SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"..."Ernestine & Kit" UK Director: Simon Bird, Screenwriters: Simon Bird, Kevin Barry A darkly comic fairytale..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Magic Time

Oh, the sights you'll see at First Night Austin

"...hotel, a "dragon" made of light floating on Lady Bird Lake, a chalk drawing the length of the First..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Roll 'Em

March

"...D: Antonia Bird; with Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies, David Arquette,..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Communion. Cast: Lauryn Canny, Bryan Batt, Nora-Jane Noone, Cooper Andrews, Pollyanna McIntosh. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sundance Recap: Part III

Mental instability, poverty, a disappearance, and a docu-thriller

"...Award for Documentary feature, Rich Hill depicts three boys (Andrew, Harley, and Appachey) battling through poverty in Rich Hill,..."

Feb. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...(Hush Hush: Stories) Lou Berney (Whiplash River: A Novel) Andrew Blackwell (Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

New Fest

Why the Texas Book Festival decided to loosen its criteria this year.

"...say, 'Well, you didn't bring in Larry McMurtry' or 'Andrew Vachss and Denise Chávez aren't Texas writers,' the numbers..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...plus Austin talents like the Zellner brothers, Ethan Hawke, Andrew Bujalski, Yen Tan, and many more, here's today's list..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Beyond Rangoon

"...commentary (featuring Fincher, Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, screenwriter Kevin Andrew Walker, production designer Arthur Max, and effects virtuoso Rob..."

July 5, 1996 Screens Feature

Onward

Pixar’s latest fantasy can’t conjure up that magic we expect

"...and its helmspeople’s greatest achievements, i.e., almost everything Brad Bird or Andrew Stanton have had a hand in (not..."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trumpet Colossus Kenny Dorham Towers Alongside the Jazz Gods

The Austin musician stands alone in showing up Miles Davis in his autobiography

"...maturity – and an ability to keep pace with Bird...."

Sept. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Let's Go Gun Crazy

UT working group recommends allowing guns in classrooms, while a "mock mass shooting" and a "mass farting" protest in response bring out the national media

"...The Mass Farting protest was led by Andrew Dobbs, though he made it clear that he doesn't..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Believe

Moving Panoramas flicker to life in the aftermath of a home invasion

"...I began playing in an Austin-based band, the Wooden Birds, with my longtime friend Andrew Kenny of the American..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

Great World of Sound

David Wingo's success scoring film fuels his band Ola Podrida

"...outfit adding former American Analog Set and current Wooden Birds Austinite Andrew Kenny on bass (see "Free as a..."

May 24, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...Story (Franchise Pictures) P: Mark Johnson; D: Luke Wilson, Andrew Wilson; S: Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson; with Luke Wilson,..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Going Public

A new Sunset Commission report recommends opening Texas' public lands to use by the public as parkland.

"...Andrew Sansom, the executive director of TPWD and a longtime..."

May 19, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Top Books

Hard-Boiled Top Ten

"...4. Fool's Names, Fool's Faces by Andrew Ferguson -- Funny, but merely a pre-travel P.J. O'Rourke...."

Jan. 10, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News D: Andrew Rossi After Truth captures the human toll of false..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Neighbors Director: Nicholas Stoller, Screenwriters: Andrew J. Cohen, Brendan O'Brien Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, and..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Treats for Voting and Pearl Fest Announcements

Exercise civic duties for a sane government and a biscuit

"...Hotel Ella's bar for a free tap beer. And Bird Bird Biscuit is offering one of their hearty biscuits..."

Oct. 25, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

When Bad Movies Attack

James Nguyen's underground oddity Birdemic cries fowl

"...Julie & Jack stars Ms. Tippi Hedren (Hitchcock's The Birds). In 2004, he completed a second film: Replica –..."

July 2, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Birds of America

Austin transplant Alex Karpovsky blends fact and fiction in his funny, heady tracking of the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker

"...why he wanted to make a movie about a bird...."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

Unmitigated Mercies

"...a wall) and for her insights on writing in Bird by Bird (nuts-and-bolts advice on subduing the evil twins,..."

March 26, 1999 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Women Who Run With Warrior Princesses

Reneé O'Connor ROCs

"...It's mostly songs that you might hear in an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. [Tittering] It sounds crazy cheesy. We're..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"..."Broken Bird" U.S. Director, screenwriter, and producer: Rachel Harrison Gordon Cast:..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...Andrew Ashong (London, England)..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Doctuh Mistuh Productions..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Happenings

"...ST. ANDREW'S ACTIVISM & SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCE features Phyllis Bennis' speech, The..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature

Jazz Sides

"...Does it even matter? I think not. Next stop Birdtown. 3 stars - Marc Savlov..."

June 12, 1998 Music Review

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...scenes like the one in which Jack shoots a bird in an explosion of brilliantly colored feathers, a bird..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

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