Happy Accidents

That a car crash of a video shoot turned viral is only half the story. What a long strange trip it's been for Winnebago Man.

"...baritone of his, of the 1989 Itasca Sunflyer. Only filming took place in the high heat of summer, and..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

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..."

May 7, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

To Mars, With Love

Reinventing the romantic comedy, to infinity and beyond

"...time to name his production company, Swerve Pictures, Austin filmmaker Geoff Marslett turned to his favorite philosopher, Titus Lucretius..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Size Matters

Making sense of Austin's microcinema scene

"...was born and blossomed around Richard Linklater's nascent Austin Film Society screenings upstairs at Eighties-era Captain Quackenbush's on the..."

July 17, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Advance's Retreat

Is this the end for Cinematexas?

"...Austin film-gazers will see one fewer star in this year's constellation..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Page Two: The Heroic and the Holy

Grindhouse squeezes transcendent kicks from a classic form

"...time, having just become a graduate student in the Radio-Television-Film Department at UT. It had been a year since..."

April 6, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Short Cuts

SXSW comes up fast on the outside, and the ascent of one Keun-Pyo Park

"...We're No. 6, So We Try Harder: Film Threat's Chris Gore has unleashed the third edition of..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Show & Tell

The Austin Music Network's Student Film Showcase is Austin's newest outlet for emerging auteurs

"...If you haven't been in film school lately, the phrase "student film" is likely to..."

April 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two

"...is no city in the country that has a film community similar to Austin's; there is nowhere that even..."

July 11, 2003 Column by Louis Black

DVolution

Local filmmaking classes for the digital auteur

"...This is all well and good for the aspiring filmmaker (and these days who isn't?), but the skills needed..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two

"...classic debut Blood Simple at the Austin Heart of Film Conference and Festival. Lebowski is one of the great..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Column by Louis Black

A Redhead, Pink Pony, and Kaleidoscope in This Weekend’s Events

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...Austin Film Society’s annual spotlight on new nonfiction films presents a..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Filmmaker Puts Personal Experience Into Rehab Drama

Lane Michael Stanley's Addict Named Hal shows the long road of 12 steps

"...movie isn't wholly autobiographical, that doesn't mean that a filmmaker doesn't pour themselves into it. Writer/director and UT alum..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pain, Pathos, and Prescience: The Work of Agnieszka Holland

AFS and Austin Polish Film Festival celebrate the Polish pioneer

"...those a bit fuzzy or possibly clueless about the films of Polish director Agnieszka Holland, this week could remedy..."

Oct. 22, 2019 Screens Post by Anne S. Lewis

UT Grad Brings Politics Back to the Multiplex With The Oath

Producer Ray Mansfield and star/first-time filmmaker Ike Barinholtz on their timely satire

"...There's a change in modern cinema. For decades, films with an overt political message seemed doomed to failure;..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Filmmaking Sin Fronteras

In its 18th annual edition, Cine Las Americas presents an eclectic mix

"...18 years since the first Cine Las Americas International Film Festival debuted in Austin and brought with it an..."

April 17, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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

Game Changer

How Austin's indie gaming scene got cooking as Juegos Rancheros

"...when compared to the rise of the local independent film and music scenes...."

Nov. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Engaging 'Fourplay'

Before departing for Chicago, Kyle Henry makes a cross-platform debut

"...Filmmaker Kyle Henry (Room, University Inc.) thinks of himself as..."

July 23, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Page Two: Work and Splendor

R.I.P., Harvey Pekar

"...when the only screening of American Splendor – a film based on the comics of Harvey Pekar and the..."

July 16, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Coming Home: 'The Dry Land'

Ryan Piers Williams and America Ferrera on their Iraq vet drama, The Dry Land

"...in Marfa marked something of a homecoming for the film, which was shot in part in Marfa in May..."

May 14, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Student Travels

AFS Documentary Tour showcases UT MFA work

"...The enhanced documentary program at the University of Texas' Radio-Television-Film Department continues to bear excellent MFA fruit. Faculty filmmaker..."

May 9, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

In Stereoscope

Sarah Lipstate's songs – and shorts – of innocence and experiments

"...band will showcase as part of South by Southwest's Film and Music Festivals, only months after Cinematexas awarded her..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Ten Little Indies

UT and AFS team up for a Doc Tour deviation: 10 films under 10 minutes long made for less than $10.

"...It's that time of year in the Austin Film Society's doc tour cycle for something completely different, that..."

May 7, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Eyes of CinemaTexas

A brief reminiscence

"...the small group that started The Austin Chronicle were film graduate students, most of whom had never had a..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

TV Eye

UT professor Nancy Schiesari presents a moving portrait of Hansel Mieth.

"...is Hansel Mieth: Vagabond Photographer, a documentary by Austin filmmaker and UT cinematography professor Nancy Schiesari. Her film is..."

May 23, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Page Two

The cover of this issue is a reprint of the cover from the first Chronicle Music Poll results 20 years ago. The poll results in this issue are just the latest chapter.

"...music coverage and to the endearing Sarah Hepola for film). Buy a wristband ($105 at all Star Ticket outlets)..."

March 16, 2001 Column by Louis Black

The Road to Damascus

The story behind Paul Stekler and Daniel McCabe's documentary George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire

"...inevitable fascination with being the center of attention. The filmmakers freeze-frame the image, as if to say, "This is..."

March 10, 2000 Features Feature by Clay Smith

In Production: A Trip to Rehab in Addict Named Hal

On-set for the upcoming feature from the front lines of addiction

"...crew – most of whom are current or former Radio-Television-Film students at UT-Austin – are shooting at the Friendly..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

James Magnuson Leaves the Michener Center

James Magnuson reflects on his 23 years as director of the Michener Center for Writers

"...three departments in three colleges" (English, Theatre & Dance, Radio-Television-Film). Anyone who's observed the byzantine processes and procedures of..."

May 26, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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