Austin Film Festival: Her Composition

A struggling artist finds her muse(s)

"...is her own, and thanks to a refreshingly thoughtful filmmaking team, Her Composition attempts to show that every person’s..."

Nov. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Austin Film Festival: Booger Red

Satanic panic déjà vu amidst the East Texas pines

"...Austin-based director Berndt Mader bites down hard on this lurid,..."

Oct. 31, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival: Setting as a Character

Location, location, location

"...Three filmmakers gathered at the Austin Film Festival Friday to discuss the importance of this..."

Oct. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Austin Film Festival: Filmmakers of the World, Unite!

Why film commissions are really your friend

"...That off-the-cuff gag from Austin Film Commission chief Gary Bond summed up the Lone..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Direct From Gdynia to Austin

Poland's full-court commitment to film shines at the eighth annual Austin Polish Film Festival

"...Get ready for the eighth annual Austin Polish Film Festival. This time around, in addition to..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Austin Film Festival Awards Luncheon

October 26, 2013. 14 photos.

"...Barry Josephson (Bones, Wild Wild West) received the Austin Film Festival's inaugural Heart of Film Award at a..."

Oct. 27, 2013 Photo Gallery

ATX Television Festival: 'Boy Meets World' Meets Austin

TV fest adds lost Linklater pilot, genre faves, and more

"...Last year's inaugural event was a welcome change in Austin's wall-to-wall film festival calendar, with panel highlights like Cougar..."

March 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pictures of Superheroes Packs in the Austin Comedy Talent

Quirky comedy filled with familiar faces

"...we last wrote about him and the Jollyville Pictures filmmaking collective in 2009 ("Three Guys, a Girl, and a..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fatalistic Filmmaking

Alex Karpovsky hits the road to find the comedy behind his anxiety

"...Fantastic Arcade dispatches, and photo galleries galore – see austinchronicle.com/fantastic-fest...."

Sept. 28, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Dig Deeper: The Austin Underground Film Festival

The third annual Austin Underground Film Festival

"...Friday at the new Salvage Vanguard Theater in East Austin, the Austin Underground Film Festival will celebrate its third..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Film Festival 2008 Jury award Winners

Wrap Sheet: Scenes from AFF '08

"...director Danny Boyle (r), the AFF Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking awardee, identified the differences between American and British audiences:..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature

The New New in Indie Filmmaking

"...pair of fraternal filmmakers that's special cause for cheer: Austin's the Zellner Brothers. Their feature film Goliath went over..."

July 22, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Austin Film Society's Sublime Lines

Essential Cinema series: Japanese Animé

"...it was the first of five offerings in the Austin Film Society's latest Essential Cinema series, Sublime Lines: Japanese..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Screens Feature by Sofia Resnick

The 23rd Austin Jewish Book Fair

Thursday, Nov. 2, through Nov. 12

"...Events take place at the Jewish Community Association of Austin Hall (7300 Hart, Dell Jewish Campus) unless otherwise noted...."

Nov. 3, 2006 Books Feature

Austin Asian Film Festival 2

Nov. 3-6

"...You'd be forgiven for thinking that the wave of filmmaking coming out of Asia these days is chiefly composed..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Guerrilla Filmmaking

"...Films distribution label. On Friday, the movie comes to Austin for a limited run at the Dobie Theatre...."

April 9, 1999 Screens Feature by Amy Smith

Austin Confidential

Interview With Actor Russell Crowe

"...Crowe has lost his beloved leather jacket somewhere in Austin. His outbound flight back to Los Angeles is scheduled..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Filmmaker Brings Her Rap Drama Back Home

Katherine Propper finds family in Lost Soulz at Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival

"...of an adult filmmaker. When I talked with the Austin filmmaker in 2022 about her last short, hybrid docudrama..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin’s 2020 Film Festival Calendar

Your print-out-and-keep guide for movie lovers

"...29: Austin Student Film Fest Short films celebrating student creativity in..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film News: Linklater, Rodriguez, and a Case of Millennium Bugs

Production updates, new releases, and job opportunities

"...and Michael Lovato (Graves) that recently wrapped shooting in Austin – including at Vulcan Video. Writer/director Alejandro Montoya Marín..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Also Starring Austin Makes ATX the Star

Mike Blizzard’s cinematic history finds more than just slackers

"...What was the first movie shot in Austin? It's a question most probably couldn't answer, according to..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Julian DeBerry

Fear the Walking Dead Hits Big After Move to Austin

Plus more local production updates

"...Hyde Park's historic homes have made it one of Austin's most regular shooting locations for filmmakers, and intergenerational indie..."

April 27, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Film Festival Calendar

Plan out your 2018 Fest schedule

"...Film festival season is almost on us, and in Austin that means a jam-packed schedule for all tastes and..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Public-Access Glory Days

When We Were Live time-travels back to weird TV

"...I shot a man in Austin just to watch him die ... on live television...."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

El Rey Move Lights Up Austin Film Scene

Robert Rodriguez's network to use Austin as corporate HQ

"...professionals, Robert Rodriguez has announced that his El Rey Network will use Austin as its production and corporate headquarters. The filmmaker said,..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

Austin, California?

The West Coast Goes to the Southwest

"...so, as rents and home prices have risen, and Austin traffic has grown more crowded and snarled, many of..."

June 30, 1995 News Feature

6 Years

Filmed-in-Austin relationship drama captures local culture

"...Hannah Fidell’s second feature to be filmed in Austin (after 2013’s A Teacher) is another romantic drama. Whereas..."

Aug. 21, 2015 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

Full-Gore Press

Mind the viscera: Austin's horror filmmaking scene is exploding

"...Will 2011 go down as the year the Austin horror filmmaking community definitively established itself as a vital..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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