Daily Screens - The Austin Chronicle

Austin Film Festival Announces 2021 Award Winners

Austin Film Festival has announced the winners of the 2021 audience and jury awards, as well as the script competition, with indie drama Disfluency and historical documentary Larry Flynt for President taking the top awards.

4:37PM Tue. Nov. 2, 2021, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

First Look: Robert Rodriguez Opens The Book of Boba Fett in New Trailer

Well, we may never get Machete in Space, but Robert Rodriguez is giving us the next best thing with the first trailer for the new Star Wars series for Disney+, The Book of Boba Fett.

11:00AM Mon. Nov. 1, 2021, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Festival Reviews: The Souvenir Part II

Death is a table with an empty chair in a familiar restaurant. It's a view from a window. It's the L on the door to the flat that young filmmaker Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) shared with Anthony before he let his heroin addiction wreck their relationship, and finally take his life.

4:00PM Fri. Oct. 29, 2021, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

KUTX & Mueller Rock the Park w/ Geto Gala, Lucas Miller

Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater

Selena Birthday Week Celebration at French Legation Museum

Keira Nova, She23, Ayo Tamz, Maurvice, Envy N, Caleb Lemons at Flamingo Cantina

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Austin Film Festival Review: Disfluency

“As you know, speech is not perfect, because we are not perfect.” These first words of Austin Film Festival Narrative Drama jury award winner Disfluency are uttered by a professor as student Jane (Libe Barer) dreams.

3:53PM Fri. Oct. 29, 2021, Adrienne Hunter Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Festival Review: Holidays at all Costs

Fred (Oumar Diaw) is a loving husband and father who just wants to please his family while not causing any trouble. He’s an honest and hardworking man, but not everyone else around him is the same.

4:54PM Thu. Oct. 28, 2021, Adrienne Hunter Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Festival Review: Acid Test

There’s a lot of frustrated about in the patriarchy, and the Riot Grrrl movement embodied that frustration. That tension is explored in Acid Test, which follows Jenny (Julianna Destefano), a seemingly-perfect student and Harvard legacy whose growing interest in the punk scene and an acid trip make her question her plans.

4:17PM Thu. Oct. 28, 2021, Adrienne Hunter Read More | Comment »

Austin Film Festival Review: Petite Maman

When Céline Sciamma was doing the press rounds for Portrait of a Lady on Fire, she mentioned that a shot of the women in the film popping up and down through the grass reminded her of Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro. Sciamma kept the whimsical children’s film in mind for her follow-up feature, Petite Maman.

11:59AM Wed. Oct. 27, 2021, Jenny Nulf Read More | Comment »

The Persecution of the Juggalos in United States of Insanity

What's the difference between Deadheads and Juggalos? The FBI doesn't classify fans of the Grateful Dead as gang members, but that's the tag hung around the necks of Insane Clown Posse fans.

2:31PM Tue. Oct. 26, 2021, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Short & Sweet: "First Down"

Welcome to Short and Sweet, our look at short films playing at film festivals in Austin. This time it's "First Down," the new documentary short by filmmaker Carrie Stett about the Utah Girls Tackle Football League, and how being able to play a traditionally male-dominated sport has helped young women, especially those living with deep trauma.

11:45AM Tue. Oct. 26, 2021, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

« 1 ‹ BACK 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 NEXT › 669 »

PHOTO GALLERIES

The CMT Music Awards Return to Moody Center

MORE PHOTO GALLERIES >