For the Sake of the Song

For the Sake of the Song

"...made a name for itself with theme-based compilations of Texas artists. The latest, Let's Step Outside, features songs on..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

1998 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund

"...the names of the grant recipients of this year's Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund. Now in its fourth year of..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Screens Feature

Greg Vanderpool

"...Milton Mapes/Monahans principal Greg Vanderpool cashes in gradual West Texas soundscapes for a more precise, inwardly focused take on..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Music Review by Greg Beets

Oscar's Texas Ties

Academy Award nominations dropped this morning

"...• The Act of Killing: This Drafthouse Films picture has been nominated in the Documentary Feature category...."

Jan. 16, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Texas Film Hall of Fame Class of '09

Catherine Hardwicke, Larry Hagman, and Powers Boothe will be inducted in the Texas Film Hall of Fame come March

"...new to look forward to – induction into the Texas Film Hall of Fame! The UT graduate and McAllen..."

Jan. 6, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Antone's, Sunday June 26: Michelle Shocked

Release me

"...Got No Strings, meanwhile, reimagines songs associated with the films of Walt Disney as Western swing. It works in..."

June 17, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

The Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund Class of '97

"...Inc. during our self-distributed McCollege Tour through her Working Films initiative, and Jim is now serving with Michael Stipe..."

May 7, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

DVDisc: Ian Moore

DVDisc

"...best aspects of both small club shows and concert films. Later, after watching some of the playback, he admits,..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Music Review by Matt Dentler

Five Essential Films at the Austin Asian American Film Festival

Across nations and diasporas, AAAFF explores the most intriguing, experimental, and entertaining movies from Asian filmmakers

"...healing power of karaoke. Screening as part of the Texas Shorts Program.Thu., June 22, 6:05pm The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra..."

June 23, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Pick Top Five Austin Films

Oscar winners and indie faves, but which will be the top ATX film of 2019?

"...documentary hiking, biking, canoeing and riding its stretch through Texas could change the conversation. Read our four-star review right..."

Dec. 12, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Films to Change Your Future at Other Worlds 2019

Time travel, undead duplicates, and sea monsters a-hoy!

"...feature from writer/director Phillip G. Carroll Jr. get its Texas premiere at Other Worlds, but it's also this year's..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Travel Channel’s Food Paradise Films at Easy Tiger

Your big break (or at least a yummy pretzel) is just around the corner

"...that there seems to be some kind of Los Angeles-to-Texas pipeline, bringing clear-framed-glasses-wearing, flat-white-sipping young creative types from one..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Five More Films Not to Miss at Fantastic Fest

Wildernesses, Lovecraft, and Joss Whedon Alumni

"...(D: Ali Abbasi, Sweden/Denmark, 2018, Texas Premiere) Fri., Sept. 21, 2pm; Tue., Sept. 25, 2pm...."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2016

"...contemporary Western about two brothers robbing banks in West Texas is a well-crafted buddy movie for these hard times...."

Dec. 30, 2016 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Josh Kupecki's Top 10 Films of 2015

"...landing, HBO's The Leftovers finding new life here in Texas, and season 2 of Fargo just fucking killing it...."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Chronicle Recommends: SXSW Films

The best of the fest

"...life. Combining elements from John Hughes, Misery, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, this darkly comedic, audacious Aussie import..."

March 20, 2015 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Peter Stopschinski

"...Championship Game" combines the epic veneer of an NFL Films score with the disorientation of having your block knocked..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Music Review by Greg Beets

Fumihito Sugawara

'Lo 21 Farewell Mr. Familiar'

"...Some soundtracks don't have films, including Fumihito Sugawara's scoring of this story of Keizo..."

July 6, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

T Bone Burnett

"...Bone Burnett's name has become so synonymous with Oscar-winning films and big-name production credits that his own life now..."

June 6, 2008 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

White Ghost Shivers

Record review

"...their Halloween blowouts, the call to score Buster Keaton films for the Alamo Drafthouse, and out-of-state tours. Following last..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Review by David Lynch

Troy Dillinger

DVDnds

"...cockeyed journal of the everyday musical ne'er-do-well. Eleven short films commissioned by longtime local rocker Troy Dillinger to accompany..."

April 29, 2005 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Mexico and Mariachis

DVDnds

"...the following year. Songs and ideas from all three films simmer and snap in a Del Castillo-kissed Latin tango...."

April 9, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Jonathan Demme Presents …

AFF awardee reprises screening of Texan Eighties classics

"...Jonathan Demme presented a special screening of two seminal Texas films in New York City. This year, during the..."

Oct. 24, 2013 Screens Post by Louis Black

Getting Their Due

The 2003 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...In its third year, the Austin Film Society's Texas Film Hall of Fame has become the state's premier..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Encore!

The second annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards honors Texas' finest contributors to cinema.

"...Rip Torn handed his cousin Sissy Spacek the first Texas Film Hall of Fame award presented to an actress..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: Scratching the Surface

Festival films, the Austin Music Awards, and the truth about South by Southwest

"...March 9-Saturday, March 17. There will be around 200 films shown. A SXSW Film pass – for Film only..."

March 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

AFS Announces 2020 Feature Grant Recipients

Special new fund will help those hit by SXSW cancellation

"...Fifteen films. Sixteen filmmakers. That's the roster of titles that will..."

Sept. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

On the Road Again

Texas Monthly teams with Rolling Roadshow for summer series

"...Texas has always fancied itself a country unto itself, so..."

May 16, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Luke Wilson Plays a Long and Lonely Game in 12 Mighty Orphans

The story behind the period drama about Texas' most unlikely high school football heroes

"...who was at a more prestigious school in Tyler, Texas, and he left that to go to this orphanage..."

June 11, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

David Gordon Green's Halloween Trailer

First real look at the Austin director's horror classic sequel

"...Horror fans everywhere know that Austin can claim The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as its own. Now the ATX..."

June 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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