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Youth and Experience: Leads Talks Filmmaking Truths at Tribeca
Scene: “Heather Kafka enters from the back of Chateau Marmont, glistening post-workout but obviously confident in her Spanky’s Liquor cap.”

10:39AM Thu. Jun. 5, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

How One Man’s Trash Finds the Good in Bad Movies
The two worst instincts of film snobs are to constantly claim that a bad movie is a secret masterpiece, or to pile on a film that can’t defend itself. One Man’s Trash poses a new question: What if it’s OK for a film to be not great?

4:25PM Wed. Jun. 4, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Man Finds Tape Exports Texas Terrors to Tribeca
Small towns are famous for two things: homecomings and dark secrets. The two combine in Man Finds Tape, the debut feature from Austin-based writer/director duo Peter Hall and Paul Gandersman, which debuts this weekend at the Tribeca Festival in New York.

1:20PM Tue. Jun. 3, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

What We Learned at the King of the Hill ATX TV Festival Panel
Hank's back and he's mad as hell. So sayeth Mike Judge in the inimitable tones of Hank Hill, pater familias of the Hill family and heart of the unofficial state TV show of Texas, King of the Hill. With those words, Judge closed out the first look at Friday's sneak preview of season 14 of the newly-resurrected show at the ATX TV Festival.

4:56PM Sat. May 31, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Into The Long Long Night at ATX TV Festival
A black-and-white comedy series about two men failing to commit suicide? The Long Long Night isn’t exactly the next How I Met Your Mother. “Where is the money truck?” laughed star and series co-creator Mark Duplass.

1:00AM Thu. May 29, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Texas One Step Closer to Film and TV Incentive Increase
Texas may be on the verge of a massive boost to film and TV production as the House approved the biggest reform to the state's incentive programs in the past 20 years.

8:00AM Wed. May 28, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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Slime and Screams: Producer Matt Manjourides on the New Street Trash
It takes a brave filmmaker to risk making a sequel to splatter punk classic Street Trash, but producer Matt Manjourides is exactly the man for the job.

7:46PM Fri. May 23, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Armadillo World Headquarters and Austin Film Festival Tap Local Filmmaker for Jim Franklin Documentary
Armadillo World Headquarters and Austin Film Festival have selected Emil Lozada as the winner of the Jim Franklin “The Armadillo Man” Film Fellowship. The filmmaker will receive a $25,000 grant to create a short documentary about the artist, which will premiere at the festival in October.

8:01AM Thu. May 15, Carys Anderson Read More | Comment »

Paramount Gets Romantic for the Summer Classic Film Series
Romance will be in the air as Austin gets all hot under the collar for the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series – and you can blame one of the city’s most famous couples, Jared and Genevieve Padalecki.

12:09PM Wed. May 14, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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