Austin Considers Film Incentives

Localized subsidies proposed to fight off in-state competition

"...Texas has economic incentives to encourage film, TV and video game projects to move to the..."

April 22, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Council Weighs Film Incentives Deal

City looks to keep film and digital production inside city limits

"...With multiple sound stages, globally recognized local filmmakers like Richard Link­lat­er and Robert Rodriguez, and a large..."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Names for the Texas Film Hall of Fame

Who is the first Austin Chronicle Champion of the Arts?

"...The Texas Film Hall of Fame is the Lone Star State's most..."

Feb. 22, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film

Film Reviews

"...key elements that makes Safe such an enormously challenging film is that writer/director Todd Haynes leaves these critical decisions..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...number of ways, but it plays to the international film community elite. Telluride is film-centric, but it isn't a..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Inaugural Austin Asian Film Festival

You want animé? Go to Ushicon. You want the best new unadulterated Asian cinema? Hit up CinemaAsia.

"...new strain of Far East moviemaking, the Japanese horror film boomlet epitomized by the likes of Hideo Nakata's wildly..."

April 9, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...here comes the Paramount to save all you indoor-loving film fans, with the announcement of the 2017 Summer Classic..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film

Film Reviews

"...in general, not as much attention drawn to the filmmaker's style in deference to the story line. Co-produced by..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...The SXSW Film Festival announced today its 2012 feature film lineup. Click..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film Flam

The AFCA adds new members, plus some locals hit it big

"...from Meryl Streep, and more in this edition of Film Flam...."

Aug. 14, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

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 Reviews

Recommended

"...bizarre cult hit Twister comes this genuinely affecting comedy-horror film that updates the Dracula lineage to present-day New York..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Getting With the Program

Dukes files bill to shore up Texas film industry

"...D-Austin, to reform the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program – is steaming through the Lege with near-universal support...."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Asian Film Festival 2

Nov. 3-6

"...You'd be forgiven for thinking that the wave of filmmaking coming out of Asia these days is chiefly composed..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

CinemaTexas International Short Film And Video Festival

"...The CinemaTexas International Short Film + Video + New Media Festival is one of..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Screens Feature

Film History, With a Fresher Date Than Usual

Austin Cinematheque opens season with Uncle Boonmee

"...The Austin Cinematheque showcases great classic films on the University of Texas at Austin campus. Surprisingly,..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...punch, a raw, dirty, disturbing piece of cinema veritŽ filmmaking that simultaneously hooks and repulses you from its opening..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...every sense of the word. Kidron's (Used People) latest film outdrags, outdresses, and generally outdoes last year's Australian hit..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Summer Film Events

"...The Paramount Theatre Summer Film Classics 6/9 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: 7:15 How to Marry..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Austin Film Society Summer Free for All

"...Screenings are every Tuesdays at 7pm at the Texas Union Theater (24th & Guadalupe). Admission is free and open..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

The Last Picture Show

Untimely Death of the Texas Union Film Program

"...euthanasia was the cure for what ailed the Texas Union Film Program. It had been hemorrhaging money, administrators said,..."

Jan. 23, 1998 News Feature by Walter Cole

Lights Out

The Seventies represented the heyday for film programming at the University of Texas. Marjorie Baumgarten recollects the days of CinemaTexas and the Texas Union Theater.

"...students at the University of Texas to see several films a night on campus, opportunities are now reduced to..."

July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Goodbye to All That

Revisiting Kyle Henry's University Inc. and a film community's cri de coeur

"..."Fuck football, free film!" In Texas, at least, that slogan sure sounds like..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Projecting an Image

In a city filled with artists and filmmakers, Luke Savisky is an original -- an innovative projectionist whose unique art has graced the surfaces of buildings, rock stars, video screens, and more for over 15 years.

"...1997, the last day of operation for the Texas Union Film Program (Does anybody still remember it now?), and..."

June 16, 2000 Screens Feature by Bryan Poyser

Page Two: 'Life,' the Universe, Everything

The devastating illumination of Terrence Malick's new film

"...The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick's new film, was shown at an Austin Film Society-hosted cast and..."

June 3, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Cowboys and Controversy

Kyle Henry and the Texas Documentary Tour

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson Austin filmmaker Kyle Henry's hour-long documentary American Cowboy - which screens..."

May 8, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fade In

Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference & Festival

"...Programmer Jason White and co-founders Barbara Morgan and Marsha Miller..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

'A' Is for Axed: UT Chops Cactus, Cuts Classes

What will the loss of the Cactus Cafe and informal classes mean to the UT community?

"...According to its mission statement, UT-Austin's Texas Union is dedicated to "serve as a unifying force in..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Round five for the Cactus Cafe and the Texas Union board: The gloves come off

"...David Garza, and Texas Rep. Elliott Naishtat, the Texas Union board decided on Friday to postpone any decisions regarding..."

March 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Shortcuts

"...Part One -- A Farewell Toast to Samuel Fuller. "Film is like a battleground. Love. Hate. Action. Violence. Death...."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Column

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