Thieves Steal Generators From Drive-in Cinema: Here's How You Can Help

Blue Starlite needs your power

"...For the last eight years, Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In has been a fixture in Austin's cinema scene. Now..."

Jan. 2, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Community Cinema Brings the Drive-In to East Austin

Outdoor projection is nothing new to the Community First! Village

"...Drive-in theaters are booming in a way unseen since before..."

Aug. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blue Starlite Drive-In to Light Up Downtown

New Third Street rooftop location to feature films, opera

"...There's a new cinema opening in Downtown Austin, and you don't even have..."

Aug. 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blue Starlite Round Rock Drive-In Destroyed in Fire

Owners launch GoFundMe campaign to help with repairs

"...the Austin area: The Round Rock location of local drive-in chain the Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In was destroyed..."

June 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Drive-In Cinemas Lighting Up Austin

The movies you want to see with the social distancing you demand

"...The drive-in is back (courtesy of the pandemic), and this week..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

There Is a Light That Will Never Go Out at Austin's Drive-In Theatres

Theatres may be shuttered, but the in-car cinema experience still shines bright

"...screening business is nervous right now. It seemed like cinemas were the first industry to go into a coronavirus..."

May 1, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sundance Brings This Year's Hottest Movies to AFS's New Drive-in Screen

Time for a Sundance at Austin Film Society

"...of the new crop of American and global indie cinema. The two organizations have been collaborating for years, whether..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Blue Starlite Drive-In’s New Restaurant-on-Wheels

Local drive-in movie chain debuts new custom menu and screens

"...responsible for what NBC Nightly News has called “the drive-in of the future” has gone and improved his locations..."

Jan. 7, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Cinema Comes to Pinballz Kingdom

Arcade opening its first drive-in this weekend

"...whir of the projector as the arcade becomes a drive-in theater. "Pivot, pivot, pivot," founder Darren Spohn said with..."

Aug. 26, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blue Starlite Lights Up in Buda

Mini urban drive-in adding overnight camping at new location

"...the urban out of the Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In. Austin's retro outdoor cinematic experience is relocating from the..."

Dec. 20, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Joe Bob Briggs Teaches the History of Redneck Cinema

The original Hellbilly Deluxe

"...country cousins – the demoniacs of the dead end drive-ins – birthed countrified critic-fu sensei Joe Bob Briggs way..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Violet Crown Cinema Staying Closed During Pandemic

Local minichain standing with other Austin cinemas

"...having a field day with the idea that Texas cinemas are reopening in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic,..."

May 4, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Weekend in Film

More than mere faces in the crowd

"...is meant to be spooky, and so indulge in cinematic crimson this month. From now to the end of..."

Oct. 12, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

IPic Will Be Second Austin Cinema to Reopen

Local branch of luxury chain firing up starting June 11

"...National luxury cinema micro-chain iPic has announced that its Austin location will..."

June 9, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Cinema of Possibilities

Low budget or big, the energy and imagination of the grind-house circuit is reborn in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's tribute

"...know, is a celebration of a certain kind of cinematic fare and the theatres that showed it. Robert Rodriguez..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Your Weekend in Film

Nothing wrong with a little escapism

"...twofer of slashers that are a cut above. AFS Cinema will play host to a new restoration of Suspiria,..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Sometimes the Music's in the Scratches

In defense of the bootleg

"...Two-Lane Blacktop a dozen years ago wasn't in a cinema but rather on a film-chained VHS bootleg of a..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Your Weekend in Film

This week's big release is just another reason to not like clowns

"...to place blame for a lackluster summer at the cinema, we'll keep reviewing the latest films and recommending the..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Adrenaline Drive

"...and other laff-masters -- has been appropriated from Eastern cinema that it's become hard to tell who did what..."

July 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cinema With a Conscience

Mobile Loaves & Fishes team up with the Alamo Drafthouse

"...It looks like a regular outdoor cinema. Out along Hog Eye Road, just outside of East..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gift Ideas for the Austin-Loving Cinephile in Your Life

From the big and small screens to your giftee

"...the program and a physical thank-you gift. While the cinema is closed, all virtual membership benefits this year will..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Screens Feature by Naomi Brady

AFS Cinema Joins Forces with Sundance Film Festival

Local arthouse becomes satellite venue for the Utah fest

"...than ever, and one sign is that Austin's AFS Cinema has just been announced as a satellite venue for..."

Dec. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Four Films in Search of a Cult

Retro releases and martial arts aim for new crowds

"...Australian exploitation cinema may not be on most people's radar, but in..."

April 18, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In Print

Scott Von Doviak's 'Hick Flicks: The Rise and Fall of Redneck Cinema'

"...Hick Flicks: The Rise and Fall of Redneck Cinema..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

10 in Focus

Alma

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

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

Your Weekend in Film

What major releases and one-off screenings are worth your theatre time

"...“Steer clear of the latest film in the Conjuring cinematic universe, pre-prequel, directed by David F. Sandberg (Lights Out),..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

In Order to Live

An American in Paris (1951)

"...Walsh's masterpiece is one of four movies programmed by CinemaTexas this semester that explore the myth of General George..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

Film Encounters of the in*situ Kind

Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine

"...Blockbuster Video doesn't carry them, and the average multiplex cinema doesn't show them, either. But a new collective of..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Screens Feature

Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood

Tarantino takes Tinseltown head-on

"...among them the libidinous Pussycat (Qualley) and Tex (Butler). Cinematographer Robert Richardson bathes everything in a honeyed, hyper-real glow..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Made in Texas

Lighting fires for creativity and community

"...Austin shorts first shown at the Collective for Living Cinema in NYC in 1981. It really wasn't until we..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Column by Louis Black

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