2019/2020 Austin Music Industry Award Winners

ATX’s best label, venue, festival, and more revealed at ceremony

"...Best Music Festival: Austin City Limits Music Festival Best Television/Film Composer: Graham Reynolds Best Live Sound Engineer: Paul Minor..."

March 3, 2020 Music Post by James Renovitch

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...The pair's immersion into film scoring has been nothing short of brilliant, winning a..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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

National Lampoon Takes Aim at SXSW

Exclusive: Comedy institution brings podcast for 50th anniversary

"...the original magazine. For others, it was from the films like Animal House and the Vacation series. But for..."

Jan. 16, 2020 Screens Post 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

Matthew McConaughey Appointed to UT Professor-dom

Local Academy Award-winning actor now "professor of practice"

"...28; he will be teaching his "Script to Screen" film production class this fall. Though McConaughey has been teaching..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Ready or Not

Party games will be the death of Samara Weaving in this raucous black comedy

"...Ready or Not is the welcome return of the filmmaking trio known as Radio Silence. The collective (consisting of..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bill Paxton’s Lost Film Ties Together UT, Bob Fosse, and William S. Burroughs

Cut up, chopped and screwed: The long path to Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited

"...students at Richmond College in England. Huckabee was a film enthusiast, and was taking classes for high school credit...."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...equate Republican politics with grave robbing, alongside new slasher film cuts "Don't Slander Me" and "Stand for the Fire..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Trans UT Student Receives Caitlyn Jenner Foundation Scholarship

Sophomore had lost ROTC scholarship under trans military ban

"...Pesqueira, a dual radio-television-film and American studies major and a transgender man, lost..."

July 3, 2019 News Post by Beth Sullivan

How Did How Did This Get Made? Get Made?

Paul Scheer brings his live movie podcast to Austin

"...This weekend, Scheer pulls double duty in Austin. First,..."

June 7, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Trans UT Student Isn’t Giving Up on School or the Military

Freshman loses ROTC scholarship under Trump’s trans military ban

"...at Austin was voided. Pesqueira, a freshman, is a Radio-Television-Film and American Studies dual major, a member of UT’s..."

April 18, 2019 News Post by Lilli Hime

The Ultimate Queer Guide to SXSW 2019

Often imitated, never duplicated, we’re here to keep it real kweer

"...Becoming Leslie, 5:30pm, Rollins Theatre, Badge required..."

March 1, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

2018/19 Austin Music Industry Poll Top 10s

Nearly half of this year's Austin Music Poll/Austin Music Awards winners are now known

"...Recording Studio, Good Danny's, King Electric Recording Co. Best Television/Film Composer..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Feature

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Awards Grow Into Emo’s

Berkshire Hounds back a piano-smashing good time, non-Spring Break SXSW needs more volunteers, and Bayonne brings his piano home

"...collaborator Graham Reynolds nabbed the debut accolade for Best Television/Film Composer. Emulating the award winner's past performance piece –..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

A Year in Local Music Crams Onto One Stage at the 2018/19 Austin Music Awards

Unique musical moments make for a night of fan-voted accolades

"...residents. Meanwhile, American entertainment is witnessing multiethnic renaissance in film, television, and popular music...."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Celebrating the 2018/19 Austin Music Industry Award Winners

Behind-the-scenes players of Austin music get their night

"...Best Music Festival: Austin City Limits Music Festival Best Television/Film Composer: Graham Reynolds Best Live Sound Engineer: Paul Minor..."

Feb. 18, 2019 Music Post by Kimberley Jones

Arturo Sandoval Sounds His Horn

Cuban trumpet great on Eastwood, Gillespie, and God

"...itself. Cuban-born, the 70-year-old trumpeter recently scored Clint Eastwood’s film The Mule after releasing Ultimate Duets, an album featuring..."

Jan. 24, 2019 Music Post by Jeremy Steinberger

PBS Doc Man on Fire Recounts a Modern Martyrdom

UT filmmakers find the story behind a Texas minister who set himself on fire

"...250 miles away, Joel Fendelman was enrolled in the Radio-Television-Film program at the University of Texas. It was here,..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Screens Feature by Britt Hayes

Playback: Compose Like a Pro

Graham Reynolds teaches musicians how to score ... film

"...Thursday, Austin's most distinguished composer teaches a free, two-hour film scoring master class. For local musicians itching to diversify..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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

NEA Backs Austin Film Festival's On Story

The writer's film festival gets national support

"...On Story, the Austin Film Festival's ongoing project exploring the craft and the art..."

July 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fair Youth Make Fairer Shakespeare

Two fine chances to see young people make the Bard come alive

"...(i.e., majors as diverse as engineering, anthropology, pre-med, and radio-television-film) study Shakespeare through the performance of his plays, is..."

June 21, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

ATX TV Fest Panel: Awkward & Amusing: A Look at Contemporary British Comedies

TV veteran Ben Farrell explains how the UK comedy sausage gets made

"...Fleabag – written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, riding..."

June 10, 2018 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Adding to Austin's Asian-American Cinema

Huay-Bing Law on his new short "June," now on HBO

"...of integration and alienation have often been overlooked. Austin filmmaker Huay-Bing Law hopes to help change that dynamic with..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From the 40 Acres to East Austin

UT students use East Austin Stories to explore community life

"...armed with video cameras and questions, Radio, Television, and Film students at the University of Texas are bearing witness..."

May 19, 2018 Screens Post by Mae Hamilton

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...Van Zandt wanted to use “Go Now” in a film he was making, so after investigating ownership, it seemed..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Primer to CinemaTexas Rewind

From Jester Auditorium decades ago to AFS Cinema, present day

"...in Austin created their own programming initiative at UT’s Radio-Television-Film Department...."

April 13, 2018 Events Post by Danielle White

AFS and UT Press Celebrate the Legacy of CinemaTexas

Notes on cinema history

"...Austin is known as a film-watching city, but that reputation doesn't come from nowhere. Its..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

#MeToo, Time's Up Panels Lead SXSW Speaker List

Conference speaker list also adds Sanders, Schwarzenegger

"...U-God, pioneering producer Nile Rodgers, a horror panel featuring filmmakers Vera Miao and Roxanne Benjamin, Superchunk co-founders Laura Ballance..."

Feb. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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