Visitor From Holland Had a Great Time in Marfa

"...for a review on the opening night of the Marfa Film Festival, just to see if there were any..."

May 22, 2008 Postmarks

Have Car, Will Travel for Film

CineMarfa

"...The Cine Lights of Marfa..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Society Announces 2015 Grants

Newcomers and established names get AFS boost

"...Independent filmmaking is tough, but raising money for indie filmmaking is..."

Sept. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film News Top 10 of 2006

The top Texas stories of 2006

"...1) Save our film industry The biggest news for the Texas film industry..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

The Top 10 things that had people talking in Austin film and TV this year

"...1) Television saved the film star..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

UT Professor on the Making of Texas Film Epic Giant

Don Graham's Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film

"...their land and people. Even more miraculous was when film production came to Marfa, Texas. "I was surprised by..."

April 13, 2018 Books Review by Joe O'Connell

Film News

On the set of 'Grind House,' sort of; plus, updates on 'There Will Be Blood,' 'Dallas,' and more

"...Robert Rodriguez's zombified "Planet Terror," half of a joint film project with Quentin Tarantino with the umbrella title Grind..."

April 7, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...announced list of authors for the 2016 Texas Book Festival. With 280 authors on board – among them Don..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Film News

It's Texas vs. Arizona in the 'Friday Night Lights' Bowl, but we might have a secret weapon: the new TXMPA

"...definite answer yet, but so far so good, local film-industry leaders say. That comes after early hints that Arizona..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Austin picks up a 'Hitcher'; Linklater's Cannes deux attitude; and the rest

"...at least you remember the two Texas Chainsaw Massacre films that Platinum Dunes has shot in the Austin area..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Festival huzzahs

"...shows, but this holiday season everything Austin and Texan filmic is raking in the noms/awards. For your consideration: Body..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Projects aplenty

"...Rifkin's caveman comedy from University of Texas at Austin film arm Burnt Orange Productions, is now National Lampoon's Homo..."

June 29, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Burnt Orange has been living in a cave, while Texas looks to be trending toward Santos; plus, 'Ape Shit,' 'Chainsaw,' and 'The Breakdance Kid'

"...Filmus Nextus Carolyn Pfeiffer, head of Burnt Orange Films, was..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film Flam

Stateside Independent launches, Al Gore at SXSW Interactive, and more

"...Stateside Independent series, which aims to bring “critically acclaimed films from arthouse cinemas and the top film festivals around..."

Feb. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film News

Tall tales of the Texas film industry

"...in The Wild Man of the Navidad, a just-wrapped film co-written and co-directed by Duane Graves and Justin Meeks..."

July 14, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Scott Rudin's Texas bent brings Kimberly Peirce's 'Stop-Loss,' even though it's 'No Country for Old Men' and 'There Will Be Blood'

"...Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don't Cry) is almost certain to film in Austin as early as May, and we can..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Bob Hudgins, successor of Tom Copeland at the Texas Film Commission, isn't wasting any time; plus, Andrew Shapter, Lunafest, and more

"...top choice to take the reins of the Texas Film Commission. Hudgins, a Wichita Falls native, is the former..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...Marfa is a legend silk-screened on a trucker cap. I..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

Location, Location, Location

Previewing the Marfa Film Festival

"...Film festivals tend to be pretty hectic affairs – long waits..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

You Can Leave Your Hat On

Watching movies in Marfa

"...In dreamy, big-sky West Texas, festivalgoers from as far as Holland gathered to watch the..."

May 9, 2008 Screens Feature by Jardine Libaire

Round-Trip

Filmmakers and filmgoers make the journey from Austin to Marfa, with an ever-expanding footprint

"...hours west, under the moonlight-tower-less skies that shine over Marfa and its third annual film festival...."

May 14, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Get hip to these timely travel tips

"...Route 66, film festivals, and watermelon festivals are calling summer day trippers...."

July 3, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...The Austin Chronicle's second round of reviews of various films screened during the SXSW Film Festival. (Reviews also ran..."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Screen Shots

A miscellany of film news and events

"...and a bit of wanderlust, head west to the Marfa Film Festival, which runs Oct. 14-18. A carefully curated..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Screens Column by Josh Kupecki

Players' Guide

Space cowboys in Marfa, 'Angry Henry,' and how you can help Greenlight local developers

"...best games will be put on display at the Marfa Film Festival in early July. More jam info will..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

The Cool Keeps On

Fourteen years after AICN woke up the Web, three Austin film sites carry on the tradition

"...Knowles kick-started his already turbocharged imagination and created his film-and-comic book review/scoop/rumor site Ain't It Cool News, there was,..."

June 18, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

This Space Brought to You By Non-Four-Lettered Festivals

News from AFF, aGLIFF, Cine las Americas, and the Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...hard to remember this town is teeming with other festivals. Let's remedy that, shall we? The Austin Film Festival..."

March 3, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Finish out a hot summer with a cool adventure

"...Stay cool in August at the Marfa Lights, a spelunking adventure in New Braunfels, or on..."

Aug. 3, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

CineMarfa Announces 2015 Lineup

Sci-fi in an out-of-this-world setting

"...It’s a long trip from Austin to Marfa, but the lineup of CineMarfa 2015 ventures even farther:..."

March 25, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Changes in the Weather

As Burnt Orange cools down, UTFI heats up

"...worked toward was coming true. He'd made a real film, the kind with a cast and crew he couldn't..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

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