Austin Film Society Announces Recipients for Feature Film Grants

$110,000 distributed to 15 Texas projects

"...firearms trafficking and Leonard is forced to become their informant. Why Am I Like This? Adoption and the Search..."

Sept. 12, 2023 Screens Post by Mae Lackey

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

"...that the sex cult guru was actually an FBI informant, and so for one insert shot "they put this..."

April 7, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Happily

Deliciously acerbic comedy finally knows what to do with Joel McHale

"...hilarious turn as a bemused FBI agent in The Informant! and pitch-perfect casting as his old nemesis Chevy Chase..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Judas and the Black Messiah

The revolutionary power of Fred Hampton reignited in this powerful story

"...Black Panther Party. While introducing the party’s “Judas,” FBI informant Bill O’Neal (Stanfield), King blurs the lines between the..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

How to Attend the Sundance Film Festival's Screenings at AFS

Indie film showcase brings this year's hottest titles to AFS's new drive-in screen

"...world premiere of the dramatic retelling of how FBI informant William O'Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) infiltrated the Illinois Black Panther..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

AFS And Sundance Add Judas and the Black Messiah to Drive-In

How It Ends, Censor also added at Pioneer Farms

"...world premiere of Shaka King's take on how teenage informant William O'Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) infiltrated the Illinois Black Panther..."

Jan. 12, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Report

Recounting of U.S. torture program investigation is dry as Senate testimony

"...having written numerous screenplays for Steven Soderbergh, including The Informant!, Side Effects, and The Laundromat (which is currently streaming..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Review: DC Noir

George Pelecanos gives us glimpses of Washington crime and life

"...in the installment directed by Stephen Kinigopoulos, "The Confidential Informant." Adapted from the short story which opens the original..."

Nov. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

White Boy Rick

A true-life tale of coke, corruption, and betrayal

"...apprehended, but he was also working as an FBI informant infiltrating Detroit’s black drug culture, and the same federal..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFS Rolls Out the Carpet for White Boy Rick

Matthew McConaughey to attend preview screening, Q&A

"...Jr. (Richie Merritt), aka White Boy Rick, the youngest informant in the history of the FBI. The film opens..."

Aug. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Harrell: Attempted Murder or Self-Defense?

Trial of 2016 cop shooting leaves context out of question

"...attorney Skip Davis sought to obtain information about the informant (either the individual's identity or metadata from their computer),..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Gift Guide Grab Bag

An array of extravagance to geek out on

"...expressions doesn't turn out to be a First Order informant. – Nguyen Le..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

Account of the informant who brought down Nixon's administration

"...who would eventually reveal that he was the legendary informant – aka “Deep Throat” – leading to the downfall..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Death Watch: Heat of the Moment

Coy Wesbrook's mental deficiencies make his pending execution a "travesty," claims his lawyer

"...series of filings that the state improperly planted an informant in Wes­brook's jail cell to obtain his confessions about..."

March 4, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

All Power to the People

AFS Doc Nights brings out the Black Panthers

"...created unrest from within – or worse, death. An informant central to the turmoil, William O'Neal, positioned himself as..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Black Mass

Johnny Depp plays the notorious South Boston crime boss Whitey Bulger

"...Bulger’s handler – and enabler – when he turns informant. Black Mass evolves into a dual narrative of these..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

News Roundup: Smoke and Fire

Arsonists, burn bans, and heated arguments

"...and Dec. 15, 2014, including one to an undercover informant whom he knew was a convicted felon. He first..."

Aug. 17, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Death Watch: San Antonio Gun Brother

Appeals denied for Paredes and two others

"...a member of the Pistoleros who doubled as an informant for the San Antonio office of the U.S. Bureau..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Perry's Third Felony?

Governor's war of words against jurors backfires with legal warning

"...as a: (A) public servant, witness, prospective witness, or informant; or (B) person who has reported or who the..."

Aug. 22, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Let's Be Cops

Friends pose as cops are are mistaken for the real thing; episodic hijinks ensue.

"...a secret weapon like Keegan-Michael Key, playing a brazen informant here.)..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Headlines

"...› Acting on an informant's tip, Austin Police on Tuesday found 28 adults being..."

March 28, 2014 News Feature

3 Days to Kill

Kevin Costner stars in this snappy but contrived mix of international espionage and paternal redemption.

"...ringtone while on the job, whether he’s torturing an informant with duct tape or about to make his next..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Who's That Not Knocking On My Door?

It's the police, but you wouldn't know it

"...Arcuri had been told by an allegedly reliable confidential informant that a man named “Randy” was cooking meth in,..."

Feb. 20, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Acknowledge LBJ's Depravity

"..."Lyndon Johnson man" from the 1940s and a paid informant for the House Un-American Activities Committee. After 50 years,..."

Nov. 11, 2013 Postmarks

'Chronicle' and AFS Host 'Informant'

The drama of entrapment and betrayal play out on the big screen

"...a tremendously complicated young man: "activist, adventurer, hero, revolutionary, informant," as Diana Welch summed up in a cover story..."

Oct. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Is the Austin Aquarium Fishy?

Vince Covino defends the family business

"..."sneak" the eagle rays to him. Later, after the informant told Ammon that he could not get the permits..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Petition Filed in Willingham Case

Innocence Project alleges misconduct in death row conviction

"...to free himself from the burden of his children. Informant Johnny Webb testified at the trial that Willingham had..."

Sept. 27, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Low Lighting

Soderbergh flickers into retirement with 'Behind the Candelabra'

"...to Soderbergh's best work, particularly 2009's criminally underappreciated The Informant! (also starring Damon) and beautifully unsettling The Girlfriend Experience,..."

May 24, 2013 Screens Feature by Patrick Courtney

News Ticker: March 27

All the news that's fit to blog

"...Whitmire have been revealed to a ham-fisted scam. The "informant," a state inmate, was trying to lure others to..."

March 27, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Yassines Sentenced

Former kings of Sixth Street convicted for money laundering

"...wiretaps and using their cousin Mo as a confidential informant, that the Yassines used their clubs to launder money..."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Post

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