, Welles' famous, panic-inducing original radio broadcast of War of the Worlds will be streamed on the internets today at 7pm.
A Winn-Winn Situation
Mon Oct 26, 5:12pm
, 2009
Tracking down Jack Rebney, that reluctant viral video hero, became something of a passion project for filmmaker Ben Steinbauer, who years ago first saw the infamous leaked outtakes of Rebney's foul-mouthed meltdown on a Winnebago video shoot and has been obsessed ever since. Funny thing about passion projects, though: They don't pay for themselves.
Austin Film Festival: Film & Screenwriting Awards Announced
Sat Oct 24, 10:03pm
, 2009
The Austin Film Festival announced its filmmaking jury awards today, which included a Special Jury Recognition for Independent Filmmaking for Thor at the Bus Stop (curiously not the "Awesomest Title Combining a Norse God With Public Transport" it had been picked to win).
Winners after the jump...
Austin Film Festival: Awkwardness, Onscreen and Off
Sat Oct 24, 3:25pm
, 2009
Austin-made comedy Harmony and Me finally got its Austin premiere last night, and it played great to the packed audience at the Texas Spirit Theater. Where it didn’t play so great? Up on the screen.
Austin Film Festival: 'Calvin Marshall'
Thu Oct 22, 4:24pm
, 2009
Apparently, Alex Frost has the face of a young man in need of deflowering; Calvin Marshall marks the actor’s second virginal role to play in this year’s AFF lineup (see also The Vicious Kind). As CM's titular lead, Frost plays a relentlessly decent guy who wants only to play shortstop for his junior college baseball team.
SXSW Announces First Speakers
Wed Oct 14, 3:40pm
, 2009
So what does an irreverent former Austinite and underground comic artist have in common with an Oscar-winning Argentine composers who could water a lawn or two from the tears shed to his music? Four little letters: SXSW.
AFF Announces Lineup
Mon Sep 28, 2:29pm
, 2009
We were so busy cramming for Fantastic Fest last week that we forgot to mention that the Austin Film Festival has released its complete lineup, including the just-announced bookend opening and closing night films Serious Moonlight and Up in the Air.
Fantastic Fest: 'Private Eye'
Mon Sep 28, 2:55am
, 2009
Tags: Fantastic Fest
“My rule is never do anything dangerous,” says private eye Jin-ho (Jeon-Min Hwang), just before he agrees to put aside his regular business of busting cheating housewives in South Korea circa 1910 in order to help a medical student beat a murder rap. Famous last words, that.
Fantastic Fest: 'Kenny Begins'
Sat Sep 26, 2:12am
, 2009
Tags: Fantastic Fest
Kenny (Carl Johan Rheborg) is a space cadet, both literally and figuratively, a bumbling wannabe Galaxy Hero whose blond locks make the sound of a squeegee when he shakes them.
Fantastic Fest: ‘Dirty Mind’
Fri Sep 25, 2:06am
, 2009
Tags: Fantastic Fest
Following last year’s FF entry Left Bank, this is part two in writer/director’s Pieter Van Hees planned trilogy called “Anatomy of Love and Pain” – and yup, the two states are linked for a reason.
Fantastic Fest: 'Krabat'
Thu Sep 24, 11:52am
, 2009
Tags: Fantastic Fest
Honestly, is it ever a good idea to listen to the voices in your head?
