In Reality, Filmmaker Ann Lupo Knows Who She Is

Movie helps turn heartbreak into self-distributed success

"...heart was broken, and she decides to use this film to put herself back through everything that went right..."

April 22, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Way of the Iron Dragon

Action film festival gets really hands-on

"...bad guys bloody? That's easy: Spend this weekend attending Austin's newest genre film festival, the second annual Iron Dragon..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

AFF On Story Takes The Shape of Water

Season begins with co-writer of Oscar-winning fairy tale

"...Austin Film Festival has always been seen as the writer's..."

April 5, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What's Fantastic at Fantasia

Highlights from the Canadian genre fest, plus films you may see soon

"...The film festival calendar is a packed, year-round experience (and that's..."

Aug. 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Night He Came to Fantastic Fest

Genre fest announces Halloween for opening night

"...Halloween is coming early to Austin this year – or rather, Halloween is. Fantastic Fest..."

Aug. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

They're Here! Fantastic Fest Wave One Arrives

Overlord, Apostle headline fest opening salvo

"...Austin's primo genre film festival, Fantastic Fest, has just opened..."

July 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity

Austin's 10 queerest highlights of 2018

"...2018 wasn't all bad. Sure, some of our most beloved..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Queer Events to Come

A guide to Austin's poppin' parties, fests, and art shows

"...Sharpie – in some fabulous queer events looming on 2018’s horizon...."

Feb. 12, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Events to Help Queer Up Your Autumn

As the temperatures cool, the queers come out to play

"...Ah, fall in Austin. When it’s still too hot to drink pumpkin beer..."

Aug. 30, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...AGLIFF, the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival, has just announced the rest of its line-up..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Running to Stay Sober in Woke the Monster

Austin filmmaker Andrew Shebay on addiction and virtual fests

"...should have been in Denton today, for the second festival screening of his film Woke the Monster; but plans,..."

March 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...So SXSW made its first announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Zane Holtz is a Hunter Killer

Austin transplant on going Hollywood and AFF in the same week

"...filled by Quentin Tarantino). This weekend he's back before Austin audiences twice: first as SEAL sniper Paul Martinelli in..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Alok Vaid-Menon and Lisa Donato Showcase Their Art at Gender Unbound

From poets to film screenings – 2018's trans and intersex art fest wows

"...Take everything you know about a queer arts festival and pack it away for this weekend’s Gender Unbound...."

Sept. 28, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Other Worlds Fires Up The Flux Capacitor For Retro Warm-Up Fest

SF film fest makes jump online, starting with weekend tease

"...travel to you. That's the cosmic broadcast from the Austin celebration of all things science, which will leap online..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Personal Stories Behind Ben Is Back

Writer/director Peter Hedges on family, alcoholism, and going home

"...Addiction is ubiquitous. Every family has a story, and novelist-turned-filmmaker Peter Hedges is no exception. An erstwhile honorary Austinite..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Good Time to Be Lawrence Wright

With new book God Save Texas, The Looming Tower series on Hulu, and his play Cleo at the Alley, Lawrence Wright is the man of the moment

"...twice to absorb it all. After I moved to Austin, Wright's name kept coming up in conversation, with people..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

The Many Projects of Lawrence Wright

From TV to the stage the local writer has been busy

"...Cleo The making of an epic film – and scandal..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

Programming Maestro Jim Brunzell Leaving aGLIFF

Award-winning artistic director departs after seven years

"...2020 saw one last chance to give Austin's creative community a kick in the ribs. The All..."

Dec. 23, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Gifts for Fans of the Big and Small Screen

From essential box sets to writers’ wisdom: stocking fillers and the gifts that keep on giving for your watching pleasure

"...On Story: The Golden Ages of TelevisionEdited by Maya..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Compose Like a Pro

Graham Reynolds teaches musicians how to score ... film

"...Next Thursday, Austin's most distinguished composer teaches a free, two-hour film scoring..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Kat Candler Moves to TV With Queen Sugar

OWN’s breakout hit comes to ATX Television Festival

"...writer-director Kat Candler's quandary in 2015. A stalwart of Austin's indie film community, she was riding the breakout success..."

June 8, 2018 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

Qmmunity: Is Everyone on TV Gay?

Plus Contrast Film Fest, Frida Fridays, and more queer magic

"...Speaking of queers on TV, two of Austin's qmmunity members will find themselves onscreen soon: Louisianna Purchase..."

July 19, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

PJ Raval's Call Her Ganda and the Murder of Beauty

aGLIFF film explores the intersection of transphobia, imperialism, and poverty

"...by award-winning local director PJ Raval, is a complicated film that finds itself at the intersection of transphobia, imperialism,..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Zach Theatre Lands Terrence McNally World Premiere

Tony-winning playwright revises Fire and Air into new drama

"...play when it added Fire and Air to its 2018-19 season. But in anticipation of the production, the playwright..."

March 5, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

First Look: Attack of the Demons

Austin animator Eric Power debuts latest at Cinepocalypse today

"...to Chicago? Today's the last day of the Cinepocalypse film festival, but it's also the world premiere of Attack..."

June 16, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Two Texans Helped Make it Snow for Frozen II

Disney worldbuilders Jay Jackson and Brandon Jarratt explain the technology and art of the animated smash

"...Every time you see a snowflake in Frozen II,..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Riding With Joe Carnahan and Latinx Superhero El Chicano

The action innovator on film, politics, the Coens, Blumhouse and more

"...Joe Carnahan is the action filmmaker's action filmmaker. Not CGI and strings, but gut punches..."

May 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Leigh Whannell Gets an Upgrade

Insidious creator gets techno, and talks the Blumhouse model

"...Whannell has become a modern horror master. His new film as a director, Upgrade, is a change of tone,..."

May 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Anything Can Happen: Jon Favreau and Dax Shepard on Zathura

How this Jumanji requel took to the stars

"...Elf, and the co-producer of Green Street Hooligans (a film in which Elijah Wood transforms from Frodorian savior to..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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