Sound Decision

The Austin Film Society Documentary Tour: Hear and Now

"...As you might suspect, the film that tugged enough heartstrings to snag this year's Sundance..."

July 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

No Limits

Austin at the Toronto International Film Festival

"...the People's Choice votes at this year's Toronto International Film Festival were tallied, University of Texas graduate Alejandro Gomez..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

TIFF Notes

What I took away from the Toronto International Film Festival

"...for the themes, commonalities, and distinctions among the 300-plus films screening at this year's Toronto International Film Festival –..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Radical Context

The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center's Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1893-1941

"...It's tough to be an experimental filmmaker these days. Not only do you have to find..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Getting Their Due

The 2003 Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...In its third year, the Austin Film Society's Texas Film Hall of Fame has become the..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

The Age of Restoration

Reviled at the time of their release, silent cinema classics Metropolis and The Thief of Bagdad get their due at the Paramount Theatre this weekend.

"...Lang's legendary Metropolis -- the first cast-of-thousands science fiction film -- which shows at the Paramount Theatre this Friday..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

For Your Consideration ...

Austin Film Festival Preview

"...hugely hyped actioner marks one of the first French films to utilize Hollywood-style CGI effects. Based on folklore, The..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature

Working Girls

What do the eight films in the Austin Film Society's latest free series "Dance, Girl, Dance: Women Directors of the 70s and 80s" have in common? They are all works by inherently feminist filmmakers, and the chronological order of the series tracks the growth of American feminist thought during these two decades.

"...The history of women in filmmaking has long been a history of outsider art. Even..."

May 18, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Pen-Ultimate Fest

Austin Heart of Film Screenwriting Conference & Festival

"...a screenwriter's words on paper are the heart of film. But according to Dennis Hopper, the heart of filmmaking..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

Sound Unseen Brings Fugazi, Cyndi Lauper Docs to Austin

Minneapolis-based film fest spotlights local links for Austin leg

"...least on the silver screen, as the Sound Unseen Film+Music Festival has announced the titles for its 2023 Austin..."

Oct. 19, 2023 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...feature gets its world premiere as the opening night film for Fantastic Fest 2023...."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Featured Session: Julia Ducournau

"I obviously don't care for shock value at all."

"...as a provocative director, whose skill in crafting unforgettable genre pieces was rewarded with the Palme d'Or at the..."

March 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Rod Machen

Fantastic Fest Review: Nightsiren

Tereza Nvotová’s bewitching horror makes her one to watch


"...As more filmmakers break into horror with high-concept stories, audiences have become..."

Oct. 3, 2022 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

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

The best of the fests from Austin and beyond

"...Every year, Austin's film festival highlight some of the best up-and-coming filmmakers. And..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Questioning How We Embrace Mortality in She Dies Tomorrow

Director Amy Seimetz new film is death positive

"...inevitability of mortality surrounds us. In Amy Seimetz's latest film She Dies Tomorrow, she playfully unpacks the taboos around..."

July 31, 2020 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Eight Unconventional Romantic Comedies You Can Stream Right Now

Not-so-cookie-cutter love stories willing to get a little weird

"...food, but even the most devoted watcher of the genre has to admit there’s a lot of garbage out..."

March 15, 2020 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Colombia's Child Soldiers Captured in Monos

Alejandro Landes on breaking the feelgood narrative of youth

"...for monkeys, and also the title of the third film from Colombian director Alejandro Landes. With its sense of..."

Sept. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Searching For Clues Online

Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian talk about their online thriller

"...What do you call a film that's set completely on a computer screen. In the..."

Aug. 30, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...AGLIFF, the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival, has just announced the rest of its line-up..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Leigh Whannell Gets an Upgrade

Insidious creator gets techno, and talks the Blumhouse model

"...Whannell has become a modern horror master. His new film as a director, Upgrade, is a change of tone,..."

May 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Noir City Emerges From the Shadows

Film festival delves into film noir deep cuts

"...After World War II ended, American films began to be shown again in France, where film..."

May 19, 2017 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Feeling an Elephant

The Toronto International Film Festival's inexhaustible breadth

"...The 40th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, the largest film festival on this continent, wrapped..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Alleluia

A Belgian riff on the pitch-black legend of the Honeymoon Killers

"...in this Belgian riff on director Leonard Kastle’s 1969 film The Honeymoon Killers (itself based on the Lonely Hearts..."

July 31, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Robert Kurtzman Invades Garth Manor

FX legend talks Evil Dead 2

"...practical effects masters like Robert Kurtzman that defined the genre as much as the actors and directors, and he's..."

July 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: A Bad Case of the Sequels

Retreads, remakes, and do-overs rule the home releases

"...Last week, indie film producer Keith Calder took to Twitter to ask, "What's..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Housecore Horror Reunites The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Austin hosts the official gathering of the original Lone Star terror

"...The wait is over: The Housecore Horror Film Festival has finally announced its headlining movie, and we..."

May 1, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Holliston' / 'Knights of Badassdom'

A double bill of Joe Lynch genre comedies

"...Most cult films become cult films. But once in a while film..."

April 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...The Sundance Film Festival released its first programming wave this afternoon, announcing..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Feeling Extra Queer

'Interior. Leather Bar.' highlights what it's like to be an extra in an explicitly gay film

"...Friedkin's Cruising was released to widespread critical derision, a film with the capacity to, in the words of its..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell

Texas Stars Twinkle on the Small Screen

Television used to be where actors were put out to pasture; for these Texas Film Hall of Fame honorees, it's tall cotton.

"...the four actors being honored at this year's Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards, all four of them are..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

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