Austin Film Festival Review: The Big Spoon
Love lost and found in this bittersweet local feature
"...Billed as an unromantic comedy, this homegrown Austin film explores what it means to be in the death..."
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Oct. 18, 2016 Screens Post by Jessi Cape
DVDanger: Fantastic Fest 2015 Revisited
With the 2016 lineup here, time for VOD and DVD reruns
"...Festival films have a life cycle. Some drop by for..."
Aug. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Astraea Sees the Future
Director Kristjan Thor brings snowy apocalypse to Austin
"...The film (which receives its Austin debut this Thursday as part..."
July 20, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Your Fantasy House
Where reader types would own a vacation home if it could be anywhere in literature
"...By contrast, the Wood Between the Worlds is made for relaxation...."
June 17, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
ATX Television Festival: Shifting Landscapes: The Effect of 9/11 on Storytelling
How the World Trade Center attacks affected TV
"...veteran told the audience Friday at the ATX Television Festival panel Shifting Landscapes: The Effect of 9/11 on Storytelling...."
June 11, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Page Two: Roger Ebert Added a Star to His The Whole Shootin' Match Rating
Last Night at the Alamo restoration revives Eagle Pennell's early promise for posterity
"...be prouder of the leadership and team. The SXSW Film Festival is offering an extraordinary lineup of films; I..."
March 11, 2016 Column by Louis Black
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Go behind the groundbreaking book of interviews; a must for cinephiles
"...In 1962, two filmmakers sat in a room together to record 50 hours..."
Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Wrong Kind of Rebel Rock
Why bands are lowering the Confederate battle flag
"...So why has Southern rock, rap, and metal clung..."
July 22, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker
Blackout
Sarah Hepola explains how she came to write a memoir on being a blackout drinker
"...features (going undercover to high school prom, anyone?), reviewing film, and serving as Screens editor. Since leaving Austin a..."
June 19, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
DVDanger: The Return of Artsploitation
Indie label returns with three psychosexual horrors
"...of outlets for them. So for fans of such films, the big question has been: Whatever happened to Artsploitation?..."
June 17, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Peace Officer Puts a Face on Police Militarization
Film details a former sheriff's search for answers
"...Peace Officer is such a timely film, it’s almost absurd. The documentary, which won the grand..."
March 20, 2015 Screens Post by Amy Kamp
The Good Eye: Crossing the (180-Degree) Line
Austin actresses go behind the camera
"...the roles they'd want to play and direct the films they'd love to be cast in. Some embarked on..."
March 20, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry
DVDanger: The Atticus Institute
Or, in defense of found footage and mockumentaries
"...sub par romantic comedies would emerge every summer. By contrast, this decade has become a quagmire of supernatural found..."
Jan. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Housecore Horror Live Shot: Saturday Part 2
King Parrot squawk, Author & Punisher grinds, Neurosis evolves
"...aching knees on day two of the Housecore Horror Film Festival – inevitable toll of Emo’s unyielding concrete floor..."
Oct. 26, 2014 Music Post by Richard Whittaker
When Jimmy Comes Out, Go Crazy
Crowd's-eye-view of a 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' in Austin taping
"...Which was a marked contrast to the show's star. Kimmel has a kind of..."
March 14, 2014 Screens Post by Robert Faires
SXSW Film Review: 'Frank'
Michael Fassbender rewrites an icon of British outsider art
"...In contrast, Scoot McNairy as engineer/manager Don is the damaged hero,..."
March 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
DVDanger: Thanatomorphose and Dead Weight
Two indie horrors tackle how the living contend with death
"...For every restriction that comes with indie horror film making – budgets, scale, resources – there's one big..."
Jan. 25, 2014 Screens Post
DVDanger: What's Your Point of View?
For Halloween, some beastly releases of the haunting month
"...Short stories and short films are the arguably native form of horror. Just long..."
Oct. 20, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Reviews You Can Use
Find the gray area in 'The New Black,' or explore sweeping panoramas and unbridgeable divides in 'The Most Fun I've Ever Had With My Pants On'
"...The film follows brash Andy (Denny) as she travels from L.A...."
Oct. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by Brandon Watson
Feeding the 'Afflicted'
Clif Prowse and Derek Lee have a new angle on found footage
"...Fantastic Fest. Coming in after being acquired by CBS films, it swept the board at the awards in the..."
Sept. 24, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Who's Afraid of Big Bad Wolves?
Gobbling up the new Israeli horror from Navot Papushado and Aharon Keshales
"...you ask director Navot Papushado, he says, "This whole film is about fatherhood."..."
Sept. 20, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Event Horizon
As festivals, crowds, and expenses proliferate – is Austin approaching major event overload?
"...In one of Richards' dispatches from this year's Festival, he took a minute to write about what may..."
July 12, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin
DVDanger: 'American Mary'/'Ninja III: The Domination'
The changing POV of the female revenge flick
"...stands as a moment of glorious lunacy in a festival that prides itself on its insanity. The disc can't..."
June 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Somebody Up There Likes Bob Byington
The writer-director talks about his fifth feature
"...For most independent filmmakers, this development – a reversal of fortunes for a..."
April 5, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley
The Cirque(us) Comes to Town
And they aren't the only clowns roaming Downtown
"...The Tuesday between SXSW Film + Interactive and SXSW Music is always a strange..."
March 13, 2013 SXSW Post by Andy Campbell
Smart Growth
Reflecting on 20 years of South by Southwest Interactive Festivals
"...hard to imagine South by Southwest without the Interactive Festival. For years, though, Interactive was treated as something of..."
March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese
DVD Watch: 'Fat Kid Rules the World'
Matthew Lillard's directorial debut has a big heart
"...Troy Billings (Jacob Wysocki of Sundance 2011 hit Terri)..."
Jan. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
DVD Watch: 'V/H/S'
Found footage anthology from the mumblecore crowd and friends
"...The micro-budget chapter film deals in found footage terror. It makes sense. "We..."
Dec. 4, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Seeing Is Believing
'The Rep' charts the slow death of cinema-going
"...idea what they were getting themselves into. Nor did filmmaker Morgan White, who approached them shortly after opening weekend..."
Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner
Where Do We Go Now?
This Lebanese film looks at what might happen to the area’s ancient religious conflicts if women ruled the region.
"...of the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011, this Lebanese film looks at what..."
