South by Southwest Film & TV Festival Announces Audience Awards

Audience and jury love Bob Trevino Likes It

"...(Transpecos) took the audiences' laurels for Festival Favorite for prison drama Sing Sing, starring another filmmaker familiar to and..."

March 18, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...filmmaker Greg Kwedar (a SXSW alum with 2016's border drama Transpecos), with his new film Sing Sing, starring erstwhile..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

ColdTowne Theater: Always in Motion

The comedy venue is home to diverse audiences and performers, but needs a permanent home of its own

"...directed by Ryan Darbonne and Frank Netscher about the prison industrial complex. Darbonne recalled, "The show, at times, was..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Stacey Abrams, Lawrence Wright Announced for Texas Book Festival

First wave of authors spans poetry to novels to kids books

"...Covid. However, like Abrams, he's steering away from real-world drama for his debut novel, Lone Star State political satire..."

July 31, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Zach Theatre’s Roe

Revised text of the abortion rights drama proves that timing is everything

"...Roe is a well-written historical drama that focuses on the two Texas women at the..."

April 14, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

A Thousand and One

The struggles of one Harlem family against the backdrop of a changing NYC

"...One keenly understands this. The Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning drama is a family portrait unfurling in Harlem, spanning nearly..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

SXSW Film Review: Deadland

Border drama adds supernatural tension to the politics

"...Much like SXSW 2016 border drama Transpecos (coincidentally, directed by another Austin-based filmmaker, Greg Kwedar),..."

March 20, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...stage of the big titles are New York art-and-immigration drama Problemista (starring Tilda Swinton fresh off her acclaimed performance..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

One Woman’s Battle for Justice After a Cop’s Reckless Driving Killed Her Partner

One moment destroyed Pam Watts' life and created an activist

"...felony punishable by six months to two years in prison and a possible $10,000 fine. But Weber recused himself..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...but also a new restoration of his 2000 DMZ drama Joint Security Area. He'll also be this year's recipient..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Films to Watch at Cine Las Americas

Oscar contenders, Austin stories, and global tales from the Latinx, Portugeuse, and Indigenous communities

"...– one of 17 women currently serving decades in prison in El Salvador for losing their babies due to..."

June 10, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

RRR

Tollywood historical epic is bromantic action nirvana

"...of Rajamouli, known for his ability to craft compelling drama incorporating truly bonkers visual creativity, this means going all..."

April 1, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action

Universal insights into unique stories

"...of the action takes place in a imaginatively detailed prison cell...."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...a classical painter who spent ten years in federal prison travels to his hometown to paint his family members...."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Hero

No good deed goes unpunished in this Iranian drama

"...captivating. The simple mistake of giving the police the prison’s number to call him stirs up suspicion – did..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The New Moneyball in National Champions

Ric Roman Waugh calculates the human cost of NCAA profits

"...there’s a degree of humor in calling his NCAA drama National Champions (now on VOD) a sports drama “because..."

Dec. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

First Look: Ric Roman Waugh Takes on the NCAA in National Champions

Austin director's new film looks at the student athlete industry

"...In Shot Caller, he explored how the modern American prison makes monsters. In Snitch, it was mandatory minimum sentencing...."

Nov. 16, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Year of the Everlasting Storm

COVID-inspired anthology eschews cohesion for innovation

"...directors, and so it inevitably feels disjointed, switching from drama to tone poem to documentary to video diary. “Life,”..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

AFS Announces 2021 Feature Grant Recipients

Ten projects reflect talent and diversity in Texas film

"...beams a light on the injustices of the for-profit prison industry, specifically how the criminal justice machine manipulates Black..."

Sept. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

The Work Matters

A look back at some of our most impactful reporting

"...which Fran and Dan Keller spent 21 years in prison for crimes of which they were innocent – indeed,..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

We Came for the Feels... and Rod Wave Delivered

Chart-topping singer unites us in vulnerability

"...as no-frills as you get and the most manufactured drama came from rising up to the stage slowly on..."

Aug. 29, 2021 Music Post by Clara Wang

Stillwater

Torn-from-the-headlines thriller never matches Matt Damon’s everyman

"...where his daughter Allison (Breslin) is midway through a prison sentence for a murder she supposedly did not commit...."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

ATX Television Festival Looks on the Bright Side of the Small Screen

For its online Season 10, the fest does what it does best, virtually

"...unattainable booked-and-busy actors like the cast of HBO's groundbreaking prison drama Oz for a reunion and the cast of..."

June 11, 2021 Screens Feature by Laiken Neumann

Unmasking the Dread Pirate Roberts in Silk Road

Filmmaker Tiller Russell looks at the man behind the internet's black market

"...article has become Russell's "trampoline" for his new true-crime drama Silk Road, much of it shot on location in..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...a racial typecast in a fellow student’s play, Black drama student Jonathan is faced with all too familiar decision:..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Bloody Hell

Australian horror-comedy is deliciously twisted riff on the eurotrip

"...spitball at the map on the wall of his prison cell, and it hit Finland. Why is he in..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tired of the Same Old Christmas Movies? Try These Instead.

7 unconventional picks to scratch your holiday itch

"...insisting on ho-ho-ho happy endings, Todd Haynes’ Carol melancholic melodrama is the antidote. Set in 1952 at Christmastime, it..."

Dec. 22, 2020 Screens Post

Friends to the End (of the World)

Ric Roman Waugh and Gerard Butler reunite in Greenland

"...former stunt performer established his directing credentials with his prison trilogy - Felon, Snitch, and Shot Caller. Now he’s..."

Dec. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tainted

Cold Canadian crime drama wears its sins on its sleeves

"...ex-con Lance in Tainted, a moody and somber crime drama that draws neatly within the genre's morality tale lines...."

June 19, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Texas-Set Drama Bull Gets in the Chute With Black Rodeo Riders

Austin-based director Annie Silverstein premieres her SXSW selected feature

"...seconds – while she was shooting her new Texas-set drama, Bull. "I had this moment where I went, 'Wow,..."

April 17, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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