Austin Filmworks Student Films

"...Production One and Production Two classes at Steve Mims’ Austin FilmWorks...."

Dec. 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...much local filmmaking. But rather than tell you about Austin's extraordinarily unique film scene, we decided to show you..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Austin Filmmaking, Ten Years After

Film director Richard Linklater interviews Bob Ray, the director of the new Austin-made movie Rock Opera, about the Austin Film scene over the past 10 years.

"...Richard Linklater and crew took to the streets of Austin and filmed the now-classic movie Slacker. Little did anyone..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Violet Crown Recommits to Arlo & Julie

Arlo and Julie collectors' items up for grabs

"...the Violet Crown Cinema has carried over Steve Mims’ Austin-made film for another week. To thank the fans, Mims..."

May 14, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

SXSW entry deadlines, more classes, congratulations, and a whiff of debauchery

"...16 release. For his part, Knowles, reached at his Austin home this past Tuesday, says Lucasfilm nailed the wrong..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

One Perfect Shot To Become HBO Max Series

Twitter celebration of cinema being adapted by Ava DuVernay

"...anywhere? One Perfect Shot, the Twitter feed run by Austin-based movie site Film School Rejects, is being turned into..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fall Semester Student Screening

"...Directed by: Various. Austin FilmWorks presents an end-of-the-semester screening of its Production One..."

Dec. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

End-Of-the-semester Student Films

"...Production One and Production Two classes at Steve Mims' Austin FilmWorks. Production One is a 14-week introduction to 16mm..."

May 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Art Burn

An early-morning blaze at Guadalupe Arts Center displaces 75 artists

"...some 75 artists and arts organizations, including Diverse Arts, Austin FilmWorks, Pro-Jex Gallery, Salvage Vanguard Theater, Jerm Pollett, and..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Short Cuts

Back to school with Professor Mims

"...too late to reserve a spot in his much-beloved Austin FilmWorks Production One class for fall of this year...."

Aug. 16, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Will Video Kill the Celluloid Star?

Most loves fade over time, and the romance of a hundred-plus years of filmmaking seems to be losing its luster as well. At least, that's what the new High Definition video vanguard, led by George Lucas and Robert Rodriguez, is saying. Is video the future of film?

"...rented from local cinematographers or, in the case of Austinite Alex Holdridge from new outlets like Houston's Modern Movie..."

June 21, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

DVolution

Local filmmaking classes for the digital auteur

"...This wasn't always the case. Until recently, Austin played host to the well-received Austin DV Center, which..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film News

Robert Rodriguez and the come-hither look of 'Rambo 4'

"...for a drug-testing company, is set to shoot at Austin Studios in February with offices opening in a few..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

'In Flagrante' Correction #2

"...award-winning film In Flagrante in Courtney Fitzgerald's piece on Austin FilmWorks ["Momentum Requires Movement," Screens, May 7], I should..."

May 10, 2004 Postmarks

Momentum Requires Movement

The Nudge Micro Digital Film Fest

"...11 years of student work completed at Steve Mims' Austin FilmWorks is about to see the big screen. "I..."

May 7, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Shortcuts

"...book series, is making his first return visit to Austin in nearly 20 years, courtesy of local film group..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Envelope, Please

"...at least half these projects are the work of Austin-based filmmakers. Proposals were judged by an independent panel of..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Screens Feature

The Envelope, Please

"...at least half these projects are the work of Austin-based filmmakers. Proposals were judged by an independent panel of..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Screens Feature

An Amarillo State of Mind

The Plutonium Circus Comes to Town

"...Austin Chronicle: Did you have any sort of formal background..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

Sounds Like Heaven

AFF presents a new Ya'Ke Smith script reading

"...As script readings at the Austin Film Festival go, Vince Gilligan's 2 Face might've gotten..."

Oct. 30, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Angst Is Their Co-Pilot

'Only the Young' charts the agony and ecstasy of a certain age

"...of Greater Los Angeles. Mims grew up in Central Austin and attended Austin High, so college was, somewhat bizarrely,..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Step Right Up

The terror and the wonder of the Museum of the Weird

"...If you're an Austin resident, you've probably walked past the crowded storefront at..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film News

The stars are out already – just look around; plus Guadalupe Arts Center groups regroup and more industry news you won't find anywhere else

"...(gulp!) Isabella Rossellini. Filming is to take place in Austin, Elgin, Taylor, and Marlin...."

Feb. 18, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Proposition 1 is bad policy for Austin taxpayers and for all city employees except firefighters, and..."

May 14, 2004 Column

Spotlights

"...In a perfect world, Roche Laboratories would have paid Austinite Bob Ray to produce this genuinely warped, pharmacologically oriented..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature

Short Cuts

"...benefit for theTexas Filmmakers' Production Fund, hosted by the Austin Film Society, on Wednesday, December 16 at the Paramount..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

"...I and Production II film students at Steve Mims' Austin Filmworks screen Saturday, May 10, 11am at the Dobie...."

May 9, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Best of the Fest

"...Fine Art; Judith Sims is film curator at the Austin Museum of Art, Laguna Gloria...."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

Elisabeth Sikes Presents Her Favorite Films

"...Cinemaker's regular open screening of local filmworks will be followed by a presentation by Elisabeth Sikes..."

Oct. 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Not Boxed In

Although filmmaker Carlos Avila grew up in Echo Park, only 10 miles from Hollywood, it couldn't have seemed farther away. With Price of Glory, Avila has finally arrived.

"...Mi Familia). Then there's his production company, Echo Park Filmworks, named for his East L.A. neighborhood, or his comfortable..."

March 31, 2000 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

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