SXSW Film Pro Tips

What to see, where to be, and how to relax

"...with some math: SXSW throws more than 150 feature films at you over 10 days’ time. You’re never gonna..."

March 4, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Following January’s tease of six titles, SXSW Film has unloosed its 145-film strong slate for the 2015..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...The big story coming out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was the wealth of standout films made by..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Barbarians at the Box Office

AFS Documentary Tour: 'For the Love of Movies'

"...now, the storming of the establishment citadel of print film critics, including the Rushmore of boldface names, by the..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the Week That Was, Get Smart) and scripts for films such as The Graduate and Catch-22. Credit must also..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Pandemic Production, One Year Later: Martin Jones, Studio Director, Austin Studios

"Walker season 1 finished, hallelujah! And season 2 confirmed."

"...Jones. During the industry lull, the director of the Austin Film Society-run Austin Studios had become involved with American..."

July 9, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

ATX Film News: Award Winners, Toxic Vengeance, and Cheaper Nights at the Drafthouse

"...Congratulations to A Room Full of Nothing: The Austin-made relationship dramedy about the end of the world had..."

April 5, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Gift Guide: Film Fan

From up on the screen to under the tree

"...Austin Film Tours$35-60, www.austinfilmtours.com Alright, alright, alright. Who wants to..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How the American Genre Film Archive Is Saving Movies One Reel at a Time

Austin nonprofit preserves cinema’s underseen and underappreciated

"...never forget your first time seeing the American Genre Film Archive. Sebastian del Castillo was a food runner at..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gazing at the Texas Film Awards Through a Crystal Ball

The Texas Film Awards celebrate the state's best filmmaking

"...is the crystal anniversary, and that's what the Texas Film Awards will be celebrating on Thursday, March 12. The..."

March 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Changing Shape of Austin Studios

"...A couple of unimposing office buildings, a shuttered helicopter hangar, and a long swath..."

May 10, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam

Sequels, students, and summer shakeups

"...Girls gets another look, all in this edition of Film Flam...."

May 2, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Film 2013: The Janet Pierson Guide

Film fest chief talks themes, screens, and surprising changes

"...job – and the toughest job. As the SXSW Film Festival director, she leads the team that selected the..."

Jan. 31, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Slacker Added to National Film Registry

'Slacker' and works from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image selected

"...Richard Linklater's Slacker is among the 25 films added today to the National Film Registry of the..."

Dec. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Conference Unleashes First-Wave Programming

Introducing the Startup Alley and Come & Capture Film Factory

"...on the gajillion-strong programming choices at the 2013 SXSW Film Conference, it’s wise to start prepping now...."

Oct. 17, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film News

Austin Studios lands a long-term tenant; Robert Rodriguez talks about a live-action The Jetsons; and more

"...Austin Studios Turns Up the Volume..."

June 19, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Incentives update, Linklater's baseball film, and what Tom Copeland's been up to

"...Coming Soon: Film Incentives, Linklater Shoot..."

April 24, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

There's life in it yet: The ailing Texas film industry is looking awfully sparky these days. We like.

"...Positive signs abound as film folks lobby lege..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

SXSW Film Cops to Seth Rogen and More

SXSW Film announces the premiere of a new Seth Rogen comedy, as well as new panelist and docs

"...(literally and figuratively) – but at least from SXSW Film we get the beginning of what I like to..."

Jan. 12, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film News

Whip It? More like a 'Blew It': Drew Barrymore pic finds better incentives in Michigan

"...The Drew Barrymore-directed Whip It soon would be filming entirely in Austin, if Texas offered 15% incentives instead..."

June 6, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Terrence Malick drops a 60,000 pound Tree in Smithville

"...long to catch on." That something is Terrence Malick's film Tree of Life, which is the biggest thing to..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Incentives in the Senate: Does Steve Ogden want to censor filmmakers shooting in Texas?

"...The chances of a statewide film-incentives bill becoming a reality are good, but now comes..."

May 11, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Solid reporting and decent rumors

"...masochistic summer, the more they need you. They being film/TV projects, and you being extras, background, blurry and silent..."

July 28, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Tall tales of the Texas film industry

"...in The Wild Man of the Navidad, a just-wrapped film co-written and co-directed by Duane Graves and Justin Meeks..."

July 14, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Hey, Hey, Woody Guthrie, I Made You a Film

The AFS Texas Documentary Tour: 'Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home'

"...connection to the man or his music, Peter Frumkin's film Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home will have a..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Mr. Smith Goes to Austin

Writer / director Kevin Smith discusses his new film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

"...how to make funny movies. On August 13, the Austin Film Society will present the regional premiere of Smith's..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Austin on the Q.T.

Tarantino and Linklater Host Filmfest

"...every time someone asks him what he's doing in Austin hosting a 10-day, 30-film marathon of movies from his..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moontower Just for Laughs Austin Goes Big

Comedy fest adds arena shows from Andrew Schulz, Shane Gillis

"...When Austin’s Moontower Comedy Festival merged with Montreal's Just for Laughs,..."

Nov. 30, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Film Series Abraham/Ibrahim Highlights Diversity and Common Ground

Spotlight on the cinema of the Middle East, North Africa

"...topics, it’s not lost on her that the wider Austin community – and Americans at large – don’t have..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Film, TV, and Gaming Industries Call on Legislators to Keep Texas Stories in Texas

Industries look for a massive bump in the state's production rebate program

"...Image Industry Incen­t­ive Program, the state's initiative to attract film, TV, and game production, has been a political kickball..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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