Short Cuts

Two more movie houses are closing -- the Lake Creek Festival Theater and Village Cinema Art --both part of Regal Cinemas' countrywide house cleaning.

"...hands from longtime owner Scott Dinger to the national arthouse chain Landmark Theatres more than a year ago.) Common..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Film news from around Austin

"...owner Scott Dinger to part of the Landmark Theaters arthouse chain), the Village under Raines' guidance has been at..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Anselm

Two postwar German masters: one in front, one behind the camera

"...love of long shots down corridors and boulevards (the arthouse documentarian's equivalent to a 3D horror "knife out of..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Passages

Often-explicit drama probes the turmoil of a lopsided love triangle

"...naturalistic presentation of sex, its dizzyingly destructive relationships and Euro-arthouse affect. Impetuous, needy Tomas (Rogowski) is a film director..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Love and Cinema: Janet and John Pierson

Texas Film Awards honorees and indie cinema's fairy godparents Janet and John Pierson look back on 40 years at the movies

"...assistant to Film Forum Director Karen Cooper as the arthouse collective switched from leasing screens to having its own..."

March 3, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...Marcel (for which he credited distributor A24 for getting non-arthouse audiences to see an arthouse film). He's appreciating having..."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pompo: The Cinéphile

Giddy anime about life and love in the film biz

"...Pompo charges Gene with making her script: a performance-driven arthouse piece about a conductor who flees his life, only..."

April 29, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Antlers

Del Toro-endorsed creature feature is stylish but empty

"...treated to a film with a vague understanding of arthouse horror and no capacity for subtext. Time may ultimately..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Lamb

Icelandic oddity finds unexpected heart in a strange fable of parenthood

"...one of these ponderous, This Is About Something modern arthouse horrors...."

Oct. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Year of the Everlasting Storm

COVID-inspired anthology eschews cohesion for innovation

"...my vacation” essay assignment, only with an A-list of arthouse directors, and so it inevitably feels disjointed, switching from..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sun Children

Iranian childhood poverty drama has a surprising Goonies twist

"...genres to create a palatable kid-forward story for the arthouse audience. Maijidi’s latest was Iran’s submission for the most..."

July 2, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

AFS Cinema Announces Reopening Date, First Lineup of Films

The arthouse mecca brings new titles, immortal classics

"...with a target of raising $150,000 to de-mothball the arthouse gem. AFS CEO Rebecca Campbell said, "We are blown..."

June 9, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection

Extraordinary elegy to a dying village in Lesotho

"...This Is Not a Burial, it’s a Resurrection is arthouse cinema at its best, a lyrical eulogy from a..."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Wander Darkly

Sierra Miller is a broken wonder with fractured memories of a fractured relationship

"...comfortable with, and Kittles, charming his way into Adrienne's arthouse world). Their "he saw/she recalled" narrative back-and-forth places different..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Damnation

Béla Tarr's turning point drama lovingly and bleakly restored

"...Horse would be his final film. His is an arthouse aesthetic grounded in keen but timeless observation...."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aviva

Dance your way through this genderfluid examination of relationships

"...currently available as a virtual cinema release through local arthouse cinemas. Choose from:..."

June 19, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Marona's Fantastic Tale

Animated adventures of a hound with many owners is no pointless shaggy dog story

"...currently available as a virtual cinema release through local arthouse cinemas. Choose from:..."

June 12, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Shirley

Elizabeth Moss gets in the head of the Haunting of Hill House author

"...currently available as a virtual cinema release through local arthouse cinemas. Choose from:..."

June 5, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fourteen

Scenes from a collapsing friendship captured with astonishing empathy

"...currently available as a virtual cinema release through local arthouse cinemas. Choose from:..."

June 5, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Lucky Grandma

Tsai Chin is one bad grandma in this glorious, unconventional noir

"...currently available as a virtual cinema release through local arthouse cinemas. Choose from: • Alamo on Demand (Tickets here)..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Ghost of Peter Sellers

The tale of the comedy genius' lost film, and how he shredded it

"...currently available as a virtual cinema release through local arthouse cinemas. Choose from:..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Wolf House

Chilean found footage animation is a technical miracle

"...currently available as a virtual cinema release through local arthouse cinemas. Choose from:..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Painter and the Thief

Intriguing tale of crime and redemption

"...currently available as a virtual cinema release through local arthouse cinemas. Choose from:..."

May 22, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy

From Essex to Michoacán: the true story of the English exponent of Mexican cooking

"...can be bought through virtual ticket booths for local arthouse cinemas. Choose from:..."

May 22, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Nothin' No Better

The death and new life of a small Mississippi town

"...can be bought through virtual ticket booths for local arthouse cinemas. Choose from:..."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Alice

French sex work drama finds a different kind of happy ending

"...can be bought through virtual ticket booths for local arthouse cinemas. Choose from:..."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Up From the Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music

Delightful if overstuffed musical history of the Crescent City

"...can be bought through virtual ticket booths for local arthouse cinemas. Choose from:..."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

British revenge drama mixes grit and slick

"...can be bought through virtual ticket booths for local arthouse cinemas. Choose from:..."

May 1, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint

History of abstract art’s lost pioneer quite literally gets in the way of its subject

"...can be bought through virtual ticket booths for local arthouse cinemas. Choose from:..."

April 30, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Deerskin

Wrong director goes, well, wrong in this film-making spoof

"...can be bought through virtual ticket booths for local arthouse cinemas. Choose from:..."

April 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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