SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...off its 2025 Film & TV Festival with The Studio, the new Apple TV+ half-hour series from Seth Rogen..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Studio Visits: Manik Nakra

On a tarp-covered wall in a studio on Burnet Road, there lurk tigers ...

"...artist mixes a love for ancient history with ambitious studio practice...."

May 31, 2013 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

Inside the Actors Arena

Terry Kiser does it for the kids

"...for the first youth class at his newly formed studio, the Actors Arena. Evidently, the first round went quite..."

Sept. 3, 2013 Screens Post by Chase Hoffberger

What the Screen Actors and Writers Strikes Mean for Austin

Hopes of a bumper production year fade as unions fight for a fairer future for their members

"...and film industries, it's been banners held by picketing actors and writers in New York and Los Angeles. But..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

First Street Studio

New Eastside performance venue debuts with Chaddick Dance Theater's 'Turned Inside Out'

"...new venue for movement classes and performance: First Street Studio...."

May 23, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Studio Tour, Mighty Texas Dog Walk, and More Recommended Events

Things to keep you busy this weekend

"...fall short. The cast features both disabled and non-disabled actors as it shares the story of individuals in an..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Weekdays at Bernie's

Film's best-known dead guy is alive and kicking in Austin

"...putting on a screen, had come to his acting studio in a black performance room at East Austin's Salvage..."

June 28, 2013 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

For Your Consideration

Although it attempts to skewer Hollywood, this new comedy from Christopher Guest, and his loyal troupe of improv actors doesn’t have even a drop of affection for its characters.

"...since I saw it 15 years ago. “We are actors,” it goes. “We are the opposite of people.” That..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Marley & Me

Sweet and wise and often laugh-out-loud funny (just like Grogan's book), Marley & Me, starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston, isn't just for dog people.

"...mastered the craft of animal acting. Is there an Actors Studio for canines somewhere? Because they're turning out some..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Revolution in Acting

The SITI Company's J. Ed Araiza is transforming the way Austin actors view their art

"...school of fish. Invisible eddies and currents push some actors this way, some that. Others clump together, nearly still,..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Aladdin

Another needless Disney remake buoyed on nostalgia and a handful of charming performances

"...and Lady and the Tramp. For now, though, the studio continues to work with their best original material; one..."

May 24, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Tropic Thunder

Instead of entering the jungle to find the heart of darkness, Ben Stiller goes in to take aim at the Achilles' heel of Hollywood: its utter pomposity and self-importance.

"...but also so much more. Other targets are the actors – the pampered, self-deluded, overindulged, and overly Method –..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

This Christmas

The film has the perfect formula for holiday cheer: redemption through sentimentality, salvation through schmaltz.

"...What could possibly explain the presence of two first-rate actors like Lindo and Elba in a movie as bland..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Men in Black: International

The MiB stay Earthbound in a sequel saved by its stars

"...Few actors are as good at playing confident idiots as Chris..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Hail, Caesar!

The Coen brothers celebrate and eviscerate old Hollywood

"...is even more complex for overworked but relentlessly efficient studio “fixer” Eddie Mannix (Brolin), a sturdy Catholic family man..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Now Streaming in Austin: Coming Undone With Minnow Mountain

Resurrecting Rotoscoping for the Amazon Prime mindbender

"...and effort to be worth the time. Austin animation studio Minnow Mountain keeps proving “them” wrong by resurrecting the..."

Nov. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From Up on Poppy Hill

This latest film from the Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli is dubbed into English.

"...For nearly three decades, the Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli has produced film after film of elevated artistry,..."

April 19, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Beauty and the Beast

A live-action remake of the Disney film

"...This live-action reboot of Walt Disney Studios' watershed 1991 animated film musical inspires both imagination and..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Intern

Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro star in savvy but irksome film

"...save-to-shopping-cart vision of aspirational living. (Come for the A-list actors, but leave mulling a farmhouse sink.) The Intern’s main..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Once

This delicate Irish import, which stars the frontman of the Frames, is an insightful and endearing reimagining of a familiar genre: the musical.

"...his act off the streets and into a recording studio. The dialogue is honest and awkward (the actors were..."

June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Pete's Dragon

Old Disney musical is remade as a new children's classic

"...indie filmmakers to head up the remake of the studio’s 1977 children’s fantasy Pete’s Dragon, they chose the right..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hollywood Ending

"...in Hollywood Ending comes from Allen's lampooning of the studio system and its suits in this story of has-been..."

May 3, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Duets

"...converging storylines come into play. These six capable lead actors are paired off into three separate narrative strands that..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

"...he chances on a mysterious dark-haired fellow outside his studio one night. Unbeknownst to Hoskins, this perfect Christ of..."

June 12, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beyond the Picket Lines: SAG, WGA, and the Austin Industry

Local film professionals explain how they're navigating the strike

"...due to Covid. Now there's July 14, 2023, when actors union SAG-AFTRA joined the Writers Guild of America on..."

Aug. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Definitely Maeby

15 minutes with Alia Shawkat

"...coolest things ever, working with such amazing writers and actors and stuff. Like, when we came back I was..."

March 11, 2014 SXSW Post by Russ Espinoza

The Role of Mentor

Austin Actors Teach by Example at St. Edward's

"...a way to reach a particular emotional level, two actors working through ways to achieve a desired dramatic effect...."

June 28, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Napoleon Solo and and Illya Kuryakin don't transition well to the present

"...another Hail Mary effort on the part of a studio (in this case, Warner Bros.) to throw some money..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Case 39

Renée Zellweger stars as a social worker who protects a child whose family has created dark forces around her.

"...in 2006 and then abruptly orphaned stateside by home studio Paramount for reasons unknown. Academy Award-winner and former Return..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

We're still wild about Harry, even though this new adventure prefers to flush pink with its lovesick teens than forward-thrust toward the mammoth battle of good vs. evil.

"...Friday, Hermione Granger – has grown from stuttering child actors – mere babes! – into confident, even subtle performers..."

July 17, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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