Daily Screens
Rolling Roadshow Returns with Dangerous Animals on the Water
Whether it was Us in a haunted house or The Road Warrior at a demolition derby, the Alamo Drafthouse's Rolling Roadshow screenings are the stuff of moviegoing legend. After a couple of years off, the immersive screenings are back with a special aquatic preview of Dangerous Animals, the new horror from the Independent Film Company.

12:20PM Tue. May 13, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Scream, Dawson's Creek Creator Kevin Williamson Comes to ATX TV Festival
Why have one legendary showrunner at your festival when you can have two? Last week, ATX TV Festival announced TV legend David E. Kelley as winner of the inaugural Showrunner Award. Now Dawson’s Creek creator Kevin Williamson gets his own career retrospective at the fest (May. 29-June 1).

10:20AM Tue. May 13, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TV Legend David E. Kelley to Receive ATX TV Festival's First Showrunner Award
The inaugural winner of any honor says a lot about its prestige. So the first winner of the ATX TV Festival Showrunner Award marks this as a major plaudit, with the first recipient being TV legend David E. Kelley.

12:00PM Fri. May 9, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

“Economic Censorship”: The Devastation of the NEA Grants Cut Grows
The head count of Austin arts organizations that found their finances wrecked by the unexpected withdrawal of National Endowment for the Arts grants keeps growing, in an act that Austin Theatre Alliance CEO Jim Ritts has called “economic censorship.”

1:26PM Wed. May 7, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Arts Groups Lose Promised Grant Money in Friday Night NEA Massacre
An out-of-the-blue email from the National Endowment for the Arts has blown a massive hole in the finances and plans of arts groups across the nation, including those of dozens of Austin-based arts groups.

3:20PM Mon. May 5, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

ATX TV Festival Hits the Road With Max's Duster
ATX TV Festival's guide gets even more packed this morning with news that audiences will be hitting the road for a preview screening of Duster, the new show for Max from co-creators/executive producers/writers LaToya Morgan and J.J. Abrams.

10:00AM Fri. May 2, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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Updated: SXSW Announces Penske EVP as New Festival Head
After the surprise ousting of South by Southwest President and Head of Programming Hugh Forrest, the owners have announced that Jenny Connelly, a SXSW board member and Penske Media’s executive vice president of product and technology, will be taking over as head of the festival.

5:36PM Tue. Apr. 29, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Huge Changes in SXSW Leadership
Major changes and departures have just hit South by Southwest, as several senior members of the leadership team were forced out of the company as of Friday.

5:48PM Sat. Apr. 26, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

God, Texas, and Film Incentives
Lawmakers took another big step yesterday towards the biggest boost in film and TV incentives in the history of Texas. However, stumbling blocks that could make its passage into law much more complex have become apparent as elected officials start to raise concerns about how much the revised program would help Texans.

3:24PM Thu. Apr. 24, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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