Austin Film Society Announces 2023 AFS Grant for Short Films Recipients

Career-changing grants go to 16 projects from Texas filmmakers

"...Talk about putting your money where your mouth is: The Austin Film Society has announced the 16 projects from..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Move Fast and Break Things

Elon Musk and the Texas Legislature seem to be on the same path

"...After the recent fiasco of a rocket launch at Elon Musk's..."

May 5, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Opinion: Another School Shooting – This Is Our America Now

We are a country that loves its guns more than the children we've lost to gun violence

"...I remember I was walking down the hall and Jodi the janitor was sweeping the floor...."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by Heather Lewis

AFS Film Series Abraham/Ibrahim Highlights Diversity and Common Ground

Spotlight on the cinema of the Middle East, North Africa

"...How much do you know about the Middle East and North Africa? Like, really know?..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Council Balks at Deadline Pressure on Police Contract

Under the gun

"...In our feature this week on the aftermath of Winter Storm Mara (read more), we note..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Indoor Queers Club

Stay home and cool off with Qmmunity’s movie, book, and TV recs

"...cloistered to early morning hours or late at night, there’s still plenty of queer fun to be had from..."

July 13, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Mass

Devastating portrait of four parents in the aftermath of a school shooting

"...It was falling in with the wrong friends. It was having no friends. It was..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

September events around the state are waiting for you to arrive

"...This month we mark the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks on Sept. 11,..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Demi Lovato Doc Opening SXSW Film 2021

Punk icons, serial killers, wrestlers, and comedy in movie list

"...and a social conscience have always underpinned SXSW, and the three converge as Demi Lovato: Dance With the Devil..."

Jan. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Graphic Gift Books For Your Creative Favorites

Or even for your own holiday-besieged self, right? Potentially?

"...Screens are the default by now, of course. Which makes books more..."

Dec. 15, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Diversidad Sin Fronteras, PJ Raval Unite Over Trans Rights

Call Her Ganda screening hopes to highlight trans migrants

"...federal and state attacks on immigrants have intensified since the xenophobic Trump administration, a doubly marginalized group – trans..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Mary Tuma

Trey Edward Shults Returns for Austin Film Festival

Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Blair Witch retrospective

"...War crimes, family dramas, and evil in the woods: Austin Film Festival has announced a second wave..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life Revealed at Austin Film Festival

Kasi Lemmons' Harriet Tubman biopic also joins lineup

"...year for Austin filmmakers, with releases from three of the highest-profile directors (Robert Rodriguez, Richard Linklater, and Ric Roman..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Berlin

At last complete, Jason Lutes' graphic novel is a masterpiece

"...hardcover, Jason Lutes is now able to talk about the 18-year history of creating this masterwork. And the Texas..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

Playback: This Is Not Traditional

Tim Kerr and Jerry Hagins remain unconventional in Up Around the Sun, plus an update on World Class Capital Group

"...The other half of Up Around the Sun's formula, like..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Asian American Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

The four-day festival drops 11 feature films and even more shorts

"...10th year, and celebrating its transformation into a nonprofit, the AAAFF is returning to the newly renovated AFS Cinema,..."

Oct. 31, 2017 Screens Post by Reanna Zuniga

Council Wrap: Not Quite Midnight

Council tweaks youth curfew, promotes greenwater, frees lemonade

"...as well as intermittent giddy-ups from Mayor Steve Adler. The lengthiest debate concerned the Juvenile Curfew Ordinance – both..."

June 19, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Gale Theatre Company's Salomé

This original drama reworks the familiar tale to give us a new perspective on the Judean princess

"...The Dance of the Seven Veils is done. The head..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest First Wave Announced

Miss Peregrine, Phantasm: Ravager, and more

"...Bite your nails in anticipation no more! Fantastic Fest, the Alamo Drafthouse's celebration of the weirdest corners of cinema,..."

Aug. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Vote No on Prop 1

You mean the election already happened?

"...think this is rocket science. Two international companies decided they did not like legislation passed in Austin. They mounted..."

May 13, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Point Austin: Racism and Heroism

Reflecting on the Charleston massacre

"...I can't claim to add unique insight to the national outpouring of rage and sorrow in the wake..."

June 26, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Memorial Weekend Flood Assistance

Resources for folks hit by the Memorial Weekend floods

"...As East Texas and six nearby states gird for the weather activity that just passed though our area, San..."

May 24, 2015 News Post by Nina Hernandez

News Roundup: No Fun

Lege goes anti-LGBT; Council debates noms; fests could get curfews

"...In this week's News Roundup, the Lege tries to keep Texas anti-gay; Council gets bogged..."

May 11, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Point Austin: Just How Super Is Your PAC?

"Outside money" hits Austin, and the reverberations begin

"...around last week, shocked – simply shocked – that there is gambling taking place in Casablanca...."

Oct. 31, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Japanese Madness Overtakes Fantastic Fest

Miike, Sono, and Studio Ghibli all added to lineup

"...The latest from Studio Ghibli, insanity from cult directors Takashi..."

Aug. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Radio Coffee Beer & Folk

Native son Jack Wilson, behind the bar and onstage

"...Jack Wilson relishes entrenchments where songs thrive, the Kerrville Folk Festival and Old Settler's Music Festival, for..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Council Slams ‘S-Comm’

Unanimous vote rejects county participation in deportation program

"...evening, City Council unanimously passed a resolution formally opposing the federal Secure Communities program, through which immigration officials identify..."

June 27, 2014 News Post by Tony Cantú

City’s SXSW Survey Finds Little Worth Noting

General questions by ACE staff lead to general answers

"...The most notable takeaway from Wednesday’s second public meeting by..."

May 29, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Playback: Live Music and Lodging

Hotel Indigo to break ground on Red River as Max Frost breaks the same with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy on his Atlantic Records debut

"...Like a misremembered Joni Mitchell lyric, they're tearing down the parking lot and building a big..."

April 4, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hugo Rising

The nominees for science fiction's best novel of 2013 find a new guard challenging the old

"...This week, the future is in San Antonio...."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

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