Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

"...a Japanese anime technically impressive is akin to saying Walt Disney had a thing for mice. Jin-Roh, which is..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cream of the Tech-Top

The Year in Multimedia

"...Netscape Modifications. Everyone in the PC world seems to be traversing the World Wide Web with..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Screens Feature

A Goofy Movie

"...as a child, I hated Goofy, the character. In Walt Disney cartoons he was usually given long “comic” interludes..."

April 7, 1995 Movie Review by Louis Black

Exploring Friendship in Ralph Breaks the Internet

Screenwriter and former Austinite Pamela Ribon talks BFFs, online and IRL

"...but Vanellope von Schweetz is the real star of Walt Disney Animation's sequel to Wreck-It Ralph. The scrappy, pint-sized..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Screens Feature by Britt Hayes

AFS Cinema Celebrates Max Fleischer, the Man Who Made Betty Boop Boop-Oop-a-Doop

AFS Cinema spotlights the animation revolution created by Max Fleischer in the Fleischer Studios Legacy

"...animation history, Max Fleischer stands on a par with Walt Disney, and Looney Tunes masterminds Hugh Harman and Rudolf..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Film Reviews

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"...genius who invented the strange contraption that became the world's first electronic musical instrument. Named after him, the theremin..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

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"...genius who invented the strange contraption that became the world's first electronic musical instrument. Named after him, the theremin..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

DVDanger: Drawn to the Screen

Some animated selections from beyond the House of Mouse

"..."Let it Go"-induced PTSD. But don't worry, there's a world of animation out there that doesn't involve Disney at..."

Dec. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Going the Distance

"...has risen from rural poverty in Ethiopia and broken world records at every track distance from 2,000 to 10,000..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature by Lee Nichols

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"...serves an important role in realizing Wolodarsky's darkly comic world view, and all turn in solid work. Speaking of..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

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"...sent for safeguarding from the Nazis during the Second World War. Across the tiny Baltic nation (and recently independent..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

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"...a much quieter role here than usual: that of world-weary professional killer "Robert Rath," an individual well known as..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Austin Film Festival Announces (Almost) Full Slate

Opening and closing night films still to come

"...Other highlights include the world premiere of documentary 21 Years: Richard Linklater, a first..."

Sept. 17, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

What Comes 'Up' ...

Director Pete Docter on the intersection of uplift and melancholy

"...ago. From there on out – and long before Walt Disney introduced a spindly rodent named Mickey – filmed..."

May 29, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Salute Your Undershorts

The secret Hollywood history behind No Pants Day

"...of the early Trouser-Free Day parties, honorary group member Walt Disney announces that several of his new animated characters..."

May 2, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Filthy and Respectable!

Legendary transgressive film director and author John Waters comes to Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...society and making them seem as wholesome as a Walt Disney film...."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

Page Two: Inner Sanctums, Outer Orbits

The intertwined legacies of indie music and the alternative press

"...would invite me to accompany him to the Armadillo World Headquarters. I saw a number of exceptional shows that..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Norman Lear to Receive AFF Award

Norman Lear will get AFF Outstanding Television Writer Award

"...Film Festival & Screenwriters Conference, including: Andrea Berloff, writer World Trade Center Shane Black, writer/director Iron Man 3, Kiss..."

April 9, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Warfear: Paul Beck's 'Bomb' Blows Up Big Time

Austin animator creates a new short on the same old war

"...Iraq and Afghanistan wars with Beck's (and Archer's) trademark Disney-esque characters, it perfectly captures the unnatural national zeitgeist of..."

Aug. 6, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed

Late-night fare and short film lineup announced

"...Highlights of the Midnighters slate include the world premiere of the Spanish horror [REC] franchise prequel, [REC]..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Ha-Ha-Hitler: The Importance of Mocking Nazis in Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi, Stephen Merchant dissect hate in anti-Nazi satire

"...in the Hitler Youth in the closing months of World War II, who discovers a secret: his mother (Scarlett..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Grand Schemes and Enthralling Documents

Film, conspiracy theories, and conspiracy theories on film coalesce as SXSW looms

"...Orleans is the country of Cajuns and Creoles. A world unto itself, it has its own languages, customs, food,..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Blow Up Your Video

MTV forces American youth to sell their souls, but has Joan Jett in a bikini!

"...On MTV's copycat-spawning The Real World, music assumes a subtler role, underlying every scene with..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Day Trips

Nineteen ninety-nine: hot, dry, and touristy.

"...Fort Worth Stockyards, Padre Island National Seashore, Astrodome, Sea World Texas, and the San Antonio Zoo...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Faerie Tales

Another Scene? The Original Scene

"...Band at the premier Celtic gathering in the en-tar world, Brittany's Festival Interceltique) and Crazy Jane, which packed the..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Blame It on the Bossa Nova

"...richest and most varied pop music scenes in the world, which isn't surprising given that the South American beach..."

July 2, 1999 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

DVD Watch: 'Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa'

Johnny Knoxville gets sentimental with his hidden camera comedy

"...that their 'hobby' instills in the rest of the world, then Mr. Knoxville, you have done the world a..."

Jan. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wild, Wild Webcasts

Why party in line when you can party online?

"...too soon. If you're like most of the first world, you're likely to spend the night reveling in the..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

What Happened to Bonnie and Clyde's Missing Gun?

In which we hear the report of a gun and a secret is revealed

"...in itself is hardly worth noting. "It's a small world, after all," as Walt Disney's cryogenically preserved head might..."

July 5, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Animator Eric Power Slices and Dices

Collage and stop-motion come together in his homemade epic Path of Blood

"...oldest form of animation. In 1917, 20 years before Walt Disney took Snow White into the forest, cartoonist Quirino..."

April 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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