Straight to (Digital) Video

Devolver Digital Films focuses on new avenues to viewers

"...Devolver Digital has its plate full. The video game publisher and production company dropped the surreal and..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Hallo, Spaceboy! 'Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission' Returns to Earth

Local doc with stellar ambitions opens at Alamo

"...It's been quite the interminable space opera, distribution-wise, for Austin-based Beef and Pie Productions' out-of-this-world documentary Richard..."

Jan. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Hell on Wheels ... and Weed

Bob Ray takes the show on the road

"...It's just after noon on a sunny summer day in Berkeley, Calif., and..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

John Doe on SXSW Hit-and-Run

“Very strange feeling to be that close, but not be aware”

"...Angeles returns his seminal punk unit X to Mohawk on Saturday, April 11. Besides a new live sound, bohemian..."

April 10, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Vulcan Video Lives in the Alamo!

Not a dream! Not a what-if! Video Vortex comes to South Lamar!

"...for a few weeks, but now it's all been confirmed, just in time for International Independent Video Store Day:..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Brand on the Run

Synergy is the name of the game at Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of the Alamo empire

"...Films. The next day, he will be sending reviewers on a canoe trip down the Guadalupe River for a..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

On the Stage, On the Screen: Austin's Theatres Embrace a Virtual Future

Ahead of Austin Playfest and the All Together Now! Revue, directors and producers discuss the challenges and potential they've found online

"...of the stage. It's survived the advent of radio, television, cinema, those technological interlocutors on performance. It's even survived..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Last Chance to See 'Lovers of Hate' on VOD

Today's the last day Time Warner subscribers can catch Bryan Poyser's funny/bilious film

"...Bryan Poyser's punchy love-triangle trauma comedy, Lovers of Hate, on IFC Video-on-Demand...."

April 16, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fueling the Algorithm and Finding Community: Music Creators Thrive on Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram

On discoverable platforms, Austin musicians experience encouragement, engagement, and unexpected viral moments

"...frenzy of the raging pandemic, livestreams and virtual music content were heralded as the saving grace of an offstage..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Keep On Chooglin’

John Fogerty talks past, present, and future

"...Except for Robert Plant, the only real geezer (and I mean that in the most..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Holder Says Ban on Medi-Pot Raids is U.S. Policy

During joint presser with DEA head, AG Holder says ban is policy

"...U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Feb. 25 told reporters that President Barack Obama's campaign..."

March 2, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Space Invaders on a Shoestring Budget

Monsters is the best monster movie of the millennium (so far)

"...Let's come right out and say it upfront: Gareth Edwards' Monsters is the best monster movie of..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Improvisation on Four Legs and a Seat

Eighty Texas artists accept Damian Priour's invitation to riff on the idea of chair

"...musicians, let's say, and nearly a hundred of them. One tosses out a gift, a theme for the rest..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Reciprocal Demand

Ladies, what has the gaming business done for you, lately?

"...know it's not "baby." It's "Janet," if not "Ms. Jackson." In the movies, we know that pushing around the..."

March 3, 2006 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Hays County Jail Inmate Says Guards Crushed His Hand and Deleted Video

He’s suing for more than $1 million in damages

"...morning hours of May 30, 2021, Salvador Sanchez sat alone in the Hays County Jail in what the county..."

Oct. 11, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Playing on the Past

"...Gorf. QBert. Zaxxon. Kaboom. Yar's Revenge. Hunt the Wumpus. Dig Dug. For..."

June 11, 1999 Screens Feature by Chris Baker

APD Holds Back Info on Officer-Involved Shooting as Union Plays Hardball

Justice delayed for Michael Ramos

"...vehicle Michael Ramos was in when two officers fired upon him, one fatally, on April 24, Chief Brian Manley..."

May 15, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Advocacy Groups Demand Tangible Plan for Legal Defense at Bail Hearings

Short test run of the program didn’t cut it, they say

"...The Austin Justice Coalition, alongside other advocacy groups like Texas Civil Rights Project..."

June 18, 2024 News Post by Camila Villarreal

Strategic Air Command

In his seventh starring turn with noted alpha-male auteur Anthony Mann, Jimmy Stewart is aging third baseman "Dutch" Holland -- 152 RBI last season and a brand-new $70,000 contract, to boot -- whose country wants him back in the USAF.

"...D: Anthony Mann; with James Stewart, June Allyson, James Millican, Frank..."

July 19, 2002 Screens Review by Shawn Badgley

Taking On Another Identity

Lisa Kaselak, a straight woman, leads the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival into its 20th year

"...Few people have fought for inclusion with more fervor than Troy Perry, subject of the..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

A Walk on the Dark Side

An interview with Karen Bernstein, producer of Lou Reed: Rock & Roll Heart (playing at the Alamo Drafthouse on Wednesday, Jan. 10), a breathless, soundtrack-shaped romp through Reed's career so far

"...when the film unexpectedly snagged a Grammy for Best Long Form Video. It was when she and director Timothy..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Foxy Brown

Pam Grier stars in Foxy Brown, the film that would end up cementing Grier's image as the female icon of the Blaxploitation movement.

"...D: Jack Hill (1974); with Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Sid Haig, Terry Carter, Juanita Brown, Katheryn Loder,..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Review by Charles Conn

New Director on the Block

Rebecca Campbell and the Texas Documentary Tour

"...photograph by John Anderson Austin Film Society managing director Rebecca Campbell's move to..."

June 5, 1998 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Die Hard

Die Hard

"...Die Hard D: John McTiernan (1988); with Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason,..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Review by Louis Black

Getting Restless Hearts on Their Feet

Stagers help Ballet Austin dance Balanchine and Wheeldon

"...travel to St. Petersburg to do some crisis management on [some George Balanchine] ballets that had been illegally performed..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Arts Post by Sofia Tafich

Play on Worlds

Now Playing

"...Austin Powers: Operation Trivia Berkeley Systems/Macintosh & PC..."

July 2, 1999 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Winter Is Still Coming: An Update on Water, Power and Other Relief for Austinites

As the city thaws, utilities slowly repair damage, restore service

"...Energy General Manager Jackie Sargent reported that as of noon on Friday, Feb. 19, just 22,000 of the public..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

NO WAY OUT

"...Roger Corman (1961); with William Shatner, Robert Emhardt, Leo Gordon, Frank Maxwell. In No Way Out, Ray Biddle (Widmark)..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Stubborn With My Goals: Impassioned MC J Soulja Stays Focused on Creating Opportunities in Austin Rap

"There ain't no trophies for that kind of shit"

"...been times where I wanted to quit and I done been through so much crazy shit," J Soulja confides..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Breaking out of the Film Fest Box

After a festival run, indie movies used to die on the vine. Video-on-demand is changing that.

"...the struggling independent filmmaker. His documentary feature, We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, was coming off of..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

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