Film Flam

NEA awards AFS, festival news, and 'Black Metal' seeks extras

"...The Austin Film Society's big – and, yes, pricey – plan to..."

July 12, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

ATX Television Festival Goes From Small Screen to Big Screen to Small Screen Again

How the celebration of TV is leading the way in streaming fests as it becomes ATX TV ... From the Couch!

"...by heading straight to streaming – and the TV-centric festival is following suit with a special free weekend of..."

June 5, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Honors Japanese Film Master Takashi Miike

Third wave includes special tribute to the J-horror innovator

"...today's announcement of its third and final wave of films, Fantastic Fest has declared that it will be giving..."

Sept. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Looks to the Skylin3s

Alien invasion sequel heads up 2020 virtual lineup

"...is almost here: Other Worlds, the Austin-based science fiction film festival, has just announced the first wave of films..."

Oct. 12, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Returns to Celebrate Itself

Global genre gathering announces streaming lineup

"...in-person gathering. The local celebration of oddball, innovative, and international cinema has just announced a week-long streaming extravaganza, all..."

Sept. 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest: The Creatures of the Night Make Beautiful Music in Bloodthirsty

Director Amelia Moses on the allure of the werewolf

"...When it comes to horror films, it's not uncommon for a film to play at..."

Sept. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lapsis

Bleak but funny look at life at the low end of the high-tech gig economy

"...it got its delayed world premiere at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and a North American debut this..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...The law is coming to Other Worlds Film Festival: yes, the local SF festival (running Dec. 1-6)..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Brea Grant, Modern Scream Queen

The Stylist star, 12 Hour Shift director and UT grad becomes a powerhouse of horror at Fantastic Fest

"...Most filmmakers are glad when they have one film that garners..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hausu (House)

This 1977 Japanese film is a surreal, indefinable piece of horror/comedy, a must-see film for lovers of the inscrutable, the grotesque, the funky, and the eccentric.

"...only to find a second life at Austin's Fantastia International Film Festival, Sitges, Fantasia Fest, and wherever connoisseurs of..."

May 21, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Class Action Park

The stunning tale of New Jersey's unfathomable Action Park

"...addition for this full-length feature documentary (which played at Fantasia International Film Festival last weekend before arriving on HBO..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

TFPF Awards Filmmaker Grants

AFS' funding arm awards $121,000 to Texas filmmakers

"...Wondering what the future of Texas filmmaking looks like?..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Twisted Family Reunited in Southern Gothic Horror What Josiah Saw

Director Vincent Grashaw discusses the versions that almost were

"...After debuting at Fantasia International Film festival last year (read our review here),..."

Aug. 6, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fugitive Dreams Rides the Rails to Your Screen

Jason Neulander's American fable is available on VOD now

"...The Austin-made film follows two drifters, Mary (April Matthis) and John (Robbie..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...Thanatos are where you find them, particularly in the films of Fantastic Fest 2009 guest of honor Jess Franco,..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Five Films Not to Miss at aGLIFF

Fashion, wrestling, and giallo on-screen at the queer film fest

"...Ahh, the queer film – always celebrated for its excellence. Austin's All Genders,..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Screens Feature by James Scott

Seven Days in Heaven and Hell

Getting a white-knuckled grip on the third annual Fantastic Fest

"...most gonzo, misunderstood loony villain/hero figures ever committed to film." 2) Never Belongs to Me..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

News from the Cinemaker Co-op, the Austin Film Society, Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Landmark Theatres, and SXSW 2000.

"...the Cinemaker Co-op, is, like Mickey's enchanted broom in Fantasia, completely, wonderfully out of control these days. It seems..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

They're Here! Fantastic Fest Wave One Arrives

Overlord, Apostle headline fest opening salvo

"...Austin's primo genre film festival, Fantastic Fest, has just opened fire with its..."

July 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...AGLIFF, the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival, has just announced the rest of its line-up..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kar Gawk

Ron Mann's adventurous RIP for hotrod artist and icon Ed Roth

"...One of SXSW Film's favorite directors (Grass, Go Further) has made sure that..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

You Should Start a Web Site ...

Though they claim to only answer to their man-on-the-streets tastes, both these Web sites demonstrate how diverse the dialogue on arts becomes when just the right voices cut in.

"...to the masses. But at the helm of his film review Web site File Thirteen (www.filethirteen.com), the single-named Lodger..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Screens Feature by David Garza

Raise a Glass to 'Drinking Buddies'

Something big is brewing with Joe Swanberg these days

"...director Joe Swanberg, microbreweries are just like microbudget indie films. "There are major corporations that control most of the..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Long Stories Short

The Cinematexas INternational Short Film Festival

"..."degenerate." Uncle Walt signed him up to work on Fantasia; hiring the internationally renowned artist as a "motion picture..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Unbelievably Incredible

Fantastic Fest II is for real

"...crap American molar-rapers), and I'm screening a handful of films slated for Alamo Drafthouse Cinema's latest spawn, the second..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest

Bringing people together by slicing things apart

"..."A film festival with all the boring parts cut out." ..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Ones to Watch

A new year, a new batch of filmmakers

"...a wave before it breaks? This question has vexed film historians since the writers of French film magazine Cahiers..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

It's Alive!

The founders on Fantastic Fest I

"...were lamenting the fact that Austin, home to more film festivals per capita than any other town in the..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...cannibalism, and carnage (plus, thanks to this year's Australian-exploitation film overload, postapocalyptic vehicular car-nage via the ever-mad Max Rockatansky),..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Horror Crew Launch Bloodoath Filmmaker Consulting

Paper Street creatives join forces with genre experts

"...not knowing who to ask about anything. Now veteran filmmakers and distribution experts, including many recognizable names from the..."

Nov. 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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