Film News

Paranoia runs deep-fried; plus, 'Elvis and Annabelle,' Troublemaker's future, and more

"...wasn't so paranoid after all when it came to filming his fictional adaptation of the Eric Schlosser's nonfiction book..."

April 21, 2006 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

SXSW Film Announces Feature Lineup

MacGruber, Mr. Nice, Micmacs among titles

"...When South by Southwest went live with its feature film lineup at 12:01 this morning, it threw a lot..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Who's Texas?

The story of Texas history says a lot -- about the storytellers

"...year that when he was growing up in West Texas, he was sometimes called a "good minority" -- the..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Texas to Officially Adopt QT

2010 Texas Film Hall of Fame inductees to include one glorious bastard

"...Well, close enough: The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards will make Quentin Tarantino..."

Dec. 21, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...and cultivated, Dance With the One is the culmination of a graduate student project midwifed through the screenwriting, filming,..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Of Strip Clubs and Hash Stashes

On location: Dance With the One

"...concoct a locale more depressing than the parking lot of a strip club at 8am on a Tuesday, but..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Texas Tropes

Is Don Graham Really Texas' Literary Curmudgeon?

"...In the 1995 film Search & Destroy there is a brief scene that's..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Film News

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

"...Weinstein Co. has its way, Robert Rodriguez's big-screen adaptation of Frank Miller's noir graphic novel will be on the..."

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

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

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his State of the City Address before the Real Estate Council of..."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Pride of the Eastside

The movers and shakers behind El Gallo want you to rethink how movies get made

"...and their attendant media, and generally making this one of the most across-the-board creative – artistically, geopolitically, socially –..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film News

The Texas Film Commission copes with big departure; plus, Kat Candler, shooting updates, and casting calls

"...• Coping Without Tom: After 22 years with the Texas Film Commission, the last 10 as director, Tom Copeland..."

July 8, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

A League of Their Own

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson Nowadays there's so much filmmaking happening in Austin that it's more than a buzz,..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Film News

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

"...Invasion of the Tweener Pop Stars!..."

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

King of the Hillbillies

"...So no one was more surprised than West Virginia filmmaker Jacob Young when Tom Arnold called to talk about..."

May 7, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

State of the City

Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his state of the city address at a Real Estate Council of Austin luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 2

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his state of the city address at a Real Estate Council of..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature

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

The Heart of the Community

SXSWedu gathers voices on schools in communities, communities in schools

"...a child. Yet between No Child Left Behind's culture of high-stakes standardized testing, the reform movement's bullish attitude to..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Museum Comes of Age

"...señorita becomes 15, or quince años, she is considered "of age" and presented to the community in elaborate religious..."

July 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Changes in the Weather

As Burnt Orange cools down, UTFI heats up

"...when the tears started to flow. They were tears of joy. Everything he'd worked toward was coming true. He'd..."

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..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Movies and Shakers

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

"...but we don't do development in the traditional sense of finding material, hiring a writer, writing the script from..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Big Pitch

A horror film starring UT students aiming for the big screen

"...maybe altogether naked. Everybody laughs, points. It's a horror film, got it? Imagine University of Texas Film Institute students..."

May 19, 2006 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Hot Summer, High Stakes

A pot dealer comes of age in Dance With the One

"...Austin is a particularly hellish time to shoot a film, so it's no wonder the actors in Dance With..."

July 23, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

How Do You Say 'Ouch' in Caveman Speak?

Cavemen crash, but there's a new hope

"...Cavemen continue to not be hot. On the heels of the disastrous ABC sitcom Cavemen and Roland Emmerich's universally..."

June 16, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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

"...A tale of two 12-year-old runaways is the next project from Burnt..."

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

Hop, Skip, 'Jump'

Ballroom Marfa reading series hosts Austin writer Andrew Lanham

"...Lanham had a really good week. In the span of four days, he was selected as one of six..."

March 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Short Cuts

Austin film -- top 10 with a bullet

"...Yeah, us too. 2003 blurred by in a haze of "who'da thunk it?" moments, with 2002 barely shuttered before,..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

'Dance' Fever

UTFI's first feature, Dance With the One to premiere Monday

"...back when the Chron visited the set during the film’s 2008 summer shoot. The end is in sight, though:..."

March 13, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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