What's Fantastic at Fantasia

Highlights from the Canadian genre fest, plus films you may see soon

"...equal measures. Shot with the lo-fi intensity of early Ken Loach, it's an accumulation of details that build up..."

Aug. 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Split Screen and Nineties Indie Film

AFS celebrates John Pierson’s seminal IFC show

"...handled by its theatrical distribution wing IFC (currently promoting Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake) and its horror sub-shingle IFC..."

June 9, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Film Society Unveils Its New Home for Cinema

Two-screen theatre will showcase the best of new and classic arthouse cinema

"...picture houses, on the arch above the door. This weekend, the old Marchesa Hall & Theatre reopens as AFS..."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Double Nickelodeons on the Dime

Plenty of opportunities to catch some classic films

"...this, if you will. The AFS Cinema reopens this weekend with double the screens and programming than were offered..."

May 26, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFS Cinema Announces Opening Dates

New two-screen arthouse specialists release first schedule

"...highlighting four major independent releases in May and June: Ken Loach's hard-hitting masterwork I, Daniel Blake; Harold Lloyd-esque comedy..."

May 11, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: A Dark Song

Director Liam Gavin on magic and loss

"...and CGI-heavy trickery. Instead, Gavin said he took "a Ken Loach approach. It's magic done for real."..."

April 30, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Most Beautiful Island

Poverty and immigration power this taut thriller

"...Social Security number. There's almost a dash of mid-Nineties Ken Loach, or more recent Joe Swanberg (also a fan..."

March 14, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Food Truck Tuesday: My Name is Joe

Philip Speer’s new trailer supports recovering addicts

"...AA meetings and – we suspect – the 1998 Ken Loach film of the same name) suggests, the truck..."

Feb. 28, 2017 Food Post by Thea Newell

Remembering the Classics

Texas Film Hall of Famer Michael Barker reflects on Austin's film scene

"...modern giants like Pedro Almodóvar, Michael Haneke, Wim Wenders, Ken Loach, Mike Leigh, Ang Lee, and dozens more to..."

March 4, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: This Is Halloween

Unconventional horror for the haunting time

"...one of the era's greatest works of social realism, Ken Loach's Cathy Come Home. The fainting fits that engulf..."

Oct. 31, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Crawlspace/Sightseers

This week's horror lesson: Can't stay home, don't dare risk leaving

"...class horror, shooting with the low-key, drained-out palette of Ken Loach and Mike Leigh. A lot of obvious comparisons..."

Dec. 14, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF: Diagnosing Why 'Harold's Going Stiff'

Keith Wright explains the anti-zombies of his domestic drama

"...Wright said, and the result is far closer to Ken Loach than George Romero. Instead of a supernatural and..."

Oct. 26, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...Austin Chronicle: Down Terrace is a bit like Ken Loach or Mike Leigh meets The Sopranos but simultaneously..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

AFF 2008 Reviews

"...his aunt to fend for himself and finds himself taken in by a witch and her gang of little..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Best of the Best (With Qualifications)

"...Ummm, Kenneth Lonergan? True, he wrote You Can Count on Me,..."

Oct. 15, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

There Will Be Film

"...a sense of ethical urgency by cinema's great humanist, Ken Loach...."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...for greed and oppression. Show the world you're not taken in by his phoney, folksy grin. Do the world..."

Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Good Show

It was a good year -- not a great one -- for the Toronto International Film Festival.

"...of 11 segments directed by 11 notable directors (including Ken Loach, Mira Nair, and Sean Penn). Each director was..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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