How Austin Made DC’s Blue Beetle Fly

Director and Fantastic Fest regular Ángel Manuel Soto reveals his own secret origin

"...changed my life." In 2015, he was attending the Cannes Film Festival, desperately trying to raise some interest in..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Five Films at Cine Las Americas

The best movies from the Spanish and Portuguese diaspora and Indigenous peoples at the annual film festival

"...raw depiction of a political awakening premiered at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight and has been a star of the..."

June 2, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Family That Films Together: Robert, Racer, and Rebel Rodriguez on Hypnotic

The moviemaking dynasty proves the value of working from home

"...Robert: Then we went to Cannes with Red II in the Directors’ Fortnight, and I’m..."

May 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Indie Meme Review: Leila's Brothers

Banned Iranian family drama reveals the damage of poverty

"...struggles that each of the characters of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival awardee stems from poverty. The allocation of..."

April 20, 2023 Screens Post by Katie Karp

Return to Seoul

Cannes-lauded drama about identity and homeland

April 7, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Featured Session: Julia Ducournau

"I obviously don't care for shock value at all."

"...pieces was rewarded with the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for her latest Titane, only the second..."

March 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Rod Machen

Five Marquee Movies at Austin Film Festival 2022

Headliners and Oscar contenders at this year's AFF

"...returning Brendan Fraser received a six-minute standing ovation at Cannes...."

Oct. 21, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Lands The Whale

Brendan Fraser's Venice smash to open fest, Oct. 27-Nov. 3

"...announced that it will be screening Armageddon Time, the Cannes favorite by filmmaker James Gray (The Lost City of..."

Sept. 8, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ethan Hawke Teams Up With Local Writer for The Black Phone

The team behind Sinister creates the summer's scariest film

"...ever made that showed at a side theatre in Cannes in 1936, whereas I'm the guy who stays up..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Filmmaker and Film-Educator Paul Stekler Says Goodbye to UT

As he delivers his final class, the former head of UT-Austin's Department of Radio-Television-Film gives a commencement speech looking back on a career without a plan

"...enhancing the major. Student films went to Sundance and Cannes and SXSW and young screenwriters begun to fill writers'..."

May 6, 2022 Screens Feature by Paul Stekler

Five Films Not to Miss at Indie Meme 2022

The best of South Asian cinema, right here in Austin

"...the 2021 O'eil D'or Award for Best Documentary at Cannes 2021, Kapadia’s debut feature interweaves archive footage of the..."

April 14, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Titane

Cannes-winning chaotic drama is a new reflection on body horror

Oct. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Six Mindblowers From Fantastic Fest’s FF@Home

Our picks from the streaming side of the genre celebration

"...in-person celebration of global genre festival, which opened with Cannes Palme d'Or award-winner Titane, and snuck in secret screenings..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...supernatural drama The Innocents, which premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival...."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

AFS Announces 2021 Feature Grant Recipients

Ten projects reflect talent and diversity in Texas film

"...have shown their films at renowned festivals including Sundance, Cannes, Tribeca, and SXSW, and include such stellar titles as..."

Sept. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

Fantastic Fest Reformats, Resets in Pandemic Response

South Lamar reunion will become dispersed fest instead

"...programming, which includes an opening night screening of the Cannes Palme d'Or-winning Titane, or where the non-South Lamar screenings..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021

Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup

"...of programming for 2021. The headliner? Titane, Julia Ducournau's Cannes Palme D'Or award-winning story of sex and cars, will..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post

AFS Opens 2021 Short Film Grant Applications

Society will run webinars to help you apply

"...Metal." Before she took her rodeo drama Bull to Cannes and SXSW, Annie Silverstein took home $1,000 for "Skunk."..."

Aug. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Weekend Wine: Rugby to Rosé!

Gerard Bertrand’s wonderful Cote Des Roses

"...usually referring to Provence, specifically the area from around Cannes to Monaco. That area is beautiful and its name..."

May 15, 2021 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Now Streaming in Austin: I've Got Issues

Steve Collins' melancholic comedy comes home to VOD

"...– the Supreme Court, The New York Times, the Cannes Film Festival – and I’ve had so many instances..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Canceled For 2020

Alamo's genre festival hopes to be back in 2021

"...diligently poring over screeners and considering movies from the Cannes Film Market. While we knew it wouldn’t be the..."

July 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Festival Goes From Small Screen to Big Screen to Small Screen Again

How the celebration of TV is leading the way in streaming fests as it becomes ATX TV ... From the Couch!

"...delicately negotiated, built around tentpole fests like Sundance, SXSW, Cannes, and Tribeca, with smaller events booking in between –..."

June 5, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Uncover the Forgotten Wartime Heroism of Marcel Marceau in Resistance

Jesse Eisenberg and UT student-turned-filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz find strength in silence

"...premiering my prior film, Hands of Stone, at the Cannes Film Festival, I was able to track down Georges..."

May 15, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas-Set Drama Bull Gets in the Chute With Black Rodeo Riders

Austin-based director Annie Silverstein premieres her SXSW selected feature

"...Virtual Cinema initiative, Bull extrapolates the themes from her Cannes-award-winning short, "Skunk." Silverstein said, "I didn't feel like I..."

April 17, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Amazon Providing Platform for SXSW Films

Details of 10-day "virtual festival" still to be confirmed

"...saw similar launches scuppered at other canceled festivals like Cannes and Tribeca. There are also complicated rules and agreements..."

April 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cine Las Americas Canceled for 2020

Festival working on alternate plans to give films exposure

"...major international events like Tribeca in New York and Cannes being canceled or postponed, it seemed inevitable that smaller..."

March 30, 2020 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

"...The first film being offered is the Cannes-lauded Bacurau, which Kino Lorber had just opened in New..."

March 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shelley Duvall, Erykah Badu To Be Honored at Texas Film Awards

Special screening lined up for Brewster McCloud

"...the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, and a Cannes Best Actress-winning performance in 3 Women. This was, of..."

Feb. 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...on the outskirts of Houston, played last March at Cannes as part of the Un Certain Regard strand. Now..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...forgiveness. When the film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in recognition of its audacious transcendence, Malick firmly entered..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

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