Jumbo

True love this wild and weird romance between a woman and her fairground ride

"...is kind, considerate, pays attention to her, and listens rather than speaking. The only wrinkle is that Jumbo is..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...The Venn diagram sweet spot of people who are going..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Festival Films of 2020 You Haven't Seen Yet

The best of the fests from Austin and beyond

"...Every year, Austin's film festival highlight some of the best up-and-coming filmmakers. And every year, there are still..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Photograph

Indian romance is best in its quiet moments

"...part intentional, and part ineffable. In Mumbai, India, where the population tops more than 20 million people, the challenges..."

May 24, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cam

Online sex worker drama massages authenticity into techno-thriller

"...The internet, as the philosopher-king Trekkie proclaimed in Avenue Q,..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Snags Widows

High profile and local features fill out the schedule

"...Film Festival just announced its full film lineup, and the roster includes one of the most eagerly anticipated films..."

Sept. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Tom Cruise risks life and limb in one of the best missions yet

"...Arriving just in the nick of time, the method favored by Tom Cruise..."

July 27, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Angelica

Jena Malone stars in this Victorian potboiler

"...plenty of forces at work, but too many of the forces are working against it. Set in Victorian-era London,..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

La La Land

This bittersweet musical will make your heart soar

"...tapping of toes is about all we’re allowed in the movie theatre these days. That’s a shame considering movies..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tomorrowland

Seeming more like a calculation than a flight of fancy, this adventure tale has both hits and misses

"...There’s much to applaud and much to knock in this..."

May 22, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lucky You

This romantic drama is set against a Las Vegas background and stars Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore, but it rolls snake eyes all the way.

"...Guerra and Charles Martin Smith. In gambling movies, even the most dashing leading men lose as often as they..."

May 11, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

An American Rhapsody

"...American Rhapsody has many things to recommend it. Among them are its non-exploitative glimpse at the immigrant experience as..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Literary Guisado

An Interview with Francisco Goldman

"...Three years ago, the book editor of this paper handed me a thick..."

June 6, 1997 Books Feature by Marion Winik

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

New Murals in Austin You May Have Missed

A guide to some of Austin's most notable new murals you may have missed

"...Somewhere in Austin, there may be a few bare walls outdoors, but they're..."

April 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Smoke and Mirrors

The 'Oculus' team on taking a ghost story to the big screen

"...Every kid has talked to the mirror, and every actor has bounced lines off it...."

April 11, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"...Time for a blur of information. SXSW unleashed their phenomenal list of Midnighters and Midnight Shorts today, but..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: When Horror Came to Shochiku

Criterion box set restores a lost corner of J-horror

"...Imagine a world where Twila Tharp released the Friday the 13th films. That was kind of what..."

Dec. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Leave Her to Heaven: Iconically Gene Tierney

"...studio film director says that to a teenager touring the Warner Bros. lot with her family. "Among Hollywood discovery..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Letters at 3AM

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein offered a metaphor for the modern age, one in which the monster is the unacknowledged dark side of the inventor or creator.

"...In 1818, a year before the birth of Queen Victoria and 10 years before Edgar..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...The clawed toe of Godzilla has finally set down -..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

AFS Announces Filmmakers for its Artist Intensive Program

Rising directors meet with industry experts to finesse future films

"...Society is bringing back its annual Artist Intensive Program. The three up-and-coming filmmakers selected will meet with industry mentors..."

May 11, 2022 Screens Post by Dina Barrish

Break On Through

Doors drummer John Densmore riffs on commercial licensing

"...After penning 1991’s Riders on the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors,..."

May 7, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY A group of strangers, played by an all-star..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Michael Corcoran Has Died and Austin’s Lost a Voice That Always Kept Things Interesting

Columnist, author, historian found dead at 68

"...never have said while he was alive: Corky was the G.O.A.T. of all of us who spent our lives..."

July 2, 2024 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...It could well be that we have already witnessed the biggest movie event of 1997 -- and all before..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cine Las Americas Review: 7th Annual Femme Frontera Filmmakers Showcase

Short films selection looks at border life through multiple lenses

"...For the past 25 years, the Cine Las Americas International Film..."

June 27, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

Day Trips & Beyond: 10 Watering Holes From Dripping Springs to Wimberley

Take a drive for outdoor patios and spectacular scenery

"...The hills around Wimberley are some of the prettiest in..."

Nov. 23, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

AFS Invites You to a Sundance at Pioneer Farms

Festival brings drive-in screenings plus special streaming panels

"...If you can’t go to Utah, then Utah will just come to you. Last month, Austin..."

Jan. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...may not have happened IRL this year, but today the film festival released the lineup of films that will..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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