The National Film Board of Canada's Animation Festival

"...in the field, it's a little thin for a feature film release. Of course, the reason the Film Board..."

Feb. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Nick Barbaro

The British Animation Invasion

"...stop motion techniques over computer assisted methods. Often in feature-length compilation films there is the feeling that much of..."

June 28, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lee

Underwhelming biopic of the underappreciated war photographer Lee Miller

"...It’s not all that often you get two different feature films valorizing war photographers released in one calendar year...."

Sept. 27, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tom Petty, Folk Horror Lead SXSW Audience Awards

The Fallout is this year's big winner

"...teen drama The Fallout as this year's favorite narrative feature...."

March 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent's follow-up to The Babadook is a true historical horror

"...trauma of one woman. The Nightingale, her much-anticipated second feature, may mine similar territory, but there is a confidence..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Art of Self-Defense

Jesse Eisenberg excels as the mouse that roars in this karate black comedy

"...men are indoctrinated into lives of violence – would feature some cartoonishly evil hate group at its center. Instead,..."

July 12, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Mustang Island

A deft millennial comedy of manners

"...strategist) has fleshed out their short film into a feature-length comedy. Filmed in luscious black and white, Mustang Island..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sleight

A street magician must save his kidnapped sister

"...It’s reductionist to tag Dillard’s feature debut as Tony Stark meets David Blaine amidst L.A.’s..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Indignation

Philip Roth's 2008 novel is hauntingly translated to the screen

"...Portnoy’s Complaint, we know that the film will likely feature a Jewish homeboy from Newark, N.J., expressions of penile..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

It's Hard to Compete With My Blind Brother

Sophie Goodhart on expanding her award-winning short into a feature

"...2003 short film "My Blind Brother" into a full-length feature of the same name was staying afloat. Literally...."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Beejoli Shah

When Marnie Was There

Will this ghost story be the final film from animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli?

"...G. Robinson’s 1967 YA novel may be the final feature release from Japan’s storied animation powerhouse. Studio co-founder and..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Jury and Special Awards Announced

Texas filmmakers take top feature competition prizes

"...Live’s Vanessa Bayer at the Paramount Theatre. The top feature competition prizes went to Texas filmmakers: Trey Edward Shults..."

March 17, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Duke of Burgundy

This character study of mistress-and-servant lesbian role-playing is gratifying without being sexually explicit.

"...traditional romantic comedy. Secretary this isn’t, however. The third feature from UK director Strickland hearkens back to the glory..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tusk

Kevin Smith and his actors are fully invested in the sheer madness of this story.

"...for Smith to write, direct, and produce an entire feature. Tusk began as a jokey on-air proposal to make..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Dance of Reality

Cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s first feature in 23 years is a labor of mad, passionate love

"...Alejandro Jodorowsky’s first feature in 23 years isn’t in the same vein as..."

June 6, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Godzilla

These monsters have more audience appeal than their human co-stars – which is good and bad.

"...the relatively inexperienced Edwards had only directed one other feature: the micro-budgeted Monsters, for which he created all the..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Byington's Back

Local writer/director to shoot Jason Schwartzman feature in town this spring

"...After celebrating the Austin release of his fifth feature, Somebody Up There Likes Me, at the Violet Crown..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Fantastic Market Picks a Sinful 16

International co-production market draws on Fantastic Fest vets

"...Rodriguez announced that this year's Fantastic Fest would also feature the Mercado Fantastico, their first stall in the film..."

Aug. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Familiar Features at Dallas International Film Festival

Revisit some favorites that hit Austin already

"...and you might notice more than a few familiar feature titles in the program. Check out our coverage of..."

April 4, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Wrong

Quentin Dupieux, the director of Rubber, is back with another film brimming with encounters with the bizarre and surreal.

"...yellow felt creation of Jim Henson’s company, while his feature film Rubber, in which a tire comes to life..."

March 29, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Doing 'Wrong' Right

Double Dupieux? Don't mind if we do.

"...In advance of his latest feature, Wrong, opening in theatres March 29, director Quentin Dupieux..."

March 20, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Allegiance

Bow Wow plays a National Guard soldier who goes AWOL in the early Nineties in this unfoused drama

"...This feature is based on a 2006 short film also written..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Ted

Mark Wahlberg and the teddy bear he willed to life as a child stay BFFs into adulthood in Seth McFarlane's zany first foray onto the big screen.

"...and his human, 35-year-old best friend forever might have featured Adam Sandler (as the voice of the bear) and..."

June 29, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rango

Watch out, cartoon critters: There’s a new sheriff in town, and his name is Rango.

"...town, and his name is Rango. This animated Western feature continues the working relationship between The Pirates of the..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zombie Girl: The Movie

This is a "making of" documentary about the 2005 filming of the zombie film Pathogen, made by then-12-year-old Austinite Emily Hagins.

"...2005 at the age of 12, made her first feature film, a zombie picture titled Pathogen. It’s an inspirational..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

9

9 is a beautifully and imaginatively animated fable, whose vague story about social cooperation is not equal to its visual grandeur.

"...they might do." What 9 inarguably is is a feature-length retelling of director Acker's 2005 Academy Award-nominated short film..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...your blood run cold. (And didn't Fantastic Fest 2007 feature The Last Winter, like, totally predict what's now happening..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

More Funny Numbers From Strayhorn

Carole doesn't understand the difference between money "gone" and money "owed"

"......"

April 30, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Slumdog Millionaire

Danny Boyle's crowd-pleasing Slumdog Millionaire may be drenched in the saffron and violet palettes of its Mumbai setting, but it plays like a classic Hollywood rags-to-riches love story.

"...about every day (it snagged the Out of Competition Feature Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival), is a..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sex and the City

The new feature stands on its own (typically stilettoed) feet, while holding fast to the series’ singular mix of the giddily ribald and brutally confessional.

"...the first few twinklings of the signature score, this feature-length transposing feels like a happy reunion with a steadfast..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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