Last One Down the Mountain: Belated Thoughts on the Sundance Film Festival

Even virtually, the 2024 fest felt revitalized

"...Film reviews are already coming in from Berlin, which is..."

Feb. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cine Las Americas Review: 7th Annual Femme Frontera Filmmakers Showcase

Short films selection looks at border life through multiple lenses

"...the past 25 years, the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival has brought work by Latinx, Indigenous, and filmmakers..."

June 27, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Honor Among Thieves will be this year's opening night film, while eagerly-anticipated horror sequel Evil Dead Rise is also..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Women Talking

Sarah Polley finds stunning drama in one simple night of conversations in a barn

"...The exercise of female self-determination in Women Talking ticks profoundly in a post-Dobbs..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Return of Ted Lasso, the Rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, and 44 Other TV Somethings to Consume in July

Also: a Gossip Girl reboot, dueling Love Islands

"...Prime Video. Reader, I inhaled it. A meditation on female friendship and potent picture of the limited roles available..."

July 1, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...South by Southwest, find harmony in the three headlining films announced for this year’s streaming festival...."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Brea Grant, Modern Scream Queen

The Stylist star, 12 Hour Shift director and UT grad becomes a powerhouse of horror at Fantastic Fest

"...Most filmmakers are glad when they have one film that garners..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Untold Tale of Stuntwomen

Director April Wright is setting the history of Hollywood straight

"...opening volley. Under the Going Attractions title, her two films - The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie..."

Sept. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shirley

Elizabeth Moss gets in the head of the Haunting of Hill House author

"...inspired by the real-life disappearance of a local student), female intimacy and obsession, the cult of personality, and the..."

June 5, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Harleen makes her own way without Mr. J.

"...see what happens when the character is handled by filmmakers who understand how to address both sides of this..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Lucky McKee Talks His New Thriller Kindred Spirits

Austin-made twisted tale of family bonds hits VOD this week

"...Everybody has that friend, according to filmmaker Lucky McKee. "Every person has someone who has stepped..."

Jan. 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Broadway Leading Lady Carolee Carmello on Taking Over Dolly!

Hello, Dolly prepares for run at Bass Concert Hall

"...but I have been fortunate in some of the roles I’ve played.”..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Arts Post by Paul Beutel

The Aeronauts

Ballooning adventure never drops its baffling meet-cute ballast

"...changes in this heavily fictionalized script: After all, any film re-creating history will inevitably make concessions of fact in..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Charlie's Angels

Gen Z get their wings in Elizabeth Banks' Angels continuation

"...tapped into casting (mostly white, svelte) women in action films’ lead roles, from Alien’s Ripley in the Seventies, to..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Beth Sullivan

Roger Waters and Erin Lee Carr to Keynote SXSW 2020

Also appearing: Phoebe Robinson, 50 Cent & Bon Appétit Test Kitchen

"...In recent months, his concert film with a “message of human rights, liberty, and love,”..."

Nov. 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Kevin Curtin

Terminator: Dark Fate

Sarah Connor and the T-800 remain the best components of SF franchise

"...for ourselves" has been the refrain of the Terminator films since a deleted scene in the 1984 original, and..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...attire! aGLIFF – the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival – has announced its full lineup for 2019,..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Few Faves From the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

Immortal gems of the cinema help us define a classic

"...What makes a film a classic? What irrepressible spark illuminates a flick past..."

May 24, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

SXSW Film Keynote: Olivia Wilde

The director applies her Booksmarts to making films

"...“Happy Birthday” by the crowd. Monday, she delivered a Film Keynote, explaining how she – someone “unlikely to become..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Shalavé Cawley

SXSW Panel Recap: The Female Gaze

Women get shit done on set

"...What does it mean to be a woman filmmaker? Alicia Malone of Fandango posed the question before taking..."

March 12, 2019 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...at the beginning, horror at the end: After SXSW Film (March 8-17) announced that Jordan Peele's eagerly awaited doppelganger..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Start your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens large..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback – Typecast: David Yow & Brett Bradford

Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard in their new roles, plus a Twin Peaks themed concert

"...the Jesus Lizard. Now a forthcoming wave of significant film roles raises the question: Is David Yow an actor..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

What's Cooking With Skate Kitchen?

Hanging with the crew behind the true-life skateboard drama

"...Skating is the epitome of female sport. It’s all about maneuvering around the obstacles the..."

Aug. 16, 2018 Screens Post by Tinu Thomas

David and Nathan Zellner Deconstruct the Cowboy Myth in Damsel

Two of Austin’s most quirky filmmakers venture west

"...the Zellners, two of Austin's most quirky and creative filmmakers, and so Damsel, their star-studded and dusty-booted excursion into..."

June 22, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ocean's 8

Sandra Bullock is the other Ocean sibling in this all-female revamp of the heist franchise

"...meeting up with partner-in-crime Lou (Blanchett), and assembling an all-female team to pull off a diamond heist at the..."

June 8, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt on Their New Horror A Quiet Place

The filmmaking power couple on fighting monsters and real intimacy

"...from ear to ear. The night before, his latest film as a director, A Quiet Place, got a standing..."

April 6, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Panel Recap: Sex & Text: Breaking Down Movie Stereotypes w/ AI

StoryFit on dismantling unhealthy gender roles in Hollywood

"...presented their recent findings on gender stereotypes found in film to a small but fascinated audience on Sunday afternoon...."

March 12, 2018 SXSW Post by Sarah Marloff

ATX Film News

Our monthly guide to what's filming and screening

"...campus. Plus, UT alum Wes Anderson closes out the film festival with his latest stop-motion animated feature, Isle of..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2017

"...Darren Aronofsky's febrile nightmare takes on gender roles, religion, and the nature of chaos itself and ends..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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