South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the Austin-shot Song to Song and his directorial..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...to this day. His settlement Luck, built for 1986 film Red Headed Stranger, now hosts “Swamp Poppa” Tommy McLain..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

The also-rans are as good as this year's animated nominees

"...(and very American) tragedy. In this dialogue-free story of loss, two estranged parents struggle after the death of their..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Celebrating Black Austin, Telling Stories, and Ducks Galore in This Weekend’s Events

Our arts and culture recommendations to keep you busy

"...its 50th anniversary last summer, the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series returns with a perennial favorite, 1942’s Casablanca. Set..."

May 23, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Jubilant Dance, MedFest, and More Weekend Recommendations

Find the right fit for your going-out vibe

"...Pony up for performances by the Trans Era, Cambrian Explosion, DJ Lavender Thug, Muñekita, and many more, as a..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Crosstown Traffic

John Ridley and André Benjamin on 'Jimi: All Is by My Side’

"...All Is by My Side, the new Jimi Hendrix film, screened on Saturday, Oct. 12, and was followed by..."

Oct. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Growing Pains

Emily Hagins became a household Austin name for her work as a teen director, but what happens when that novelty wears off?

"...won a Spirit of Slamdance award at the Slamdance Film Festival, captures the impassioned, pre-adolescent Hagins as she pursues..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

'One From the Heart'

Coppola's critically, commercially, and conversationally ravaged Las Vegas romance makes a comeback

"...(August 1979) in limited release in 70mm in Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York, Coppola dominated the film industry,..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Keeping the Faith

The Texas Documentary Tour presents festival hit Trembling Before G-d, in which Orthodox Jews try to reconcile religion with their homosexuality.

"...atheists and agnostics.) In the early Nineties, gay Jewish filmmaker Sandi Simcha DuBowski was researching and making videos about..."

April 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

TV Eye

After federal agents stormed the Gonzalez house last Saturday, it was all Elián, all the time on cable television : but doesn't it feel more like a movie of the week than breaking news? Also, upcoming May television events, and networks announce series renewals.

"...May 3: The Academy of Country Music Awards in Los Angeles airs on CBS...."

April 28, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Wrapped and Ready

"...Initially, it wasn't meant to be released then. But filmmaker Wes Craven and his distributors at Miramax missed their..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Novel Approach

Playing with the narrative of In Stereo

"...as its own pleasant and mischievous component to the film, and because Rodriguez follows a nonlinear timeline, In Stereo..."

July 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Caitlin Moore

The Cutup

Sandra Adair's rhythm method

"...As Sandra Adair settles into her office at Detour Filmproduction, a double-wide nestled in the Austin Studios compound in..."

May 13, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

True Hollywood Stories

Texans who took a chance and headed west tell all

"...something in the water. Yet Ontiveros wasn't drawn to Los Angeles by dreams of stardom, but rather dragged along..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Eli Kooris

The Kids Stay in the Pictures

When the Cinemaker Co-op and the Center for Young Cinema combined to make the Motion Media Arts Center, at least one thing stayed the same: the importance of kids

"...are 1,001 nights of obscure, Region 3 Japanese horror films to catch up on. This has changed, however, in..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Austin Identity Being Lost..."

July 11, 2003 Column

"I Made a Movie, and They Didn't Want It!"

Shut out by distribution companies, indie filmmakers go DIY when it comes to getting their movie out there.

"...store racks. An acquisitions company bids on an indie filmmaker's movie and distributes it in theatres...."

July 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Making Lists

"...being listed to death. Earlier this year the American Film Institute listed the 100 Best American Films and the..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Pool Parties, Pride Picnics, and Other Events Worth Braving the Heat

Get good and sweaty

"...Austin Asian American Film Festival..."

June 28, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

"...into his career as one of America’s most important filmmakers, Spike Lee decided to take a step back. After..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Very Special Frasier at We Luv Video

130 animators come together for a tribute to the sitcom

"...Wars Uncut and Our RoboCop Remake, where fans and filmmakers would take a scene or just a snippet of..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Carrie Rodriguez's Laboratorio, itchy-O, Fontaines D.C., Ash Lauryn, Nas & Wu-Tang, and more

"...folk art forms. Sunday's installment intrigues with Latin Grammy-nominated Los Angeles artist Amalia Mondragón, who challenges stereotypes of border..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

God and Comedy

Screenwriter Michael Zagst chooses laughter with Divine Access

"...After a successful festival run, the film screens Tuesday, May 17, at the..."

May 13, 2016 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Playback: Uprooting Antone's

Antone's moves for the fourth time in 37 years

"...an underground concert, art, and community space in a Los Angeles warehouse. It held creative events like dodgeball tournaments..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Postmarks

Readers react to last week's cover story on the murder of Lauryn Paige Fuller.

"...wrong with this picture?: Marjorie Baumgarten (she, a so-called film critic) and her Sundance Festival report (it, of dubious..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column

Media Clips

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.

"...out of date, as CBS and Viacom announced a colossal merger...."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Short Cuts

The Alamo Drafthouse's Cannibal Film Festival: It's People!

"...roundabout way of saying that the Alamo Drafthouse's Cannibal Film Festival was a wild success for almost all involved...."

Oct. 1, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Roll 'Em

March

"...baby language all infants are supposedly born with but lose by the age of two. With the key to..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

United Way Clarifies

"...package deals like the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival implements? There are other methods to be used..."

June 12, 1998 Column

Sonny Carl Davis Faces the Death of Old Austin in Buck Alamo

Checking in with the lonesome cosmic cowboy

"...After 45 years in the film business, Austin filmmaking legend Sonny Carl Davis has one..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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