Just Mercy Will Close This Year’s Austin Film Festival

Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx star in true-life legal drama

"...With the Austin Film Festival mere weeks away, it’s dropping the..."

Oct. 9, 2019 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Split Screen and Nineties Indie Film

AFS celebrates John Pierson’s seminal IFC show

"...Stan Against Evil, younger viewers might be surprised that the F in IFC stands for film. But when the..."

June 9, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Have Car, Will Travel for Film

Texas Frightmare Weekend

"...It's been 20 years since the Burkittsville Three disappeared in the Maryland Black Hills, and..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Interview With the Assassin

Despite its initial promise and Raymond J. Barry's worthy performance as the supposed second gunman, Interview With the Assassin never surmounts its clever concept to achieve something transcendental.

"...INTERVIEW WITH THE ASSASSINShowtime Entertainment, $24.98 The camera flickers on, and the..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: Sasquatch and Zombies and Demons, Oh My!

Let the Halloween countdown commence

"...Well, close enough for horror fans to start scheduling their October movie selections...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Castlemania

One boy's induction into horror

"...interest in all things cinematically macabre, shepherded me to the local Loew's in our tiny village of Pittsford, N.Y.,..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film News

News from Cannes and nearer climes

"...Ghosts, David Koresh Do the Cannes Can..."

May 22, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Medicine Man

Up a Tree With Greg Ashley

"...The Kosse Cafe is one of two diners in the..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Flowing Over

More with Craig Brewer

"...look real. Brewer's sophomore effort, Hustle & Flow, marries the director's gritty hometown of Memphis to Terrence Dashon Howard's..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

The story CNN broke, and the story that broke CNN into the big leagues of television journalism.

"...Ordinarily I'm a fan of the "how I got that story" narrative. You know the..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

If you're looking for reviews of The Nutty Professor, John Pierson's Split Screen isn't your show. If you like insightful, sometimes peculiar excursions into the independent film world, Split Screen will please you more than a stolen afternoon at a weekday matinee. Also, Olympic fever spreads -- but not without a few complaints.

"...new guy Richard Roeper, recently named Ebert's co-critic on the movie review series Ebert & Roeper & the Movies...."

Sept. 29, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

1999 Austin Film Releases

A complete list of all films released for theatrical runs in Austin in the calendar year 1999 and eligible for consideration in the Top Ten.

"...Following is the complete list of all the films released for theatrical..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...noted that I finally went a week without mentioning the folks at Cinemaker Co-op, and so to correct that..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Iron Writer

"...-- you just have to know where to look. The Iron Giant screenwriter's High Lonesome Ranch sits on a..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

Landmark Change

"...Todd V. Wolfson On May l5, Holden Payne became the Dobie Theatre's new general manager. The change followed the..."

June 25, 1999 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Do a Little Dance

"...is it possible to define independent filmmaking by its aesthetic, attitude, or sensibility? Maybe the form is predicated by..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Their Gay Movies

The Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival presents the First Annual My Gay Movie Challenge, a call for amateur movies with a queer sensibility.

"...honest, Scott Dinger is feeling a little relieved. He's the artistic director of the Austin Gay and Lesbian International..."

June 22, 2001 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Tales of Error: It Came From Junior High

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin

"...some sense of Flame Failure Productions' latest offering. This Halloween-themed sketch comedy show clocks in at an unforgivable three..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

"...Marisa Coughlan, Barry Watson, Helen Mirren and Katie Holmes. The scribe who with Scream reinvented the slasher film for..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Chick dramas: we just don't get it; also, what to watch this witching weekend

"...worry that I don't seem to be one? That's the question I had after reading some of the ink..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...'Tis the season for ham hocks and Jujubes (at least in..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

For Your Consideration ...

Austin Film Festival Preview

"...Actor Arliss Howard roots his directorial debut in the rich Southern fiction of Larry Brown (Howard's brother, James,..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be the top to its tail as closing night films, and..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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