First You Laugh, Then You Join Greenpeace

The vinyl industry's environmental and health dangers hit home when documentarian Judith Helfand's family installs vinyl siding. Helfand caught it all on tape in her toxic comedy, Blue Vinyl.

"...the camera (the film took a cinematography prize at Sundance last year) and Helfand, our intrepid inquisitor, clutching a..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Fall Film Previews

September

"...against the romantic imagery of the Hollywood ideal? This Sundance hit follows a young photographer who thinks he has..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

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

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...showcase for what he can do without benefit of MTV (although the unnerving main and end titles, set to..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...of the same snap he brought to episodes of TV's Kids in the Hall, but midway through, he seems..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...father Michael, Stephen Lang seems caught in a bad TV movie of the week, all stern looks and grizzled..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...father Michael, Stephen Lang seems caught in a bad TV movie of the week, all stern looks and grizzled..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...update it. The emphasis is on film, but some TV is also covered...."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Faster Than Sound: Mixing Major Films, Danny Reisch Establishes LA Studio

Good Danny's in Lockhart will stay open and tracking

"...listener," he adds on Fathom, out now on Apple TV+. "It's really creative, and a new way to solicit..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

CODA

Bawdy, touching and exhilarating fishing family drama takes a different look at deafness

"...Available on Apple TV+ and in theatres now. A version of this review..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Nine Days

Winston Duke sits in judgment on the worth of life in this metaphysical drama

"...selections’ lives on a wall of cathode ray tube TV sets, jotting notes about their progress, and taking a..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Dog Doc

Charming portrait of a vet pushing the boundaries of medicine for the sake of the pups

"...Or rather, unproven so far. Cindy Meehl (director of Sundance 2011 horse whisperer documentary Buck and executive producer on..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...the Slender Man, while today's Festival Favorites announcement includes Sundance smash The Greasy Strangler and Operation Avalanche, a found-footage..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

L.M. Kit Carson: Film Frontiersman

The 2015 Texas Film Awards induct L.M. Kit Carson posthumously into the Texas Film Hall of Fame

"...US Film Festival in Utah, which would eventually become Sundance...."

March 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Louis Black

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Those local Sundance Film Festival favorites you've been reading about – including..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Afternoon Delight

A woman creates a tempest in her domestic teapot when she invites a lap dancer to stay with her family.

"...Hahn – best known from her supporting roles on TV’s Crossing Jordan, Girls, and Parks and Recreation – is..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Angst Is Their Co-Pilot

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

"...on the festival circuit. After being turned down by Sundance and SXSW, the no-budget film premiered at True/False in..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Much like the title character Precious, this rough-hewn movie overcomes the unlikely odds for its success.

"...of time by the flickering light of the ever-present TV); they are the women we rarely notice, products of..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playing for the People

More from director Steven Sebring on Patti Smith

"...much controlling. ... The fact that it premiered at Sundance and did well and it's been going all over..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Film News

The Sundance Channel and NetFlix make 'Room' for Kyle Henry

"...release in April. Then it heads to both the Sundance Channel, in a pay-TV deal, and Netflix for DVD..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Action Figure's new digs; plus, 'The Cassidy Kids,' Native American shape-shifters vs. bounty hunters, and more

"...show Downtown to film there, as well as another TV project that Action Figure is mulling. Early signs are..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...loved it. He thought it would be a good TV series, interestingly. He gave it to Sony President John..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

"I Made a Movie, and They Didn't Want It!"

Shut out by distribution companies, indie filmmakers go DIY when it comes to getting their movie out there.

"...That mythic age of million-dollar bidding wars and the Sundance Midas touch wasn't that long ago, but it's definitely..."

July 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

May

"...film is opening today. The film first premiered at Sundance in 2002 and has spent the last year awaiting..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Slow Biz of Show Biz

A conversation between filmmakers Richard Linklater and Rachel Tsangari

"...groundbreaking animated comedy Waking Life was the talk of Sundance (opening theatrically later this year). Tsangari's feature, her first,..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature

"The Return of Navajo Boy" (2000) and "Yada Yada" (2001)

"...and Navajo Austin filmmaker Bennie Klain, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival two months ago. The Austin presentation is..."

April 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Filmmaker

Chris Smith's American Movie depicts one man's passionate struggle to make a film.

"...to win the top documentary award at this year's Sundance and will be released nationally in November. Smith, Price,..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Blair Witch Project

Something wicked in the woods in this eagerly-awaited horror.

"...distribution within hours of its first midnight screening at Sundance; a film that has aroused a swell of anticipatory..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Breathing Lessons

Interview With Still Breathing's James F. Robinson

"...his film, the art of the deal, and the Sundance question, amongst other topics...."

May 1, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Girls in the Hood

Girls Like Us: The Texas Documentary Tour

"...Us, which was named best documentary at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival before being broadcast nationally on PBS' prestigious..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Jason Silverman

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