Austin Filmmakers Have That Independent Spirit

Several local directors earned nominations for Spirit Awards

"...Austin-based filmmakers were honored yesterday by nominations for 2014 Independent Spirit Awards...."

Nov. 27, 2013 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

The Independent

"...cameo, or groan-worthy pun from the world of schlock filmmaking. Not all of them land perfectly, but the movie..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Austin Filmmaking, Ten Years After

Film director Richard Linklater interviews Bob Ray, the director of the new Austin-made movie Rock Opera, about the Austin Film scene over the past 10 years.

"...new movie and discuss the evolution of the Austin filmmaking scene over the past 10 years...."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Independent

"...Check the newsstand this month for The Independent Film & Video Monthly's special regional issue: Spotlight on..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Screens Column

Fatalistic Filmmaking

Alex Karpovsky hits the road to find the comedy behind his anxiety

"...In 2008, writer/director Alex Karpovsky released a small, independent movie called Woodpecker. The movie, about the quixotic hunt..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Empty Metal Rewrites the Rules of Filmmaking

Cine Las Americas film blends entertainment and the avant-garde

"...is also an apt description of Empty Metal. Part independent drama, part blended documentary, it operates at the intersection..."

May 3, 2019 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

The New New in Indie Filmmaking

"...Magazine just announced its annual 25 New Faces of Independent Cinema, and while there's a whole host of SXSW..."

July 22, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Irma Vep

Assayas' camerawork and editing recall the glory days of the French New Wave, while Cheung holds the center as an actress caught up in the behind-the-scenes mayhem on a creative film set.

"...beautiful, this French take on the madness inherent in independent filmmaking rivals Tom DiCillo's Living in Oblivion as the..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Baadasssss!

Melvin Van Peebles' son Mario pays tribute to his groundbreaking film Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song, and also settles a few old Oedipal scores along the way.

"...Melvin VP’s rightful place in the history of American independent filmmaking and lionizing the filmmaker’s indomitable spirit and vision...."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Defying Gravity

"...for those who toil in the province of true independent filmmaking. In that respect, the hope in Defying Gravity..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ed Wood

This biographical film is charming, melancholy, strange, and quirkily humorous. There's also a certain irony in giving the silver-screen treatment to the most infamous of bargain-basement directors and his motley crew of hangers-on.

"...years of Hollywood's lowest echelons and the adolescence of independent filmmaking. Who would have thought, years ago, that someday..."

Oct. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Living End

"...The Living End excites you about the state of independent filmmaking; it's a road movie that leaves a skid..."

Nov. 13, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Strangers in Good Company

"...the Canadian Film Board, it is an example of independent filmmaking at its best...."

Oct. 11, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

A Matter of Degrees

"...there's some sort of new wave sweeping through American independent filmmaking. Small, no-to-low budget films such as Three Bewildered..."

Sept. 13, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival: Film & Screenwriting Awards Announced

Grown in Detroit and Tobruk take top honors

"...The Austin Film Festival announced its filmmaking jury awards today, which included a Special Jury Recognition..."

Oct. 24, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Alive and Kicking

Just when a heavy cynicism about the future of independent film has overtaken the industry and most of its observers, the Sundance Film Festival came along during the early weeks of 2001 and, almost unexpectedly, brightened the downcast mood shared by its most dour participants.

"...on my mind than visions of the marathon of independent films that awaited my arrival in the mountains of..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Not Your Usual Song and Dance

Indie Meme film showcase explores independent Indian cinema

"...There is no single definition of what an independent film is. Are they films that are independent in..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Society Announces 2015 Grants

Newcomers and established names get AFS boost

"...Independent filmmaking is tough, but raising money for indie filmmaking..."

Sept. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hollywood Detour

The independent mind of Edgar G. Ulmer

"...through his greatest achievement, Detour, a pinnacle of low-budget filmmaking in which the director created a sustained milieu of..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Will Pay Cash for Film

Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund underwrites independent film and video

"...cheap, or simple, or easy, about the craft of independent filmmaking, and the people at the Texas Filmmakers' Production..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Cult Film Hero Don Coscarelli Turns a Page

Phantasm director discusses his new memoir

"...Independent filmmaking would be a much less fascinating phenomenon were..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

On Set With Virgin Cheerleaders in Chains

New indie horror melds Austin talent and Brazilian gore

"...into a quagmire. But, hey, no one said indie filmmaking is glamorous...."

May 13, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

10 in Focus

Alma

"...this week the movie began circulating again on the Independent Film Channel...."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

A Career Hooligan Looks Back, But Mostly Forward

Robert Rodriguez on a lifetime of innovation and the movie, 'El Mariachi,' that started it all

"...Lucas and James Cameron, predicted the demise of 35mm filmmaking as far back as 2002, was also the kid..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Celling of Sundance

Sundance Film Festival Report

"...prestigious competition and display of the best of American independent filmmaking. With its ever-growing popularity and success, the 11-day-long..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Land of 1,000 Dances

Sundance Film Festival 1997

"...is the first to report a new trend in independent films: lawn-troll snatching. Witnessed in at least four festival..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Long Stories Short

The Cinematexas International Short Film Festival

"...is shaping up as a certain renaissance in American independent (and nonindependent) filmmaking...."

Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Waters' Edge

"...work ever since. He taught himself the mechanics of filmmaking and started reading the trade papers at the age..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Double Vision

The Polish brothers share their indie insights

"...Michael and Mark Polish, the identical-twin filmmaking team responsible for the films Twin Falls Idaho, Jackpot,..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Troma Ward

Troma Films co-founder Lloyd Kaufman: indie maverick, gross-out artist.

"...Troma classics are not only sincere stabs at truly independent filmmaking, but satire-spewing weapons in a cultural war against..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Merle Bertrand

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