What the Screen Actors and Writers Strikes Mean for Austin

Hopes of a bumper production year fade as unions fight for a fairer future for their members

"...and film industries, it's been banners held by picketing actors and writers in New York and Los Angeles. But..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Screen Play

What to do at the writers' conference

"...The Austin Film Festival's annual screenwriting conference entails four days of panels, workshops, pitch sessions,..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Auteurs Stake a Claim on the Small Screen

Mitchell Hurwitz and Matthew Weiner made their names in TV. Have they gotten too big for it?

"...But will turning to the big screen lure Hurwitz away from TV? Not likely. As one..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Big Time, Small Screen

Local filmmaker Ya'Ke's 'The Second Coming' screens on HBO

"...Ya'Ke likes to direct actors. "That's my thing," he says confidently, as if he's..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

Roar

Drafthouse Films reissues this truly trippy oddity from 1981

"...eradicate Hank’s pride and joy. The film is a Screen Actors Guild nightmare. The performers don’t so much act..."

April 17, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Chasers

"...-- only Hopper's copped the Quirky Wing of the Screen Actors Guild to make each a true hoot: Busey..."

April 29, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Who might win what and why

"...– a new awards season is near. The Writers Guild, the Golden Globes, and the Screen Actors Guild recently..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Big Squeeze

The writers' strike hits close to home

"...of Secondhand Lions and perhaps Central Texas' most successful screenwriter. McCanlies had been working on two projects for two..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Good Neighbors

Fred Rogers had a lot to teach us about being a good neighbor.

"...learned to do it ourselves. What Else Is There? Actors reward their own at the Ninth Annual Screen Actors..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

AI, Strikes, and Burning It Down: Highlights of the ATX TV Festival

Celebration of the small screen becomes a war room for writers

"...is in meltdown right now because of the Writers Guild of America strike and ongoing negotiations with the Alliance..."

June 9, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

As far as awards shows go, the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards was one of the most abysmal presentations I've seen in a long time. Maybe the upcoming SAG awards or TV Guide Awards will be better.

"...to matching the hype.I'd Like to Thank My Fellow ActorsThe 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be telecast..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

It's ba-ack: The season debut of The Wire marks the return of appointment television

"...old and something new turned up on the small screen. The strange thing is the something old feels like..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

It smells like strike ... again. TV Eye preemptively tosses her TV for the Internet.

"...this life without a TV marathon that the pending actors' strike snuck up on me. As of this writing,..."

July 4, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Abandoning the Nest

Hurt by the state's inadequate incentives program, Texas film crews take flight

"...has much to do with the threat of an actors strike and the associated rush to production. Rector says..."

May 23, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

GalaxyCon and the Pros of Cons During a Strike

Touring fan convention comes to Austin with surprising star power

"...like Star Wars superfans the 501st Star Garrison; voice actors such as Dana Snyder (Aqua Teen Hunger Force), Abby..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Migrating North

As the Texas and national film industry feels the burn of runaway production, many agree with one directive: Blame Canada.

"...-- consisting of labor organizations such as the Director's Guild of America, the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Seven Pounds

Will Smith stars in this dramatic film about a man who whose melancholia compels him to devise a unique plan to redeem what remains of his life.

"...with an air of unquestioned confidence, knowing his undeniable screen presence, deftness with a one-liner, and million-kilowatt smile would..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Luv Doc: Big Jars of Dollar Bills

... that they're not even using

"...of service industry pay. Maybe she thinks there's a Screen Actors Guild for bartenders. Well, actually, there is. It's..."

March 24, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

TV Eye

The floodgates are opening with a whole host of premieres and returning shows

"...(AMC), as well as last Sunday's broadcast of the Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony almost made it seem like..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Now that the February sweeps are over, take a look what the networks are dragging in for March.

"...magazine, regular couch potatoes vote for their favorite TV actors and actresses, and critics be damned...."

March 3, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Standing Around on "The Corner"

My Big Role as a subUrbia Stand-in

"...About two weeks before the shooting started, the actors arrived. And one day, I was sitting in the..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Screens Feature

The Making of Olympia

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Nov. 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Bill Stott

Lights, Camera, Safety: Film and TV Production Is Coming Back to Texas

Now producers and unions are making sure no one gets sick

"...the state or the feds, so the various craft guilds sat down and worked out their own rules. That's..."

July 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Beyond the Picket Lines: SAG, WGA, and the Austin Industry

Local film professionals explain how they're navigating the strike

"...due to Covid. Now there's July 14, 2023, when actors union SAG-AFTRA joined the Writers Guild of America on..."

Aug. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rally 'Round the Writers

Local WGA members take part in Day of Action

"...visiting his family for the holidays. But when the Screen Actors Guild member heard there was a Writers Guild..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

The first casualties of the writers' strike.

"...the hubbub is about surrounding the newly minted Writers Guild of America strike may want to check out two..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Spin City: How the media manipulates truth into something very different.

"...The Eighth Annual Screen Actor's Guild Awards also airs March 10, 7pm, on..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Feeling Extra Queer

'Interior. Leather Bar.' highlights what it's like to be an extra in an explicitly gay film

"...mentions – the extras. Receiving special dispensation from the Screen Actors Guild, Friedkin secured the services of hundreds of..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell

TV Eye

More grumbling about how dumb the Emmy Awards are

"...The Screen Actors Guild gives ensemble awards (Emmy does not), and..."

July 27, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

SAG-AFTRA Strikes Affect Dazed and Confused Anniversary

Screening to be postponed, but baseball celebration still on

"...Las Vegas Aviators on Sept. 16: then a special screening at the Moody Amphitheater with cast and crew Q&A..."

July 21, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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