Austin Film Festival: Of Dogs and Men

Police brutality vs. man's best friend

"...a trivial concern compared to the #blacklivesmatter protest, the film's chilling context is that an estimated 10,000 family pets..."

Nov. 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: Coming Through the Rye

A Salinger-obsessed teen searches for his idol

"...He’s the poster child for the messy emotions of..."

Nov. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Steve Davis

Austin Film Festival: The Lion’s Path

He is Nietzschean, hear him roar

"...depicted here runs to more standard conventions, but the film nonetheless holds your eye and makes you think long..."

Oct. 31, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival: 'Winter in the Blood'

"...Blood red carpet at the Paramount for the Austin Film Festival..."

Oct. 28, 2013 Photo Gallery

Austin Film Festival: A 'Precious' Experience

Thoughts on Precious, Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

"...the story again, this time in Lee Daniel’s powerful film which screened Friday night at the Austin Film Festival...."

Oct. 29, 2009 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

The Office's Greg Daniels to be honored at Austin Film Festival

Greg Daniels to be Honored at Austin Film Festival

"...The Austin Film Festival hit another one out of the park --..."

Sept. 4, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Jewish Film Festival Schedule

"...office; for information on Flexpasses and Friend of the Festival badges, as well as discount details for members of..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Screens Feature

Zombiedance Film Festival

"...Directed by: Various. ZombieDance Film Festival is commmitted to celebrating the cinematic undead. Although..."

March 8, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Adopt a Minefield Film Festival

"...Directed by: Various. The Austin Adopt-a-Minefield Film Festival features information on what is being done to..."

Feb. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lost in Translation: Shorts From the Madcat Women’s International Film Festival

"...“Lost in Translation: Shorts from the MadCat Women’s International Film Festival” will present works from the third annual San..."

May 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Review: Jules of Light and Dark

Defeat, desire, and dreams deep in the heart of Texas

"...Tallie Medel gives a subdued but captivating performance as..."

Oct. 28, 2018 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Indie Meme Film Festival Review: Ask the Sexpert

Bio-documentary of India's Dr. Ruth

"...role as the protagonist clear, and most of the film is a retrospective of his life and career. To..."

April 24, 2018 Screens Post by Tinu Thomas

Austin Film Festival Review: Ruin Me

Less meta, more manic in this scary sleepover

"...When it comes to modern horror, filmmakers face a dilemma: Go meta, go referential, or try..."

Nov. 2, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: Mansfield 66/67

Did sexess spoil Jayne Mansfield, or was it … Satan?

"...instead a radical take on the tropes of “documentary filmmaking” and a deconstruction of Mansfield’s insatiable hunger for attention,..."

Oct. 31, 2017 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival: Memoria

Teens adrift in nihilism from the mind of James Franco

"...Between these bookends, the film portrays a group of teenagers carelessly wandering through adolescence..."

Nov. 2, 2015 Screens Post by Steve Davis

The 22nd Annual Austin Film Festival

Doc follows a metalhead with Peter Pan Syndrome

"...that I cannot show his real face in the film, to preserve the mystery of the monster band. For..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival 2008 Jury award Winners

Wrap Sheet: Scenes from AFF '08

"...In his film Phantom Punch, and during the Q&A after the screening,..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature

Fourth Annual Austin Asian Film Festival

Nov. 8-11

"...This year's highlights include a six-film retrospective from Filipino writer/director Khavn de la Cruz, the..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Screens Feature

Luv Doc Recommends: Two Note Solo's Drunken Film Festival

Dobie Theatre, Saturday, July 10, 2004

"...the process. That thing is Two Note Solo’s Drunk Film Festival. Now, before you get too hung up on..."

July 9, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin Film Festival Review: The Black String

Frankie Muniz melts down – literally – in this psychodrama

"...The tension of most horror films is in having a character experience something that sounds..."

Oct. 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: El Jeremias

A thoughtful comedy about a young boy genius

"...job opportunities are woven into the narrative, but the film remains in the realm of thoughtful comedy...."

Oct. 31, 2015 Screens Post by Caitlin Moore

Austin Film Festival: “Spoke” & Crazy Carl and His Man-Boobs

Docs cheer a legendary dancehall and a favorite hometown weirdo

"...short documentary “Spoke” calls it a “sacred bandstand.” The film dutifully traces the history of the institution, from the..."

Oct. 29, 2014 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

Austin Film Festival: Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero

Maz Jobrani strikes a rich vein of comedy

"...Making its world premiere tonight at the Austin Film Festival, Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero is a total hoot...."

Oct. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival: 'Coffee, Kill Boss'

Oct. 25, 2013. 15 photos.

"...Boss red carpet at the Paramount for the Austin Film Festival..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Photo Gallery

Austin Asian American Film Festival Review: Starring Jerry as Himself

Hybrid documentary hides a true crime drama inside a true crime drama

"...of heroism, and it is act of making the film, not the story that it tells, that will make..."

June 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tribeca Film Festival Review: Ascension

Life getting ground up in China's consumer culture

"...with only four other people are popular perks), the film travels up the ladder, rung by dehumanizing rung. Manufacturing..."

June 24, 2021 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Tribeca Film Festival Review: 7 Days

Rom com plays perfectly with the tools Harry and Sally left behind

"...Director Roshan Sethi throws Ravi (Karan Soni, who co-wrote..."

June 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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Austin Film Festival Review: "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Oh My God I Think It’s Over"

CW comedy cast and crew bid West Covina adieu in short doc

"...follows Bloom and McKenna in the whirlwind that is filming an epic series finale across the seven-day limit. A..."

Oct. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

Austin Film Festival Review: Fathers of Football

High school football doc keeps to the playbook

"...His and the film's intentions are overwhelmingly sincere. The camera is eager to..."

Nov. 3, 2018 Screens Post by Julian DeBerry

Austin Film Festival Review: Ben Is Back

Family drama captures the haunting power of addiction

"...The second half of the film is more suspenseful than one might expect from a..."

Oct. 29, 2018 Screens Post by Danielle White

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