Your Weekend in Film

Nothing wrong with a little escapism

"...Starlite Drive-in hosts a Saturday double feature of The Princess Bride and a sing-along Grease. Free admission for Harvey..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Your Weekend in Film

What major releases and one-off screenings are worth your theatre time

"...the festival celebrating our sister city, The Tale of Princess Kaguya – a stunningly beautiful animated film from Studio..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

What’cha Watchin’?

Listings Editor Mark Fagan on three standout rock docs

"...Presenting Princess Shaw (Netflix) Unknown singer Samantha Montgomery (aka Princess Shaw)..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Screens Column

The Exception

WW II melodrama lacks a charismatic lead

"...her quintessential English rose quality to play a fairy-tale princess (Cinderella) and a Southern charmer (Baby Driver) – is..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gay Place

The Gender Unbound Art Fest will spotlight the work of trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming artists and musicians

"...Local queer bands, including Brand New Key and Pillow Princess, round out the sound while ASA offers free HIV..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Killer Lineup

Black Widow Cinema brings a much-needed dose of "lady vengeance" to Austin

"...For those fed up with infantile The Princess Bride quote-a-thons and midnight screenings of The Room, the..."

July 8, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Mother's Day

The movie is a moneymaking contrivance, just like the holiday itself

"...directed such movie hits as Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries. Lately, however, Marshall has fixated on holiday anthologies:..."

April 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hardcore Henry

Inventive spectacle and pop-culture tease finally arrives onscreen

"...you choose to accept it, is to rescue the princess from the castle. Embracing video-game tropes outright works in..."

April 8, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Neil Gaiman on James Thurber's The 13 Clocks

The acclaimed fantasy writer champions a forgotten masterpiece

"...that does a lot of the things that The Princess Bride or Shrek did – long before The Princess..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pan

Peter Pan origin story goes off the plank

"...company, had the decency not to draw the Indian princess as white. Just as tin-eared is the film’s decision..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

When Marnie Was There

Will this ghost story be the final film from animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli?

"...recent, more painterly and experimental The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, but the pacing is dreadfully slow compared with..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gay Place: Ignorance of Your Culture

Ignorance of your culture is not now or ever considered to be cool

"...CUC PRINCESS PAGEANT Ursula, Sassy Goose, and Stone Cold Snugglas wear..."

March 6, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

The Good Eye: Of Russians and Ruffles

From Chekhov to Gunne Sax

"...not make heads or tails of the silly, prissy, repressed-princess femme-iness of the Gunne Sax dresses until I saw..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Other Worlds Austin Announces Lineup

New SF fest announces latest Amy Seimetz feature as closing title

"...The Sun-Devil and the Princess World Premiere D/W: Steven Ayromlooi Cast: Mandy Amano, Dragon..."

Oct. 16, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Vortex Cosplay Expo

All week, Austin's masters of theatrical fantasy show you how to make an out-of-this-world look

"...musical fantasies such as Sarah Silver Hands, The Dragonfly Princess, Pythia Dust, and the cybernetic operas Elytra and The..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Above the East China Sea

In her most ambitious novel, Sarah Bird entwines the tales of two teenaged girls, both on Okinawa but in different eras

"...of Okinawa, hundreds of island teens known as the Princess Lily Girls were forced to serve as nurses on..."

May 16, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Vampire Academy

This month's flavor in the teen vampire continuum.

"...the half-human/half-vampire Rose (Deutch) and Lissa (Fry), a Moroi princess. In an interesting twist, the fanged Moroi are mortal,..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Frozen

This animated film mines Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales for material, discards the most brutish bits, and applies a heavy Disney top gloss.

"...that place the film a cut above your average princess fare...."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Small Screen, Big News

From TLC to 'Doctor Who,' now we're sure we've heard it all

"...a valiant mission to meet their very own American princess," premieres this Friday, Oct. 25, 9pm CT. Three important..."

Oct. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Feds Take Wind Out of Dread Pirate Roberts' Sails

Ex-Austinite accused of being one of the Internet's biggest crime lords

"...In The Princess Bride, it's a shock when Princess Buttercup works out..."

Oct. 11, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Feds Take Wind Out of Dread Pirate Roberts' Sails

Austinite accused of being one of Internet's biggest crime lords

"...In The Princess Bride, it was a shock when Princess Buttercup worked..."

Oct. 3, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

The non-Pride rest of what's happening this week

"...PRINCESS Queen me! Sun., Sept. 8, 10:30pm & 12mid. Oilcan..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Film Flam

Festivals, retirements, and more

"...for such cult classics as My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke; The Wind Rises, currently playing in Japan, will..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

All Over Creation: Ode to Joy

In a week's worth of creative endeavors, delight proves illuminating

"...It all started with Princess Ida, the latest in an almost four-decade string of..."

June 28, 2013 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Trailer Park Is Madonna

Well, sort of

"...Princess Di was adored internationally for being the people's princess,..."

June 13, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

'Adventure Time' Returns to Mondo

This time, Jake and Finn bring some 'Regular Show' friends with them

"...the boy adventurer grows ever closer to the Flame Princess: Princess Bubblegum is dealing with constant strife in Candy..."

June 10, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Disconnect

This mawkish, preachy picture about technophobia has already dated itself.

"...set for a webcam chat. There’s a frilly, pink “princess room” thrown together with the judicious use of lights..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Is Women's Media Too Girly?

Nail art and the "woman-child": Postfeminism in action at SXSW 2013

"...Expect When You're Expecting,” and who also prefers the warrior-princess narrative of movies like Brave over the domestic foibles..."

March 10, 2013 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

Ebony Stewart Kisses Fear on the Mouth

'Love Letters to Balled Fists' puts slam poetry on the printed page

"...Dubbed “Gully Princess” by fellow slam poets shortly after she started performing..."

Feb. 27, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Texas Film Hall of Fame 2013 Goes Extra-Terrestrial

Elliott, Buttercup, Ma Kent, and Ned. Ned! join roster

"...Robin Wright: Forever in many hearts Princess Buttercup from The Princess Bride, the SAG and Golden..."

Jan. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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