Film What You Know

'Ping Pong Summer' draws on filmmaker Michael Tully's own experience

"...This is where Michael Tully comes from. He's a product of this boredom...."

June 20, 2014 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Don't Leave Home

A strange trip to the Emerald Isle

"...Directed by: Michael Tully. Starring: Anna Margaret Hollyman, Lalor Roddy, Helena Bereen,..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

SXSW 2011 Film Reviews

"...Septien Emerging Visions D: Michael Tully, with Robert Longstreet, Onur Tukel, Michael Tully..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Righteous Cause / Cool Swag

Summer Indie Movie Challenge

"...Four particular indie films, in fact: Austin filmmaker Michael Tully's Ping Pong Summer, an Eighties-set coming-of-age comedy combining..."

June 6, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...everything. Cast: Brittany Snow, Evan Ross, Christian Serratos, J. Michael Trautmann, and David Oyelowo (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...are Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, by the Zellner Brothers; Michael Tully's Ping Pong Summer; Drafthouse Films' The Dog; and,..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...by an innovative, forward-thinking approach to storytelling” – includes Michael Tully’s Ping Pong Summer, set in 1985...."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Perfect Liberty

To find themselves, the subjects of this year's rock docs found that they had to follow their own sound

"...Director Michael Tully's Silver Jew – showing as part of this..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Filmmakers Return to Horror

Karen Skloss, Owen Egerton, and Don Swaynos talk terror

"...of the year, which makes me sound incredibly successful." Michael Tully's anticipated Don't Leave Home, newly picture-wrapped, is also..."

June 30, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Film Flam

Film news, SXSW edition

"...signed with ICM Partners. Meanwhile, Ping Pong Summer director Michael Tully is now with Resolution...."

March 7, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Seehorn, Katelyn Nacon, Gabriel Rush, Amy Hargreaves, West Duchovny, Michael Ian Black, Tony Shalhoub, Elisabeth Henry, Roger Hendricks Simon..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...The Gospel of Eureka D: Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher Faith, love, and civil rights collide..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam

Drafthouse On the Brain and John Wayne Resurrected

"...• Local writer/director Michael Tully's film Ping Pong Summer, which also made its..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

SXSW Film Review: Lover, Beloved

Suzanne Vega hunts for Carson McCullers in this filmed stageplay

"...sets. Directed with an unobtrusive charm by Austin filmmaker Michael Tully (Don't Leave Home, Ping Pong Summer), Lover, Beloved..."

March 16, 2022 SXSW Post by Josh Kupecki

Anna Margaret Hollyman's Directorial Debut at SXSW

Austin's own on her films, Don't Leave Home, Cleansed, and "Maude"

"...projects: a feature film, Don't Leave Home by writer/director Michael Tully, and an episodic series, Cleansed by co-writers/directors Flora..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Austin Film News

Locals at SXSW, plus RSVP for a Maybe Shower

"...of breastaurants in Support the Girls, while Austin director Michael Tully (SXSW 2014's Ping Pong Summer) deals in the..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

AFS Grants Announced

$115,000 awarded to filmmakers

"...Ping Pong Summer D: Michael Tully (Rotterdam Film Festival)..."

Sept. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Flam

AMC develops 'The Son,' 'Sin City 2' covers up, Cinema East drops lineup

"...party and screening with cast and crew in attendance); Michael Tully's Ping Pong Summer opens in limited release today..."

June 6, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: 'Ping Pong Summer'

Boombox beats, best friends forever, and (no) sex on the beach

"...As wholesome as it is intentionally awkward, director Michael Tully’s ode to the beloved “bad means good” cult..."

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Personal True Tales, Plus New and Returning Texas Legends at SXSW

Film festival director Janet Pierson gives us the 2014 rundown

"...remarkable." Less known is another Lone Star Sundance fave, Michael Tully's Ping Pong Summer, but Pierson was determined to..."

Jan. 30, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam

Festival fever relapse, plus awards and a local shoot

"...Film site HammertoNail.com, edited by Ping Pong Summer director Michael Tully is taking a unique approach to festivals in..."

Dec. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Film Flam

Cinema East and Paramount summer series news

"...film scene gets some fresh blood: Herrick's husband is Michael Tully, a filmmaker (Septien) and regular contributor at film..."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

A moving and vital document of an extraordinary but little-known artist

"...Silver Jew (Drag City): Filmmaker Michael Tully follows indie rock icons Silver Jews on their..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Screens Review by Doug Freeman

Tradition in Transition

Previewing the Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...One of the gems of the festival will be Michael Tully's documentary about indie-rock musician David Berman, Silver Jew,..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

iPhone Fodder

SXSWclick announces finalists in fourth annual competition

"...including Kal Penn, Bob Odenkirk, Doug Pray, Craig Zobel, Michael Tully, A.J. Schnack, Agnes Varnum, and Violet Blue –..."

July 6, 2007 Screens Feature

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...Fisher, Cris Lankenau, Sarah Hellman, Joe Swanberg, Tucker Stone, Michael Tully, Karrie Crouse..."

March 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

DVDanger: Supremacy

A timely and tragic depiction of intolerance and bigotry

"...1995 home invasion. Robert Scully, (here re-created as Garret Tully, and played by The Divide's Joe Anderson) was a..."

April 25, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Waking Ned Devine

Despite its blarney, Waking Ned Devine has some wonderful turns, and is directed with a sure hand that makes the most of the Isle of Man's gorgeous geography.

"...it's worth. Bannen and Kelly play Jackie O'Shea and Michael Sullivan, a pair of aging Irish scalawags who wend..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Audrey Director: Natalie BaileyProducers: Michael Wrenn, Dan Lake, Shannon Wilson-McClinton, Diya EidScreenwriter: Lou Sanz..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...30, 2003. Contributing nominations were Austin American-Statesman staff reporters Michael Barnes and Jeanne Claire van Ryzin (arts); freelance writers..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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