West of Memphis

Eighteen years of wrongful imprisonment and four documentaries still don't put to rest the trials of the West Memphis Three.

"...case itself. In short, The Lord of The Rings filmmakers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh got involved after watching..."

March 15, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Sister Aimee

A slightly true story of America's first megapastor on the run

"...with good choices about things that were under the filmmakers’ control...."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFS Announces 2019 Feature Grant Recipients

Over $100,000 in cash and aid for next generation of filmmakers

"...abandoned project and a completed movie. That's why the Austin Film Society Grants are such a vital part of..."

Sept. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Uncovering the Next Generation

Austin Youth Film Festival puts the focus on young movie minds

"...Prepare your peepers for the sixth annual Austin Youth Film Festival. Founded and hosted by two film..."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Tinu Thomas

Ones to Watch

A new year, a new batch of filmmakers

"...Waves" everywhere from Bucharest to Guadalajara. But what of Austin's films?..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

AFS Grants Announced

$115,000 awarded to filmmakers

"...The Austin Film Society is at it again: giving away money..."

Sept. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Way We Watch Now: Case Studies

Five experiments in theatrical-on-demand

"...He'd caught the video gaming documentary at the 2011 Austin Film Festival, and while he knew it would have..."

June 22, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

From Łódź With Love

Previewing the Austin Polish Film Festival

"...the national psyche and the sensibilities of the country's filmmakers. Today, Polish cinema – much of it since 1948..."

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

The Post Office

Austin's indie A/V boutique Stuck On On gets movies across the finish line

"...a Downtown high-rise. It isn't bathed in sunlight. Rather, Austin's "indie post-production house," as one client calls it, sits..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

True Grit

Rooster Cogburn rides again in this Coen brothers' remake of the Western classic.

"...True Grit (much of which was filmed here in Austin and in nearby Granger) has some handsome sequences but..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cyrus

John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, and Marisa Tomei co-star in this Duplass brothers' comedy about a young man's obsessive attachment to his mother.

"...the transition of the Duplass brothers from their germinal Austin filmmaking roots into full-blown Hollywood filmmakers is complete –..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moving Pictures

Alison Macor charts 30 years of Austin history, one film at a time

"...Alison Macor, a longtime Austin film journalist, never intended to write a book so..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Size Matters

Making sense of Austin's microcinema scene

"...started with a microcinema, really. A vital element of Austin's cinematic community was born and blossomed around Richard Linklater's..."

July 17, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Good Company

Welcome to Austin and SXSW Film 09

"...indispensable voice on independent film – mused that "although Austin has become a place where independent filmmakers from all..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Page Two

SXSW Presents – a new series on KLRU that features beginning, independent documentaries – is the latest development in the vibrant Austin film scene

"...Currently, the Austin film scene is so impressive because it is so..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Money Changes Everything

Greg Pak's 'Robot Stories' is ap-pealing to just about everyone, seven years after his appeal to the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund launched his career.

"...John Pierson, indie film guru, Split Screen creator, impending Austinite, and member of the original 1997 Texas Filmmakers' Production..."

May 7, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fine China

The latest Austin Film Society free series examines the cinema of China's Fifth Generation filmmakers.

"...academy's closing 12 years earlier. Many of these aspiring filmmakers were born to upper-middle-class families whose lives had been..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Only in America

"...Rusty Martin and producer Susan Kirr (recently transplanted to Austin) set high sights for themselves in their first feature-length..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Canceled For 2020

Alamo's genre festival hopes to be back in 2021

"...Another, seemingly inevitable hit to Austin's film festival scene has landed: Fantastic Fest, the annual..."

July 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tobe Hooper, R.I.P.

Remembering The Texas Chain Saw Massacre director

"...Few and rare are the filmmakers that change the canon with their debut. Yet Tobe..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Announces Filmmaker Grant Panel

Indie filmmakers, Lincoln Center film booker doling out cash

"...the most audacious and interesting films on screens today, Austin Film Society also manages one of the largest filmmaker..."

Aug. 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pledge Your Allegiance

Austin Film Society lets two iconic filmmakers square off in its new series

"...When our office first heard word of the Austin Film Society's upcoming auteur showdown between François Truffaut and..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Only the Young

This gorgeously shot documentary impression of three teenagers in Santa Clarita, California, effectively captures the sensation of youth on the verge.

"...subjects, the twentysomething directorial team of Elizabeth Mims (an Austin native) and Jason Tippet follow three friends with a..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Restyling 'Slacker'

Local filmmakers join forces to reshoot the Austin classic

"...What do you get when you mix an Austin classic, 23 of the freshest homegrown talent, and a..."

April 29, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Winnebago Man

Cast aside any preconceived expectations you might have regarding this documentary and remember simply this: Winnebago Man is one of the best films you’re going to see all year.

"...quantity, the quality, insight, and active participation of the filmmakers seem to diminish in equal measure. At its best,..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D

Robert Rodriguez adds a dimension with this kids fantasy movie, but only in the most literal sense – 3-D.

"...early, homemade shorts than a creative advance for the Austin-based jack-of-all-cinematic-trades, who writes, shoots, edits, composes, and does whatever..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Flicker No. 11

"...film festival showcases short films by local and national filmmakers who submit works via mail. Flicker guarantees an array..."

Nov. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Flicker No. 10

"...film festival showcases short films by local and national filmmakers who submit works via mail. Flicker guarantees an array..."

Aug. 26, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Slow Biz of Show Biz

A conversation between filmmakers Richard Linklater and Rachel Tsangari

"...paths. While Linklater acts as artistic director of the Austin Film Society, Tsangari is artistic director for CinemaTexas and..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature

The Staccato Purr of CineFestival

Latino Filmmakers Explore the Middle Class

"...Emerging Latino and Chicano filmmakers shared divergent voices and agendas at the 19th annual..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Screens Feature

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