God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness

Evangelical film franchise rolls into volume three.

"...Directed by: Michael Mason. Starring: Jennifer Taylor, John Corbett, Ted McGinley, Tatum O'Neal, Shane..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris just goes to show that if you wait long enough Woody Allen will finally deliver another terrific movie.

"...Directed by: Woody Allen. Starring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kurt Fuller, Mimi..."

June 10, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

Fun for kids and grownups.

"...Paul Demever and Stig Bergqvist. It's been nearly a decade since animators Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo debuted the..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kickstart Your Weekend: The American Genre Film Archive

Protecting movies, one frame at a time

"...Film preservation can't just be about saving the classics. There's..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Decade Under the Influence

10 Years of SXSW Film

"...The plan always was to start a film festival. We started the Chronicle (1981) because there wasn't..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature

Lars Nilsen Joins Austin Film Society

Drafthouse programmer bolsters AFS team, plus new Marchesa home

"...Lars Nilsen's day, and today is no exception: The Austin Film Society has just announced that the Alamo Drafthouse..."

Feb. 27, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film

Reviews and interviews

"...& Sebastian, Grizzly Bear, Sonic Youth, Portishead, Daniel Johnston, Grinderman, Battles, Mogwai, Les Savy Fav, Lightning Bolt..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Longtime SXSW Film & TV Festival Head, Indie Film Icon Janet Pierson Transitions to New Role

Pierson's deputy, Claudette Godfrey, assumes leadership

"...Mid-summer, SXSW Film Festival became SXSW Film & TV Festival, a mostly..."

Oct. 5, 2022 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Perfect View of Prague at Czech That Film Texas

Monthlong series highlights the cinema of the Czech Republic

"...After a year full of uncertainties and an ever-changing situation following the pandemic, the decade-old..."

April 1, 2022 Screens Feature by Ikram Mohamed

Director Peter Hedges on Why Austin Film Festival Means So Much to Him

A shared rain's a-gonna fall in The Same Storm

"...festival," says Peter Hedges, the writer and director of Austin Film Festival 2021 opening night selection The Same Storm...."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film Review: Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

Bloody British comedy has a delicate heart

"...For over a decade, writer-director Nick Gillespie has honed his craft on the..."

March 18, 2021 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

Austin Film Festival Review: Empathy, Inc.

Mind-bending identity SF thriller disturbs and intrigues

"...Some days it feels like every indie genre film director wants to time travel back to..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Fantastic Lies

ESPN documentary revisits Duke lacrosse case

"...Marina Zenovich’s Fantastic Lies doesn’t hold back. The documentary takes..."

March 14, 2016 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Short Film “Sweet Steel” Tells Heartfelt Story of Suicide

Austin filmmaker Will Goss on his new film about depression

"...to Short and Sweet, the Chronicle’s spotlight on short films at SXSW. One film, one filmmaker, five questions...."

March 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Most Read Film Reviews of 2018

Number one will shock you. No, for reals. Shocked and appalled.

"...and forty-two movies analyzed, explored, pondered and scored (not including festival titles). But what were the reviews you were..."

Dec. 29, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: The Dawn Wall

Impossible odds and sheer rock faces in this climbing doc

"...The Dawn Wall is a documentary about obstacles. Physically climbing this stretch of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park..."

March 12, 2018 SXSW Post by Dan Gentile

Austin Film Festival Announces Second Wave of Films

Jeff Nichols' Loving gets a Texas premiere

"...The Austin Film Festival dropped more of its 2016 lineup today,..."

Aug. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Film Review: Frame by Frame

Powerful doc about the vitalness of photojournalists

"...Awakening from years of the Taliban’s oppressive crackdown on free..."

March 17, 2015 SXSW Post by Mary Tuma

Council Weighs Film Incentives Deal

City looks to keep film and digital production inside city limits

"...With multiple sound stages, globally recognized local filmmakers like Richard Link­lat­er and Robert Rodriguez, and a large..."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Lover, Beloved

Suzanne Vega hunts for Carson McCullers in this filmed stageplay

"...Carson McCullers published The Heart is a Lonely Hunter in 1940, the 23-year-old became a beacon for millions of..."

March 16, 2022 SXSW Post by Josh Kupecki

Searching for New Heights at Film Fests Reel Rock 14 and Reel Plastic

Two rock-climbing film fest come to Austin

"...With sport climbing's debut at the 2020 Olympic Games a little more..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

SXSW Film Review: The Curse of La Llorona

An overdose of jump scares in this latest Conjuring spin-off

"...For a while we had Eli Roth attached to singular projects, but now his name has been tarnished from..."

March 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

Can a Working Musician Find a Decent Job in This Town?

Musicians looking to subsidize their poverty-level passion already have one strike against them

"...Sitting in the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians office last..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

SXSW Film Review: Tab Hunter Confidential 

The story of a Hollywood heartthrob stepping out of the closet

"...Hunter came out to the world 10 years ago. In his autobiography of the same name, he laid it..."

March 18, 2015 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Austin Film Scene: Where Pragmatism Meets Idealism

‘The New York Times’ floats a capital idea

"...“This may be the year that Austin earns its place on the map as a movie..."

May 18, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lone Stars in Good Company

Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards 2010

"...Ten years ago, in March 2001, the Texas Film Hall of Fame debuted..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...a legend silk-screened on a trucker cap. I walk into a packed Chelsea gallery and before I can untangle..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

10 in Focus

Alma

"...In works of documentary cinema, the proximity between subject and..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Review: Clemente

Baseball doc shines a light on a small-market superstar

"...Although Jackie Robinson officially integrated baseball in 1947, many Black and Latin..."

March 12, 2024 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

Farewell to the Future at the Final Other Worlds Film Festival

Founder Bears Rebecca Fonté looks back and forward

"...look at the schedule for this year's Other Worlds Film Festival, it's the lineup of a festival on top,..."

Dec. 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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