Young Austin Artists

Local, state, and national awards for a host of the city's student artists

"...• The winners of the first KMFA Young Musicians Competition were announced at a ceremony at McCallum..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Young and Restless

Seven local South by Southwest 'Picks 2 Click'

"...– driven by Rob Bacak on drums and bassist Andrew VanVoorhees – performs only three times during South by..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Computer Chess

Andrew Bujalski’s Austin-made film is a boldly original, black-and-white portrait of computer culture in the early Eighties.

"...Directed by: Andrew Bujalski. Starring: Patrick Riester, Myles Paige, Wiley Wiggins, Robin..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Guardian

Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher co-star in this action drama about the Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers, which is a surprisingly engaging character-driven picture.

"...Directed by: Andrew Davis. Starring: Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Craft

Teen witches made high school a dark and brooding place long before vampires took over as the kings of teen cool.

"...Directed by: Andrew Fleming. Starring: Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell, Rachel..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Whiplash

A student's desire to become a better drummer comes at the cost of becoming a supplicant to a monstrous teacher.

"...energy from its drum score, then Whiplash, about a young jazz drummer at a cutthroat-competitive conservatory, steals a whole..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mail Order Wife

The premise of this gleefully jaundiced mockumentary is simple: A filmmaker pays the expenses of a Queens doorman buying a bride from Burma in exchange for the opportunity to film the proceedings.

"...Directed by: Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland. Starring: Andrew Gurland, Eugenia Yuan, Adrian Martinez, Deborah..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Balls Out

College intramural football comedy features several SNL players

"...Directed by: Andrew Disney. Starring: Jake Lacy, Nikki Reed, Kate McKinnon, Beck..."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre, and the locally made Beeswax from Andrew Bujalski. You got return trips from SXSW alums Ry..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Bicentennial Man

"...machine, and where the two might merge. Williams plays Andrew, a household servant-cum-android who, in 2005, arrives into the..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cement Garden

"...Directed by: Andrew Birkin. Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Andrew Robertson, Ned Birkin, Sinead..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pause/Play

Filmmaker Andrew Shapter's battle to make art and beat cancer

"...Austin smells of burnt electricity. The scent lingers as Andrew Shapter is summoned to radiation. White confetti covers the..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Chronicle

Like a marriage of Cloverfield and Carrie, Chronicle blends faux-naif techniques with a teen telekinesis plot and gets fresh results.

"...and authentic. Add in the facts that the three young lead actors are all relative unknowns and that the..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lord of War

Gattaca writer-director Andrew Niccol shines his usual cynicism on the subject of gunrunning in his new film, a strange amalgam of compelling visuals and fascinating vocational details forged with deep moral ambivalence and often hollow didacticism.

"...Directed by: Andrew Niccol. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Ian Holm, Jared..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Collateral Damage

"...Directed by: Andrew Davis. Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Cliff Curtis, Francesca..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Time

Andrew Niccol writes and directs this science fiction thriller that stars Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried.

"...Directed by: Andrew Niccol. Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake, Alex Pettyfer, Cillian..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Flipped

Rob Reiner's best film in a decade is another coming-of-age story set in small-town America.

"...& Emma. In Flipped (based on Wendelin Van Draanen's young-adult novel of the same name), Reiner returns to some..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Garden State

A mash note to love that speaks to Generation Y as powerfully as The Graduate did to the Boomers.

"...nearly shouting it from the rooftops, although his character Andrew Largeman, like Dustin Hoffman’s Benjamin Braddock before him, all..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lucrative Gab

ichat Entrepreneur Andrew Busey

"...ichat Entrepreneur Andrew Buseyphotograph by Kenny Braun..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Twogether

"...Directed by: Andrew Chiaramonte. Starring: Nick Cassavetes, Brenda Bakke, Jeremy Piven and..."

April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

One Night With the King

Despite a title that makes it sound like a tell-all about a one-night-stand with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the Jewish heroine, Queen Esther.

"...identity when she is one of the many beautiful young women who are siphoned off to the palace as..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Beach

"...Trainspotting, and A Life Less Ordinary. Director Boyle, producer Andrew MacDonald, and writer John Hodge (here adapting from the..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Honeymoon in Vegas

"...Directed by: Andrew Bergman. Starring: James Caan, Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica..."

Aug. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Recess: School's Out

"...by: Chuck Sheetz. Starring: Allyce Beasley, Dabney Coleman and Andrew Lawrence. Ah, summer. A time for skipping rocks, sing-alongs..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

A Star Is Born

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga headline this remake of a remake of a remake

"...Bradley Cooper. Starring: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott, Andrew Dice Clay, Michael Harney, Rafi Gavron, Dave Chappelle, Ron..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

Watch and prepare for your Oscar pool

"...Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj’s seven-minute-long “Borrowed Time” features a..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Glimmer Twins

Sabrina Ellis and Andrew Cashen instigate A Giant Dog Pile

"..."I would be a totally different artist without Andrew," states A Giant Dog frontwoman Sabrina Ellis...."

May 6, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Chef Genealogy

Tracing culinary family trees to the roots of four local mentors

"...became apparent that many of the new generation of young chefs could trace their local work history through the..."

Sept. 16, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

First Quarter

Bradley Jackson and Andrew Disney kick off a festival run of their new comedy about the importance of intramurals

"...the itch to finish a full-length, then ran into Andrew Disney...."

April 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Tomorrowland

Seeming more like a calculation than a flight of fancy, this adventure tale has both hits and misses

"...jumbled story and unremitting manifesto of hope aimed at young and old alike...."

May 22, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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