The Power of the Dog, Pig Split Austin Film Critics Awards

Plus, which local movie gets an AFCA award screening at AFS?

"...The Austin Film Critics Association must be animal lovers as well..."

Jan. 11, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Legendary Producer Lauren Shuler Donner Heads to Austin Film Festival

Celebration of writers continues in writers strike

"...compensated and appreciated – so it's fitting that the Austin Film Festival, the celebration of writers, is continuing with..."

Aug. 8, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars Producer Kathleen Kennedy to be Honored at Austin Film Festival

Legendary force in film will receive Polly Platt Award

"...There are few film producers who have had the impact of Kathleen Kennedy...."

March 6, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2021 Awards Short Lists

The Power of the Dog leads the pack with nine nominations

"...Award season has arrived in the ATX. The Austin Film Critics Association has released its list of nominees..."

Jan. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2023 Award Nominees

Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer lead field

"...The Austin Film Critics Association has released its list of award..."

Jan. 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival to Honor Ed Wood Writers

Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski to receive Bill Wittliff Award

"...of writers in cinema, a reality that the writer-centric Austin Film Festival (Oct. 27-Nov. 3) has always known. Now..."

May 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Association Picks Anora As Year’s Best Film

Local reviewers call Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing Best Austin Film

"...Neon, has been selected by the members of the Austin Film Critics Association as the best film of 2024..."

Jan. 6, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society’s Doc Days Returns

Third edition opens with Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground

"...Austin Film Society’s Doc Days, a celebration of the best..."

Sept. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

Austin Film Society Announces SXSW Shortcase

Short films package includes festival faves and award winners

"...getting worried about your endurance for features at SXSW Film, the Austin Film Society will be setting your mind..."

March 4, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Adds First Panels for 2024

The Last of Us and The Simpsons make a date

"...They may call it the Austin Film Festival, but the first wave of panels announced..."

Aug. 14, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Joins Kino Lorber's Art House Streaming Experiment

Cannes-lauded Brazilian drama Bacurau will be first film

"...Like just about every other cinema in Austin, the Austin Film Society's AFS Cinema is shuttered. However,..."

March 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Announce 2024 Awards Short List

The Brutalist, Anora, Dune: Part Two lead nominations

"...The Austin Film Critics Association enters its 20th year with its..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Emerald Fennell's Saltburn to Open Austin Film Festival

Promising Young Woman followup leads first title drop

"...Saltburn, the highly anticipated second film from Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennell, will be..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Pick Top Five Austin Films

Oscar winners and indie faves, but which will be the top ATX film of 2019?

"...Every year, the Austin Film Critics Association selects its top film made in..."

Dec. 12, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tony Gilroy to Receive Austin Film Festival Honor

Rogue One, Bourne writer to be awarded

"...is synonymous with blurring the line between smart action films and edgy political dramas. As the producer of House..."

May 8, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Exclusive: Nightbitch, The Room Next Door to Screen at Austin Film Festival

Fest adds five world premieres in second round of titles

"...Austin Film Festival yet again proves itself as one of..."

Sept. 16, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Unleashes The Same Storm

The French Dispatch, C’Mon C'Mon headed to fest

"...Two instant Oscar hopefuls have been added to the Austin Film Festival, with the addition today of Wes Anderson's..."

Sept. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trey Edward Shults Returns for Austin Film Festival

Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Blair Witch retrospective

"...War crimes, family dramas, and evil in the woods: Austin Film Festival has announced a second wave of films,..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Films For the First Wave of Austin Film Festival

Fugitive Dreams, Horton Foote doc in first wave

"...The team behind Austin Film Festival promised that they'd stick to their mission..."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gary Hart Biopic The Front Runner to Close Austin Film Festival

New films by Yorgos Lanthimos, Asghar Farhadi added to fest

"...with some Oscar nominees and winners at this year's Austin Film Festival. The festival dedicated to the work of..."

Sept. 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Leading the Charge on Diversity

Film fest awarded Academy grant for second year

"...into all its future projects, there's a reaffirmation that Austin Film Festival is already leading the way on diversity,..."

Sept. 6, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave

New films star Melissa McCarthy, Frankie Muniz, Joel Edgerton

"...Austin Film Festival has always emphasized itself as putting the..."

Aug. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Takes Over the Marchesa

Lincoln Village site to become permanent two-screen cinema

"...Linklater let it slip just before SXSW that the Austin Film Society was planning to open a permanent two-screen..."

May 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival to Honor Shōgun Writers

UT alum Rachel Kondo and husband Justin Marks lauded for FX hit

"...have been named as the latest honorees of the Austin Film Festival. However, they won’t be sharing an award...."

June 11, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sarah Polley's Women Talking Announced for Austin Film Festival

First wave includes the eagerly-awaited Nanny

"...Women Talking, the new film from director Sarah Polley (Stories We Tell), is part..."

Aug. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Announces First 10 Films

New films from Tilda Swinton, Steven Yeun, plus honorees added

"...Ghosts, sounds in the earth, bad boyfriends: Austin Film Festival (Oct. 21-28) the celebration of cinema that..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Just Mercy Will Close This Year’s Austin Film Festival

Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx star in true-life legal drama

"...With the Austin Film Festival mere weeks away, it’s dropping the last..."

Oct. 9, 2019 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Announces Second Wave of Films

Jeff Nichols' Loving gets a Texas premiere

"...The Austin Film Festival dropped more of its 2016 lineup today,..."

Aug. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave of Titles

Lineup drops the latest from Todd Haynes and a Hank Williams biopic

"...While the Austin Film Festival's full slate of films and panels doesn't..."

Aug. 19, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Sci-Fi Legend Ronald D. Moore to be Honored at Austin Film Festival

Battlestar Galactica reviver wins top writing award

"...the 2024 Outstanding Television Writer Award at this year’s Austin Film Festival...."

April 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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