Austin Films For the First Wave of Austin Film Festival

Fugitive Dreams, Horton Foote doc in first wave

"...winning playwright, the winner of two Academy Awards for screenwriting, an Emmy Award for television writing, and was recipient..."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF Review: Give or Take

Delightful if predictable homecoming drama

"...navel-gazing, an emotionally disconnected New Yorker (Jamie Effros, sharing screenwriting credit with director Paul Riccio) returns to his hometown..."

Aug. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Steve Davis

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Our favorite albums, videos, and performances

"...year that's brought the overcoming of an Adderall addiction, screenwriting, and financial security. "Risky Business" follows lead single "Long..."

July 3, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Ending the Gender Divide Behind the Camera

Austin’s chapter of Women in Film and Television International is creating equity and opportunity

"...board itself: "Newbies who just are starting out in screenwriting [and] people like Alicia and myself who have been..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Austin Film Festival Announces Audience, Jury Awards

Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain takes top award in both

"...Award: Old Forks Inn by Rose Judson Josephson Entertainment Screenwriting Fellowship..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Time After Time

Fest to honor Nicholas Meyer, director of the beloved chrono-romance

"...with Meyer, but he will also host a special screenwriting workshop at the Austin School of Film. On top..."

Aug. 15, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Brains Behind the Virgin Cheerleaders in Chains

Filmmaker Gary Gannaway on how Seinfeld influenced his metahorror

"...a semester at [Austin Community College], at their advanced screenwriting class with Sidney Brammer, and I got a lot..."

May 13, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Finding The Wrong Todd at Other Worlds Austin

Rob Schulbaum sees double in his new film

"...RS: I learned a lot about screenwriting and storytelling and what it takes to put a..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Austin Goes to an Alien Nation

Sci-fi and horror fest releases full, final lineup

"...The festival has also announced its annual screenwriting workshop, co-hosted with the Austin School of Film. Previous..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Michelle Tea Brings Her Latest Book to UT

Iconic queer memoirist reflects on her past and future writing career

"...to be queer today, and Tea’s latest move to screenwriting...."

Oct. 24, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Suicide Club: A Novel About Living by Rachel Heng

This debut novel about a future in which people can live forever is a bittersweet yet life-affirming story of eternity versus death

"...UT-Austin's Michener Center for Writers focuses on fiction and screenwriting. With its vivid imagery, compelling character arcs, and cinematic..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Arts Review by M. Brianna Stallings

Ernest Cline: Kings of the Nerds

Austin author adapts his Spielberg homage Ready Player One with Spielberg himself

"...trailer. That’s when it really struck me how profound screenwriting can be if you end up getting your movie..."

March 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Moisés Chiullán

Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film

Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards

"...of his regular standing-room-only, nuts & bolts & bonkers-entertaining screenwriting session at the AFF conference...."

Sept. 26, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

James Magnuson Leaves the Michener Center

James Magnuson reflects on his 23 years as director of the Michener Center for Writers

"...four types of writing – fiction, poetry, playwriting, and screenwriting – and for all the fellows in the program..."

May 26, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Three: Summer Songs

Soundtracking the summer

"...for a couple of years, trying to break into screenwriting. To pay the bills, I worked a night shift..."

May 19, 2017 Column by Kimberley Jones

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...film debuts of Nicolas Cage and Forest Whitaker, the screenwriting debut of Cameron Crowe, and the feature-length debut of..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Croatian Crime Thriller Goran Is Cold-Blooded

Nevio Marasovic’s wintry thriller is a master class in suspense

"..."I was at a screenwriting workshop in north Norway three years ago," Marasovic explains..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SNL alum Noël Wells' Mr. Roosevelt

Indie comedy digs deep into Austin social mores

"...says. She first wrote the character in a UT screenwriting workshop, and she's been figuring out how to make..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Drivin' the blues away

"...the long list of workshops and panel discussions cover screenwriting, acting, and directing. Feb. 24-26. www.nacogdochesfilmfestival.org..."

Feb. 1, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Owen Egerton Gets Spooked Writing The Axe Murders of Villisca

Austin author on his new haunted house movie

"...out IMDb, and Axe Murders is only Egerton's second screenwriting credit, after his own directorial debut Follow. However, that..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mad Men Archive Lands at HRC

Matthew Weiner show archive parks its fedora at Harry Ransom Center

"...a tourist. We were at dinner that night with screenwriting team Michael Weber and Scott Neustadter and found out..."

Jan. 12, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave of Awards

Paul Feig and Nancy Meyers recognized, plus panelists!

"...Receiving the "Distinguished Screenwriting" award this year is Nancy Meyers, a writer and..."

April 5, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

A White-Knuckle Western

Co-directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks aim to Kill or Be Killed

"...Graves and Meeks met in a Texas A&M-Corpus Christi screenwriting class taught by Kim Henkel, co-writer of the original..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

UT's Radio-TV-Film Program Hits the Half-Century Mark

Department celebrates with student showcase screening

"...study: "This is the most affordable film production and screenwriting program in the United States."..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Screens Feature by Caitlin Moore

Feel the Burn

Austin author and wildland firefighter Mary Pauline Lowry takes readers inside the fire line in her novel Wildfire

"...I like to talk about film because I do screenwriting, too. Only 4 percent of directors in major motion..."

July 24, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

The Good Eye: Crossing the (180-Degree) Line

Austin actresses go behind the camera

"...film of all experience levels with opportunities to mingle, screenwriting workshops, feedback on rough cuts, and whatever else members..."

March 20, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Good Eye: Tales From the Aging Box

Two actresses opine on when the only opportunity left is to play a mother. (Or a grandmother.)

"...motivations and inner lives. This series about stereotypes and screenwriting cliches could extend indefinitely, but the truth is, for..."

March 13, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Good Eye: Tales From the Quirky Box

More side-eye examination of "quirky" female film roles

"...Bland, who has recently tried her own hand at screenwriting, blames bad writing and derivative plots. "The indie one..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Devil's Backbone

Bill Wittliff's debut novel is a picaresque tale with a "Lucky Heart"

"...make The Devil's Backbone a joy to read. Wittliff's screenwriting background shows in the way the story marches forward..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Writing the Frontier

First-time screenwriter Kieran Fitzgerald scores big with The Homesman

"...after my laugh, "I haven't ever been interviewed about screenwriting until now."..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

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