Austin Film Festival Adds Nine Days and Welcomes the WWE's Brothers of Destruction

New Winston Duke/Zazie Beets movie as opening night film

"...nine days - or rather, Nine Days, the new Sundance award-winning tale of redemption and lives yet to be..."

Oct. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

To Know Joe Lansdale Is to Love Joe Lansdale

All Hail the Popcorn King trails the writer of the purple rage

"...no bounds. Whether it's on the screen (Bubba Ho-Tep; Sundance TV's adaptation of Lansdale's long-running Hap and Leonard series..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

From charming zombies to pompous actors, 10 films to seek in 2019

"...just a few calendar flips away (looking at you, Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, etc. etc. etc.), we still have a..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Split Screen: Reanimated

John Pierson's Split Screen begins streaming on FilmStruck

"...Split Screen, John Pierson’s 1997-2001 TV show about the indie film world makes its streaming..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Shell They Sell (He's Swell)

Viral cuddlebomb Marcel the Shell makes the move to book and TV

"...Best Animated Short at AFI Fest and screened at Sundance – the sweet story of a tiny seashell with..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

Hell's Belle

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

"...director/screenwriter Kat Candler. Her short "Hellion" premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012. Check. She expands it to..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Into Thin Air

The already under way adventures of Austinites at the Dances Sun and Slam, and what they might mean for the local scene

"...filmmakers struggling to get prints ready in time for Sundance, and nothing remarkable in discovering that the faster, cheaper..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

The Next Step

They've made their films. They've done the festivals. Now, four filmmakers share stories about finding -- and losing -- distribution.

"...Pro, you can check the white balance on a TV crew's Betacam from half a block away, but face..."

April 20, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...its cliffhanging season closer on an episode of the TV show Split Screen and a bravura run through this..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters

The remarkable journey – and uncertain toll – of Steve Bilich's 'Native New Yorker'

"...me on the phone. She says, 'Turn on the TV!' and I say, 'I can't hear you; there's an..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...favorite Margaret Brown (The Great Invisible) returns with her Sundance Film Festival award winner Descendant...."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...Discovered and quickly sold at the Sundance Film Festival, first-timer Miguel Arteta's film is a dark..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...town's distinctive natural resources -- successful old movies and TV shows -- that are being recycled. Slated for release..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Slack to the Future

Slacker at 20

"...of the Lone Star State. (On Jan. 24, the Sundance Institute and its preservation arm, the Sundance Collection, will..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Keeping the Faith

The Texas Documentary Tour presents festival hit Trembling Before G-d, in which Orthodox Jews try to reconcile religion with their homosexuality.

"...live within it. DuBowski's unusual documentary, which premiered at Sundance in 2001, also screened at 2001's Austin Gay and..."

April 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Passion Project

Jim Cummings is supercharging self-distribution with Thunder Road

"...Road" won the grand jury prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, Cummings started working on two features, but..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...by world premieres, but there are a couple of Sundance alums, including the highly touted post-apocalyptic BMX actioner Turbo..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Film festival director Janet Pierson gives us the 2014 rundown

"...Three pictures that debuted at Sundance make their Austin debuts, and for Pierson they all..."

Jan. 30, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Film News

Word from the Independent Spirit Awards and Sundance fronts; plus, 'No Pain, No Gain,' Bobby Cannavale, and 'Light From the East'

"...Independent Spirits and Sundance Dreams Bravo's Independent Spirit Award nominations are going to..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Dude, It's Mitch Hedberg!

"...had his first film, Los Enchiladas, premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. At the age of 30, he's poised..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Living in Oblivion director Tom DiCillo (a Sundance regular) once more treads the delicate line between sarcasm..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Panic

"...Sopranos, Analyze This, and dozens of lesser film and TV takeoffs. But it's not always what you do but..."

March 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Frat House

"...and general frat-pack mentality, won the jury award at Sundance in 1998 and was supposed to air on HBO...."

Sept. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ringmaster

"...a bad name. With the popularity of his syndicated TV talk show and best-selling videotapes, this self-invented star has..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...of their power: mass media in the form of TV and the tabloids. Though its target is broad, the..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...titles, shorts, music videos, the best of the year’s TV and film titles, episodic premieres and previews. Plus, if..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

I Can Watch What Where?

Finding films for cheap on the Internet

"...recently, video-on-demand services from the likes of IFC, the Sundance Channel, and Cinetic Rights Management's FilmBuff, the new VOD..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Love and Creation

An approach to the SXSW Film Festival

"...Z-Boys, one of the best films I've seen at Sundance, was just such an accident. I went because I..."

March 7, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Another 'Special Session'

Political series returns to PBS in February.

"...State Legislature AUSTIN, Texas — Jan. 23, 2007 — KLRU-TV, Austin PBS, in association with Midnight Films, announces the..."

Jan. 24, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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