Down From the Mountain

There was no snow at Sundance this year, but a strong slate nonetheless.

"...Attendance was up this year at Robert Redford's annual festival of independent film -- and so was the glitz..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Two Weeks in Another Town

The Toronto Film Festival was bifurcated by news of crisis; festival attendees reacted with the rest of the world and questioned the relevance of film in the face of events.

"...The Toronto International Film Festival is the biggest and, arguably, the most important..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

aGLIFF's 2017 Lineup Announced

Celebrating 30 years of queer entertainment with films for everyone

"...Austin’s first and only queer film festival celebrates its 30th anniversary next month and if..."

Aug. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Iman Shah

Reflections

SXSW Film Festival and Conference

"...here are the first round of reviews of some films currently showing in the SXSW Film Festival. The symbols..."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

Out, In, and Onscreen

The 19th Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival

"...Screwball comedy comes naturally to filmmaker Maria Maggenti. It was the dominant tone of her..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Found My Fill on BlackBerry Hill

At Sundance, a renewed "Focus on Film" amid celebrity worship and the frantic search for the next big thing

"...At the Sundance Film Festival, the admonition to turn off all cell..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Alive and Kicking

Just when a heavy cynicism about the future of independent film has overtaken the industry and most of its observers, the Sundance Film Festival came along during the early weeks of 2001 and, almost unexpectedly, brightened the downcast mood shared by its most dour participants.

"...at the crack of dawn to leave for the Sundance Film Festival, I had little more on my mind..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hustle and Snow

At Sundance, the proving ground just got a lot more slippery

"...You expect the hordes of filmmakers and movie executives, actors, critics, and publicists. But sometimes..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Full Dance Card

Back in Austin after eight days in the land of mountains and Mormons at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it's hard to distill the experience into any one verity. The combination of dozens of movies and the oxygen-poor altitude create memories that seem more impressionistic than precise.

"...the land of mountains and Mormons at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it's hard to distill the experience into..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

At the Ready Gets in the Uniform Boots of Texas’ High School Cops

Sundance title comes to AFS's drive-in screen

"...what would your first response be? For journalist and filmmaker Maisie Crow, it was very simple: "What? What's happening?..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sun Sets on the Big 'Dance

Sundance ends with acquisitions and accolades for Austin filmmakers

"...Had there been any doubt, the 2013 Sundance Film Festival – the festival of independent filmmaking, which..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Riley Stearns Helps Karen Gillan Look Herself in the Eye in Dual

Riley Stearns' new sci-fi drama makes its world premiere at Sundance

"...Dual is not the film about meeting yourself that Riley Stearns originally planned to..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cowboys and Indies

Texas Sundance roundup

"...If this year's Sundance Film Festival had one marquee narrative, it was technology-driven..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Native Talent

Local filmmaker and UT RTF student Bennie Klain has been invited to screen his new short film, "Yada Yada," at the Sundance Film Festival. It's the second film he's ever made -- it's also his second film to show at Sundance.

"...heading out to Utah this January to attend the Sundance Film Festival, where his eight-minute short film "Yada Yada"..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFS Grants Announced

$115,000 awarded to filmmakers

"...The Austin Film Society is at it again: giving away money to..."

Sept. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eyeing the Niche

Local filmmakers head to Sundance with "The Send-Off"

"...a decade ago, Patrick Bresnan, an Austin-based artist and film director, heard that there was an AIDS epidemic plaguing..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Nothing but Love

Bryan Poyser's Lovers of Hate to compete at Sundance

"...how much success comes the way of an indie filmmaker – and Bryan Poyser has had quite a lot,..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Seven in Focus

SXSW '97 Film

"...Rana Joy Glickman is a match made in indie film heaven. In an American independent scene which has of..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature

Personal True Tales, Plus New and Returning Texas Legends at SXSW

Film festival director Janet Pierson gives us the 2014 rundown

"...the first screening, it's busy times at the SXSW Film Festival, and that means the long hours have started..."

Jan. 30, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Skeleton Twins

Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig co-star as siblings in this dramatic workout.

"...more than a plot device, something overworkshopped at a Sundance Lab. (In fact, Johnson and his co-writer Mark Heyman..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Manifest Destiny

Linklater doc premieres at Sundance

"...co-director respectively, had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, and the reception to Richard Linklater: Dream..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Page Two: The Incredibles

SXSW Film lines 'em up

"...What SXSW Film Hath Wrought..."

March 13, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Good Show

It was a good year -- not a great one -- for the Toronto International Film Festival.

"...foolhardy to attempt observational summaries or generalizations about the films viewed during one's visit to the Toronto International Film..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

2011 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund Recipients Announced

2011 TFPF winners announced

"...Funding your film is an unavoidable hurdle that every filmmaker, from the..."

Aug. 29, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Daddy Day Camp

Someone should blow "Taps" for this outing and put it out of its misery.

"...that the formulaic kiddie pic Daddy Day Camp was filmed in Provo and Park City, Utah – the latter..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Under Heaven

"...Fairchild. Not reviewed at press time. Meg Richman's debut film made its Austin premiere at the 1998 SXSW Film..."

Aug. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chronicle of a Disappearance

"...on the Palestinian people is the fascinating first feature film of Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman. His movie presents a..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: Love and Creation

An approach to the SXSW Film Festival

"...March 7 – the opening night of the SXSW Film Festival, which kicks off the 10 days of South..."

March 7, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Changes in the Weather

As Burnt Orange cools down, UTFI heats up

"...worked toward was coming true. He'd made a real film, the kind with a cast and crew he couldn't..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Christmas in the Clouds

This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives in theatres four years late but seasonally right on time.

"...which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives in theatres four years late but seasonally..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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