Chronicle Recommends: Fictional Presidents of Film and TV

Take a break from #45 with these fictional Commanders in Chief

"...Every month, the Chronicle’s film critics select a theme and offer movie recommendations. This..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Your Weekend in Film

What major releases and one-off screenings are worth your theatre time

"...In the mood for Nineties nostalgia? A docudrama retelling of..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Your Weekend in Film

Partner up to switch things up

"...Two (or more) minds are better than one, as all the new releases..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Austin Film Festival to Honor Dede Gardner and Stephen Merchant

Awards for Moonlight producer, The Office co-creator

"...Austin Film Festival will celebrate two influential figures in film..."

Aug. 2, 2022 Screens Post 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

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

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...The Year 2008 in Film, Culture, Uprising: Speculation This week, my fellow Chronicle..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

SXSW Schedules Supernatural Retrospective, Stephen Colbert, and More

2020 fest adds Samantha Bee, Diplo, Jack Dorsey, Disney Imagineers

"...Fire up the '67 Chevy Impala, 'cos the Winchester boys are coming to town. SXSW has just announced..."

Jan. 13, 2020 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luckiest Girl in the World

An interview with Sissy Spacek, inducted into the first annual Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 9.

"...The voice on the phone is girlish and instantly recognizable, so affable and full of good cheer..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

How to Attend the Sundance Film Festival's Screenings at AFS

Indie film showcase brings this year's hottest titles to AFS's new drive-in screen

"...Movie Screenings at Pioneer Farms..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...They call it a lineup drop for a reason: South by Southwest Film and..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Short and Sweet: “Sisters”

Jess Brunetto on her story of sibling rivalry and bonding

"...Welcome to Short and Sweet, our look at short films playing at SXSW...."

March 17, 2021 Screens Post by Shane Pfender

Film News

Texas could be like New York

"...Incentive enough to keep Friday Night lit? Texas could be..."

March 16, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...The Venn diagram sweet spot of people who are going to fangirl over voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams and..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Spike Lee, Rian Johnson, and Chelsea Manning for SXSW

Plus major tech names, Westworld panel, and more added

"...SXSW may not be in a galaxy far, far away, but the Force will..."

Jan. 30, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam

The AFCA adds new members, plus some locals hit it big

"...One of our own joins a prestigious club, a local author gets some help..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Crimes of Passion and Desperation in Love & Death

In HBO Max's Love & Death, director Lesli Linka Glatter and star Patrick Fugit revisit one of Texas' most infamous murders

"...As a director, story comes first for Lesli Linka Glatter. “Everyone has a story,” she says, and hers..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...Think that you had your South by Southwest schedule set?..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Presses Play on the Career of TV Superproducer Aaron Spelling

The History of Television series spotlights the man who built The House That Would Not Die

"...In the age of instantaneous streaming and blind binging, made-for-cable..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Sage Dunlap

Women's Writes

From 'Thelma & Louise' to 'Nashville,' Callie Khouri has honed the art of telling women's stories

"...It was sometime in late April or early May 1991 when I attended..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

"Nobody's Women" See the Light

Mexican Women Film Directors Series

"...The obvious question raised by this month-long, eye-opening retrospective of films by Mexican women directors (every Thursday..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

SXSW Announces Lee Daniels as Film Keynote

Featured speakers, a panel, and some music acts drop

"...Reminding us that it's never too early to think about..."

Sept. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...Let me put this plain and true, and then make of me what you..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A New Vision of Television

Critical theorist Sharon Ross talks about 'tele-participation' and the joys of tough women on TV

"...When Sharon Ross was a graduate student in the Radio-Television-Film program at the University of Texas at..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Below Her Mouth: By, For, and About Women

aGLIFF screens April Mullen's raunchy lesbian romance

"...Soft moaning, heavy breathing, and images of two sweaty bodies moving..."

April 25, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Maddox Price

Fade In

Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference & Festival

"...Programmer Jason White and co-founders Barbara Morgan and Marsha Miller photograph by Kenny..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

Filmmaker and Film-Educator Paul Stekler Says Goodbye to UT

As he delivers his final class, the former head of UT-Austin's Department of Radio-Television-Film gives a commencement speech looking back on a career without a plan

"...I've been telling my students to tell me stories for years. Tell..."

May 6, 2022 Screens Feature by Paul Stekler

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Horror at the beginning, horror at the end: After SXSW Film (March 8-17)..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Life and Debt

Set in Jamaica, this is an eye-opening documentary and primer on why the IMF and the World Bank are not to be trusted by emerging third-world countries.

"...Directed by: Stephanie Black. Watching Life and Debt, it's easy to see why the..."

March 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pigs, Pimps, and Pornographers

A look at this prolific, political Japanese filmmaker

"..."I am interested in the relationship of the lower part of the..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Feature by Salvatore Botti

Walking and Talking

"...Directed by: Nicole Holofcener. Starring: Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Liev Schreiber, Todd Field and..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

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