SXSW Film Review: 'Thank You a Lot'

Matt Muir's debut puts Austin's club scene in the spotlight

"...too many plenty of films about the world-famous live music scene deep in the heart of Texas. Documentaries and..."

March 8, 2014 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

Techno-Artistic

Katie Rose Pipkin and the new art

"...Festival. Then, she created live visuals in response to music by the local band Boy Friend at the Austin..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Arts Feature by Matthew Irwin

Film Flam

Law and order on the silver screen

"...• Meanwhile, Eliza Gilkyson and her siblings are suing..."

July 20, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Everything I Know About Film Festivals I Learned From SXSW

Marc Savlov's tricks and tips for a successful festival experience

"...stealing Stevie Ray Vaughan's backstage beer at the Austin Music Awards in 1989. But that was then, this is..."

March 8, 2013 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Civics 101

"...of films screening in tribute to César Cha­v­ez. The documentaries cover topics ranging from Chicano rock music to the..."

March 8, 2013 News Column

No Hollywood Fluff, Please – We're Polish

Cinema tackles the tumult of history at the Austin Polish Film Festival

"...Mary Gawron. There will be nine features and three documentaries, including Beats of Freedom (directed by Leszek Gnoinski and..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Big Easy Express

"...Big Easy Express lacks the dramatic arc familiar to documentaries. There's no low point, no conflict, no falling apart...."

Aug. 31, 2012 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Film Flam

Up all night at ATX Television Fest, production news, & more

"...Parenthood, with executive producers Jason Katims and David Hudgins, music supervisor Liza Richardson, and actors Jason Ritter and Michael..."

May 4, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Here Today ...

Choreographer Sharon Marroquín lets go through dance in order to live

"...Jeyaram, the film M.F.A. candidate and maker of social documentaries who answered Marroquín's query, wasn't interested in simply documenting..."

March 23, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Throbbing Gristle

"...The Final Report, industrial-originals Throbbing Gristle reissue avant electronic music's most vital canon at a crossroads moment. At the..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Music Review by Luke Winkie

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

To beat the heat, OOB offers improv and stand-up acts in the triple digits

"...dozen stand-up comics and a trio of films, including documentaries about Lenny Bruce, legendary improviser Del Close, and the..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Three Other Dinosaur Discoveries

"...Too many documentaries, let alone music histories, inform us there's a tale..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Making It Right

Austin-based Students of the World strives to make it a better one

"...captures the thrill of a typical weekend along the music venues in the Faubourg Marigny...."

July 23, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Statler And Krulik In The Balcony

Video auteur and underground docs

"...the Alamo Ritz tonight (July 19) as part of Music Monday at 9.45pm...."

July 19, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Festival Picks

Cine las Americas previews

"...Soledad (Efron) takes an especially eccentric route when her musician boyfriend abruptly breaks it off: Her shell shock and..."

April 16, 2010 Screens Feature

Small Town, Big Find

The energy debate gets personal in Haynesville

"...people affected by the Haynesville find. "As with most documentaries like this, some stories fizzled, and once some saw..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Sports and Social Justice With David Zirin

On the Olympics, Mark Cuban’s fondness of Ayn Rand, and Howard Zinn’s love of the Boston Red Sox

"...LA Rebellion of 1992, as well as the debut music video by a group called N.W.A were formed...."

March 5, 2010 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

A Decade Under the Influence

The 'Chronicle' movie critics take a look back at what the Aughts wrought

"...due to the fact that these are both personal documentaries and my tastes generally favor narrative fiction over nonfiction,..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Feast Your Eyes on This

SXSW Film Conference announces panels with an eye toward the visual arts

"...a film has limited stills such as indies and documentaries...."

Nov. 17, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

A new six-part IFC documentary cracks the code on that wonderful crackpot Monty Python troupe

"...wish you could hear Sonia Jones sing the title music to the new, very, very serious documentary about the..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Into the Woods, With a Canister of Film

The 2009 Art Outside festival

"...mixed-media, collaborative, and audience-participatory pieces in the genres of music, painting, drawing, sculpture, dance, fashion, and comedy, but it..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Size Matters

Making sense of Austin's microcinema scene

"...that doesn't turn the stomach, including features and feature documentaries. We have door prizes at every screening and often..."

July 17, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Res Publica

Your good-citizen calendar for July 31-Aug. 7

"...SO MANY DOCUMENTARIES, SO LITTLE TIME Join the Austin Perma-culture Guild tonight..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature

Film News

Tween sensations Vanessa Hudgens and Alyson Michalka set up shop at Austin Studios

"...coming-of-age "dramedy" featuring both Vanessa Hudgens of High School Musical fame and Alyson Michalka of pop-singing sistahs Aly and..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Geek Out!

When Star Trek ended its three-season run in 1969, it almost immediately began a wildly successful syndicated existence

"...the original show's negatives. As worked progressed, the original music was re-recorded in 5.1 surround stereo, and perhaps most..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Rick Klaw

'Life, the Universe, and Everything' Bowl

"...have a “happening” with dancing and balloons and live music, just like Eeyore’s birthday. Imagine the football, the fun,..."

Sept. 17, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

TV Eye

Galán and La Guerra

"...Frontline and The American Experience, and several of his documentaries have aired on PBS, including Chicano! History of the..."

April 27, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

War and remembrance: Part I

"...for La Plaza, producing and directing more than 35 documentaries, cultural programs, and music specials for local and national..."

March 30, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Short Circuit

SXSWclick announces its 15 finalists

"...world catch up to all those suddenly omnipresent drop-trou documentaries and diminutive dispatches from the realm the mini-DV masterpiece..."

July 14, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Discord and Ecstasy

Werner Herzog on 'Grizzly Man'

"...really wanted to be. I give him the best music. I give him credit for having created footage of..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

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