Jeff Nichols Enters Texas Film Hall of Fame

Loving director, Hector Galán, and Tye Sheridan honored

"...Awards season is just around the corner, but the first..."

Nov. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Weekend: Send Danni Danger to the Geekies

Former 'Chronicle' cover star needs help getting to L.A.

"...comics' culture. She's been nominated in the 2014 Geekie Awards (sort of the Independent Spirit award for nerd culture..."

July 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From the Vaults: Balancing Acts

Jonathan Levine has become the go-to guy for tonally adroit filmmaking

"...for therapy sessions. The offbeat film won the Audience Award at Sundance and was nominated for an Independent Spirit..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nothing but Love

Bryan Poyser's Lovers of Hate to compete at Sundance

"...Bryan Poyser has had quite a lot, as an award-winning writer/director (Dear Pillow), an Independent Spirit Award nominee, heck,..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Richard Kern's Daydream Nation

Richard Kern and Thurston Moore bed up together … again

"...Richard Kern won’t be winning an Academy Award anytime soon. Or an Independent Spirit Award, for that..."

Feb. 7, 2008 Music Post by Darcie Stevens

Short and Sweet: "Don't You Go Nowhere"

Bryan Poyser on jazz and filming in an Austin Club

"...The new short from the two-time Independent Spirit Award nominated director of Love & Air Sex..."

Oct. 29, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Spotlights the Early Work of Support the Girls Director Andrew Bujalski

Three from the heart

"...earned year-end plaudits from multiple critics groups and an Independent Spirit Award nomination, while the film itself ended up..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Good Eye: Tales From the Aging Box

Two actresses opine on when the only opportunity left is to play a mother. (Or a grandmother.)

"...Viewing this year's Academy Awards, you might get the impression that women over 40..."

March 13, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Home-State Advantage

Say hello to Texas Spotlight, a new film series

"...The provocative film, for which the director received an Independent Spirit Award nomination, shows a 17-year-old boy learning to..."

April 9, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blood Brothers

Bringing James Welch's novel of Native life, 'Winter in the Blood,' to the screen

"...Twilight Saga of films, and Gary Farmer, a multiple Independent Spirit Award nominee for his work in Powwow Highway..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Paul Stekler

Film Flam

NW Austin gets a new theatre, Alamo adopts reserved seating

"...At Monday night's News and Documentary Emmy Awards, Where Soldiers Come From took the prize for Outstanding..."

Oct. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

From the Vaults: Jeremy Renner

Before replacing Jason Bourne, Renner starred as Jeffrey Dahmer

"...matter was gruesome, his acting was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Generally forceful and magnetic as an actor,..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Commie Homo Loving Sons of Guns!

Dustin Lance Black and Sean Penn give some face!

"...an Oscar for best original screenplay for Milk, an Independent Spirit award for the same thing, and we're predicting..."

Feb. 24, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Sony Bags 'Baghead'

Sony bags Baghead

"...Chair, which also screened at Sundance, earned an Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for them as "someone to watch."..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Screens Post by Joe O'Connell

TV Eye

That lean, mean, tanning machine George Hamilton is back on TV, playing a parody of himself on the new reality series The Family.

"..."O" Night Academy Awards night is coming, which means it's also time for..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Now in its 15th year, the Independent Spirit Awards were created to recognize the so-called "indie" filmmakers who get by with low budgets, favor originality over the formulaic, and feature lesser-known or unknown talent in front of the camera. Well, that's what it used to be like.

"...Of all the awards shows, the Oscars ceremony is the granddaddy of them..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Post-Production

Anish Savjani on where he's been and where he thinks the industry is going next

"...Independent producer Anish Savjani has been quietly racking up an..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

One of the Good Guys

Is Chris Ohlson the nicest film producer in town, or just the hardest working?

"...Chris may be up for the coveted Piaget Producers Award at the 2015 Independent Spirit Awards this February but..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

As a breakout film for Kathie Lee, E! Entertainment's original movie Spinning Out of Control misses the mark. Also, the upcoming Independent Spirit Awards and Oscar-related programs.

"...That's the Independent Spirit You won't see Joan or Melissa Rivers on..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Ford v Ferrari

Enduring male bonding cuts through racetrack noise and paddock politics

"...An old-fashioned American can-do spirit drives this crowd-pleaser about the legendary 1966 showdown between..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Girlfight

"...punch. The movie has an integrity of feeling and spirit that carries it through its often creaky plot developments..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Retrieval

Chris Eska's ambitious indie film is set during the waning months of the Civil War and tells a distinctive coming-of-age story.

"...smaller-scaled projects. Yet writer/director/editor Chris Eska (who won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award for his previous film, August..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film News

The Sundance Channel and NetFlix make 'Room' for Kyle Henry

"...Cannes festivals and garnered nominations for the John Cassavetes Award and best lead actress (Cyndi Williams) at the Independent..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

After a Fashion

Was your Style Avatar caught throwing down with Wilford Brimley(?!) in the grocery store parking lot? Or is it a case of mistaken identity?!

"...LOCAL SPIRIT When the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards take place in..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Film Flam

Roundup of upcoming Austin film events

"...Africa? Why do people leave their homeland?" Amreeka, the multi-award-winning film about a Palestinian mother and son's move to..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Screens Column

SXSW Film Announces Awards Will Go Ahead

Fest's support for films continues with industry access, more

"...her statement is that the 2020 SXSW juried film awards will still go on. Virtually all the eligible filmmakers..."

March 13, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners

Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers

"...The biggest challenge facing first time and independent filmmakers is often finance, and that’s just one barrier..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Seven in Focus

SXSW '97 Film

"...match made in indie film heaven. In an American independent scene which has of late been turning out more..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature

Film News

Austin Film: The SXSW CliffsNotes version

"...Now he's the big-shot winner of the John Cassavetes Award for best feature shot for less than $500,000 at..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

TV Eye

Another day, another blah awards show

"...Anyone who watches TV with any regularity knows that awards shows are now an unavoidable staple of TV programming...."

Jan. 11, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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