AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...The All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) may have had to go online for..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bob Byington's Taking Lousy Carter to Locarno

Austin filmmaker kicks off the festival season internationally

"...Fall festival season is almost upon us, and Austin director Bob..."

July 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Long Dumb Road

The road may be dumb, but at least it's fun

"...embarks on a road trip across the Southwest, leaving Austin to drive to L.A. for art school. After experiencing..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...nearly upon us, and the cinematic celebration of all film bizarre, strange, and innovative has just announced its first..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Future Was in Toronto

Toronto International Film Festival showcased the fall's big films

"...Every September, after the close of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), we begin to get a firmer sense..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Fish: Cartooning From the Deep End

Documentary explores the dying art of controversial editorial cartoons

"...and, in the occasional, aching fermata, bone-deep depressed. The film – which tied for first for the Audience Award..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...Fantastic Fest – the Austin-based film festival dedicated to horror, sci-fi, action, and other..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Bloody Hell

Australian horror-comedy is deliciously twisted riff on the eurotrip

"...but deliciously wicked turn from Australian director Grierson. After Austin Film Festival 2018 boxing drama Tiger, he's ricocheted into..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bunny Michael’s Higher Self Will See You Now

Instagram’s spiritual meme-maker comes to Contrast Film Festival

"...Michael's creative disciplines – are also what pulled Contrast Film Festival co-founders Jeremy von Stilb and Tish Sparks to..."

July 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

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

Other Worlds Boards the Flight of the Navigator

Beloved '80s sci fi adventure picked as Defender of the Universe

"...Other Worlds Film Festival, Austin's celebration of science fiction cinema and bleeding..."

Dec. 1, 2021 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

aGLIFF Gets in the Ring With New Wrestling Documentary

Queer film fest announces first six films

"...has a t-shirt that says "Make Wrestling Gayer." aGLIFF, Austin's All Genders, Lifestyles and Identities Film Festival, is making..."

July 23, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Announces Filmmakers for its Artist Intensive Program

Rising directors meet with industry experts to finesse future films

"...After a two-year hiatus due to Covid, Austin Film Society is bringing back its annual Artist Intensive..."

May 11, 2022 Screens Post by Dina Barrish

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 Safe Set for Pandemic-Era Feature The Blazing World

Sundance film comes to AFS's drive-in

"...Brinton Bryan was always going to move back to Austin. Even though he lived in Los Angeles for 18..."

Jan. 29, 2021 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

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