Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Last year's unseen genre gems to add to your must-see list

"...see it: Excellent. It's found a perfect home with IFC Midnight in the States, and Kaleidoscope internationally...."

Jan. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

IFC Entertainment Picks Up 'Nights and Weekends'

"...Variety's reporting that IFC Entertainment bought worldwide rights to Joe Swanberg and Greta..."

March 10, 2008 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Festival Films of 2017 You Haven't Seen Yet

From zombie musicals to political scandals, a bumper year

"...Traditionally, this list has concentrated on genre films, so a political historical drama is, undoubtedly, an outlier...."

Jan. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'I Like Films About Naked People Yelling at Each Other'

What turns Lovers of Hate producer Megan Gilbride on

"...– dealing with the Sundance success and recently announced IFC pickup of Lovers of Hate...."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...South by Southwest, find harmony in the three headlining films announced for this year’s streaming festival...."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Joe Swanberg's Horrible Times

Parental perils in Proxy and The Sacrament

"...says Joe Swanberg, are "definitely not the kind of films that I make, but it's becoming the kind of..."

Aug. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: When Horror Came to Shochiku

Criterion box set restores a lost corner of J-horror

"...world where Twila Tharp released the Friday the 13th films. That was kind of what happened when Japan's Shochiku..."

Dec. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

American Nightmare

A new documentary on IFC examines seminal horror films of the Sixties and Seventies and persuasively argues that the images and ideology of these groundbreaking films were influenced by the mood of the times.

"...American horror film. It continues to screen on the IFC through Halloween, coupled with selected feature films by the..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

IFP Gotham Awards Announced

Linklater, Zellners among Texans who score nods

"...Additionally, voting is now open for the Audience Award..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cracking Open The Devil's Doorway

Horror director Aislinn Clarke on Ireland's dirty secret

"...Many horror films are drawn from personal nightmares. For Aislinn Clarke, director..."

July 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film News

Welcome to the great state of South by Southwest

"...quell a crime wave in 2085. Lots of Texas films will premiere at SXSW, but doc The Least of..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

The Cable Guise

Carrey, Quaid, and the IFC

"...same Jim Carrey who played bit parts in such films as Once Bitten, Peggy Sue Got Married, The Dead..."

June 14, 1996 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

DVDanger: Zoe Bell on 'Raze'

Tarantino's favorite tough lady talks underground fighting

"...infamously affable Jones' new movie Raze (out today from IFC Films), he's a source of pain and misery. Along..."

May 24, 2014 Screens Post

Boyhood

With Boyhood, filmmaker Richard Linklater paints his masterpiece.

"...schedules to make it happen, and to his distributor, IFC Films and its president Jonathan Sehring, for the unconventional..."

July 18, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: '+1'

Teen parties and time loops merge to surprising effect

"...2001: A Space Odyssey. They're making creative, character-and-concept driven films, but with a suburban setting: Films in Primer's wake,..."

Jan. 18, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...their first, Goliath, will be released on DVD from IFC Films on January 12...."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Other Worlds Film Festival Summons a Jewish Dark Spirit for The Vigil

Not your regular Hollywood demon

"...The supernatural horror will be released by IFC Films on Feb. 26, but this weekend Texas audiences..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Something Woolly This Way Comes

The Wild Man of the Navidad premieres on DVD

"...produce Wild Man; he also introduces the picture on IFC Films' new DVD release. (Wild Man was previously available..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

It Came From Down Under

Aussie films swarm SXSW 09

"...The filmmakers of seven Down Under films, which range from slashers to piss-your-pants drollery, will attend..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Darcie Stevens

Page Two: Moving Forward by Falling Backward

Keep on keeping on

"...and is being distributed theatrically and on VOD by IFC Films. It will air on PBS's American Masters in..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Column by Louis Black

I Can Watch What Where?

Finding films for cheap on the Internet

"...models have gone haywire in the Digital Age. Festival films such as Mary and Max are skipping the typical..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Panel: Joe Swanberg Keynote

The indie film king of fast, cheap, and frequent has advice

"...journey through the endless catalog of his small, intimate films...."

March 14, 2016 SXSW Post by Jacob Clifton

A White-Knuckle Western

Co-directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks aim to Kill or Be Killed

"...includes VHS footage of the pair shooting goofy horror films in their backyards on a camera Graves begged his..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Chloe Okuno Explores Horror and Gaslighting in Watcher

Terror's rising director on the quiet perils of showing emotion

"...feature debut, Watcher, has become a smash for distributor IFC Midnight...."

June 8, 2022 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...Knightley and Matthew Goode; UK horror A Banquet, from IFC Films; and Norwegian supernatural drama The Innocents, which premiered..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Very Good Way for You to Spend Your Monday Night

Yes Man can wait another day. Go see A Christmas Tale.

"...supposedly cinema-loving town can't sustain one of the best-reviewed films of the year for more than a week, or..."

Dec. 22, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Announces Preliminary Lineup

Slumdog Millionaire, Synedoche, New York confirmed

"...Oct. 16-23, has just announced their initial lineup of films, filmmakers, and a handful of the many events that..."

Sept. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Film News

Changing of the guard at SXSW Film, the Alamo Ritz gets boozy, Austin Golden Hour wants nothing to do with its namesake, and more

"...Pierson served as producer reps on such influential independent films as Richard Linklater's Slacker, Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have..."

April 25, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Owen Wilson and the Joy of Paint

The star of the new wry comedy on the inner and outer life of Burlington’s No. 1 art show host

April 7, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Wow. It's Owen Wilson on the Cover (Finally).

In this week's issue, Austin's adopted son discusses his new IFC Films comedy about the joy of painting

April 7, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

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