Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

An authoritative film study of the career of the Little Tramp by the esteemed journalist Richard Schickel.

"...recent re-release of Chaplin’s masterpiece Modern Times (opening in Austin next week at the Dobie) still somehow holds sway..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tape

Tape is a confined microcosm: three characters, one room, and a whole lot of head-trippery. Old high school friends reunite years later in a dingy Michigan motel room for a night of tricky revelations.

"...not, it certainly should be; to mix postseason metaphors, Austin's hometown auteur is batting two for two in a..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wind Will Carry Us

"...from writer-director Abbas Kiarostami. Like much of the neorealist filmmaking tradition globally popularized by Kiarostami (a perennial fave of..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

"...that fail to elicit grins, much less guffaws. Low-budget filmmaking doesn't have to look low-budget, though Abugov and his..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Conceiving Ada

"...and J.D. Wolfe. Increasingly, the line between computers and filmmaking is blurring. Recent storylines in multiplex releases -- from..."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Schizopolis

Soderbergh works both sides of the camera as actor, writer, and director of this most personal – and idiosyncratic – of all his projects.

"...noir update of The Underneath (which was filmed in Austin), is clearly something he made to please himself, and..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ed's Next Move

"...and Peter Jacobson. John Walsh makes an auspicious feature filmmaking debut as the writer and director of the whimsical..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Desperado

"...follow-up to his 1993 ultra-low-budget indie success El Mariachi, Austin-based filmmaker Robert Rodriguez proves that his earlier success was..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Killer

This is the film that made John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat household names within action-crazed American households. Elements of conventional melodrama and criminal double-crosses blend in this story about a hitman conducting one last job to earn the money to restore the eyesight of a woman he had previously blinded.

"...crazy. This latest example of the irrepressible and amazing filmmaking that's been going on in Hong Kong is the..."

April 19, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Farewell to the Danger God: Gary Kent (1933-2023)

The stunt legend who called Austin home died this week

"...fame – a mystique, a danger. Whatever it was, Austin stunt performer and filmmaker Gary Kent, who died Thursday..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

Queer-story being made in Austin

"...ICP Ball Musicals The United Court of Austin is throwin' their first ICP Ball with Imperial Crowned..."

May 11, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Slacker 2011 Interviews: Scott R. Meyers

Director Scott R. Meyers on Slacker 2011

"...Austin freakrock legends Ed Hall are no more but that..."

Aug. 29, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...over, continually redefining and reinterpreting itself. So too has Austin continually reinvented itself in the intervening years – artsy..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Home School

Austin's latest class of cinematic talent – represented by six anticipated films at SXSW – is going places, but they aren't leaving anytime soon.

"...that the range of budget and scale among the Austin-made features playing at South by Southwest Film 06 points..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Into Thin Air

The already under way adventures of Austinites at the Dances Sun and Slam, and what they might mean for the local scene

"...In New York, former Austin resident Jay Duplass settles into that special corner of..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

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

Page Two

There is no other place in the country, outside of New York and L.A., with the same quality and quantity of filmmaking and filmmakers as Austin

"...The Austin film scene was the unavoidably appropriate cover story subject..."

March 12, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Mr. Demme's Holiday

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme takes a trip to the city of lights and of love, of Tati and Truffaut, in his latest, The Truth About Charlie.

"...But when the Austin Film Festival and Austin Film Society brought Demme and..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Maverick Outsider

Avant-garde artist Willie Varela discusses politics, the nature of personal work, a career on the fringes, and what it's like to be a Chicano filmmaker.

"...This month's featured artist in the Austin Film Society's Expanding Cinema series on Wednesday, November 3,..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Feature by Athina Rachel Tsangari

Balthazar

"...Directed by: Robert Bresson. The Austin Film Society has quietly been celebrating its 10th anniversary..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

… And God Spoke (the making of …)

"...mockumentary thing with plenty of both. As the cheesy filmmaking team, Riley and Rappaport ooze ineptitude. You wouldn't trust..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Emma & Elvis

"...is representative of the recent trend toward regional feature filmmaking, a trend that Austin also appears to be riding...."

May 14, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

El Mariachi

"...From Richard Linklater's Slacker to Robert Rodriguez's El Mariachi, Austin is fast becoming the focal point for somewhat of..."

Feb. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Vampire Hunter D

"...best of the mid-Eighties crop of Japanimation to reach Austin screens. Unlike The Castle of Cagliostro (with which it's..."

June 26, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Matter of Degrees

"...some sort of new wave sweeping through American independent filmmaking. Small, no-to-low budget films such as Three Bewildered People..."

Sept. 13, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chasing the Story of Chop & Steele

Ben Steinbauer and Berndt Mader tell a goofy First Amendment story

"...know whose story they’re telling, but that’s about it. Austin-based filmmaker Ben Steinbauer knows that conundrum well. “I’m always..."

May 10, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Grand Jury Award Winners

Austinite Iliana Sosa wins twice for What We Leave Behind

"...depths, breadths, and diversity of the South by Southwest filmmaking community was celebrated last night at the Paramount Theatre..."

March 16, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Eyeslicer Roadshow Aims to Melt Your Brain

Low-budget, lo-fi shorts celebrate radical filmmaking

"...Shine) and Nathan Silver (Thirst Street), as well as Austin film scene fixtures like Annie Silverstein ("Skunk"), Augustine Frizzell..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Books on Film

On what makes a great book a great movie

"...Filmmaking book: There are many, but by far my favorite..."

June 17, 2016 Screens Feature

Books on Film

Slash director loves John waters and a sci-fi classic

"...Filmmaking book: Probably the most influential book I've ever read..."

June 17, 2016 Screens Feature

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