Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...garnered similar wins and nominations at the Toronto International Film Festival and from the Director's Guild of America, the..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

SXSW Episodic Pilots Find a Home on Vimeo

Watch a selection of the new shows right here

"...SXSW Film was never just about film, and the cancellation of..."

April 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Secret Behind Austin's Success at Sundance

Austin filmmakers on Austin filmmaking

"...For their last dispatch from the Sundance Film Festival, the Arts + Labor crew talked to all..."

Jan. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Jodie Foster, Katie Couric, Malcolm Gladwell Join SXSW 2019 Speaker Lineup

Local PJ Raval will deliver Film keynote address

"...reporter Katie Couric and futurist Malcolm Gladwell, while Austin filmmaker PJ Raval will deliver this year’s Film keynote speech...."

Feb. 27, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

John Carpenter Lit Up By El Rey

Legendary director first guest in "The Director's Chair"

"...If he had to make a playlist for a festival, he said, "I'd program Howard Hawks movies or pornography."..."

May 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Stephen Bruton's final cut, a parting gift from At All Cost, and other holiday stocking stuffers

"...Duvall of Billy Joe Shaver's "Live Forever" from the film accompanies a freeze frame: "Dedicated to the memory of..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Tapestry Dance Company:Getting those tap shoes re-'Soul'ed

The troupe's thrilling Souls of Our Feet program is back, with more reconstructions of classic rhythm tap routines

"...a number of classic rhythm tap routines immortalized on film. We're talking routines by top-of-the-line masters: Eleanor Powell, Fred..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Here Are All the Austin Artists Nominated for Grammys This Sunday

Black Pumas, Willie Nelson, and… Paul Simon?

"...this Sunday, Feb. 4, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Beyond mainstream heavy hitters like Taylor Swift, Olivia..."

Feb. 3, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Special Kaye

Vaudeville, Broadway, TV, film &ndash Kaye Ballard has done it all

"...Ballard. This veteran of vaudeville, Broadway, television, cabaret, and film is still at it, and she's brought it to..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

From the Vaults: Before the Deluge

‘Roadie’ beat these other music festivals to Austin

"...Back before Austin became a music-festival capital, Willie Nelson and his 4th of July picnics..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Next Step

They've made their films. They've done the festivals. Now, four filmmakers share stories about finding -- and losing -- distribution.

"...So you've finally completed your first film...."

April 20, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...can provide: advance information on over two-thirds of the festival's showcases. Already, in the last two issues, somewhere in..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Black Keys and Bootsy Collins Top Latest SXSW Music Announcement

Plus Angélica Garcia, Dende, Snõõper

"...are set to hit all corners of the spring festival, which runs March 8-16. Documentary This Is a Film..."

Jan. 24, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The Home School

Austin's latest class of cinematic talent – represented by six anticipated films at SXSW – is going places, but they aren't leaving anytime soon.

"...Filmmakers here have long supported each other and made films..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

The Polyester Prince Road Show 2003

"...The show is a traveling showcase of of Super-8 films by an international array of filmmakers. Also incorporated into..."

Jan. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sxsw

"...does modernize, it might be to cover roots sympathizers Los Lobos, while his own material has many classics-to-be. (La..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

A soulful look at a singular artist

"...Muscle Shoals and Macon to Nashville before settling in Los Angeles. His business affairs were conducted by his adored..."

May 30, 2025 Movie Review by Joe Gross

The Thousand-String Guitar

Austin gets the world jazzed about classical guitar

"...you needed any further proof, it's in the spectacular festival he's put together for this week – not just..."

June 18, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two

It's time to celebrate the coming of South by Southwest and think about how we're going to pay for our roads

"...The South by Southwest Music, Interactive, and Film Conferences and Festivals begin on Friday, March 11. Prepare..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Survival of the Fittest?

The unlikely story behind the Austin-based black comedy, Natural Selection.

"...an unlikely story: During the 1996 Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and Film Festival, a pair of fledgling..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Matthew McConaughey: Lone Star Rising

The Luck of the Drawl

"...At's late March of 1995 and Los Angeles is a beautiful city - or at least..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Screens Feature by Matt Zoller Seitz

Angst Is Their Co-Pilot

'Only the Young' charts the agony and ecstasy of a certain age

"...Calif. It's something Elizabeth Mims noticed while going to film school at the California Institute of the Arts in..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

No False Moves

Bill Paxton

"...Paxton -- the almost painfully nice guy in such films as Twister, Apollo 13, and the great One False..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

Been Around the World

Cine las Americas enters its fifth year as the premier festival of Latino filmmaking … only they're not calling it "Latino" anymore.

"...San Antonio-born actress Marina Gonzalez Palmier began auditioning in Los Angeles, it never occurred to her that someone would..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Bright Lights, Little City

"...the River City for granted. And if you're a film connoisseur, as is so much of the population, it..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Making of Olympia

"...for two reasons: love and money. I loved the filmmakers, I loved the film's characters, and I loved the..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Bill Stott

Competition Judges

"...Sarah Jacobson's first feature film, Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore, played at SXSW..."

March 20, 1998 Screens Feature

Whatever Now

A Report on Heather Woodbury on the Verge of Fame

"...Austin, recording her 10-hour "performance novel" for the Meltdown Festival, an event in London this summer being curated by..."

April 25, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

That Fighting Spirit

Revisiting Sweet Smell of Success

"...gossip columnist played by Burt Lancaster in the 1957 film classic Sweet Smell of Success. The remark, made to..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Seven Days in Heaven and Hell

Getting a white-knuckled grip on the third annual Fantastic Fest

"...most gonzo, misunderstood loony villain/hero figures ever committed to film." 2) Never Belongs to Me..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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