Blue Starlite Gives Some SXSW-Selected Shorts Some Big Screentime

From the festival to the drive-in

"...really bad for the shorts. They count on these festivals, both to get attentions for the film and what..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Brecht's main gig leading the Project ATX6 artists to festivals around the globe halted last year, so he focused..."

March 5, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...As festivals have gone digital during the pandemic, many have experimented..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Free Lunch Creatives Feed Austin’s Unhoused

Musicians rally for emergency storm relief, and Spicewood's Katy Kirby debuts on Keeled Scales.

"...used to coordinating volunteers and backstage logistics at music festivals," says Mills. "So, instead of a festival VIP area,..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

HOPE Outdoor Gallery Takes Carson Creek Ranch to Court

Formerly friendly neighbors fall out over a gate

"...both Havard's home and a venue that hosts music festivals and other large events. While HOG was in fact..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

OUTsider Festival Beams Us Up and Away to a Gayass Galaxy Far, Far Away

Austin’s queer transmedia fest goes virtual on March 5-7

"...in finding out more? Want to dig into past festivals to see what to expect from this galaxy-brained event?..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Saint Maud

Agony and ecstasy intertwined in this horror as Catholic angst turns self-destruction

"...Saint Maud tore its way through North American film festivals, the British film’s legend has only grown. Critics –..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Austin Makes Moviemaker's List of Best Places for Filmmakers

But where in the rankings did it land?

"...The missing component was independent filmmaking, and the first..."

Jan. 26, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sundance Brings This Year's Hottest Movies to AFS's New Drive-in Screen

Time for a Sundance at Austin Film Society

"...changed the broader cultural discussion around the role of festivals. Herrick said she saw Sundance asking itself a very..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Demi Lovato Doc Opening SXSW Film 2021

Punk icons, serial killers, wrestlers, and comedy in movie list

"...including the full lineups for the Film and Music festivals, at austinchronicle.com/sxsw...."

Jan. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Willie Nelson to Deliver SXSW Online Conference Keynote

Shotgun Willie brings a few hundred friends to the virtual stage

"...announcements, including the lineups for the Film and Music festivals, at austinchronicle.com/sxsw...."

Jan. 13, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Invites You to a Sundance at Pioneer Farms

Festival brings drive-in screenings plus special streaming panels

"...Film Festival, which endures even as big changes in festivals and the industry changed the "Sundance experience" for filmmakers...."

Jan. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2020 You Haven't Seen Yet

The best of the fests from Austin and beyond

"...that haven't been widely released yet. With so many festivals switching to virtual formats, we've had more titles than..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Party Never Stops with the Uncaged New Year's Eve Bash

Meet the Cheddar Goblin in an 8-Bit Alamo as South Lamar goes virtual

"...after debuting their new documentary Sypherlot. Plus, unlike most festivals where noise bleed between stages is an old nemesis,..."

Dec. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Programming Maestro Jim Brunzell Leaving aGLIFF

Award-winning artistic director departs after seven years

"...as a landmark event in Austin's calendar of film festivals...."

Dec. 23, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pushing Virtual Boundaries at the Austin Arthouse Film Festival

Celebration of experimentation does some experimenting of its own

"...second wave worked out how to transfer their regular festivals over to a virtual format. Now is the era..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: Carnival of the MAGAnimals

Baroque, sugar-soaked fantasies, fueled by copaganda, litter our streets

"...is also known for its party streets and grand festivals, but if our homicide rate were 10 times its..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: Growing Up Margin Walker

I've only ever experienced Texas music under the independent reigns of Graham Williams. I didn't know how lucky I was.

"...whose remnant partially rerouted to Austin venues. Other Texas festivals at remote sites ended around that time; Levitation pivoted..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Richard Whittaker's Top 10 in 2020 Cinema

"Who knew?"

"...year has been one I'll remember for innovation: virtual festivals, the virtual cinema boom, drive-ins. This year has felt..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Kevin Curtin's Top 100 Austin Albums of 2020

Why stop at 10 when 10 times that still only scratches the surface of year-topping ATX releases?

"...No tours, no festivals, few concerts, music retailers operating at minimum capacity, and..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Ten Key Moments in Austin's Year With the Coronavirus

The Plague Year

"...34 years, the multimedia South by Southwest Conference and Festivals were canceled, as Mayor Steve Adler and then-­Travis County..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Marjorie Baumgarten's Top 10 of 2020

"An eye toward 2020 hindsight"

"...some of the expanse. Plus, I attended three film festivals virtually this fall, but found it hard to keep..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Marc Savlov's Top 10 of 2020 in Film

"No cinematography necessary"

"...and film fans alike, so used to crowded, unending festivals and weekly trips to the theatres – sometimes in..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Other Worlds Short and Sweet: "A Grievance With Gravity"

Filmmaker Kelli Horan on wrestlers, breezeblocks, and Barophobia

"...Sweet, our look at short films playing at film festivals in Austin. This time it's "A Grievance With Gravity."..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Focusing on Mental Health at the Capital City Black Film Festival

The online version of the fest becomes a celebration of healing

"...the disease first hit the U.S. in March, and festivals like SXSW canceled, Williams initially contacted CCBFF's sponsors and..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

AFS Cinema Joins Forces with Sundance Film Festival

Local arthouse becomes satellite venue for the Utah fest

"...Nine months ago, when the coronavirus pandemic hit, film festivals were among the first cultural entities to be hit,..."

Dec. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Polish Film Festival Goes Hybrid for 2020

The extended festival takes a virtual look at Warsaw

"...of that year's esteemed Gdynia Film Festival. Like many festivals this year, APS was unable to follow through on..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Screens Feature by Naomi Brady

Austin Horror Crew Launch Bloodoath Filmmaker Consulting

Paper Street creatives join forces with genre experts

"...Underground, and Frontieres Market at Fantasia Film Festival) in Festivals & Promotion. Jordan Dykstra (managing director of Santa Monica-based..."

Nov. 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Jewish Film Festival Goes Longer For You

Fest now running through Friday, with free films

"...Film festivals this year have had to take the leap into..."

Nov. 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

18 is for Life at the Austin Jewish Film Festival

Fest returns online and at the drive-in

"...is the most jam-packed AJFF schedule ever. While many festivals that have gone online have cut back on the..."

Nov. 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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