The Austin Film Festival Calendar

Plan out your 2018 Fest schedule

"...some festivals still to confirm dates (including the Austin Asian-American Film Festival) and several new and revived events, the..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Five Austin Films to Stream Right Now

A local list of flicks to keep you from thinking about cedar fever

"...Caller is a curdled and rancid look at the American dream gone haywire.”..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Events Post by Josh Kupecki

Point Austin: Beyond Fire and Fury

Trump's White House follies obscure a deeper trail of corruption

"...The Trump admin­istration has simultaneously accused Wolff of writing fiction and violating privacy (self-contradicting charges); would-be Imperial Consigliere Steve..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Joe O’Connell’s Top Reads of 2017

These three novels and one memoir are all memorable for the ways they plumb the depths and mysteries of memory

"...a gushy fan email years ago after reading his short story "Big Me," which links together three worlds inhabited..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...the same name by one of America’s most important science-fiction writers/satirists, Harlan Ellison. Jones was a reputation-protecting pseudonym, since..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Fills the Card

Massive list includes closing night film

"...anime fans will be thrilled to see the North American premiere of the new feature from Hiromasa Yonebayashi, the..."

Sept. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Diverge Came Together

Director James Morrison on films and filmmakers that influenced him

"...loved him and loved what he did in my short film (2011's "Little Brother"), so I started trying to..."

Aug. 15, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Cthulhu Humor of William Browning Spencer

Austin author William Browning Spencer finds the lighter side of Lovecraft and other horrors

"...to many more consumers of popular culture. Much Lovecraftian fiction is deadly serious, though, as playful and amusing as..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Feature by Mike Berry

Drink to Me Only With Thine Lies

Those classic club tales tantalize, whether you’re sober or besotted

"...also the name of the bar in which the American sitcom’s weekly episodes took place from Sept. 30, 1982,..."

July 20, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Michener Center Director Named

Author Bret Anthony Johnston to head UT center for writers

"...has never been far from Texas. Most of Johnston's fiction takes place here, and the Corpus Christi native draws..."

July 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The 25th Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

The lowdown on the 2017 submissions, judges, 10 finalists, and the prize-winning stories

"...been a big part of the 25th Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest, too...."

June 9, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

James Magnuson Leaves the Michener Center

James Magnuson reflects on his 23 years as director of the Michener Center for Writers

"...his career. Since by that point he had penned short stories, plays, novels, and screenplays, he might wind up..."

May 26, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Threat to NEA Funding and Austin

How would the proposed cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts hit Austin? Hard.

"...at stake, this time feels different. The editors of American Short Fiction, an acclaimed literary magazine based in Austin,..."

April 28, 2017 Arts Feature by Katarina Brown

Nacho Vigalondo on Colossal

Combining the mediocre and cosmic with the creature feature director

"...2007 with his temporal headscratcher Timecrimes, and moved into American cinema with his innovative techno-thriller Open Windows, starring Sasha..."

April 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...125 films. 85 world premieres. 11 North American first time looks, and 51 feature debuts. The SXSW..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Last year's unseen genre gems to add to your must-see list

"...Salt and Fire it seems simple enough, yet this short adaptation of Ken Liu's 2012 short story "Memories of..."

Jan. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top Books to Make Our Lone Star Shine

Joe O'Connell's top reads of 2016 reveal new depths of humanitity in their Texas characters

"...(Northwestern University Press) tops my 2016 reading list. The short novel is a new take on fertile American Dream..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

How La La Land Went From Pipe Dream to Musical Fireworks

Producers on creating a city of stars

"...Chazelle in 2010, well before the 2013 "Whiplash" proof-of-concept short for his Oscar-nominated feature. His boy-meets-girl story of a..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Enter the Domain With Other Worlds Austin

Sci-fi film festival adds world premiere, new score, and award winners

"...is one of the most fascinating characters in science fiction and Jay's fantastic period-appropriate score gives us the perfect..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

Partake in a plethora of politically progressive parties

"...Signing Randa Jarrar shares from her first collection of short stories, Him, Me, Muhammad Ali. Set all over the..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Austin Film Society Announces 2016 Grants

Program gives much-needed funds to Texas filmmakers

"...with not only some funds for their next doc short "Skip Day," but also some traveling cash to send..."

Aug. 29, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

To Build a Home

Four Austin writers discuss how they create their fantastic worlds

"...a region unknown. But authors of fantasy and science fiction still have rights to the name "explorer" since, nine..."

June 17, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Books on Film

Film editing lessons through experimental novels

"...I'm making docs, I want them to flow like fiction...."

June 17, 2016 Screens Feature

Page Two: Missing the Red Queen's Rational Rule

On this loser-takes-all election season; plus, changes in our masthead

"...chart indicating what each candidate's proposals would cost the American people; it's seemingly being taken seriously by a lot..."

April 1, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Saadia Faruqi at BookPeople

Houston author and interfaith activist shares her stories

"...and interfaith activist Saadia Faruqi a unique opportunity: Use fiction as a conduit for cultural awareness. Or at least,..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Eyeing the Niche

Local filmmakers head to Sundance with "The Send-Off"

"...their – as Bresnan describes – "pensive, observational, ethnographic-type" short "The Send-Off" was selected to world premiere in the..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...Slash, a humorous dive into the realm of fan fiction. Boyishly handsome Austin native Ethan Hawke has two films..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...a period piece about the earliest days of the American colonial experience, with an English family exiling themselves beyond..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Big Short

The financial meltdown of 2008 is treated with terrific comic spin

"...actors deepen the bench.) Adapting with Charles Randolph the nonfiction bestseller by Michael Lewis, McKay is all sleight of..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Neil Gaiman's Greatest Delights

Author Neil Gaiman brings his Dreamy self to Austin on Friday the 13th

"...for decades now. The author of the bestselling novels American Gods and The Graveyard Book, the movies Coraline and..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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