Kustom Film Kommando

Interview With Filmmaker Kenneth Anger

"...figure of American avant-garde cinema. Legendary as an underground filmmaker, Anger prefers to regard himself as a maker of..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Austin Film Festival: Breaking the Mold: Diversity in the Industry

Panel agrees that there is a lack of it

"...wide range of perspectives is still missing in the film industry. This weekend's panel was a vibrant discussion on..."

Nov. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

A Lost Silent Film Is Found

Daughter of the Dawn starred Quanah Parker's kids

"...This Sunday, the Austin Film Society, the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, and..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Screens Post by R.U. Steinberg

Texas Senate Warms Up to Film Incentives After Taylor Sheridan's Testimony

Yellowstone franchise mastermind makes argument for funding

"...long and star-studded hearing about how to attract more film and TV production to the Lone Star State...."

Oct. 10, 2024 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Adds First Panels for 2024

The Last of Us and The Simpsons make a date

"...They may call it the Austin Film Festival, but the first wave of panels announced for..."

Aug. 14, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Future May Finally Be Brightening for Texas Film Incentives

The sequel to film rebates?

"...it to Hollyweird, the state's economic support for the film, TV, commercial, and gaming industries has seen its financing..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

McConaughey and Harrelson Ask Texas Senators for New Film Incentives

New fund would smooth out cash crunches ... for culture warriors

"...met yesterday to discuss a massive new investment in film and TV production incentives that would break the current..."

April 1, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trusting Your Gut: Texas Film Awards Honoree Michael de Luca on a Life in Cinema

From New Line to Warners, the exec discusses his career

"...Luca is being honored this week at the Texas Film Awards seems to be Michael de Luca himself. Modestly,..."

March 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texans Protest Film Incentive Cut

Change.org petition demands special session to save program

"...they've become commonplace. But as the Texas Legislature slashes film incentives, there's a call for Gov. Greg Abbott to..."

May 29, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...every sense of the word. Kidron's (Used People) latest film outdrags, outdresses, and generally outdoes last year's Australian hit..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...punch, a raw, dirty, disturbing piece of cinema veritŽ filmmaking that simultaneously hooks and repulses you from its opening..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Film News

Austin Studios lands a long-term tenant; Robert Rodriguez talks about a live-action The Jetsons; and more

"...at least the next five years, although the Austin Film Society says this is a reconfiguration and not a..."

June 19, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...between Italian serenades and subsequent vengeance-swearing, we talked about films. After I spent some time raving about Songwriter, a..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Film News

Austin Studios gets an upgrade, plus the fall festival season begins

"...Hey, film productions. Austin Studios doesn't need you. Uh, at least..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Richard Linklater casts a boy wonder for an Isle of Man shoot in March

"...Richard Linklater is slated to begin shooting his next film, Me and Orson Welles, on the Isle of Man..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

SXSW Film

Ry Russo-Young's You Wont Miss Me

"...effort, You Wont Miss Me, is her second feature film to make the trip to South by Southwest: Her..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Kevin Kelly

Film News

Burnt Orange has been living in a cave, while Texas looks to be trending toward Santos; plus, 'Ape Shit,' 'Chainsaw,' and 'The Breakdance Kid'

"...Filmus Nextus Carolyn Pfeiffer, head of Burnt Orange Films, was..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Action Figure's new digs; plus, 'The Cassidy Kids,' Native American shape-shifters vs. bounty hunters, and more

"...Austin Film Purveyors: Action Figure Studios, the local group behind A&E..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Austin Film Festival Review: The Stones Are Speaking

A Central Texas dig site offers new insight into human history

"...in by-the-numbers fashion. However, the main focus of the film is the Gault Archeological Site, located in Central Texas,..."

Oct. 27, 2024 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

SXSW Film Review: Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

Jeffery Robinson's captivating lecture on America's shared legacy

"...As the film’s screenwriter and presenter Jeffery Robinson notes, the best educations..."

March 24, 2021 Screens Post by Michael King

SXSW Film Panel: Joe Swanberg Keynote

The indie film king of fast, cheap, and frequent has advice

"...journey through the endless catalog of his small, intimate films...."

March 14, 2016 SXSW Post by Jacob Clifton

Film Flam: El Rey Shines on Austin

Robert Rodriguez's TV channel to become permanent production fixture

"...In a statement this morning, Rodriguez said, "As a filmmaker and founder of El Rey Network, I can't imagine..."

June 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Giving Tree

Making movies takes money. Lots of it. From grants to bakes sales, credit card max-outs to benevolent rich uncles, local filmmakers struggle to come up with the cash.

"...There are as many ways to finance your independent film as there are ways to shoot it, but Austin's..."

May 24, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Manson Family

Shot over the course of 10 years, underground filmmkaker Jim Van Bebber tells the story we all think we know. This time, however, the story graphically unfolds from the perspective of Charles Manson.

"...Sage Stallone, Maureen Allisse and Tom Burns. Finally, the film for those individuals who have one of those Charlie..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Long Stories Short

The Cinematexas International Short Film Festival

"...Inside Out: Special Guest Todd Haynes Filmmaker Todd Haynes' most recent film, the Douglas Sirk-esque Far..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Stranger in the Kingdom

"...defendant. There are plenty of things to recommend this film, but similarity to To Kill a Mockingbird -- in..."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Sidekicks

"...real-life sidekick/brother Aaron lensed this dog in Houston with financing from the local “Mattress King” (I'm not making this..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Boyhood

With Boyhood, filmmaker Richard Linklater paints his masterpiece.

"...this sense, Richard Linklater has created the ultimate coming-of-age film, one that transcends the usual constructs of the genre,..."

July 18, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Movie

"...Chris Smith. For every big-dreaming nebbish whose pursuit of filmmaking glory lands him at the Oscars with Sarah Polley..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Rock Dog

It's a dog … that rocks!

"...& roll.” Bodi (voiced by Wilson) is this animated film’s titular rock dog, a young Tibetan mastiff who lives..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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