DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price

"...the end of an era. "I'm about ready to call a cop," gasps Kirk (William Vail) after he helps..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

All the Way With LBJ's Play

Bill Rauch talks staging 'All the Way' and 'The Great Society'

"...commander-in-chief can turn that doesn't inspire criticism. If you call it war, you're criticized. If you don't call it..."

Oct. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Film Flam: No Rest for the Weary

Festivals, nominations, and a casting call

"...and baseball coaches. For a full rundown of the casting call, visit On Location Casting or email your photo..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Making of Gone With the Wind

The Ransom Center's epic retelling of how this epic motion picture came to be

"...to negotiate a minefield of financial disasters, censorship challenges, casting campaigns, protests, and costly studio deals, including one with..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

DVDanger: Identity Crisis

The Double, Filth, and Moebius melt minds

"...sensibilities are as much Eastern European as insular. Most specifically, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, since this is a modernizing adaptation of..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: When Fine Actors Attack

Mark Strong seeks "Anna", Landau and Palance hit "Without Warning"

"...can dip into a person's memories. When Anna's parents call on the services of such a viewer (Mark Strong),..."

Aug. 9, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Time of Their Lives

Richard Linklater and Ellar Coltrane reflect on the 12 years they spent making 'Boyhood'

"...in his hometown's weekly paper is an hourlong phone call while he's on an airport layover in New York...."

July 18, 2014 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Film Flam

Production news, plus early brushes with 'Guardians of the Galaxy'

"...story’s corroborating evidence – an Instagram photo, a Craigslist casting call – have since disappeared from the web), but..."

June 27, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Food Events

June 26-July 2

"...› Casting Call For ABC's 'The Taste' Chefs and home cooks..."

June 27, 2014 Food Column

ABC's 'The Taste' Casting in Austin June 28

Chefs and home cooks invited to local casting call

"...Casting producers from Kinetic Content will be in Austin later..."

June 10, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Behind the Scenes With 'The Fault In Our Stars'

Watch John Green and Josh Boone share set stories at Forever Fest sneak

"...Boone recalled how he first heard of Green's book: before he..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

Girls Gone Geek

Weird Girls is an Austin-based website and YouTube channel dedicated to all things geeky, but from a female perspective

"...Call Danni Danger a weird girl, and she'll probably take..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam

Paul Stekler named Mentor of the Year, and other film news

"...for three open positions, and has also issued a call for summer interns. The jobs include director of marketing,..."

May 5, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moontower Comedy: Jen Kober

Hairy lesbian tales on the comedy trail from the Louisiana comic

"...show there. A couple of times, the DJ has called me up and made me talk to the crowd..."

April 23, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

His Name Was Gary Poulter

Meet the homeless man who became a movie star

"...Casting agents John Williams and Karmen Leech were hunting down..."

April 11, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Letters at 3AM: To Sit on a Park Bench

The park bench is a fine and honorable place to end up

"...Every generation is like a ship casting off under sealed orders, on a mission fraught with..."

April 4, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

DVDanger: 'Frightmare', 'The Flesh and Blood Show'

Redemption resurrects the legacy of terror maestro Pete Walker

"...a conservative streak, he hated horror films, preferring to call his work terror. This week, Redemption releases two of..."

March 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

David Dewhurst: Auteur

Lite Guv's latest campaign ad has some explaining to do

"...Does he ride a fixed gear bike? Was the casting call held at the Iron Bear? You'll have time..."

Jan. 14, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Top 10 Creative Things I Lucked Into in 2013

Remembering the year thick with superlative works of art onstage and in galleries

"...view of itself with this heartfelt hall of mirrors, casting community stalwart Adam Sultan in the title role as..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pledge Your Allegiance

Austin Film Society lets two iconic filmmakers square off in its new series

"...Seberg as his American girlfriend are archetypes, but Godard's hypnotically spastic editing and subversive use of the camera eye..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Food Events

Dec. 13-19

"...› Cooking Competition TV Show Casting Call Sharp Entertainment will be in town casting a..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Food Column

Letters at 3AM: Wake of the Red Witch

Everything that begins also ends

"...waiting to cross the wake of a clipper ship called Red Witch, so ... what then?..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Film Flam

Casting news, a local adaptation, and more

"...Between casting tomorrow and a found footage fest next month, there..."

Nov. 23, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Disney Casting in Austin

Rumors fly this may be for a galaxy far, far away

"...town, better get some new head shots. Disney is casting two parts in an upcoming production in Austin later..."

Nov. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Art of Death

Kate Heyhoe weaves Dreams of the Dead via sugar skulls

"...I started doing it and figured it out," she recalls. It makes perfect sense that visual art would be..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Polari: 'Valencia' Then and Now

This weekend, Michelle Tea's Valencia hits Polari

"...think I have little crushes on each of them." Casting was within each director's domain. "In the end I..."

Oct. 19, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

The Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez

Living double lives in the shadow of the border

"...Chablis. There's no wardrobe mistress or makeup artist. No casting call – what unites them is not TV. Instead,..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Film Flam

From Madonna to the sofa, we've got your film news

"...news from a fundraiser last month and an open casting call this weekend...."

Oct. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Feeling Extra Queer

'Interior. Leather Bar.' highlights what it's like to be an extra in an explicitly gay film

"...more ponderous, wringing their hands. "We did a large casting call at Playhouse West, and the guys who showed..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell

Two Actresses, Fat and Thin

Staging Neil LaBute's 'Fat Pig' is a heavy proposition

"...But I wasn't prepared for the amount of phone calls and emails about "How big are you?" and "How..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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