The Penguin Lessons

A teacher learns life lessons from a South American penguin

"...perfected the stories of these quietly desperate souls in films like The Lost King and Stan & Ollie. In..."

March 28, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Eugenio Derbez on the Inspirational Tale of Radical

The comedy actor gets serious in this classroom true story

"...of Donkey in the Spanish-language dubs of the Shrek films. “He wanted the real reaction,” recalled Derbez. “So, in..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tigers Are Not Afraid

Supernatural horrors are less terrifying than real life in this Mexican fable

"...as stray rounds from a gunfight ripped through the classroom...."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Revisionaries

When it comes to choosing public-school textbooks, what happens in Texas is of national concern – and this documentary captures these culture wars in full bloom.

"...of selecting which textbooks are to appear in public-school classrooms across the land. Because of its size and population,..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beneath the Darkness

This thriller starring Dennis Quaid was filmed in Smithville and Bastrop.

"...makes it sound like any number of Nicole Kidman films, is less about horror than hauntings of the head..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Elephant

Gus Van Sant examines the petri dish that grows the lethal seeds of high school disaster, à la Columbine.

"...television screen than the widescreen composition that marks most films these days, the camera of Van Sant and cinematographer..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Underground Zero: Part 2

"...video about the day. The Drafthouse will screen the films in two parts, on alternating days. Part I includes..."

Sept. 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Underground Zero: Part 1

"...video about the day. The Drafthouse will screen the films in two parts, on alternating days. Part I includes..."

Sept. 3, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

They Went West

Back in the saddle with a faded genre's favorite stars

"...lives and careers illustrates the evolution of Western genre films over more than four decades (from the early teens..."

May 28, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Size Matters

Making sense of Austin's microcinema scene

"...often filmmaker Q&A. We're always in need of new films, new filmmakers, and new patrons." – David Chang, curator..."

July 17, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the Week That Was, Get Smart) and scripts for films such as The Graduate and Catch-22. Credit must also..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the spare, deadpan look and humor of early Jarmusch films; it's Stranger Than Paradise by way of Salem's Lot...."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

CinemaTexas

An Ambitious Student Film Festival

"...they may be, there is no denying that student films can be indulgent. Most, if animate, would take the..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...display here occasionally parallel those in Hark's martial arts films. The casting of his regular kung-fu actors only serves..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...and irrevocably to newcomer Angelina Jolie). As always in films of this stripe, a marketable soundtrack is half the..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...analogies don't hold up quite so well when both films are placed side-by-side. Yim's movie offers up a much..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...even sporadically humorous, Kids is one of those rare films that begs the description "a must-see." For once, it's..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Small Wonders

They just nabbed two festival awards, next up is HBO, and Ed Wood is their greatest influence. Meet Austin's most successful 12-year-old filmmakers.

"...it was a creative outlet directly influenced by the films I loved and a presumably healthier outlet than my..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film

Film Reviews

"...analogies don't hold up quite so well when both films are placed side-by-side. Yim's movie offers up a much..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

'Success' Director Deserves Mention

"...the late film director Alexander Mackendrick? He made classic films like The Ladykillers and The Man in the White..."

Oct. 25, 2010 Postmarks

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...Do the math. With more than 40 films opening nationwide during those weeks, and with all of..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Possible Lives

The third annual Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...Brian Bain's Shalom, Y'all (which screened in 2002), the films provide a global glimpse at the Diaspora, with settings..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...school districts to spend 65% of their budgets on classroom expenditures. This was the rule that conservatives said would..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature

Home Improvement

Live Oak Theatre and the Overhaul of the State

"...the years of disuse since the building stopped showing films in the early Eighties and the last attempt to..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

No Failure to Communicate

Caroline Koebel grew up without TV. She's been pursuing flickering images ever since.

"...One such artist is Caroline Koebel, whose films, not least among them the incensed and incendiary "All..."

April 23, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

You Should Start a Web Site ...

Though they claim to only answer to their man-on-the-streets tastes, both these Web sites demonstrate how diverse the dialogue on arts becomes when just the right voices cut in.

"...sites, Juxtaposeur (www.juxtaposeur.com). Unlike Lodger, Clark does not review films for his Web site -- in fact, he usually..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Screens Feature by David Garza

Out of the Eyes of Babes

AFS and AISD bring young filmmakers into focus

"...20, Austin Film Society and Austin ISD present 20 films from AFS Film Club, a program that allows children..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

A White-Knuckle Western

Co-directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks aim to Kill or Be Killed

"...the unlikely filmmaking partnership that began in a college classroom and now finds both with wives and children...."

Feb. 26, 2016 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Pause/Play

Filmmaker Andrew Shapter's battle to make art and beat cancer

"...Shapter has made two documentary films. Before the Music Dies is a cautionary tale about..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Cool Keeps On

Fourteen years after AICN woke up the Web, three Austin film sites carry on the tradition

"...that this self-described "pansy when it comes to horror films" is now in charge of a widely read and..."

June 18, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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