Arlo & Julie

Steve Mims concocts a mischievous story about a happy, if rudderless Austin couple

"...Directed by: Steve Mims. Starring: Alex Dobrenko, Ashley Spillers, Sam Eidson, Chris..."

May 8, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Honor Roll

Behind the new stunner of a short from Austin film mainstay Steve Mims

"...That's Austin filmmaker and University of Texas Radio-Television-Film mainstay Steve Mims geeking out over the new Canon EOS 7D,..."

April 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Incendiary: The Willingham Case

The "junk science" used to make the case for the Texas execution of Cameron Todd Willingham for the arson murders of his children is persuasively laid out in this locally made documentary.

"...Directed by: Joe Bailey Jr. and Steve Mims...."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Run Like the Devil

Cruz versus O'Rourke, seen from the campaign trail

"...Directed by: Steve Mims...."

Sept. 6, 2018 Movie Review

Starving the Beast

Doc exposes big money on campus

"...Directed by: Steve Mims...."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Violet Crown Recommits to Arlo & Julie

Arlo and Julie collectors' items up for grabs

"...May 8, the Violet Crown Cinema has carried over Steve Mims’ Austin-made film for another week. To thank the..."

May 14, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cruz vs. O'Rourke Senate Race Explored in Run Like the Devil

Meet the men behind the campaigns

"...an autopsy, retold with the results. Not so for Steve Mims' Run Like the Devil, a study of the..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Angst Is Their Co-Pilot

'Only the Young' charts the agony and ecstasy of a certain age

"...the landscape of Santa Clarita, Calif. It's something Elizabeth Mims noticed while going to film school at the California..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

The Case That Wouldn't Stay Closed

The facts: a tragic house fire, a man executed, a governor under suspicion. Everything else is a mystery.

"...We sat down with Austin filmmakers Steve Mims and Joe Bailey Jr. for a chat about..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Jordan Smith

sxswf: Even More 'Incendiary'

More from our Q&A with filmmakers Steve Mims and Joe Bailey Jr.

"...Austin filmmakers Steve Mims and Joe Bailey spent more than a year..."

March 10, 2011 SXSW Post by Jordan Smith

Public Education Under Fire

New doc Starving the Beast uncovers ideological clash

"...Austin-based filmmaker Steve Mims' latest documentary, Starving the Beast: The Battle to..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Spotlights

"...Steve Mims is one of the hardest-working filmmakers in Austin...."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature

Spillers' Guts

Ashley Spillers stepped out of her comfort zone to write these 'love letters to Austin'

"...two SXSW premieres – Arlo & Julie, by writer/director Steve Mims, and Two Step, by writer/director Alex R. Johnson..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Arlo & Julie Puzzles Over Love

The Arlo & Julie team puts the pieces together

"...Longtime Austin filmmaker and UT lecturer Steve Mims (SXSW award-winner Incendiary: The Willingham Case) captures that..."

May 8, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Momentum Requires Movement

The Nudge Micro Digital Film Fest

"...culmination of 11 years of student work completed at Steve Mims' Austin FilmWorks is about to see the big..."

May 7, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Sending Off SXSW 2003

Film Reviews

"...TIMES TWENTY: THE AUSTIN LOUNGE LIZARDS LIVE AT ANTONE'SD: Steve Mims...."

March 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Lee Nichols

The Way We Watch Now: Case Studies

Five experiments in theatrical-on-demand

"...put into promoting their film? Joe Bailey Jr. and Steve Mims, co-directors of Incendiary: The Willingham Case, are no..."

June 22, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Film News

Big 'Lights,' small screen; the Pod squad; and congrats and condolences

"..."TV Eye," p.49. Meanwhile, shorts by four students from Steve Mims' Austin Film Works classes are available for download..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Short Cuts

Back to school with Professor Mims

"...same thing, but check it, G: Local film maestro/guru/man-about-town Steve Mims sends note that it's not too late to..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

The Way We Watch Now

Is theatrical-on-demand the next big thing?

"...documentary well beyond its initial run. He and co-director Steve Mims were approached by Gonda after a screening at..."

June 22, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...Story traces the history of the venerable music show. Steve Mims' Starving the Beast: The Battle to Disrupt and..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Watch Run Like the Devil for Free Now

Before you vote, remind yourself what you’re voting for

"...Austin’s Steve Mims made the documentary as a way for audiences..."

Nov. 6, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Will Video Kill the Celluloid Star?

Most loves fade over time, and the romance of a hundred-plus years of filmmaking seems to be losing its luster as well. At least, that's what the new High Definition video vanguard, led by George Lucas and Robert Rodriguez, is saying. Is video the future of film?

"...Steve Mims, the Austin-based director of The Perfect Specimen and..."

June 21, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Public Notice: Celebrating Environmentalists

Events, awards, and other news

"...Central Health, the latest effort from local indie documentarist Steve Mims, will premiere at the AFS Cinema, at 7:30pm..."

Nov. 12, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

AFS Grants Announced

$115,000 awarded to filmmakers

"...Untitled Higher Education Project D: Joe Bailey Jr. & Steve Mims (Austin) AFS Grant Award: $2,500 Filmmakers Steve Mims..."

Sept. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hell's Belle

'Hellion' marks Kat Candler's long road to overnight success

"...years, working days at BookPeople. She learned film from Steve Mims with classmates Scott Bate and Shawn Higgins, and..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Else, and Visions selections Arlo and Julie (directed by Steve Mims), Creep (from Mark Duplass), and Open Windows (starring..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Film Festival 2003

"...two more locally shot productions, Screen Door Jesus and Steve Mims’ Lizard Times Twenty: The Austin Lounge Lizards Live..."

March 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

End-Of-the-semester Student Films

"...this semester's Production One and Production Two classes at Steve Mims' Austin FilmWorks. Production One is a 14-week introduction..."

May 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Filmworks Student Films

"...semester of Production One and Production Two classes at Steve Mims’ Austin FilmWorks...."

Dec. 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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