2nd International Festival of Short Films

"...Directed by: Various. Eleven short live-action films. Two hours total running time. Some excellent films. Some..."

April 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2014: Live Action

Short films come in nice packages.

"...This year’s quintet of Oscar-nominated, live-action short films is, as ever, a mixed bag of issue-oriented filmmaking,..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Academy Award-Nominated Short Films 2003

A package of some of the most recent animated and live-action Oscar nominees.

"...immediately apparent about this collection of five Oscar-nominated short films that makes them so obviously deserving of Academy distinction...."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Drafthouse Films Returns to Release Jallikattu

Local distro house acquires India's Oscar contender

"...Drafthouse Films is back: the distribution arm of the Austin-based Alamo..."

Jan. 20, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Amazon Providing Platform for SXSW Films

Details of 10-day "virtual festival" still to be confirmed

"...Films hit by the cancellation of SXSW Film 2020 may..."

April 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Short Films: Program B

The collected films in Program B examine suffering from different angles

"...Owing to their longer running times, the five films nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject have been divided..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animation

See the five animated shorts in competition for the Oscar, and judge for yourself.

"...up predicting the Academy Awards. Most years the wrong films are nominated, every year the wrong films win (as..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

On the Cutting Edge: Four Short Films About Violence Against Women

"...Anne Pratten. This 1992 film compiles four short, experimental films that all examine the topic of violence against women...."

Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

"...career, personal eccentricities, and overall cultural importance, 32 Short Films will explain very little about why Gould is such..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

First International Festival of Short Films

"...Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation, etc.). With short films ranging in tone from perverse to touching, and surreal..."

June 18, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drafthouse Films Targets Ms. 45

Alamo distro arm picks up Abel Ferrara revenge classic

"...Ms. 45, he created an exploitation masterpiece. Now Drafthouse Films is slamming a new clip in the deadly classic...."

Oct. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2013: Animation

A dog in Eden, Maggie Simpson in an Ayn Rand daycare center, and creative guacamole making are some of the ideas conjured in this collection.

"...The five films the Academy anointed as nominees for this year's Best..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2012: Live Action

Good things come in small packages.

"...All five of the nominated live-action films embody the great promise of short filmmaking: to crystallize..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Drafthouse Films Gets Cannonized

Drafthouse Films acquires Cannon Films documentary

"...horror franchises, either. Many of the most ridiculously cool/strange/WTF?! films came courtesy of two Israeli cousins, Menahem Golan and..."

Dec. 1, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Bob Ray Goes Apesh!t, Commits to Creating Four Films By End of Summer

Bob Ray embarks on a short-filmmaking binge

"...when he announced his plans to shoot four new films in the next few weeks...."

Aug. 8, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

The Academy's five favorite animated shorts, plus two ringers

"...The five films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...you ate that sandwich, or that bill passed. But films get weird in a town like Austin, where the..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Short Films: Program A

Program A consists of the two longest doc shorts, and they’re among the best of the batch.

"...Owing to their longer running times, the five films nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject have been divided..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Experimental Films

"...Tuesday's offering consists of an interesting collection of short films by experimental film directors. The most mainstream amongst this..."

May 31, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Festival Films of 2019 You Haven't Seen Yet

Alien invasions, comedy exorcists, and searing commentary

"...for, but are still coming. Here's 10 of the films we can't wait for you to see in 2020...."

Dec. 31, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action

Childhood trauma dominates this year's narrative short list

"...holds together this year’s Academy Award-nominated short live action films, it has to do with children in harm’s way...."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

Watch and prepare for your Oscar pool

"...in the field of animation, the five chosen short films all boast some excellence in whichever style of animation..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action

Why not form an opinion instead of guessing what will win?

"...comedy. That bias trickles down to the live-action short films category, as well; social justice themes play better than..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2011: Animation

Get a leg up on your Oscar pool by checking out all the nominees in this category.

"...for pollution presented like one of those peppy educational films of yore (“Pollution: It’s your privilege and your duty”!),..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Academy Award-Nominated Short Films 2004

A program of eight short films nominated for live-action and animated Academy Awards in 2004.

"...in Rebel Without a Cause. While most of the films presented here have at the very least a certain..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Oscars Accepts That Animated Films Are Animated

Austin-made Apollo 10 1/2 now eligible for Academy Award

"...by Boyhood director Richard Linklater - are actually animated films, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and..."

Nov. 10, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Show Goes On For SXSW-Selected Films

Cinemas step up to provide Austin screenings

"...The cancellation of SXSW has left a lot of films without a home, either for a world or Austin..."

March 12, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Austin Films to Stream Right Now

A local list of flicks to keep you from thinking about cedar fever

"...best of you? We recommend you check out these films with Austin ties...."

Jan. 12, 2018 Events Post by Josh Kupecki

Drafthouse Films Picks Up 'Borgman'

Tim League and co. bring home another souvenir from Cannes

"...Drafthouse Films has done it again...."

May 31, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Films for the Forest Screening Tonight

Richard Linklater, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, and others judge

"...of Downtown? Look no further than tonight's screening of Films for the Forest...."

March 10, 2013 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

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