Just Mercy Will Close This Year’s Austin Film Festival

Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx star in true-life legal drama

"...With the Austin Film Festival mere weeks away, it’s dropping the last..."

Oct. 9, 2019 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Films For the First Wave of Austin Film Festival

Fugitive Dreams, Horton Foote doc in first wave

"...The team behind Austin Film Festival promised that they'd stick to their mission..."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gary Hart Biopic The Front Runner to Close Austin Film Festival

New films by Yorgos Lanthimos, Asghar Farhadi added to fest

"...with some Oscar nominees and winners at this year's Austin Film Festival. The festival dedicated to the work of..."

Sept. 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival to Honor Ed Wood Writers

Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski to receive Bill Wittliff Award

"...of writers in cinema, a reality that the writer-centric Austin Film Festival (Oct. 27-Nov. 3) has always known. Now..."

May 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: The Cliff

Spanish thriller adds political intrigue to cult horror

"...From Rosemary's Baby to The Sacrament, filmmakers have been obsessed with the twisted vision of cults...."

Oct. 18, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

NEA Backs Austin Film Festival's On Story

The writer's film festival gets national support

"...On Story, the Austin Film Festival's ongoing project exploring the craft and the..."

July 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Announces Second Wave of Films

Jeff Nichols' Loving gets a Texas premiere

"...The Austin Film Festival dropped more of its 2016 lineup today,..."

Aug. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave of Titles

Lineup drops the latest from Todd Haynes and a Hank Williams biopic

"...While the Austin Film Festival's full slate of films and panels doesn't..."

Aug. 19, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Austin Film Festival Showcases Linklater, Cumberbatch

First round of films announced mixes world and Texas premieres

"...The Austin Film Festival has just announced its first wave of..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave

New films star Melissa McCarthy, Frankie Muniz, Joel Edgerton

"...Austin Film Festival has always emphasized itself as putting the..."

Aug. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Announces (Almost) Full Slate

Opening and closing night films still to come

"...With its prime perch in late October, the Austin Film Festival traditionally has gifted local audiences with their..."

Sept. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival: Thursday TBAs Divulged

Festival announces three encore screenings for Thursday

"...the back for your near-weeklong stamina, along comes the Austin Film Festival's announcement of three freshly slotted encore screenings..."

Oct. 29, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

South by Southwest Film Festival 2014

There are no wrong choices. Go forth and partake.

"...microindies, the 21st edition of the South by Southwest Film Festival screens more than 100 feature films and scores..."

March 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Presents Jason Reitman

Revisiting 'Up In the Air'

"...Last night, the Austin Film Festival hosted writer/director Jason Reitman and crew members..."

Feb. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

Austin Film Festival: Jon Stewart Closes Out Fest

Jon Stewart caps his week in Austin with Rosewater debut

"...Jon Stewart completed his takeover of Austin last night at the Paramount Theatre. After a week..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Screens Post by Fernie Martinez

Austin Film Festival: “Spoke” & Crazy Carl and His Man-Boobs

Docs cheer a legendary dancehall and a favorite hometown weirdo

"...Few American cities know how to self-mythologize like Austin...."

Oct. 29, 2014 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

Austin Film Festival: The Teller and the Truth

Texas filmmaker attempts to cherchez la femme

"...In the film, various characters/Smithville residents offer their recollections of Wetherbee and..."

Nov. 2, 2015 Screens Post by Caitlin Moore

Austin Film Festival: 10 Things We Learned From the Writers of Infinity War

Marvel scribes Markus and McFeely stay spoiler-free

"...entries in the behemoth franchise (all three Captain America films, Thor: The Dark World, plus Avengers: Infinity War and..."

Nov. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Marquee Movies at Austin Film Festival 2022

Headliners and Oscar contenders at this year's AFF

"...Award season starts here. While the Austin Film Festival can be a launch pad for rising..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: Shorts Program 10 – Everything’s Shorter in Texas

Series highlights strong range of local filmmakers

"...profound respect for the talent on display in the films, most seriously for the dramatic works that bookended the..."

Oct. 16, 2016 Screens Post by Sean L. Malin

Austin Film Festival Picks

Local flavor and Texas ties

"...nowhere near as expensive), but there are so many films that, in general, get lost in any given film..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Austin Film Festival Review: Yellow Rose

Austin-made drama sings an immigrant song

"...Fifteen years in the making, UT alumna Diane Paragas’ Austin-set Yellow Rose is a refreshing and strikingly original coming-of-age..."

Oct. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

Austin Film Festival: The Sideways Light

Home with the family, both living and passed

"...In the Texas supernatural drama The Sideways Light, the..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: The Texas Promise

Oscar-winner Vanessa Roth finds the lie and the hope in Texas schools

"...talking-head interviews with lawmakers and policy experts familiar to Austin education wonks (including former Education Austin president Louis Malfaro),..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Farewell to the Future at the Final Other Worlds Film Festival

Founder Bears Rebecca Fonté looks back and forward

"...look at the schedule for this year's Other Worlds Film Festival, it's the lineup of a festival on top,..."

Dec. 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Wants to Give You Money

Not an April fool: AFS Grants now up for grabs

"...Life can be tough for an independent filmmaker. That's why, every year, the Austin Film Society gives..."

April 1, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces 2015 Grants

Newcomers and established names get AFS boost

"...Independent filmmaking is tough, but raising money for indie filmmaking is..."

Sept. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Capital City Black Film Festival Returns

Year two gets even more ambitious

"...Now in its second year, the Capital City Black Film Festival has enjoyed enough increased attention and additional submissions..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Kahron Spearman

Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners

Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers

"...The biggest challenge facing first time and independent filmmakers is often finance, and that’s just one barrier to..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Start your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens large..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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