All is Grace: The Films of Robert Bresson

"...Directed by: Robert Bresson. I remember watching introductions to the films of French filmmaker Robert Bresson in which the..."

Aug. 31, 2000 Movie Review

The Buzz Heard 'Round the World

"...Gunnar Hansen as Chainsaw's Leatherface..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Party All the Time

'Much Ado' and much fun with Whedon, Acker, and Denisof

"...Old friends at a party. That's the feel Joss Whedon was after in his micro-budget film..."

June 21, 2013 Screens Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...The big story coming out of this year’s Sundance Film..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Living Music in the Live Music Capital

Echotone explores the intersection of art and commerce in Austin

"...About 30 minutes into the documentary Echotone, a speaker at a 2008 Austin City..."

April 22, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Back in the Saddle Again

Long considered a lost film, Peter Fonda's The Hired Hand gets its long deserved due at SXSW.

"...just Peter, his two dogs, a fire burning in the fireplace, and me on the other end of the..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Steve Uhler

Casting the Net

"...There will come a day, not too long from now,..."

June 18, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Cozying Up to The Faculty

"...Rodriguez is onstage in front of a packed Paramount Theatre introducing the first public showing of The Faculty, produced..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Screens Feature by Louis Black

On the Edge of the Edge

John Cassavetes

"...photograph courtesy of Photofest As the Austin Film Society begins a new series of screenings..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Screens Feature by Michael Ventura

Experience the C.H.A.R.M.?

Marketing the "live music capital of the world"

"...On the city's letterhead and bumper stickers, Austin is the "Live..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Film

Film Reviews

"...Washington, Keith David, Pee Wee Love, Regina Taylor. From the novel by Richard Price (who also co-wrote the screenplay..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Ha-Ha-Hitler: The Importance of Mocking Nazis in Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi, Stephen Merchant dissect hate in anti-Nazi satire

"...can't laugh at evil, what can you do? That's the message of Jojo Rabbit...."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How The Last Black Man in San Francisco Traded Righteous Rage For Gentleness

Director Joe Talbot on the poignant side of gentrification

"...Every completed film comes from a decision by a director to make..."

June 13, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Robert Rodriguez Saved Alita: Battle Angel From the Scrap Heap

After a decade and a half, the legendary manga's battle dreams are made real

"...Robert Rodriguez had touched down in Austin. It was less a homecoming and more a brief..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Drowning in Mystery on The Midnight Swim

The water calls to director Sarah Adina Smith

"...Adina Smith? It's not jump scares or gore. It's films like Australian metaphysical mystery Picnic at Hanging Rock, where..."

July 6, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

God Save the Screen

Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly spent seven years hunting Mohawks for their mad, mammoth compendium, Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film

"...small town, graduating high school (if you could be bothered) between '80 and '84, chances are you spent a..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Can the Bands Play On?

The Live Music Task Force tunes up to protect Austin's claim to fame

"..."Live music in Austin is facing a life-or-death crisis."..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

SXSW Film Review: How Music Got Free

Does what it says on the tin, to a point

"...Working from journalist Stephen Witt’s 2015 book of the same name, How Music Got Free director Alexandria Stapleton..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Joe Gross

SXSW Film Review: Babes

We need more raunchy female friendship films like this

"...The cinematic lovechild of Ilana Glazer and Pamela Adlon is..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Sloppy scripting breaks the spell of this bloated sequel

"...Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Callum Turner, Jessica Williams, Katherine Waterston, William Nadylam and Victoria Yeates...."

April 15, 2022 Movie Review by Melanie Haupt

Austin Punk Chronicles: "I Don't Think the Sex Pistols Inspired Anything Other Than a Buncha More Punk Bands!"

The San Antonio shoot-out ricochets locally in Chapter 4 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Chapter 4, Part I, in a serialized history of Austin’s punk culture, written by veteran journalist Tim Stegall. The..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Musicians on How Best to Employ City Funds Earmarked for the Local Scene

$3 million in HOT funds are coming. Now what?

"...of thought and consulting with musicians and people in the business, $3 million should go directly to musicians who..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

The Film Society That Brought Indie and Arthouse to Austin Returns

AFS hosts a series of the movies that inspired Cinema 40

"...Before Austin Film Society, before CinemaTexas, there was Cinema 40. The..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Eyeslicer Roadshow Aims to Melt Your Brain

Low-budget, lo-fi shorts celebrate radical filmmaking

"...Ever been to a film festival, seen a short film, and cursed that you'll..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Suzuki Method

AFS retrospective revisits a maverick of Japanese cinema

"...There is nothing quite like the experience of watching a..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Gone to the Dogs

Bob Byington on his latest Austin comedy, 7 Chinese Brothers

"...Filmmaker Bob Byington's new feature 7 Chinese Brothers is a..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Following January’s tease of six titles, SXSW Film has unloosed its 145-film strong slate for the 2015..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'Eggshells' Is an Austin Time Capsule

Tobe Hooper presents 'Eggshells' on Tuesday night with Louis Black

"...Dateline: Austin, Texas, 1968 (back before this town would become a..."

July 7, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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