Bitter Fruit: Glenn Howerton on Tech Parable BlackBerry

Star talks email, hockey, and the rise and fall of the OG smartphone

"...Sometimes you can smell an image. In tech history/satire..."

May 17, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Demon Seed

Adam Wingard talks about translating Robert Kirkman's exorcism comic Outcast to TV

"...be "the one setting up a template that other filmmakers could take and do their own spin on. I..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Anton Yelchin We Thought We Knew

UT grad Garret Price gets to know the late actor in Love, Antosha

"...died, it was like a shockwave went through the film industry. This wasn't the normal celebrity death, the "Oh,..."

Aug. 21, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

CM Punk and Travis Stevens Hunt for the Girl on the Third Floor

SXSW Midnighter follows a haunting in Chicago

"...are location, location, location? Turns out that's true for filmmaking. Stevens explained that his producing partner Greg Newman had..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2023 You Haven’t Seen Yet

From the Toxic Avenger to school shootings, the best of the fests

"...the movies that have played Austin's wide array of film fests (plus maybe an out-of-town ringer) that might just..."

Dec. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...Fantastic Fest – the Austin-based film festival dedicated to horror, sci-fi, action, and other genre..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

AFS Grant Emphasizes Diversity

Society offering $130,000 for emerging filmmakers

"...When it comes to supporting emerging filmmakers, the Austin Film Society has always put its money..."

April 3, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF Best Bets

Film premieres and parties galore

"...Welcome to your Dirty Thirties, aGLIFF. Austin's queer film festival is celebrating a milestone year this week with..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Who Did the Animation for Keith Maitland’s Documentary Tower?

Minnow Mountain’s Craig Staggs talks art & drama & Austin & Earp

"...The Tower documentary itself focuses, as Richard Whittaker points..."

March 25, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fede Alvarez Says Don't Breathe

On Detroit, Uruguay, and shooting that scene

"...It's rare that a no-name film comes with buzz attached, but that's what happened at..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Everybody Wants Some Red Carpet

"...its world premiere Friday night as the opening night film of SXSW Film 2016...."

March 12, 2016 Photo Gallery

The Gay Place Guide to a Kweer SX

LGBTQIA SXSW and why queering SXSW is a big f-ing deal

"...showcases, this certainly feels like the year we kweer’d SXSW...."

March 9, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

DVDanger: I Am Not a Serial Killer

Director Billy O'Brien on adapting the story of a young monster

"...The innovative and genre-busting horror/thriller/black comedy debuted at SXSW this year (read our review here), but barely made..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Buster's Mal Heart

Rami Malek's newest and strangest, plus more home releases

"...Rami Malek (Mr. Robot, Short Term 12) is first..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Without Getting Killed or Caught

The troubled life and haunted love of Guy Clark, the Dean of Texas songwriters

"...The documentary (and co-director Tamara Saviano's 2016 Clark biography from which it is adapted) takes its..."

July 23, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Nothing Stays the Same: The Story of the Saxon Pub

How a South Austin listening room survived, and what we can learn about preserving culture

"...because of rising rents and real estate deals. By 2016, the plan had collapsed – but this wasn't the..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Daily Editions and Online Guides

Knowledge is power, and we've got the know-how to guide you to your best Fest yet

"...Every day at austinchronicle.com/sxsw we're previewing the day's events with interviews and recos;..."

March 11, 2016 Features Feature

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the Austin-shot Song to Song and his directorial..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Following Linklater's Dream

Richard Linklater: dream is destiny finally opens in Austin

"...portrait of the life and career of the Austin filmmaker. To celebrate this release, we take a look back..."

Aug. 28, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

No Badge Required

Your guide to free events at SXSW

"...Didn't have the time or money to snag a SXSW badge or wristband this year? You can barricade yourself..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Tucker Whatley

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...you ate that sandwich, or that bill passed. But films get weird in a town like Austin, where the..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We're All Going to the World's Fair

An online horror ARG becomes a desperate search for self

"...the framework of an online horror role-playing game. The film begins with Casey (Cobb) going through the World’s Fair..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...Austin is a film city, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Every..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Slender Man

Creepypasta's most iconic creature hits the big screen

"...or warps the creature. Unfortunately for Slender Man, the film adaptation of the myth, the spirit of collaboration has..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...attire! aGLIFF – the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival – has announced its full lineup for 2019,..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Southwest of Salem Director on Satanic Panic

Deborah S. Esquenazi talks collective madness before her SXSW panel

"...Deborah S. Esquenazi’s 2016 documentary Southwest of Salem tells the fascinating, terrifying story..."

March 8, 2018 SXSW Post by Amani Newton

Offseason

Coastal cosmic horror in the eerie latest from Mickey Keating

"...for playing with classic tropes. Much as his 2015 SXSW Midnighter Pod keyed into an alien X-Files episode vibe,..."

March 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Another Evil

Carson D. Mell on crying exorcists, plus home release update

"...tinged dark comedy (which received its world premiere at SXSW 2016, and reaches VOD this week) starts off like..."

May 6, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Donnybrook

Backwoods crime drama with a social conscience is gruelingly bleak

"...doesn't have the grisly surrealism of another backwoods cousin, 2016 Mississippi River revenge drama My Father Die. It depends..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Five Austin Films to Stream Right Now

A local list of flicks to keep you from thinking about cedar fever

"...best of you? We recommend you check out these films with Austin ties...."

Jan. 12, 2018 Events Post by Josh Kupecki

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