Small Screen, Big News

Time Warner threatened, plus Mike Judge and more

"...You've seen plenty of big-screen news in Film Flam and Trailer Park of late,..."

May 23, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Small Screen, Big News

'Revolution' comes to Austin, plus 'Modern Dads' and more

"...You've seen plenty of big-screen news in Film Flam and Trailer Park of late,..."

May 13, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

The Realities of Virtual Reality

Locals look into virtual reality and see more than video games

"...experience into something much more. The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset takes environments off the screen and puts them..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Struggling to Connect With My Downtown Life Through Virtual Reality

Immersing my avatar in SXSW XR

"...were other people in this South by Southwest-created virtual reality universe, which kicked off five hours prior. I jumped..."

March 17, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Is Virtual Reality Heading to Its Next Great Leap Forward?

From Virtual Boy to Oculus Rift, VR tech is always improving

"...Virtual reality's ride to ubiquity has been rough. A stint as..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Tucker Whatley

Small Screen, Big Ideas

The Territory Begins A New Season

"...A segment from Jon Pierson's cable show Split Screen includes interviews with Bob Sabiston and cinematographer Tommy Pallotta..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Documentary Uses Virtual Reality to Explore East Austin Gentrification

Technology and social justice come together in Latinitas' film

"...Putting on the virtual reality headgear, the documentary immerses viewers directly into the cultural..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Feature by Mae Hamilton

Dispatches From the Center of Alt-Reality With Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW

The Meta CEO beams in to predict his future and little else

"...be a challenge to push forward the metaverse into reality, and a big way to get buy-in could come..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Tom Cheredar

American Fiction, American Reality

Cord Jefferson is putting the Black middle class back on the screen

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

From Stage to Page to Screen: Inside the Script of West Side Story

Tony Kushner explains the process of adapting a classic

"...The reality is that there is no sacrosanct singular version of..."

Jan. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bowie on the Big Screen

Looking back on the rare gems of the Diamond Dog

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Jan. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Screen Shots

A miscellany of film news and events

"...with girlfriend and co-worker Ashley Jenkins on the popular reality show, which starts shooting this week...."

Nov. 20, 2015 Screens Column by Josh Kupecki

Missing

Screen life thriller Searching sequel is fun if preposterous

"...simple pleasures. Much like the preceding film in this "screen reality" techno-thriller anthology series, Searching, Missing takes its airport..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Searching For Clues Online

Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian talk about their online thriller

"...call a film that's set completely on a computer screen. In the case of missing persons mystery Searching, writer/producer..."

Aug. 30, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Real Cancun

"...to become the first company to transfer the TV reality-show craze to the movie theatres. Rest assured, there are..."

April 25, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Endless Poetry

Portrait of an artist as a young man

"...and is the follow-up to 2013’s The Dance of Reality, Jodorowsky’s magisterial evocation of his childhood in Tocopilla, Chile,..."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Followed

Social media is the real horror here. Wait, no, it's serial killers and ghosts.

"...combination of found footage and the new wave of screen reality cinema, the latter form innovated by horror films..."

July 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Act of Killing

In this disturbing documentary, former Indonesian death-squad leaders boastfully reenact their real-life mass killings with touches inspired by their favorite movies.

"...having these men re-stage their former exploits for the screen, using any styles they choose or can imagine. The..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Fans of the novel can exhale, finally; panic is unwarranted. On the other hand, audiences unfamiliar with Douglas Adams’ bizarre world may wonder what all the fuss is about.

"...while working on the second draft of this film’s screenplay, was and is wildly influential (Terry Pratchett’s million-selling Discworld..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dust to Glory

The Baja 1000, the longest off-road race in the world, is captured on film by Step Into Liquid's Dana Brown.

"...hard to capture on film: The confines of the screen always make the contests seem smaller and less turbocharged..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Color Out of Space

Lovecraft adaptation finally captures eldritch horror

"...just a dream. A dream you dream together is reality," failed artist turned alpaca farmer Nathan Gardner (Cage) tells..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Boy and the Beast

Japanese anime film is a fully immersive experience

"...in the beast-run underworld that exists just behind the reality of Tokyo’s Shibuya district. Kumatetsu is no Mr. Miyagi,..."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One for the Money

Heigl plays bounty hunter Stephanie Plum in this adaptation of the first book in Janet Evanovich's bestselling crime series.

"...wouldn’t it make more sense on basic cable? Plum's screen incarnate (and film producer) Katherine Heigl got her start..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Condemned

Steve Austin stars in this WWE-produced movie about a death row convict who is brought to a remote island to fight nine other killers to the death for a televised bout.

"...ounces of plastic explosives strapped to various legs. Two screenwriters. One retired wrestler (Austin, no longer “Stone Cold”). One..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Isn’t It Romantic

Another entry in the bizarre "head trauma leads to female empowerment" rom-com genre

"...on the head in order to see an alternate reality of self-affirmation. Between Isn’t It Romantic and last weekend’s..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Heading South

North American women of a certain age, who are sex tourists at a Haitian resort in the late Seventies, provide grist for this French film's study of social and economic contrasts.

"...exploitations between black and white, rich and poor, power, reality, and delusions. It's a wonderful story, and one I..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Science of Sleep

Michel Gondry's film is messy, confusing, painful, and ultimately, thanks in no small measure to the unfettered talents of Gael García Bernal and Charlotte Gainsbourg, utterly rewarding.

"...and desire, in particular – retrofitted for the cinema screen, The Science of Sleep is likely to cleave viewers'..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Inside

"...Louis Gossett and Janin Eser. Returning to the cinematic screen after a hiatus of sorts, director Arthur Penn (Bonnie..."

March 21, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

In the Mouth of Madness

Clearly having a ball, Carpenter fills the screen with equal amounts of unsettling atmosphere and shameless jolts, while at the same time successfully walking the tightrope that separates the horrific from the hilarious. ? Joey O'Bryan

"...Julie Carmen, Jurgen Prochnow, David Warner and Charlton Heston. "Reality isn't what it used to be," warns a creepy-looking..."

Feb. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Bridges of Madison County

"...runaway bestseller The Bridges of Madison County for the screen, reactions were generally incredulous and bemused. The common ground..."

June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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