Michael & Us

Canadian filmmakers Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine set out to celebrate a lion of the left. They ended up with something a little different.

"...films and all that,' it'll get into all the festivals for sure, because that's the type of film they..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Stereoscope

Sarah Lipstate's songs – and shorts – of innocence and experiments

"...as part of South by Southwest's Film and Music Festivals, only months after Cinematexas awarded her its Diamond in..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

On the Road Again

Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky's Half-Cocked Celebrates a Milestone

"...Half-Cocked didn't make it into film festivals that year ("It just didn't work in the festival..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Darcie Stevens

Plays Well With Others

Why Michelle Schumann is meant to be running the Austin Chamber Music Center

"...was always downtime for me. I went to different festivals in different places, but I've never had a really,..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Distance Danced

Between its old and new versions of 'Swingin' Then & Now,' Tapestry Dance Company has swung a long way, baby

"...because it's successful; it's one of the top five festivals in the country as far as its size. To..."

April 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Spit it

Pick Up the Mic skews hip-hop expectations

"...The line wasn't long ... sometimes at festivals like this, some of the good ones fall through..."

March 17, 2006 Features Feature by Kate Getty

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I have been to the last five SXSW festivals, and every year there are anywhere between 15-20 Hispanic..."

March 3, 2006 Column

Thumbsucker

The plot realistically mimics a teenager’s adriftness and tendency toward hairpin-turn mood shifts as it bounds from the wonderfully affecting to the decidedly idiosyncratic to the occasionally absurd.

"...Best Actor accolades at the Sundance and Berlin film festivals – begins the film with a voice forever breaking,..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

ACL Music Festival Interviews

"...maintains. "Phish would have never participated in all those festivals. They would have done their own thing. We're involved..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

TCB

The ACL festival is here. Time to hunker down.

"...alongside Coachella and Bonnaroo in the handful of American festivals that compare in size and import to epic European..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Zupan on Impact

'Murderball' and the making of a celebrity

"...Film Festival in April, Murderball had played 17 other festivals. In fact, by the time of its world premiere,..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Assisted Living

Greenebaum's superstylized first feature attempts to mesh fiction with nonfiction while remaining a narrative, and it attempts to do it almost entirely in the confines of a nursing home, entirely in one day.

"...received awards at the Gen Art and Woodstock film festivals that year. The film was picked up for distribution..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Shawn Badgley

New Elf in Town

Flaming Idiot Rob Williams trades his torches for the pointy little slippers of David Sedaris' department-store elf in 'The Santaland Diaries'

"...me of the days that I worked in Renaissance festivals. There's a part in Santaland Diaries where he talks..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...This would be a great event to advertise on Festivals.com and get worldwide recognition. Why not let the rest..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Column

Come Out and Play

Has Austin – or anywhere else – ever seen anything like Cinemania weekend?

"...has more than its share of film and music festivals, obviously, but, barring a sudden global-climate catastrophe that leaves..."

May 28, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two

There is no other place in the country, outside of New York and L.A., with the same quality and quantity of filmmaking and filmmakers as Austin

"...impact of the five major and many minor film festivals and their visitors and the ongoing economic contribution of..."

March 12, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Young at Art

At age 85, violinist Robert Rudié is still fiddling around – and teaching and acting and …

"...violin with the Riverdale String Quartet and the Casals Festivals in Europe and Puerto Rico; serving as concertmaster for..."

March 5, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Down and Dirty

Pasty people vs. pretty people, low budget vs. big budget, Peter Biskind vs. Robert Redford: the 20th annual Sundance!

"...matter is that there now seems to be two festivals convening around Sundance: the traditional one for the pasty-faced..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...going to see any movies. Those last two American Festivals offer an exciting but limited sampling of international films...."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Under the Tuscan Sun

Bella Italia substitutes for the Caribbean in this clunky but enjoyable version of How Frances Got Her Groove Back, starring Diane Lane.

"...on to romantic and emotional fulfillment! Vespa jokes! Flag-throwing festivals! Reassuring platitudes ("Never lose your childish enthusiasm")! Don’t get..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Page Two

Harvey Pekar's two Chronicle covers have been a rare, and deserved, exception to our 22-year focus on local news, culture, and events.

"...SXSW, followed by all the other film and music festivals. Lately there's been as much national interest in our..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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.

"...he says, to show at a lot of film festivals...."

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

Down From the Mountain

There was no snow at Sundance this year, but a strong slate nonetheless.

"...for Slamdance, the most stalwart of the many alternative festivals, which this year reclaimed its old headquarters on Main..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2003

"...& twisted one at that. Spike & Mike's animation festivals -- there are several kinds, ranging from the classic..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Whole Schmear

The First Annual Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...The organization helps put together and coordinate Jewish film festivals throughout the American South by providing a framework by..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Maya Churi

Good Show

It was a good year -- not a great one -- for the Toronto International Film Festival.

"...-- one of the biggest and most important film festivals in the world, and certainly on this continent. This..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mutant Aliens

"...Jesus”) was in fact released as a short to festivals. It's great fun (a hot-roddin' Jesus plays Hendrix guitar..."

July 5, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

My Gay Movie 2002

"...this week before it begins distributing the package to festivals worldwide. Entries from last year's package achieved some wonderful..."

June 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Festival in Cannes

"...on the French Riviera that eclipses all other film festivals with its heady mix of wheeling, dealing, and mega-star..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Up Syndrome

"...subject, has shown and won awards at various film festivals including Slamdance and the Austin Film Festival...."

March 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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