Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2010: Animation

This year's five nominees for the best animated short Oscar are available for viewing. This year’s five Academy Award-nominated animated shorts include “A Matter of Loaf and Death,” the latest stop-motion Claymation piece from Nick Park and Aardman; “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” by Nicky Phelan; “The Lady and the Reaper" by Recio García; “French Roast” by Fabrice O. Joubert; and the winning “Logorama” by the H5 collective.

"...all, folks – this year’s five Academy Award-nominated animated shorts are so sour-faced even Britain’s most cuddly exports, Wallace..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Chronicle Recommends: Short Story Films

Small stories find their Hollywood ending

"...honor of the winners of The Austin Chronicle’s 2015 Short Story Contest, we’d like to tip our hats to..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

The Long and the Short of It

The expansive Cinematexas short film festival

"...trashy and stunning, and Vinyl's script, in particular (by Ronald Tavel), is a masterpiece of raw, pulpy poetry. Vinyl..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Short Cuts

Spy Kids home in on the Paramount Theatre this Saturday, and the Alamo Drafthouse homes in on the former Village Cinema Art.

"...all proceeds benefit the Austin Film Society and the Ronald McDonald House. For you big spenders, VIP packages including..."

March 23, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Now Streaming in Austin: Good Feels on Wheels

Watch the Austin stoner comedy free and help Coldtowne Theater

"...we promised you some big news about Austin filmmaker Ronald Short's Good Feels on Wheels, and like the protagonists..."

May 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One in a Crowd: "The Rink"

Get groovy on wheels by crowdfunding this horror short

"...Horror short "The Rink"..."

May 3, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Crown Heights

Another reminder of racial inequality in the American prison system

"...hot new show Atlanta and Brie Larson’s breakthrough film Short Term 12. No model citizen, Colin is nevertheless alarmed..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Energy GM Hunt Narrows

Burbank candidate drops out, AE adds forums

"...In a surprise turn of events, Ronald Davis, general manager of Burbank Water and Power, has..."

June 28, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Weekend Plans

Housesharing fun in the very slack Austin web series

"...In between Austin filmmaker Ronald Short making his 2012 feature debut, Billi & Theodore,..."

April 28, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One in a Crowd

Local crowdfundung campaigns

"...Ronald Short and his crew have wrapped up production on..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Screens Column by Milo Webb

No Mercy

The case of James Allridge raises familiar questions about the Texas justice system

"...while on a "crime spree" with his 23-year-old brother, Ronald. (Ronald, implicated with James in a string of area..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Indy's final adventure remembers the whip, forgets the charm

"...The answer, if you were a fan of the short-lived but beloved The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles TV series,..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Working Overtime to Provide for Unhoused Neighbors During the Coronavirus Pandemic

All shall be fed

"...and like all Austin nonprofits MLF has found itself short of volunteer labor as the city has shut down..."

April 3, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...as pharmacy benefits, treatment for hormone therapy, counseling, or short-term leave for surgical procedures. HRC highlighted 49 businesses in..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature

When There's Nothing Left to Burn ...

Cinematexas throws itself a Viking Funeral

"...the end of the road for the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival. After spending the last 10 years promoting..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...Bloomberg is the same animal. He's a little bit shorter and doesn't have daft hair, but apart from that,..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Hightower Report

Forget Clinton – the Republicans are still going after FDR! And, corporations move even middle-class jobs overseas.

"...the coin and replace it with the countenance of Ronald Reagan...."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

In the Slipstream: An FC2 Reader

"...In the Slipstream: An FC2 Readeredited by Ronald Sukenick and Curtis White..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Books Review by Roger Gathman

Desolation Center

Before corporate fests, Desolation Center blew the Mojave apart

"...admission “changed my life forever." It may have been Ronald Reagan’s “morning in America,” but Swezey, who had decided..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Daily Hustle: 6/18/10

More MRF madness next meeting

"...Texas Disposal Systems and Balcones Resources, Inc for a short-term and long-term contract for a Material Recovery Facility. The..."

June 18, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

To Your Health

Is mangosteen really a more powerful antioxidant than blueberries?

"...the USDA test of antioxidant power known as ORAC, short for oxygen radical absorbance capacity. Compared to blueberries with..."

June 9, 2006 Column

Spy Kids Premiere

"...seen "Bedhead" or any of Robert Rodriguez's other early short films made in San Antonio with the acting help..."

March 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Double Jeopardy

The state of Texas jailed Cuban exile Carlos Lavernia for 16 years for a crime he did not commit. Now the INS might send him back to Cuba.

"...the greenbelt, where she had only to go a short distance to enjoy the sanctuary of the rich green..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Speaking in Tongues

When Dan Dietz 'lets go,' he turns gibberish into art. And he proves it in the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of MacWellman's nonsense play Terminal Hip.

"...a lack of directorial experience (Scavengers, 1997), write a short play on the idea of "holiday" despite having the..."

March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

World-Class Trombonist Andre Hayward's Spiritual Journey

"Big Butter" brings his warm sound to Austin

"...leave and go to Furr High School, but that short time was enough to keep me motivated and inspired..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Perry's Last Gasp

A campaign autopsy before the cadaver is cold

"...Fiorina. In fact, Perry got more headlines for saying "Ronald Raven" rather than "Ronald Reagan" during the Fox forum..."

Aug. 12, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

But Is It Art?

Austin Kleon gets creative with poetry in his new collection, Newspaper Blackout

"...That sense of play infuses the poems –short pieces that touch on first sex and outer space,..."

April 9, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

New Year, Old Films

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

"...Quiz show host Vincent Price freaks out when genius Ronald Colman starts getting every answer right. Price sends Celeste..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...the prosecutor who secured a death sentence for 18-year-old Ronald Ray Howard, whose defense in court for the 1992..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...years every Thursday. Well, to make a long story short, I had some trouble with my neighbors and I..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Column

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