The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animation

See the five animated shorts in competition for the Oscar, and judge for yourself.

"...Directed by: Various. I’ve given up predicting the Academy Awards. Most years the wrong films are nominated, every year..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Montiel's debut feature about growing up in Astoria, Queens, in the mid-Eighties is full of the filmmaker's instinctive brio and inchoate ideas and the elaborations of a brilliant ensemble cast.

"...and Spike Lee, especially after the film won two awards at Sundance (where it was also workshopped) – one..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Room

Room wears the skin of a psychological thriller, but plays out as something far darker, weirder, and more distancing. The film was invited to Cannes and earned Independent Spirit Award nominations for its Austin artists, Kyle Henry and Cyndi Williams.

"...and Sundance last year and netted two Independent Spirit Awards nominations this year, marks new territory for Henry: his..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

East Is East

"...indigenous hit in the UK, nominated for six BAFTA awards (the national equivalent of the Oscars), yet it somehow..."

May 26, 2000 Movie Review by Bryan Poyser

SXSW Announces 2025 Film & TV Festival Award Winners

Good Boy’s Indy fetches “Howl of Fame” honors

"...Wednesday evening, SXSW handed out the Jury and Special Awards for its 2025 Film & TV lineup...."

March 12, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Greencards and Black

The Greencards, Austin Music Awards, and Louis Black

"...they won Best New Band at the Austin Music Awards in 2003. I write that with great interest on..."

April 30, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Animation Station

Through ADVision, Austin has become a hotspot for producing English-dubbed anime. Who knew?

"...English is a full-blown industry, in which Houston-based AD Vision (ADV) has become a major player. ADV has not..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Playback: And the Award Goes To ...

The Grammys went bust, but their local equivalent – the 34th annual Austin Music Awards – just dropped its star-studded lineup

"...I submerged into the couch and stared at my television, cross-eyed and drooling, as the three horsemen of music's..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Dale Watson's Ameripolitan Dream

Outlaws wanted (for Awards), God calls back Gean West, and SXSW wristbands back on sale!

"...clubs circuits, and climaxes on Tuesday with a big awards show...."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations Announced

Boyhood, Kumiko earn multiple nods

"...The Film Independent Spirit Awards – sometimes shorthanded as the indie film Oscars –..."

Nov. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Critics Speak … and Speak … and Speak

Clybourne Park, Manchurian Candidate big winners

"...arts scene with a squadron of new critics presenting awards, a city proclamation acknowledging the occasion that included a..."

June 6, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top of the Line

The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...the visual arts, and theatre. The nominations for these awards, covering the period from May 3, 2010, to April..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Riders Against the Storm Hit Their Stride With Flowers for the Living

Three-time winners of the Austin Music Awards' Band of the Year honors keep building community and creativity

"...three-year span of 2014-16 netted them six Austin Music Awards, including three straight Band of the Year honors, which..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

L.M. Kit Carson: Film Frontiersman

The 2015 Texas Film Awards induct L.M. Kit Carson posthumously into the Texas Film Hall of Fame

"...was an outlaw! A filmmaker, actor, writer, producer, promoter, visionary, con man, artist, tall-tale teller, Carson was always on..."

March 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Best in Show: 'Hairstylist of the Year', Allen Ruiz!

Allen Ruiz takes top honors at North American Hairstyling Awards

"...Ruiz Salon for bringing home the North American Hairstyling Awards's Hairstylist of the Year award for the second time...."

July 26, 2013 Design Post by Anne Harris

If You Have Ghosts

The 2007-08 AMA's ghosts – past, present, and future

"...songwriting lurks in the unsettled obsessions inhabited by Erickson's vision, his own manic howl conjuring the shambled ghosts of..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Native Son

Sherman Alexie's Vision

"...Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues, a novel of uncommon lyrical vision and power...."

July 7, 1995 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Austin's aGLIFF Announces 2019 Honorees

Celebrating directors of seminal queer films Go Fish, Trick

"...and Jim Fall will be honored with aGLIFF Tribute Awards...."

July 3, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Encore: Eric Burdon

Animals frontman Eric Burdon put his stamp on SXSW 2012

"...his career get in the way of his musical vision. From classic British Invasion chartoppers with the Animals (“House..."

March 19, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, May 6-13

"...Liveable Vision Awards PARTY honors local initiatives exemplifying the "Five E's..."

May 7, 2010 News Column

Res Publica

Good times for good citizens, May 14-21

"...LIVEABLE CITY VISION AWARDS PARTY honors Foundation Communities' Community Tax Centers, Red..."

May 15, 2009 News Feature

Best in Bluegrass

Southside of the Tracks on the right side of 08

"...the debut of his new quintet, brings Thile’s immense vision of the four-part suite “The Blind Leading the Blind”..."

Dec. 30, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...article praised Ed Theriot as "a man with a vision," and reinforced the dangerous misconception that he has every..."

March 21, 2003 Column

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2024, Power Ranked!

Welcome to Top of the Hops IX

"...revisitability factor (10%); the brewery’s 2024 collection of beer awards and honors (10%); and finally, important nuances and intangibles..."

Oct. 17, 2024 Food Post by Eric Puga

The Recognizables

One night, one of a kind

"...Austin Film Society's annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards is the calm before the storm, a ceremonial harbor..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Steve Uhler

Page Two

Finding peace in the wonderful chaos of SXSW

"...is the managing director, which doesn't mean only the vision thing or the keeping track of every major thread;..."

March 25, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

There is no other place in the country, outside of New York and L.A., with the same quality and quantity of filmmaking and filmmakers as Austin

"...all of one community. They share a commitment to vision and to quality: It's not just about getting work..."

March 12, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Live and Let Live

Too Much Bitching Can Be Hazardous to Theatre's Health

"...again. The nominations for the B. Iden Payne theatre awards are out, and once the local stage set gets..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...Best Record Label in the 41st [annual Austin Music Awards],” posted final frontier Austin imprint Spaceflight Records on Feb...."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

The Austin Music Poll Innovates in 2020

Write-in, wrong. The Music Poll goes multiple choice.

"...the Poll because they're not hustling votes. For the awards to be truly poignant, they must be representative of..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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