20 Years of Austin Studios

More than just soundstages: Looking back on the unique success of Austin Studios

"...the reason you think. It's the moment when Austin Studios, the filmmaking facility run by Austin Film Society for..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Two Austin Art Shows You Don't Want to Miss

One closing, one opening, both extraordinary

"...there are many art shows in Austin that you don’t want to miss – but we’re spotlighting just two..."

Sept. 29, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Checking In: Zyclops Cooks Up Some Post-Doom Ps-EYE-Chosis

“I’m hoping artists get more creative with the [livestream] format”

"...Overseen locally by Chico Jones at Estuary Studios, last month’s Inheritance of Ash super collides Skycrawler doom..."

Aug. 19, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Studios Takes Flight

The past year has been witness to an amazingly cooperative tag-team project between the Austin Film Society, the Austin City Council, and the Mueller Neighborhood Coalition that -- as of now -- has resulted in a superstar studio setup that could well change the very fabric of filmmaking in Austin.

"...It's the kind of serendipity you don't stumble across much in the real world these days,..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Faster Than Sound – Relocations & Precautions: Austin Recording Studios During COVID-19

Big Orange and Cacophony engineers relocate as recording industry tiptoes back into the studio.

"...on indoor gatherings is forced to adjust. Local recording studios face tough safety considerations under the current viral surge..."

July 17, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

How ATX Studios Has Quietly Become Valuable Real Estate for TV in Austin

One of the city's big filming facilities is about to undergo a massive expansion

"...outline on the floor of Stage 3 at ATX Studios. If you're an eagle-eyed fan of Robert Rodriguez's Alita:..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Head at Austin Studios as the Facility Enters a New Era

Martin Jones leads the Austin Film Society-run facility into the next decade

"...If you make films in Austin, and you don't know Martin Jones, don't worry – you soon will...."

Dec. 13, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Can New Republic Studios Be a Game Changer for Austin?

Massive makeover could make Austin the new Atlanta for film

"...In the last few months, the sign above Spiderwood Studios in Bastrop changed to New Republic Studios, but there's..."

Nov. 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Time for a New Republic (Studios)

John Robison is building a creative campus out in Bastrop

"...Since 2009, Bastrop's Spiderwood Studios has hosted productions including Open Windows (starring Elijah Wood),..."

Dec. 1, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Can Architecture Provide a Blueprint for Our Post-COVID Existence?

Forge Craft Architecture's COVID Companion is a field guide to the world of the Aftertimes

"...So if we don't go back to normal, where do we go?..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

There's a New Uncle in Town

Harry Knowles wants to reinvent Famous Monsters of Filmland for the digital generation

"...generation – alongside Mad, that is – was eventually done in by the triple threat of the aging of..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Four

Marvel not at this Fox flop

"...his New Horizons Pictures, that’s saying a lot. But don’t blame Marvel; Fox still owns the rights to these..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...drama society good here?" And he said, "Man, you don't want anything to do with that drama society. Nothing..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

From Penitentiaries to Picture Shows

Spiderwood Studios founder Tommy Warren follows the dream

"...across a room smelling of fresh paint. Imagine Spiderwood Studios, he urges. See it as he sees it. Workers..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Walking EAST

One last chin stroke for the East Austin Studio Tour.

"...I don't know how to look at art. I always see..."

Nov. 19, 2007 Design Post by Audra Schroeder

Bigfoot Exists in Texas

Eduardo Sánchez makes a monster movie against the Bastrop fire

"...When you think about Bigfoot movies, you don't always think about character development. That's why director Eduardo..."

Oct. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Game On Austin

Local video-game developers show their stuff. And beer!

"...missed the banner likely hovering above this very blog post, the Chronicle and ScreenBurn at SXSW are hosting a..."

Oct. 8, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

DVDanger: Horror in 150 Words or Less

Putting a stake through some recent terror releases

"...The post-Halloween season is supposed to be all mist and mellow..."

Dec. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Bucket List

Dip your toe in local culture

"...have time to try all of these activities, but don't leave without partaking in a few or it'll be..."

June 20, 2016 Columns Post by Molly Burke

AFF2012: Attacking the Nitty Gritty Panel

Should psychedelics fail...

"...turn to in gearing up to write, such as Post-It notes or step outlines. On the more experimental end,..."

Oct. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Local Gaming News

New Releases, LeetUps, networking, and more

"...No mass layoffs from local gaming studios! That's not really news, but it is nice to..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Inside the House of Mouse

Don Hahn talks to SXSW about his Disney doc Waking Sleeping Beauty

"...last night, throwing up." Not necessarily veteran Disney producer Don Hahn, director of Waking Sleeping Beauty, though...."

March 23, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...astonishing work on John Landis' An American Werewolf in London...."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Manifesto Destiny

Literate pop, the Elephant 6 in your Parish

"...to lost bicycles ("Apology Song") and baby-girl ghosts haunting London ("Leslie Anne Levine") to the abusive employ of young..."

July 23, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Boys. Cast: Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Meek Mill, Will Catlett, Donielle Tremaine Hansley, Kezii Curtis, Chino, Lakeyria “Wheelie Queen” Doughty,..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"...Leonard Maltin's capsule review of S.F. Brownrigg's 1971 shocker Don't Look in the Basement pegs the film as an..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Jingles With Hair

Musicians for Hire: A Career in Advertising

"...than record stores; everyone from Sara Hickman (Wal-Mart) and Don Walser (Mrs. Baird's) to Malford Milligan (Southwest Airlines) and..."

June 20, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

In the Beginning There Was... the Demo

Cutting Tracks and Everything After

"...each year, varying from album-quality recordings made at 24-track studios to glitch-ridden live cuts recorded in one take. These..."

May 12, 1995 Music Feature

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...parking garage. Half the space was occupied by Sheauxnough Studios, a collective of infamous post-Armadillo artists who had found..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Thursday

Young Thug in the park, icy French experimentalism, and more

"...a tick under 30 minutes. “Lemonade” and its otherworldly Don Toliver hook especially drew massive engagement from a congregation..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Derek Udensi

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