Raise a Glass to 'Drinking Buddies'

Something big is brewing with Joe Swanberg these days

"...to break into multiplexes. On top of that, their newest feature, Ti West's The Sacrament, debuts this weekend at..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Finally, You're Next Is Now

The two-year wait for the revolutionary thriller is over

"...Swanberg (Drinking Buddies, Hannah Takes the Stairs), and Ti West (The Innkeepers). Well, for a start, that's a lot..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Searching for Cynthia Ann

Glenn Frankel's new book untangles the true story behind 'The Searchers'

"...one of the most enduring legends of the American West?..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Amy Gentry

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...films made by Austin directors. Today, the South by Southwest Film Festival unveils its 2013 lineup, and guess what:..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Billy Friedkin Kills It

Extended Q&A with the man behind 'The Exorcist,' 'French Connection'

"...tickets tonight's AFS-sponsored sneak peek at the Violet Crown Cinema, with costar Thomas Haden Church in attendance...."

Aug. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

This Week

Your one-stop weekly source for capital city events and nightlife

"...derby showdown. They’re coming from North, from East, from West - all headed to the South, to the heartland..."

July 18, 2012 Events Post by Chrontourage

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...film events with some major and rising names in cinema...."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

sxsw: Daily Texan Reunion

Another year older, another year wiser

"...At the same time, the two were involved in Cinema Texas, which programmed a film series. Chronicle film editor..."

March 16, 2011 SXSW Post by R.U. Steinberg

Letters at 3AM: Shindig on Effie Street

The silent film comedians at Keystone Films lived their art

"...Effie Street dead-ends a block west of Glendale Boulevard at a hill too steep to..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Occupational Hazards

Close encounters of the clerking kind at Vulcan and I Luv Video

"...gangly know-it-all with a taste for Godard and exploitation cinema by the name of Quentin Tarantino. But like most..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Summer Camp Guide

"...May 30-Aug. 11. Weekdays, 7:30am-5:30pm. Drop-off/pick-up locations at 290 West & South MoPac and the Arboretum, 658-6285 or 658-6240...."

April 28, 2006 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

National Top 10s

"...2) The New Pornographers, Twin Cinema (Matador)..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Music Feature

Cattle Is Forever

The Austin Film Society presents 'Return to Giant'

"...Hotel San José. Marfa was just a somnolent, not-happening West Texas town when Hollywood director George Stevens – with..."

June 3, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

'Tarnation' Sensation

Jonathan Caouette's inexplicably perfect documentary of growing up gay in Texas is the astounding new face of DIY moviemaking

"...Orson Welles' stunningly bombastic and revolutionary Citizen Kane, these cinematic watershed moments more often come not from the studios,..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Food-o-File

Dishing out the food news one dollop at a time

"...become the hot new midtown happy-hour spot for Bernal's West Austin society clientele... Local fans of the popular historic..."

July 23, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...May-September 2002: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (New Line Cinema) P: Michael Bay; D: Marcus Nispel; S: Scott Kosar;..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Place Where Worlds Join

Aztlan Dance Company explores the cultural interaction of old and new in Veracruz

"...to the east and the Sierra Madre to the west, where traditional Latin American and Spanish influences meet and..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Getting Their Due

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Debuts

"...sentiment among film fans: Texas' prestigious place in the cinema is worthy of honor. Thus, the Texas Film Hall..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Suggested Viewing

"...Sica) The archetypal neorealism and an icon of world cinema. I prefer the Italian title (plural)...."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Nick Barbaro

Crimes of Passion and Prose

With Quills, Philip Kaufman (Henry & June, The Unbearable Lightness of Being) has made another film about the startling fusion between literature and sex.

"...neighborhood with the most famous and notorious literary reputation west of Greenwich Village. "This neighborhood was made by writers!..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Screens Feature by Michael Ventura

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...by way of Austin. The Derailers' new CD, Full Western Dress, finds the band venturing further into Beatles-esque Sixties..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

The Wild Bunch

"...El Paso in 1969, my reaction was gut-level and cinematic -- probably just what Sam Peckinpah intended. Afterward, my..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Feature by Charles Ramirez Berg

November Previews

"...From the director of Cinema Paradiso comes this tale of virtuoso pianist Novecento (Roth),..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Scanlines

The Haunting

"...People (1944), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), West Side Story (1961), The Sand Pebbles (1966), and Star..."

July 23, 1999 Screens Feature

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...a stuffy film; it is a classic of French cinema, though, so it isn't surprising that Garance (Arletty) drolly..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Page Two

"...more as a nightmare fragment than a quote from cinematic literature...."

Nov. 7, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Shortcuts

"...course not! The next installment of their Fall Free Cinema Series will be The Masterworks of Satyajit Ray. Ray's..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Screens Column

How the Universe Sent Paul Newman to Ethan Hawke

The director discusses his HBO Max series and recent AFS screenings

"...there the universe sent him last weekend to AFS Cinema for sold-out screenings of five of Newman's Westerns, suitably..."

March 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Millennial Mayhem in V/H/S/99

The fifth installment in the found footage horror anthology series gets the Y2K jitters

"...horror talents, from Adam Wingard (You're Next) to Ti West (X, Pearl), Eduardo Sánchez (The Blair Witch Project), Justin..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Can Dirty Sixth Be Cleaned Up?

City Hall, the bars and clubs, and now a big developer say, “Maybe?”

"...the 500 and 600 blocks because they have the fewest contributing structures to the Sixth Street Historic District, which..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

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