Hairy Situations, Pickle Parties, and More Weekend Events

Some non-SXSW arts and culture recommendations

"...There’s nothing quite like the myth of the Old West. Cowgirl lore is one of those..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

New films from Jeff Nichols, Alexander Payne on the schedule

"...awaited new film from Jeff Nichols, is just one of the films just announced as part of the complete..."

Sept. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beyond the Picket Lines: SAG, WGA, and the Austin Industry

Local film professionals explain how they're navigating the strike

"...Two dates are burned into the memory of everyone working in film, TV, and commercials. First there..."

Aug. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AI, Strikes, and Burning It Down: Highlights of the ATX TV Festival

Celebration of the small screen becomes a war room for writers

"...It started with one person clapping. Then a row of people. Then a second row. A third, and so..."

June 9, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival to Honor Ed Wood Writers

Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski to receive Bill Wittliff Award

"...The ongoing Writers Guild of America strike has focused attention on the importance..."

May 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Storming the Citadel With the Russo Brothers

How the new Prime series depends on global storytelling

"...Russo knows what makes a good espionage thriller. First off? "The mystery. It's how the onion gets pulled apart..."

May 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pandemic Production: One Year Later ...

The Austin film and TV scene has come back strong, but can that return be sustained?

"...getting going. When the Chronicle talked to an array of industry professionals living in the area – from HBO..."

July 9, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lights, Camera, Safety: Film and TV Production Is Coming Back to Texas

Now producers and unions are making sure no one gets sick

"...She should know, because she was on one of the first productions when restrictions started to lift. She..."

July 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Robert Rodriguez Filming Hypnotic in July in Austin

Hitchcockian thriller starring Ben Affleck moves from California

"...studio films are heading back to production, and one of the biggest is coming straight to Austin. This morning,..."

June 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bohemian Rhapsody

"...Queen was one of the greatest rock bands ever. A band touched by..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Barbara's Fire

Attorney, teacher, and veteran fighter for freedom, Barbara Hines retires from a career mentoring students

"...spent a lifetime fighting the good fight. Longtime clinical professor of law, and currently co-director of the Immigration Clinic..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

AFF2012: Competition Films & Scripts Awards

'Sparrows Dance,' 'Informant' recognized

"...(reviewed here) continues the investigation into the odd story of revolutionary turned FBI informant Brandon Darby...."

Oct. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

sxswf: Fannish Fury

Rodriguez, Rucka ask who put a hit on the graphic novel adaptation

"...called it a panel. Gave it the fancy-dancy name Of Fanboys & Fidelity – Adapting Comics For Broad Audiences...."

March 13, 2011 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Exploitation's Glass Ceiling

Feminist filmmaker Stephanie Rothman on her short but brilliant run making B-movies

"...Stephanie Rothman directed a spate of exploitation films between 1967 and 1974 and then disappeared..."

April 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas to Officially Adopt QT

2010 Texas Film Hall of Fame inductees to include one glorious bastard

"...Well, close enough: The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards will make Quentin Tarantino an Honorary Texan..."

Dec. 21, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Opie on Top

AFF to honor Ron Howard's extraordinary contribution to filmmaking

"...If the Austin Film Festival is playing six degrees of separation with this year’s honorees, it’s going to have..."

July 14, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Winning the West

Cowboys, Indians, and the irresolvable contradictions between freedom and order

"...is Sacheen Littlefeather. I'm Apache, and I am president of the National Native American Affirmative Image Committee. I'm representing..."

June 12, 2009 Column by Louis Black

To the Nines

Previewing the 2009 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...At 9 years old, the Texas Film Hall of Fame is anything but predictable, because Lone Star cinema..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Texas Film Hall of Fame Slate Finalized

Billy Bob Thornton, John Cusack, and Dennis Quaid join the lineup for the ninth annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...and emcee for the ninth annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards are now locked for the March 12th..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

International Man of Independents

The wide world of producer Anish Savjani

"...If you're an independent filmmaker in need of a producer, Anish Savjani is the guy to find...."

Oct. 10, 2008 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Film News

Remakes and revisitings from Austin's cine-making kings

"...He's a king of the Austin film scene, and tight-lipped be the royal..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Happenings

"...FOURTH OF JULY CONCERT & FIREWORKS It's your patriotic duty to..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature

The Fight Stuff

Jamaa Fanaka on racial myths and the ailing film industry

"...Jamaa Fanaka is the creator of some of the maddest, baddest filmmaking ever to come..."

June 27, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Big in Texas, Bigger in L.A.

Austin, CA

"...execs, agents, and producers are invited to the Directors Guild of America theatre to sample the talents of Texas...."

June 10, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Big Time, Small Screen

Local filmmaker Ya'Ke's 'The Second Coming' screens on HBO

"...if he's stating that he has a head full of dreadlocks or that he grew up on the east..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...back at 2007 and came up with our list of the 10 best movies of the year. After many..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

When There's Nothing Left to Burn ...

Cinematexas throws itself a Viking Funeral

"...This week marks the end of the road for the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival...."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Big Squeeze

The writers' strike hits close to home

"...novel I've always intended to write," said the writer/director of Secondhand Lions and perhaps Central Texas' most successful screenwriter...."

Nov. 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Covenant

The Covenant is a sleek yet empty picture about four handsome high school seniors who possess supernatural powers and impossibly chiseled stomachs.

"...that allows Harlin to continue directing movies. The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Cutthroat Island, two – count 'em, two..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

TV Eye

Extended networks

"...Evening News With Katie Couric) are only a few of the efforts by traditional TV to avoid becoming an..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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