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Austin Film Society Announces Recipients of 2024 Grants for Short Films

As Republican lawmakers at the state and national level seem to be eying arts funding – and the existence of the arts in general – financial assistance for artists is more essential than ever. Thank goodness, then, for the AFS Grant for Short Films program which just announced its latest round of supported projects.

1:35PM Wed. Jan. 8, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Grand Design: Brady Corbet on The Brutalist

It’s often said that art should be judged by its ability to cause a riot. If so, then Brady Corbet should have realized that his latest film, The Brutalist, was off to an auspicious start when it caused uproar in a restaurant before it was even made.

7:00AM Tue. Jan. 7, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Critics Association Picks Anora As Year’s Best Film

Anora, the tragicomedy smash from Neon, has been selected by the members of the Austin Film Critics Association as the best film of 2024 in their year-end awards.

10:00AM Mon. Jan. 6, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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Austin Film Critics Announce 2024 Awards Short List

The Austin Film Critics Association enters its 20th year with its latest round of awards nominees. The short-listed titles includes a strong showing for The Brutalist.

11:37AM Fri. Dec. 27, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

How Thomas Haden Church Became a Deliberate Texan

As the top oil-producing state in America, it's no surprise that crude runs through the storytelling veins of Texas. Now Thomas Haden Church has become part of that cinematic history with Accidental Texan, a wistful story of small towns and big dreams.

12:01PM Fri. Dec. 20, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Kier-La Janisse and the Ghosts of Christmas Yet to Come

Yule logs, eggnog, carols, Christmas trees, and scary stories – the true heart of a British Christmas. Now, film historian and former Alamo Drafthouse programmer Kier-La Janisse has transported that idea across the Atlantic as producer of horror anthology The Haunted Season.

10:55AM Thu. Dec. 19, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Jon Hamm Is Headed to ATX TV Festival for a Mad Men Retrospective

Between oil tycoon Monty Miller on Landman and his Elon Musk dupe over on The Morning Show, Jon Hamm has been spending a lot of time in Texas lately, at least on TV. Next year, he’ll pop in to Texas’ premier television fest in the flesh to talk about another defining part: Mad Men’s Don Draper.

10:00AM Tue. Dec. 17, 2024, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Sound Unseen Rocks AFS Cinema

SU ATX, the Austin leg of the Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival, will be rocking AFS Cinema starting tonight for the fifth – and, for the foreseeable future – final time.

2:08PM Thu. Dec. 12, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Kyle Mooney on Limp Bizkit and the Death of the Monoculture in Y2K

When Kyle Mooney was looking for one artist to embody the spirit of his directorial debut, Y2K, it could only be one man: Fred Durst. “He was truly iconic of the era,” Mooney said.

12:00PM Wed. Dec. 11, 2024, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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