Official Competition

Cruz and Banderas reunite in this scathing comedy about ego and filmmaking

"...tops out at bemusement. (The script is credited to co-directors Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat as well as Andrés..."

July 1, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Michelle Yeoh gets multiversal in this incredible comedy

"...But where they really excel is as great directors of characters, actors, and emotion. Yeoh is Yeoh, in..."

March 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Writing With Fire

Documentary recounts the risks run by India’s women journalists

"...reveals that she’s a victim of domestic abuse, but directors Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas don’t linger on that,..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Beta Test

Jim Cummings burns the film industry to the ground (and it deserves it)

"...to its production. A project that was 100% crowdfunded, co-directors and stars Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe made it..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

The Year of the Everlasting Storm

COVID-inspired anthology eschews cohesion for innovation

"...Storm – one with a very slight remit, and directors of honed and unique viewpoints – is to push..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

Intimate, semi-improvised last night at a dive bar sees delight in the dregs

"...weirdly apropos touches. Shot minus a real script, the directors instead employed predetermined staged moments for their characters to..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Lodge

Icy melding of horror and religion is cool, not chilling

"...The script, by Scottish scriptwriter Sergio Casci and directors Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, remixes many of the..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live-Action

An uneven selection does not represent the best narrative shorts

"...Canadian-Tunisian co-production "Brotherhood" by directors Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon tackles a familiar..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Digging Deeper Into the Pet Sematary

Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer on their Stephen King adaptation

"...The latest page-to-screen revision, Pet Sematary, sees directors Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer take on the story..."

April 9, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Gospel of Eureka

Restore your faith in humanity with this documentary about LGTBQ acceptance in the Ozarks

"...Directors Mosher and Palmieri conduct fly-on-the-wall interviews with various residents,..."

March 8, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dial Code Santa Claus Is This Year's Christmas Surprise

You better watch out for this Pere Noël

"...Manzor grew up watching crowd-pleasers by directors like Julien Duvivier (Pépé le Moko), George Franju (Eyes..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fireworks

Teen anime adds parallel timelines to a Romeo and Juliet plot.

"...sometimes melancholic strands that lead to Iwai snagging the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. The boys are..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film

Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards

"...Mansfield 66/67 Directors: P. David Ebersole, Todd Hughes..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest: Zoology

Director Ivan Tverdovsky on the tale of a tail

"...wrote, "that she was noticed by well-known international theatre directors – such as Vladimir Mirzoev, Andrei Moguchi, Theodoros Terzopoulos,..."

Sept. 22, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Tina Fey becomes a war correspondent in her new comedy

"...film shares some of the similarly seriocomic awkwardness that writers/co-directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa evidenced in such previous..."

March 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tales of Halloween Aims for Spooky Fun

New horror anthology screens this weekend

"...terrifying urban myths. Now, as one of the 11 directors of new anthology horror Tales of Halloween, she gets..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave of Titles

Lineup drops the latest from Todd Haynes and a Hank Williams biopic

"...Memoria World Premiere Writer/Directors: Vladamir de Fontenay, Nina Ljeti Ivan Cohen is a..."

Aug. 19, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations Announced

Boyhood, Kumiko earn multiple nods

"...Eliza Hittman, Producers: Shrihari Sathe, Laura Wagner Land Ho! Writers/Directors: Aaron Katz & Martha Stephens, Producers: Christina Jennings, Mynette..."

Nov. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Housecore Horror Majordomo – Phil Anselmo

Pantera/Down icon talks tape trading and terror

"...all the cannibal movies that influenced his film, including directors and alternate titles, and recommends that people go watch..."

Oct. 24, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Drops 20th Anniversary Lineup

'Inside Llewyn Davis' takes center stage

"...•Inside Llewyn Davis – Joel and Ethan Coen (writer/directors); Oscar Isaac and T Bone Burnett in attendance •..."

Sept. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Incendiary: The Willingham Case

The "junk science" used to make the case for the Texas execution of Cameron Todd Willingham for the arson murders of his children is persuasively laid out in this locally made documentary.

"...speakers. As the fire experts dismantle the prosecution’s case, co-directors Steve Mims (a longtime fixture in the Austin filmmaking..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Second Life

For her new play's sophomore production, Suzan-Lori Parks turns director

"...I know some writers don't want to, and some directors think playwrights shouldn't direct their own work...."

June 17, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pushing the Borderline

AFS Essential Cinema highlights filmmakers far from home

"...Society's latest series in cross-cultural studies, Auteurs Sans Frontières: Directors Without Borders, there is the expressed common theme of..."

June 3, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Announces Films

Miike, mumblecore faves and more than your screen can hold

"...Writer: Robbie Pickering (World Premiere) Small, Beautifully Moving Parts Directors & Writers: Annie J. Howell & Lisa Robinson (World..."

Feb. 2, 2011 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Bee's Knees

Andrew Bujalski's uncommon process

"...film festival and features no fewer than six local directors in supporting parts, as well as South by Southwest..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer

This celebratory documentary skips briskly over the 60-plus-year career of one of jazz's pre-eminent and most original singers.

"...fashionably cool in a cocktail dress and garden-party hat. Co-directors Cavolina and McCrudden obviously like their subject too much..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Theresa Everline

Papa Brasilia

Nelson Pereira dos Santos Retrospective

"...8 or 10 dollars to sit back and watch directors pick scabs for two hours on a Saturday night...."

April 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

SXSW 08 Film Conference

Snapshots from the SXSW 08 Film Conference

"...Watching, "because, really, there were only ever five good directors in the history of film. Only five. Everybody else..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Playboy Interviews: The Directors

Cinematic storytelling and technique naturally get plenty of play, but all these long-form interviews roam through detours and diversions that lend a tremendous sense of character

"...The Playboy Interviews: The Directorsedited by Stephen Randall and the editors of Playboy magazine..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Review by Spencer Parsons

Anton in Show Business

Jane Martin's Anton in Show Business satirically skewers everything in modern theatre, and the Vestige Group's production will have your cheeks sore from laughing

"...She pokes fun at the shortage of good American directors with a director who's imported from Europe with an..."

April 27, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

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