Portrait of a Breakout Artist: Lena Dunham on Tiny Furniture

Lena Dunham on her Jury Award-winner, Tiny Furniture

"...In Tiny Furniture, writer/director Lena Dunham stars as Aura, a recent..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Cash-Flow Deficit Obsession of the Day: We Love Tiny Chairs!

Wearing Iconic Chairs around your neck

"...these wonderful miniature chair pendants from Montreal-based Bruxe Design's Tiny Little Chairs collection...."

Aug. 30, 2010 Design Post by Anne Harris

Size Matters

Tiny Furniture opens AFS' new Best of the Fests series

"...Best of the Fests monthly series than Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture. Yup, it's small and mostly peopled with unknowns,..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Talking About Talking About Talking About 'Girls'

Oh boy

"...realized that Aura, Lena Dunham's largely autobiographical protagonist of Tiny Furniture, wears the same cowboy boots I wear...."

April 22, 2012 Screens Post by Sarah Smith

Girl Talk

Lena Dunham chats with cast & crew at Tuesday panel

"...to SXSW, two years after her first feature-length film, Tiny Furniture, snagged the jury award for Best Narrative Feature...."

March 14, 2012 Screens Post by Anne S. Lewis

Austin's Indie Spirit

Anish Savjani and Bryan Poyser score noms

"...this year, too, with nods for world premieres Marwencol, Tiny Furniture, and Thunder Soul...."

Nov. 30, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Edukators

Sticking it to the man, German-style, is the subject of this smart, kicky little gem.

"...really gets upended, though, is a lot of pricey furniture and high-end stereo systems of the German ruling class..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film First Wave Announced

Jonesing for Joss Whedon? He'll be here shortly

"...Nonfiction in 2009, followed by the premiere of 2010’s Tiny Furniture. Dunham, GIRLS executive producer Judd Apatow, and other..."

Jan. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 2010 Film Awards

Audience, jury, and special awards

"...Winner: Tiny Furniture (D: Lena Durham)..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...are Better than Others, directed by Matt McCormick and Tiny Furniture, directed by Lena Dunham. The Documentary Feature Competition..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Branch by Branch

CARVER (3.0 stars)

"...color scheme -- deep purple carpet and bright red furniture -- supplies all the visual stimulation you can handle,..."

Sept. 20, 1996 News Feature

Sharp Stick

Lena Dunham's latest exploration of messy people is pretty messy itself

"...breakout show, Girls, Dunham’s first feature film since 2010’s Tiny Furniture stars Kristine Froseth as 26-year-old virgin Sarah Jo,..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Awards Announced

The envelope, please

"...Narrative Feature Winner: Tiny Furniture (D: Lena Durham) Special Jury Award for Best..."

March 16, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fatalistic Filmmaking

Alex Karpovsky hits the road to find the comedy behind his anxiety

"...to Alexandria, La. – 10 screenings in all, at tiny theatres and in college classrooms, followed by Q&A sessions...."

Sept. 28, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Curatorial Reportage

The Blanton Museum's ever-shifting WorkSpace offers up- to-the-minute views of what's happening in contemporary art

"...Bove's museums-within-a-museum combined signals for modern sculpture, including tiny grey cubes, clear Plexiglas boxes, and pieces of driftwood,..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Love and Cinema: Janet and John Pierson

Texas Film Awards honorees and indie cinema's fairy godparents Janet and John Pierson look back on 40 years at the movies

"...time to read, practice yoga under a poster for Tiny Furniture (SXSW 10, the sophomore appearance for a pre-Girls..."

March 3, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How the SXSW Cancellation Has Impacted Filmmakers

Two filmmakers mourn the big break that didn't happen

"...SXSW. Many of its breakout films – Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture in 2010, Short Term 12 in 2013, Trey..."

March 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Anna Rose Holmer on Her Feature Debut The Fits

"You had to just direct from this more guttural place and go for it"

"...as an assistant cameraperson and grip on films like Tiny Furniture and Twilight. "It's taken me a long time..."

July 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Kolaches Are a Big Hit in Brooklyn

Homesick Texans visit bakery for a taste of home

"...While thousands of Texans were flocking to tiny West, Texas, over Labor Day weekend to celebrate their..."

Sept. 3, 2013 Food Post by Phillip Pantuso

Deep in the Heart of West Update: April 22

More ways to help our neighbors in West

"...Big-hearted Austinites are conjuring more ways to assist our tiny neighboring town to the north, West, TX, still recovering..."

April 22, 2013 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...Director/Screenwriter: Lena Dunham Created by and starring Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture), the HBO show is a comic look at..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Q&A With Janet Pierson

SXSW Film Producer breaks down the lineup for us

"...she wanted to work with and then she made Tiny Furniture [winner of the 2011 SXSW Best Narrative Feature..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Innkeepers: You Can Check In, But You Might Not Check Out

Devilish doings in Ti West's new ghost story

"...cameo by Lena Dunham, star/director of SXSW 2010 award-winner Tiny Furniture. Aside from all being friends, West said, "We..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Happy News for 'Happy Poet'

Austin comedy wins at Traverse City

"...the award with another SXSW '10 alum, Lena Durham's Tiny Furniture...."

Aug. 2, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

UPDATE: Flood of Relief

In tragedy's wake, Central Texas continues to care for her own

"...Shelter • TX Comproller lists crisis resources • The tiny town of Martindale really needs help • Barnabas Connection..."

May 29, 2015 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

The Good Eye: Nostalgia for the New

Pull up that Arvin and read about from whence it came

"...dozen stores in town now specializing in midcentury modern furniture – from the affordable buried treasures at Corner Collector's..."

July 18, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Salt of the Earth

Local activists remember Cesar Chavez on the seventh anniversary of his death.

"...march with Hispanic workers on strike here against Economy Furniture, a manufacturing company on McNeil Road. At the time,..."

April 28, 2000 News Feature by Paul Ciavarri

The Luv Doc: Gold Digger

It's really hard to convince someone they shouldn't be happy when they already are

"...Fe a while back selling Southwestern-themed dollhouses populated by tiny wolves instead of tiny people. Now, mind you, she..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

How Not to Be an Artist

Advice on how to be an artist

"...It was shaped like a mouse. Pointed at a tiny mirror ball I had balancing on a shelf in..."

March 20, 2015 Arts Feature by Adam Sultan

Day Trips

"...of the central business district has been converted to used-furniture stores, gift shops, and art galleries for the tourists...."

April 18, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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