20 Years of Austin Studios

More than just soundstages: Looking back on the unique success of Austin Studios

"...the reason you think. It's the moment when Austin Studios, the filmmaking facility run by Austin Film Society for..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The 'Revolution' Will Not Be Televised

NBC cancels locally shot show

"...news for Austin's film and TV professionals: Sci-fi drama Revolution, which has been shooting around Austin for the last..."

May 9, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How ATX Studios Has Quietly Become Valuable Real Estate for TV in Austin

One of the city's big filming facilities is about to undergo a massive expansion

"...outline on the floor of Stage 3 at ATX Studios. If you're an eagle-eyed fan of Robert Rodriguez's Alita:..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Can New Republic Studios Be a Game Changer for Austin?

Massive makeover could make Austin the new Atlanta for film

"...In the last few months, the sign above Spiderwood Studios in Bastrop changed to New Republic Studios, but there's..."

Nov. 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Earthen Works at the Austin Museum of Art Revolution in Clay

"...The minute I saw the invitation, I was hooked. Revolution in Clay, selections from the Marer Collection of contemporary..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Arts Feature

Time for a New Republic (Studios)

John Robison is building a creative campus out in Bastrop

"...Since 2009, Bastrop's Spiderwood Studios has hosted productions including Open Windows (starring Elijah Wood),..."

Dec. 1, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The New Guy

"...DJ Qualls. Among the touted highlights of this filmed-at-Austin Studios teen movie are cameos by Vanilla Ice, Tommy Lee,..."

May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...Austin Film Studios during Cheer Up..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Short Cuts

Harry Knowles hits it big, in a manner of speaking. Plus: the Wilsons on SoCo and Bob Ray in the West.

"...he'd secured an honest to goodness production deal with Revolution Studios (Punch-Drunk Love, the upcoming Hellboy). The only question..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...Memo to Hollywood: When we said we wanted a revolution, we didn't mean Revolution Studios...."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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

"...August for a four-hour recording session at Pecan Street Studios, financed to the tune of $500 by Sahm. Reuniting..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

AFS Cinema Celebrates Max Fleischer, the Man Who Made Betty Boop Boop-Oop-a-Doop

AFS Cinema spotlights the animation revolution created by Max Fleischer in the Fleischer Studios Legacy

"...Cinema will be reinforcing that connection with the Fleischer Studios Legacy, a weekend of screenings and conversations between Fleischer..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Freedomland

This Richard Price story about simmering racial tension that boils over during the course of a police investigation is choppy and erratic.

"...muddled and vague. A master producer and head of Revolution Studios, Roth keeps a hand in directing, but so..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Master of Disguise

"...company of Carvey's old SNL pal Adam Sandler, and Revolution Studios, longtime producer Joe Roth's relatively new company, whose..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

If L.A. fell into the ocean, Hollywood would move to Austin. If it doesn't anyway.

"...We're Gonna Need a Bigger Cake Dept.: Austin Studios is three years old this week and, not coincidentally,..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Fridays with Forrie

"...his Shadow Show have also been selected by Universal Studios to promote their upcoming exsanguinatory epic Van Helsing both..."

April 9, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

The Austin film community appears ready to rumble as the Austin Film Office (under the aegis of the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau) files suit against the Austin Film Commission, whose name and mission statement the AFO thinks is too close for comfort.

"...Hellboy comic has been given a green light from Sony/Revolution Studios, with Ron Perlman fingered as the Big Red..."

May 3, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...author and environmentalist, Carole King. • Head of Amazon Studios, where she oversees all aspects of television and film..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Fine China

The latest Austin Film Society free series examines the cinema of China's Fifth Generation filmmakers.

"...took in 153 students, children of the turbulent Cultural Revolution that had led to the academy's closing 12 years..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...intimate portrait of the artists who created a music revolution that would change popular culture. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Beginning There Was... the Demo

Cutting Tracks and Everything After

"...each year, varying from album-quality recordings made at 24-track studios to glitch-ridden live cuts recorded in one take. These..."

May 12, 1995 Music Feature

SXSW Announces Gaming Award Nominees and Hosts

WWE star Xavier Woods to co-host ceremony in March

"...In addition to that news, SXSW also announced the..."

Jan. 25, 2017 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Fantastic Fest Interview: Mad Dreams and Monsters

Inside the mind of stop motion wizard Phil Tippett

"...Of course, the conventional wisdom holds that the CG revolution of Jurassic Park killed stop motion: but Mad Dreams..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Photos From the 2020-21 Austin Music Awards on Wheels

"...Kevin Curtin arrives at Arlyn Studios to present the award for Best Recording Studio ......"

March 3, 2021 Photo Gallery

Bands Are Practicing Again, but Does Austin Have Enough Rehearsal Space for Them?

A love letter and state-of-affairs on the practice space scene

"...closure of another long-serving local facility, Band Co-Op Rehearsal Studios, a narrative emerged that practice spaces are an endangered..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Americamisfit: Rock & Revolt

Dan Dietz's new play 'Americamisfit' may get you to question the way we Americans romanticize the sudden, violent change of revolution

"...wonder if we aren't in some way addicted to revolution – that is, to using sudden, massive, and sometimes..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Maneater

Trace Adkins versus sharks is a soggy mess

"...As long as there are studios in Hollywood, there will be executives greenlighting movies about..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...recognizable-but-typecast actors finds itself the unwitting vanguard of a revolution to represent little people as something other than objects..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Red Tails

George Lucas exec produced – and bankrolled – this action/drama about the historic Tuskegee Airmen.

"...the big screen with zero financing from the major studios. It's mind-boggling that no one would take a gamble..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...within the confines of the director's own playground, Troublemaker Studios, the movie's never-before-seen visual imagery reverentially reproduces the stark,..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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