Higher Ground

Oscar-winning actress Vera Farmiga makes her debut as a director with this film in which she also stars as a woman who struggles with religious faith.

"...Directed by: Vera Farmiga. Starring: Vera Farmiga, Joshua Leonard, Dagmara Dominczyk, Norbert Leo Butz, Bill Irwin, John..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

If I Stay

A mixture of hollow heartache and honest feelings mark this teen drama that stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a cello prodigy caught in medical limbo between life and death.

"...Cutler. Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Jamie Blackley, Mireille Enos, Joshua Leonard, Jakob Davies, Liana Liberato and Stacy Keach...."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Unsane

Steven Soderbergh's big-budget iPhone thrill ride.

"...Directed by: Steven Soderbergh. Starring: Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, Amy Irving, Jay Pharoah,..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Humpday

Shelton’s winner of Sundance’s Special Jury Prize starts an interesting conversation about sexuality, but ultimately doesn't add much to the dialogue.

"...Directed by: Lynn Shelton. Starring: Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore, Shelton and Trina Willard. Ben (Duplass),..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fully Realized Humans

Sharp-witted lo-fi comedy sees the ups and downs of trying to fix yourself

"...Directed by: Joshua Leonard. Starring: Jess Weixler, Joshua Leonard, Tom Bower, Beth..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Depraved

A modern Frankenstein finds the sins of the fathers in war and commerce

"...Directed by: Larry Fessenden. Starring: David Call, Joshua Leonard, Alex Breaux and Ana Kayne...."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...always imagined. Cast: Taissa Farmiga, Ben Rosenfield, Lindsay Burdge, Joshua Leonard, Jennifer Lafleur, Peter Vack, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Molly McMichael,..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

The story CNN broke, and the story that broke CNN into the big leagues of television journalism.

"...marvelous (but little used) Lili Taylor (Six Feet Under), Joshua Leonard (The Blair Witch Project), Paul Guilfoyle (CSI: Crime..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Blair Witch Project

Something wicked in the woods in this eagerly-awaited horror.

"...Directed by: Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick. Starring: Joshua Leonard, Michael Williams and Heather Donahue...."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scorched

"...Rachael Leigh Cook, Woody Harrelson, Paulo Costanzo, John Cleese, Joshua Leonard, David Krumholtz, Jeffrey Tambor, Marcus Thomas and Ivan..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...Cast: Nichole Bloom, Fabianne Therese, Pat Healy, Michelle Borth, Joshua Leonard, AJ Bowen (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...behind a life in prison. Cast: Melissa Leo, Keith Leonard, Victoria Charkut (North American Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...will help her reclaim her life. Cast: Vera Farmiga, Joshua Leonard, John Hawkes, Dagmara Dominczyk, Norbert Leo Butz. Homework..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Director Peter Hedges on Why Austin Film Festival Means So Much to Him

A shared rain's a-gonna fall in The Same Storm

"...Ingram, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Alison Pill, Joshua Leonard, and Judith Light...."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Four Good Days

Bland rehab drama is more wasted than its characters

"...Mila Kunis, Glenn Close, Stephen Root, Chad Lindberg and Joshua Leonard...."

April 30, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Horror Director Larry Fessenden Gets Depraved

Indie cinema's king of fear on creating a very modern Prometheus

"...Polidori (Joshua Leonard) at one point says, "We gave you life,..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trey Edward Shults Returns for Austin Film Festival

Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Blair Witch retrospective

"...in a forest. Starring: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Bob Griffith, Jim King WHAT DREAMS MAY COME..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

6 Years

Filmed-in-Austin relationship drama captures local culture

"...Directed by: Hannah Fidell. Starring: Taissa Farmiga, Ben Rosenfield, Joshua Leonard, Lindsay Burdge, Peter Vack, Jennifer Lafleur and Dana..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Have Car, Will Travel for Film

Texas Frightmare Weekend

"...The Blair Witch Project acting trio – Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael C. Williams – are finally reunited..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Also Recommended

"...and Ernesto Foronda; with Monique Gabriela Curnen, Sung Kang, Joshua Leonard, Mousa Kraish, Jim Parsons, Zosia Mamet, Justin Vivian..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Screens Feature

Shark Night 3D

These sharks are as bland as their comely victims.

"...Chris Carmack, Joel David Moore, Chris Zylka, Katharine McPhee, Joshua Leonard and Donal Logue...."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Awards Announced

The envelope, please

"...JURORS Narrative Feature Competition: Peter Debruge, Karen Durbin, Joshua Leonard; Documentary Feature Competition: Nelson George, Karina Longworth, Thom..."

March 16, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...bonding gone a little too far. Cast: Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore, Lynn Shelton, Trina Willard...."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...Sanchez and Daniel Myrick; with Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, Joshua Leonard...."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Halina Reijn, Screenwriters: Kristen Roupenian, Sarah Delappe, Chloe Okuno, Joshua Sharp, Aaron Jackson, Producers: David Hinojosa, Ali Herting, Lara..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...Edward Zwick; D: David Semel; S: Trevor Munson; with Joshua Jackson, Jaime King, John Mellencamp, D.J. Qualls..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

SXSW Music List No. 3

Dead Meadow, Sad13, Cindy Wilson, Lizzo, Boogarins, and 494 others

"...Joshua Feuerstein (Phoenix, AZ.)..."

Jan. 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Final Flowering

With Cold Sassy Tree, distinguished composer Carlisle Floyd crafts an opera to crown his lengthy career.

"...masterpiece of musical storytelling and assured theatrical know-how," wrote Joshua Kosman in the San Francisco Chronicle. The Austin American-Statesman's..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...notable lack of labor news in the press," says Joshua Freeze, a member of the collective. "Newspapers have business..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...flying are stranded in the wintry north. Cast: Lydia Leonard, Timothy Spall, Ella Rumpf, Sverrir Guðnason, Simon Manyonda, Rob..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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