Sky Cinemas Closes

Dripping Springs theatre forced out over rent during shutdown

"...It was inevitable but still tragic that cinemas - among the first businesses to close and the..."

May 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Talking Shop With Curran Nault

The Polari artistic director on programming to bridge divides

"...that side of me - being in touch with community, being in touch with filmmakers. Right now, I am..."

Oct. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Kate X Messer

The Show Goes On For SXSW-Selected Films

Cinemas step up to provide Austin screenings

"...for a world or Austin premiere. However, several Austin cinemas and unexpected venues have stepped into the breach to..."

March 12, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Film Series Abraham/Ibrahim Highlights Diversity and Common Ground

Spotlight on the cinema of the Middle East, North Africa

"...it’s not lost on her that the wider Austin community – and Americans at large – don’t have the..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

In My Blood It Runs

How erasure of Aboriginal culture splits the life of one boy

"...his grandparents, Dujuan draws his strength from his bush community, the small village located far from the city lights..."

June 26, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Celebrity, South Austin Style

The Mayor of South Austin

"...how does it plug into the rest of the community?'"..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...Cine Las Americas runs June 8-12 at at AFS Cinema, 6406 N. I-35, and the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

With Theatres Closed, Austinites Create Their Own Backyard Cinemas

Get a big-screen experience for your small group

"...The first cinemas weren't handsome movie palaces, or multiscreen megaplexes. They were..."

May 29, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Top Five Scene Shakers

Qmmunity counts five major queer scene shake-ups in 2023

"...change: From January to this very December, Austin's queer community weathered good, bad, and neutral shifts to the status..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by James Scott

A Lens on Queer Taiwan

AAAFF explores the Asian nation’s LGBTQIA cinematic legacy

"...American Film Festival is presenting a celebration of queer cinema in its virtual six-film series, Prismatic Taiwan...."

Sept. 4, 2020 Screens Feature by Lilli Hime

Alamo Drafthouse Goes Into the VOD Business

Alamo on Demand to offer curated selection of films

"...theatrical window and recommend movies we love to our community. And in these shuttered days and beyond, these rentals..."

May 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bacurau

Brazilian drama mixes social commentary and exploitation action

"...tale of barbaric elites messing with the wrong rural community...."

March 27, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Nearly 50 Food, Music, & Arts Festivals to Keep You Busy This Spring

From barbecue to burlesque, something for every Austinite this season

"...Free community event includes music, modern dance, live painting, DJ, spoken..."

April 3, 2019 Events Post by Alyssa Hiarker

Losing It at the Movies

AFS Programming Director Chale Nafus on a life in film

"...25 years, 1973-98, the Dallas native taught at Austin Community College, almost all of it in film. When he..."

July 24, 2015 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Way We Watch Now: Case Studies

Five experiments in theatrical-on-demand

"...the filmmakers secured two weeks at the E Street Cinema in Washington, D.C. and one-week runs in Dallas, New..."

June 22, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Desk Set

Its inaugural class – equipped with cameras, computers, and expert instruction – wades into a sea of possibility

"...has the action. And they all have the nascent cinematic chops of filmmakers far beyond their years ... which..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...if movies don’t overrepresent this experience. This month, the cinematic-minded queer “professors” of Queer Film Theory 101 feature films..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Double Nickelodeons on the Dime

Plenty of opportunities to catch some classic films

"...Now chew on this, if you will. The AFS Cinema reopens this weekend with double the screens and programming..."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dream Makers

Indie Meme Film Festival spotlights South Asian films

"...festival. "What we're trying to do with South Asian cinema is like South Asia itself: so diverse. There's five..."

April 15, 2016 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

'The Austin Chronicle' and Richard Linklater

The beginning of a beautiful friendship

"...The Cinema-Fist, Sam Fuller cover of Vol. VI, No. 14, March..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Postmarks

United Way Clarifies

"...United Way/Capital Area's expertise as a community fund raiser helped raise thousands of dollars that would..."

June 12, 1998 Column

This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection

Extraordinary elegy to a dying village in Lesotho

"...own future death, but for the death of her community, its customs, traditions, and land...."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour 2019

The fest's best shorts are a diverse treat

"...shorts programs can be some of the most rewarding cinema. Whether it’s a hard-hitting documentary, an astute and poignant..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Spirit of the City and the Letter of the Law Collide at Sekrit Theater

Beau Reichert struggles with the city over his backyard arts complex

"...move into the city and forge connections. Build a community...."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Cine Joven Sin Fronteras

Teaching technology, telenovela, and how to straddle two countries and two cultures with a camera

"...at the Austin School of Film's Cine Joven ("Young Cinema") program are making their own telenovela from scratch, one..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Taking On Another Identity

Lisa Kaselak, a straight woman, leads the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival into its 20th year

"...opening-night feature, Call Me Troy. Founder of the Metropolitan Community Church, Perry performed one of the first same-sex marriages..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

The Kids Stay in the Pictures

When the Cinemaker Co-op and the Center for Young Cinema combined to make the Motion Media Arts Center, at least one thing stayed the same: the importance of kids

"...by the kids over at the Center for Young Cinema, which merged with longtime Austin film group the Cinemaker..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

10 in Focus

Alma

"...In works of documentary cinema, the proximity between subject and audience falls on any..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

"Nobody's Women" See the Light

Mexican Women Film Directors Series

"...dark so to speak, when it comes to Mexican cinema...."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

Qmmunity: A Creative Storm Front

Front Festival hits Austin with a storm of great creative showcases over Labor Day weekend

"...bubbling up, the artists are more visible to the community as a whole, interesting conversations are had, and new..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Column by James Scott

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