The Way We Watch Now: Case Studies

Five experiments in theatrical-on-demand

"...Theatrical-on-demand isn't about creating a completely new business model. It..."

June 22, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Alamo Drafthouse Goes Into the VOD Business

Alamo on Demand to offer curated selection of films

"...has just announced it is launching its own curated video on-demand platform, Alamo on Demand, as a new and..."

May 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Way We Watch Now

Is theatrical-on-demand the next big thing?

"...On any given week, the average cinema screen runs at..."

June 22, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

I Can Watch What Where?

Finding films for cheap on the Internet

"...Everybody knows traditional distribution models have gone haywire in the Digital Age...."

Oct. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Waiting for 'Superman'

More provocative than genuinely informative, this documentary, nevertheless, has kicked off a national discussion about remedying our failing educational system.

"...this new documentary, director Guggenheim hopes to kick-start the national conversation about our public education system in much the..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Balancing Act of Being in Two Places at Once

I'll Come Running director Spencer Parsons on his states of mind

"...I'll Come Running, which premiered on the video-on-demand service Independent Film Channel Festival Direct on..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Can Tim League Win With 'Irma La Douce'?

Alamo experiments with theatrical on demand for Tura Satana

"...read our feature about the new experiments in theatrical on demand, and the five case studies about the new..."

July 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

VOD Watch

Adapting Robert E. Howard's ancient scrapper to screen

"...Although Solomon Kane screened at Fantastic Fest 2009, this handsomely produced..."

Sept. 25, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Do Not Try This at Home

Tom Six on the surgical horrors of The Human Centipede

"...Generally speaking, Austin film festival audiences aren't prone to walkouts. Sure, some people get fidgety or bored,..."

May 7, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Something Woolly This Way Comes

The Wild Man of the Navidad premieres on DVD

"...film, The Wild Man of the Navidad, which premieres on DVD next week after a successful festival run that..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Sipping 'Satellite of Love'

Texas wineries make the movies

"...“The most important question we had to ask them was, ‘Can a girl..."

April 23, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

Sealed With the Sigh of a Commiserating Spirit

Adam Elliot on Mary and Max, his Claymation film about unlikely pen pals

"...by a middle-aged depressive to an 8-year-old girl several continents away, formalize the beginning of the unlikely bond, manifest..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

New Joy

David Hudson on cyber cinephilia

"...it all, to whatever extent that's actually possible," David Hudson tells me via e-mail. "People don't turn to the..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Two Guys, a Girl, and a Puzzle Piece

UT grad Mark Duplass returns to Austin with director Charlie McDowell and their elusive take on the indie rom-com

"...Duplass winces at the words, repeating them with mock astonishment as if it hasn't been nearly a decade since..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Screens Feature by William Goss

Cleared for Blast-Off

Locally owned and operated music site Blastro.com defies the Web bust with booming business and booming beats.

"...line between geek chic and geek reek. Four dinky, glass-partitioned micro-hives radiate out from a less-than-spacious central meeting area..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Blockbusted

One-time scourge of mom and pop video stores goes under

"...fans: Blockbuster, for decades the bane of the independent video store, is going out of business...."

Nov. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Getting A Money Shot

John Halycon Styn on the Porn Model

"...When it comes to making a profit from Web content, one breed of filmmaker has blazed a trail. They've..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Revenant

This horror comedy follows the the walking-dead path of an undeceased Iraq War vet and his stoner best friend.

"...title character, this undead buddy comedy was presumed dead, distribution-wise, after it hit the festival circuit (including Fantastic Fest)..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blood Quantum

Pioneering First Nation zombie film rips the genre away from traditional hands

"...Starring: Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Forrest Goodluck and Kowa Gordon...."

May 8, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Never Leave the House Again

Time Warner warms up your cold nights with … nonstop anime?

"...just added the Anime Network as part of their "video on demand interactive platform," which means that between this,..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Spoiler Alert! John Dies at the End!

Phantasm creator Don Coscarelli is still doing exactly as he damn well pleases

"...Don Coscarelli never met two genres he didn't want to..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Felicia Day Is Coming to Austin

Also, 'Rock Jocks' is on tour, but mostly that first thing

"...The Alamo Drafthouse is bringing the Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog star, The Guild producer, and University of Texas..."

June 18, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Dance, Girl, Dance

It was a good year for women filmmakers at a recharged Sundance Film Festival

"...The 2010 edition of the Sundance Film Festival, which took place Jan...."

Feb. 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film News

The Austin Film Festival gets Stoned; plus, a Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund update

"...Austin Film Festival gets Stoned..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Bizarre Love Triangle

Bryan Poyser's comedy of catharsis, Lovers of Hate

"...is fine with the director. Comedy, as some wag once said, isn't pretty. In Lovers of Hate, it evolves..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Split Screen: Reanimated

John Pierson's Split Screen begins streaming on FilmStruck

"...Split Screen, John Pierson’s 1997-2001 TV show about the indie film world makes..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Somebody Up There Likes Bob Byington

The writer-director talks about his fifth feature

"...Somebody Up There Likes Me represents a moment of reckoning in the career of Bob Byington, it appears that..."

April 5, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Follow the Leader

Has Austin's ON Networks found the golden formula for the new media age?

"...In this occasional series on the subject, local media makers who are..."

May 15, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

AMN 'SFS' is dead. Long live 'SFS TV.'

"...AMN SFS is dead. Long live SFS TV...."

Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

A Journey Into 'Graceland'

Director Ron Morales talks kidnapping and guerrilla film making

"...down-and-dirty indie film in a foreign country, Graceland director Ron Morales has some advice for you. He said, "If..."

April 26, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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