TV Eye

Belinda Acosta runs down programs to take our minds off the upcoming election, along with programs to make us confront it.

"...edge of the media frontier" is showcased in this 13-episode, half-hour series airing every Friday at 10pm on local..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Short Cuts

"...for Entries: Nominations are now being accepted for the 1999 Texas Interactive Media Achievement Awards (TIM Awards) to recognize..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

We Give Two Thumbs Up to These Weekend Events

Arty and culture-y things to get up to

"...Moviegoers in 1981 didn’t know how lucky their nostrils were, since that’s..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Gay Place

Post-Pride Week parties aplenty

"...time even if no one's packin' up those short shorts anytime soon. But who cares? Get out there and..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

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.

"...projects," he says. "And I think that's really rare – not a lot of places like that. It would..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

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

"...that I never seem to leave the house anymore – not when there are 1,001 nights of obscure, Region..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dreamy Visions at the Austin Arthouse Film Festival

Celebrate the avant-garde at AFS Cinema

"...holds its second celebration of arthouse cinema on Oct. 21 at AFS Cinema, is a curated night of wonders..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes to A Quiet Place

Over 100 films and 43 world premieres fill a noisy nine days

"...has unleashed a massive wave with the announcement of 132 films, including a scary opening night title. John Krasinski..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Experimental Response Cinema Rises to the Surface

Avant-gardians of Austin’s underground films

"...Experimental Response Cinema collective held its first screenings in 2012, the curators involved reignited a cultural movement that had..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Talking Shop With Curran Nault

The Polari artistic director on programming to bridge divides

"...As Curran and I got to know each other,..."

Oct. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Kate X Messer

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...Some Days Are 
Better Than OthersNarrative Feature, Narrative Competition D: Matt McCormick; with..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

The City of Angels, Air-Kissing Austin

Dispatch from the Los Angeles Film Festival

"...awards, including the $50,000 Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature. That is no small chunk of change, especially..."

June 27, 2008 Screens Feature by Kyle Henry

SXSW Film Reviews

"...Narrative Feature Spotlight South by Southwest has been a hotbed..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Inaugural Austin Asian Film Festival

You want animé? Go to Ushicon. You want the best new unadulterated Asian cinema? Hit up CinemaAsia.

"...the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex, the festival collects 32-plus shorts, narrative features, and documentaries from Korea, China, Japan, India,..."

April 9, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Peep Show for the Ladies

Pink Nite at the Alamo Drafthouse

"...SXSW's Audience Award for Midnight Films. Part documentary, part narrative, Ladyporn will be reshown with shorts "Ladies Nite" (a..."

April 5, 2002 Screens Feature by Laura Donnelly

Slack Where We Started

Richard Linklater and John Pierson Ponder 'Slacker' and Its Aftermath

"...During the summer of 1989, Richard Linklater and a merry band of Austin filmmakers..."

June 29, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mary Karr Reviewed

"...Before the Me Decades of the 1980s and Nineties, autobiographies were mostly the domain of the..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Books Feature

Projecting an Image

In a city filled with artists and filmmakers, Luke Savisky is an original -- an innovative projectionist whose unique art has graced the surfaces of buildings, rock stars, video screens, and more for over 15 years.

"...This is how I know Luke. It was December 1997, the last day of operation for the Texas Union..."

June 16, 2000 Screens Feature by Bryan Poyser

The Gift of Words

Corrido

"...by Mandy Keifetz Fleabites Press, $12 paper..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Books Feature

Reeling in the Hill Country

Escape from the city with the Hill Country Film Festival

"...be held from Thursday, April 28, through Sunday, May 1, with screenings, panels, and parties. It all culminates in..."

April 29, 2016 Screens Feature by Tucker Whatley

Take 10

The annual 10 Under 10 showcase spotlights collegians with cameras

"...One of the short films included in this year's 10 Under 10 Film Festival asks the question, "What's in..."

May 7, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Adjusting to the Mise-en-Scène

Nine nonfilmmakers – artists out of place – make one in 48 hours

"...This is the story of their lost weekend. Day..."

July 13, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Qmmunity: The Optimist Weighs In

Staying positive these days is like being an 84-year-old Al Pacino trying to read names at the Oscars – a struggle!

"...balls. No pre-reg needed: Just you and your basketball shorts. 7pm. “Identity Exchange”..."

April 4, 2025 Column by James Scott

An Art, a Craft, a Movie, and More Events for the Weekdays

Don't let the workweek get you down

"...sharing their work with their neighbors. Media ranges from shorts to features to web series, and each screening features..."

July 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Millennial Mayhem in V/H/S/99

The fifth installment in the found footage horror anthology series gets the Y2K jitters

"...and he'll tell you it's "kind of like Ocean's 11. You're going in for the motherfucking heist, you've got..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

“I Believe You’d Get Your Ass Kicked Saying Somethin’ Like That, Man.”

Re-read our original Office Space review

"...thing, especially when it comes to movies. Back in 1999, Office Space was released to vague disinterest, barely scraping..."

March 1, 2019 Screens Feature

One in a Crowd

Help fund a new production company in Austin

"...industry's lack of diversity and continued capitalization off of narratives from marginalized communities as driving forces behind Alpha Female..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Screens Column by Charlie Neddo

Austin Filmmaker Emily Hagins Debuts Series at SXSW Film

Hold to Your Best Self is a high school Rashomon

"...the first time. Her new series, a collection of shorts that retells prom night – each time from a..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Reach for the Skyline

Other Worlds Austin Film Festival goes above and Beyond

"...Austin this Friday. The first movie in the series, 2010's Skyline, was a bizarre aberration: a $10 million alien..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: The Strange Ones

High-caliber thriller achieves the perfect balance of story and mood

"...A long-awaited adaptation of the remarkable 2011 short film of the same name, The Strange Ones..."

March 12, 2017 SXSW Post by Sean L. Malin

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