UT Film Has 'Gold Fever'

"...Re: UT Film Institute ["Good Grades or Good Reviews?" Sept. 5]..."

Sept. 8, 2003 Postmarks

How UT’s Tom Schatz Shaped Austin’s Film Scene

Austin’s film community looks back at the 45-year legacy of a guiding force at UT RTF

"...year. Austin will soon be buzzing like normal again. But for the first time in 45 years, one person..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Screens Feature by Paul Stekler

Film News

Burnt Orange has been living in a cave, while Texas looks to be trending toward Santos; plus, 'Ape Shit,' 'Chainsaw,' and 'The Breakdance Kid'

"...Filmus Nextus Carolyn Pfeiffer, head of Burnt Orange Films, was..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Whip It? More like a 'Blew It': Drew Barrymore pic finds better incentives in Michigan

"...The Drew Barrymore-directed Whip It soon would be filming entirely in Austin, if Texas offered 15% incentives instead..."

June 6, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film Flam

Austin-for-Corpus-Christi, cash for 'Chess,' and more

"..."I wrote last year about Richard Kelly's plan to shoot a film called Corpus..."

April 12, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film News

Are the Coens coming back to Austin? Plus, Anne Rapp and 'Double Wide,' Jenn Garrison in Italy, and Jacob Vaughan kind of gets hit on by Dave Carradine.

"...The Coens Abide Filmmaking siblings Joel and Ethan Coen (right) are looking to..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

'Sin City' set for small screen? Plus: Amber Heard, 'Cavite,' and an Austin finalist for the Nicholl Fellowship.

"...noir graphic novel will be on the small screen about the time Sin City 2, the film slated to..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

UT Festival of Ethnographic Film

"...Directed by: Various. The Festival of Ethnographic Film features selections from film festival sponosored annually by the..."

April 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kustom Film Kommando

Interview With Filmmaker Kenneth Anger

"...figure of American avant-garde cinema. Legendary as an underground filmmaker, Anger prefers to regard himself as a maker of..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Michelle Tea Brings Her Latest Book to UT

Iconic queer memoirist reflects on her past and future writing career

"...of San Francisco’s lesbian street gang HAGS, and the fallout – and controversy – of the now-defunct Michigan Womyn’s..."

Oct. 24, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Included here are more reviews of films screened during the SXSW Film Festival 1998. Additional reviews..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Film News

Tween sensations Vanessa Hudgens and Alyson Michalka set up shop at Austin Studios

"...Michalka of pop-singing sistahs Aly and AJ and the film version of MTV's Super Sweet 16: The Movie. According..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Tribeca Film Festival Interview: Fathom

Austin filmmakers travel to where the whales sing

"...you're a researcher into cetacean communication, or you're a filmmaker following those scientists as they attempt to unlock the..."

June 18, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film News

Kadeem Hardison is in for 'The Cassidy Kids'; plus, 'Poodle Dog Lounge,' 'Rescue Me,' 'Mexican Sunrise,' and more

"...the time to suggest A Different World reunion? The film's other two leads are Anne Ramsay (Six Feet Under's..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Ron Perryman, an Austin film pioneer, died last Saturday

"...• Ron Perryman Memorial Perryman, an Austin film pioneer and brother of actor Lou Perryman, died last..."

July 1, 2005 Screens Column

Changes in the Weather

As Burnt Orange cools down, UTFI heats up

"...worked toward was coming true. He'd made a real film, the kind with a cast and crew he couldn't..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Good Grades or Good Reviews?

It's official: With the launch of the UT Film Institute, Austin is now the filmiest place in America this side of a Houston windshield in August, barring heavy hitter Hollywood, of course.

"...It's official: Austin is now the filmiest place in America this side of a Houston windshield..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...Sundance announced its 2010 short film program yesterday, and a handful of Texans made the..."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Home School

Austin's latest class of cinematic talent – represented by six anticipated films at SXSW – is going places, but they aren't leaving anytime soon.

"...Raval was really going to move away from town, but even after he'd vacated his house and put all..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Burnt Orange to Tell 'Children's Story'

A tale of two 12-year-old runaways is the next project from Burnt Orange Productions, the for-profit film arm of the University of Texas Film Institute

"...the next project from Burnt Orange Productions, the for-profit film arm of the University of Texas Film Institute. Location..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Movies and Shakers

The production companies behind – and ahead of – the boom, and how they might be able to help you

"..."We're a production company, but we don't do development in the traditional sense of..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

On the Case: No. 1

The Burnt Orange kids take on 'The Cassidy Kids': No. 1 in a series

"...down at the bottom in the other," he points out on the video tape. "Compositionally, they're fighting. And then..."

July 29, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

The Big Pitch

A horror film starring UT students aiming for the big screen

"...Just hear me out. What's the scariest thing ever? No, no, no. Worse..."

May 19, 2006 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

On the Case: No. 2

Greetings from planet 'Cassidy'

"...hair for a while, and the scene she's excited about, the one with the fake blood, is still a..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...writing this letter because there appears to be confusion about the process being used to investigate Assistant Police Chief..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Column

Down and Dirty

Pasty people vs. pretty people, low budget vs. big budget, Peter Biskind vs. Robert Redford: the 20th annual Sundance!

"...Paris Hilton was there. So was Ashton Kutcher. Ditto DMZ, Al Gore, Ray Romano, Patty Hearst, and..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

How Do You Say 'Ouch' in Caveman Speak?

Cavemen crash, but there's a new hope

"...of Homo Erectus, the long-delayed lowbrow comedy from the now-shuttered UT production arm Burnt Orange Productions. In a Variety..."

June 16, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Blood Brothers

Bringing James Welch's novel of Native life, 'Winter in the Blood,' to the screen

"...writing at the University of Montana, he avoided writing about home, thinking it too bleak a topic, until his..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Paul Stekler

On the Case: No. 3

Movin' on up

"...and producer/co-writer Bryan Poyser made for a class at UT, and not long after that, they devised the title..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Supports Austin Music Network

"...to spotlight an often shadowed voice in the Austin film community: the student filmmaker. I believe that the decision..."

March 2, 2004 Postmarks

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