Weird Wednesday Celebrates Low-Budget Legend Albert Pyun

An unstoppable workhorse whose films celebrated earnest fun

"...of the movie to instead act in a cheapo television show, taking with him teenager Albert Pyun's once-in-a-lifetime chance..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Screens Feature by Julian Towers

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...teachers' sake: Raul's, described by king of all rock critics Lester Bangs in a 1980 Musician magazine piece about..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

David Tennant Joins Cast of Gen:LOCK

Doctor Who star cast alongside Michael B. Jordan in Rooster Teeth Show

"...made by Rooster Teeth co-founder Burnie Burns at the Television Critics Association in Los Angeles, comes hot on the..."

July 30, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

#MeToo, Time's Up Panels Lead SXSW Speaker List

Conference speaker list also adds Sanders, Schwarzenegger

"...An Informal and Candid Conversation with Female Leaders in Television, featuring Amy Powell (President of Paramount TV & Digital..."

Feb. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Louis Black Takes Richard Linklater Doc to PBS

dream is destiny airs on American Masters

"...my mind." But with the documentary heading to its television premiere on Friday, Sept. 1, as part of PBS's..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Buck Dharma in the 21st Century!

Epic Q&A with Blue Öyster Cult’s “Reaper”

"...and it was varied. We had Richard Meltzer’s Dada-esque free-association lyrics, and we had [manager] Sandy Pearlman’s historical visions..."

Aug. 9, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Film Critics Association Award Winners

The AFCA laud acclaimed drama and local filmmaker Keith Maitland

"...surprising that when the members of the Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) weighed in with their thoughts on the..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Flam

The AFCA adds new members, plus some locals hit it big

"...On Tuesday, the Austin Film Critics Association announced three new members to its 2015 roster,..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Film Flam: Linklater, Krisha, and Slackerwood

Awards all around, and a sad farewell to the popular film blog

"...(the broadcast news equivilent of a Pulitzer). The National Association of Broadcasters honored Andy Pierrotti, photojournalists Derek Rasor and..."

April 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Professor Dumpster Wanted a Dialogue – He Got One

Nora Ankrum responds to the bowtie backlash

"...homelessness—you don’t move into a dumpster unaware of the association,” he writes. “But when he talks about ‘What does..."

March 11, 2015 News Post by Nora Ankrum

The AggreGAYtor: July 31

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...• The AggreGAYtor's heart is aflutter with news that..."

July 31, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

From Łódź With Love

Previewing the Austin Polish Film Festival

"...of the highly regarded National Higher School of Film, Television, and Theatre in Łódź is alive and well, but..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Barbarians at the Box Office

AFS Documentary Tour: 'For the Love of Movies'

"...the storming of the establishment citadel of print film critics, including the Rushmore of boldface names, by the great..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Backing 'Black'

The Austin Film Critics Association announces 2010 awards

"...The Austin Film Critics Association announced its top picks of the year yesterday,..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

AFCA Backs 'Black Swan'

Local film critics pick year's best

"...leave it to those contrarians at the Austin Film Critics Association (of which I am proud member) to buck..."

Dec. 22, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

What Are You Looking At?

A rundown of our staff's most recent pop-culture fixations

"...at? Tweets on the hashtag #TCA on Twitter. The Television Critics Association is having its big conference for most..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Screens Feature

TV Eye

The Big C offers a clear-eyed, sometimes comic look at cancer

"...the Showtime presentation for The Big C during the Television Critics Association press tour, posted this quote from Linney..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

More summer shows

"...of rumpled journalists to sing "Barbara Ann" at the Television Critics Association press tour earlier in the year. Unlike..."

July 2, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Home Field Advantage

Sure, Austin can become a sustainable center for TV production. Just ask the Friday Night Lights gridiron gang.

"...into each other, making for some multifaceted drama that critics have no shortage of praise for and that fans..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Auteurs Stake a Claim on the Small Screen

Mitchell Hurwitz and Matthew Weiner made their names in TV. Have they gotten too big for it?

"...and often hilarious eccentricities. The series earned multiple Emmys, Television Critics Association Awards, and People's Choice Awards, among others...."

Oct. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Apocalypse February!

When digital TV arrives next year, you may not notice

"...scale of media disasters, the nationwide transition to digital television ranks somewhere between the apocalypse and the cancellation of..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Page Two: Once in a Lifetime

Obama and Clinton are the future – a real future that is better than any fabricated past

"...are barely the tip of the iceberg of the critics' personal, intellectual, and aesthetic failings...."

Jan. 11, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Film News

The Top 10 things that had people talking in Austin film and TV this year

"...1) Television saved the film star..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...Culture, Uprising: Speculation This week, my fellow Chronicle Film critics and I looked back at 2007 and came up..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Film Critics Association Announces Top Pic(k)s

The AFCA anoints There Will Be Blood best film of the year

"...In its second year of operation, the Austin Film Critics Association has pretty handily anointed the not-yet-released There Will..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature

CSI: Travis County

Why Is the Medical Examiner's Office so screwed up?

"...life truly imitated art – or at least popular television shows, like JAG or Crossing Jordan or, most vividly,..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...the first three known for working with Public Access Television and the latter for his environmental activism – were..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature

TV Eye

Strong words from Edward James Olmos, and what's on this week.

"...of West's choice lines: "Maybe if you watched more television, you'd be better at your job.")..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Strong words from Edward James Olmos, and what's on this week.

"...be time for the annual TCA gathering. That's the Television Critics Association to TV wonks, a members-only group that..."

July 18, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Director of Austin Warehouse District Association..."

June 13, 2003 Column

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