Texas Film Awards Announces Presenters

Michael Shannon, Nick Kroll, Henry Cisneros join lineup

"...Tickets for the 2017 Texas Film Awards – happening..."

March 1, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: Let's Get Weird

Getting stranger with Kino Lorber, plus slime mold!

"...edition on March 14 from genre expert Arrow's new arthouse Arrow Academy sub-brand, including a remix of the soundtrack..."

Feb. 14, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Death Race 2050

Plus jungle Sacrifice! and street punk Parasites

"...It's not often that an exploitation rip-off of an arthouse landmark sparks a whole genre, but that's Umberto Lenzi's..."

Feb. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

American Genre Film Archive Expands

Local film preservationists add Severin, Arrow, Vinegar Syndrome

"...Viva sleaze! Viva exploitation! Viva arthouse weirdness! Austin's American Genre Film Archive has announced that..."

Jan. 18, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shut In

Naomi Watts stars in ho-hum thriller

"...Another enigma is how Oscar-nominated arthouse darling Naomi Watts ended up in such a drearily..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Niche Streaming Sites for the Holidays

Give the gift of worlds of entertainment just a click away

"...than the bully. No surprise, then, that Mubi, the arthouse-film-friendly streaming service, is more affordable and well-curated than its..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

The Best Little Arthouse in Texas

The Austin Film Society expands and asks you to help

"...you want: In this case, it's the best little arthouse in Texas. When it reopens in the spring, the..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Highlights From the Austin Asian American Film Festival

Dark and stormy, with a side of stoner fun

"...that Taiwanese New Wave director Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Thai arthouse hero Apichatpong Weerasethakul were the primary stylistic influences on..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

DVDanger: C is for Clown

Rampant coulrophobia on DVD and VOD

"...insane and screwed up. But let's not get too arthouse aspirational here. Zombie has made his simplest, purest horror..."

Oct. 8, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Star Wars Prequels Strike Back

Austin-made documentary gets to the heart of the hate

"...story, the hero fallen from grace. He was the arthouse superstar, whose friend Francis Ford Coppola foresaw leading an..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces Design Firm Partnership

The arthouse theatre to close for renovations at the end of October

"...Hsu to turn the Marchesa building into a fulltime arthouse cinema with a distinct “Austin-vibe” (according to the press..."

Sept. 27, 2016 Screens Post by Will McCarthy

Austin Film Society Celebrates Art House Theater Day

AFS Cinema to host screenings celebrating independent filmmaking

"...the country. The celebration of culture and community that arthouse theatres make possible will take place in over 195..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Spencer Beghtol

Experimental Response Cinema Rises to the Surface

Avant-gardians of Austin’s underground films

"...House Ballroom and a Jeanne Liotta show at the Arthouse – Stark could see that local cinephiles appreciated the..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Chronicle Recommends: Sweaty Films

Make sure you stay hydrated watching these persperational picks

"...who, yes, recalls his various past forms. Apichatpong, an arthouse favorite (and good friend of Tilda Swinton), sweats his..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

De Palma

Director Brian De Palma reveals tales and insights from his career

"...movies of the past and inspired by the European arthouse films of the Fifties and Sixties. Reaching their first..."

June 24, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chevalier

The latest playful foray from the Greek filmmaking avant-garde

"...in 2010, and Efthymis Filippou, co-writer of Lanthimos’ current arthouse oddity The Lobster, was also Tsangari’s co-writer on Chevalier...."

June 17, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love & Friendship

What took Whit Stillman and Jane Austen so long to find each other?

"...Beckinsale began her career in arthouse fare – all virginal blushing in Much Ado About..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: The Club

Home release roundup time

"...would have been a tent pole movie for an arthouse studio: David Thewlis, Ethan Hawke, and Emma Watson, directed..."

May 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Takes Over the Marchesa

Lincoln Village site to become permanent two-screen cinema

"...Film Society was planning to open a permanent two-screen arthouse cinema, the smart money was that it would be..."

May 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Night Flight Flies Again

Stuart Shapiro resurrects his Eighties underground variety show

"...B-movies like The Terror of Tiny Town to transgressive arthouse creations like Flesh for Frankenstein. Dubbed kaiju shows rans..."

April 10, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Hiring Theatre Manager

No details on location of new two-screen cinema

"...to be just a film club, but a full-time arthouse theatre, with its door open all year round."..."

March 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2016 Texas Film Awards

"...He also announced that AFS would open a two-screen arthouse/international/repertory theater with daily programming by the end of the..."

March 11, 2016 Photo Gallery

The Auteur Factory

Papagajka is the strange product of Béla Tarr's Sarajevo film school

"...The air of arthouse pretense is undeniable, but so are the results. Papagajka..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

Page Two: Roger Ebert Added a Star to His The Whole Shootin' Match Rating

Last Night at the Alamo restoration revives Eagle Pennell's early promise for posterity

"...Redford. Both films attracted mainstream critical attention and some arthouse distribution. They helped shape the infrastructure of the emerging..."

March 11, 2016 Column by Louis Black

DVDanger: Excess Flesh

SXSW 2015 body horror hits VOD

"...More arthouse/psychological/body horror than a riff on Single White Female, Excess..."

March 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Remembering the Classics

Texas Film Hall of Famer Michael Barker reflects on Austin's film scene

"...at Orion Classics, in 1992 he helped kick-start Sony's arthouse division. In that time, he has played a key..."

March 4, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Names for the Texas Film Hall of Fame

Who is the first Austin Chronicle Champion of the Arts?

"...became a pioneer and leader in indie distribution and arthouse promotion, he cut his teeth at UT Austin as..."

Feb. 22, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

45 Years

A long-married couple begins to question their union

"...“Subtle” is the watchword for this kind of arthouse film. That can be a backhanded compliment, a buyer-beware..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...since the bottle-drama brilliance of Down Terrace knows his arthouse dominance. But his adaptation of J.G. Ballard's majestic and..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

By the Sea

Angelina and Brad topline this modern-day arthouse relic by Jolie Pitt

"...for everyone; you’ll need to dive back into European arthouse cinema from the Sixties to find anything quite like..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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