Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2011: Animation

Get a leg up on your Oscar pool by checking out all the nominees in this category.

"...promo for pollution presented like one of those peppy educational films of yore (“Pollution: It’s your privilege and your..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action

Compassion, grace, and humor distinguish the Oscar hopefuls

"...flatline. Today, you have no excuse. The nominated short films are available online or in selected theatres prior to..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Educational Archives, Vol. 1: Sex and Drugs

"...commercial for Modess sanitary napkins that masquerades as an educational film. "Marijuana" is an even-handed look at the reefer..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Of Family Heirlooms and Industrial Films

The Texas Archive of the Moving Image preserves the state's cinematic roads less traveled

"...the other thousands of home movies, instructional videos, industrial films, antique documentaries, and TV commercials TAMI has accumulated and..."

May 27, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Trauma defines these glimpses into other real lives

"...war zone or in our own backyard, these are films that show the triumphs and tragedies of overcoming a..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Films Go Better With Bluebonnets

The Hill Country Film Fest features cinema amid the wildflowers

"...the festival and now offers year-round film programming and educational events. The 2015 edition of the festival will showcase..."

April 24, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Five Essential Films at the Austin Asian American Film Festival

Across nations and diasporas, AAAFF explores the most intriguing, experimental, and entertaining movies from Asian filmmakers

"...as Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho exposed Korean educational malpractice in his 2011 animated debut The King of..."

June 23, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Short, but Not Necessarily Sweet

It's a bit of a stretch to call the short films of Jay Rosenblatt documentaries. Let's call them experimental docs -- or shorts -- and leave it at that. Just prepare to be amazed by the reel of eight short films the genre-bending San Francisco filmmaker is bringing to the Alamo next week.

"...a bit of a stretch to call the short films of Jay Rosenblatt documentaries. Let's call them experimental docs..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

An Unsentimental Education

A/V Geek Skip Elsheimer is a curator of a certain brand of pop-culture ephemera: the forgotten "educational" film.

"...film leader and a garbled trumpet fanfare, the "Coronet Films" logo appears on the screen, and a dating etiquette,..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Gender Studies

Kino goes back to the classroom with How to Be a Man and How to Be a Woman

"...apparent from watching Kino's newly released two-disc series of educational films from the Fifties and Sixties, called How to..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Waiting for 'Superman'

More provocative than genuinely informative, this documentary, nevertheless, has kicked off a national discussion about remedying our failing educational system.

"...factories” are numerous and complicated, and are predicated on educational notions that have changed little during the last 50..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ciao, Professore!

"...mark a departure for Italian director Lina Wertmüller. Her films (Seven Beauties, Swept Away) are recognized for their social..."

Sept. 2, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Motoramas in Pink Pajamas

And Other Illusions From When Life Was Mighty Swell

"...Our Secret Century: Archival Films From the Darker Side of the American Dream..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

A Day Without a Mexican

What if Californians awoke one day to discover that all the Mexicans in the state had mysteriously vanished overnight?

"...but disappointingly does not. Director Arau (son of Alfonso) films this project as a mockumentary and uses stock character..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What the #$*! Do We Know!?

Quantum physics, intent and possibility, science and fantasy … goofy cult or educational primer?

"...to be classified as "cult." Part metaphysical treatise, part educational primer, and part dangerously goofy self-help manual for the..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

High School High

"...and topical verbal gags that typify the Naked Gun films, although it's questionable whether such hilarity is altogether appropriate..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

College Road Trip

Raven-Symoné co-stars with Martin Lawrence in this mugging comedy, which also makes room for Donny Osmond.

"...wants to attend faraway Georgetown University to pursue her educational dreams. A college road trip ensues, during the course..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Super Size Me

In his cheeky but incendiary documentary about our fast food nation, Morgan Spurlock chronicles the deterioration of his body after a 30-day "McDiet."

"...That by itself could have made for a yawningly educational Dateline-like piece – the film’s thesis is a rather..."

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Nickelodeon’s animated star gets a charming live-action revamp

"...feature film adaptation doesn’t try to be as explicitly educational as the Nickelodeon cartoon it’s based on, Dora the..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Housecore Horror Majordomo – Phil Anselmo

Pantera/Down icon talks tape trading and terror

"...Not only did Anselmo help select the bands and films playing, he’s also fronting NOLA stoner gods Down and..."

Oct. 24, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Collective Projections

Women Make Movies

"...guiding principle of this pioneering producer and distributor of films and video by and about women. Women Make Movies..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature

Jesus Revolution

Tedious retelling of the era of the Jesus freaks preaches to the choir

"...highway is shot like one of those high school “educational” films in which teens must pay the price for..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Deconstructing Film

The Hideout hosts a retrospective of experimental filmmaker Aaron Valdéz's work.

"...Co-op is hosting a retrospective of the 26-year-old artist's films on July 16...."

July 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Chale Nafus

Treasure Chest

The Vault Disney collection dusts off kid classics from its golden era of live-action films. They still fit -- and beautifully.

"...That's why it's a little scary to revisit the films that fed our childhood fantasies. Would they feel dated?..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Industry of Light and Magic

Fx guru and key 'Star Wars' figure Tom Smith to HRC

"...who worked with the architects of a generation of films – George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Jim Henson...."

April 15, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Indie Shorts on Display

The Territory Begins New Season

"...min/Brighton, MA/1995). From comic shorts and travelogues to feature-length films, new media artists search for increasingly sophisticated and engaging..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature

Shortcuts

"...goals of self-expression and artistic vision. Beyond that, the films represent all types: narrative, abstract, expressionistic, formal experiments, and..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

When There's Motion, but No Pictures

Guest Artistic Director Ed Halter adjusts Cinematexas' experimental aim

"...does performances using 16mm projection equipment. He doesn't make films so much as he takes the elements of a..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Gay Culture in Focus

"...It's no coincidence that so many lesbian and gay films have the coming-out process as a theme...."

Aug. 22, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

Day Trips

"...the most beautiful exhibits as well as being very educational. Ponds, or stock tanks as Texans call them, are..."

May 2, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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