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From Richard Linklater to Jon Stewart: Texas Films and Lineup Additions at...
The full lineup and schedule have now been announced for this year's Austin Film Festival. Along with buzzy Marquee Selections like Wild and The Imitation Game and a few exciting late additions,...
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AFF 2014: Jennifer Harlow, 'The Sideways Light'
The haunting events that occur while a young woman cares for her ill mother are the basis for thriller The Sideways Light. The dramatic feature is Austin writer/director/producer Jennifer Harlow's...
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AFF Review: Crazy Carl and His Man-Boobs: An Austin Love Story
With the influx of transplants, the rise of condos and office buildings across the Austin skyline, and the gentrification of much of Austin's eclectic areas, it can be hard to remember the vibrant time...
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AFF Review: The Sideways Light
Last Sunday, after a day at Austin Film Festival packed with a lackluster panel, a surprisingly well-done foreign shorts program, and the screening of a Reese Witherspoon film I've been keen to see for...
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Ready, Set, Fund: Creepy and Cool November
Ready, Set, Fund is a column about crowdfunding and fundraising endeavors related to Austin and Texas independent film projects.It's a busy month for local films in the making, and you have plenty of...
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Other Worlds Austin Interview: Andrew Olson, 'Blackout'
 Set in a post-apocalyptic world, Austin-based filmmaker Andrew Olson's short movie Blackout made its world premiere at last weekend's inaugural Other Worlds Austin, the city's first dedicated...
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Sounds Like Film: The Cinematic Legacy of KVRX
Last month, current and alumni volunteer staff of 91.7 KVRX, the University of Texas at Austin's student-run radio station, gathered for a reunion to celebrate 20 years the station began broadcasting...
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Sundance/Slamdance 2015: Austin and Texas Connections
The Sundance Film Festival begins tomorrow -- Thursday, January 22 -- and runs through Saturday, February 1. Although Texas isn't as heavily represented as the last two years I've attended, I see...
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Watch Texas Films from Past Sundance Festivals
The Sundance Institute Artist Services program recently announced the availability of 14 independent films through digital video on-demand platforms including iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and Vudu....
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SXSW 2015 Shorts Preview: Short But Sweet
SXSW Film makes international news with A-list stars and big premieres, but some of the best films come in small packages. Eighty-seven short film titles have been announced -- not counting the music...
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SXSW Review: Manglehorn
Thank you, David Gordon Green, for giving Al Pacino his best role in years.The eminent actor appears in almost every scene of Green's latest film, Manglehorn, giving Pacino plenty of time to explore...
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SXSW Review: Peace Officer
Sometimes peace is purchased with violence.-- Salt Lake County Sheriff James Winder, in Peace OfficerWilliam "Dub" Lawrence is the perfect documentary subject. After a long career in law enforcement,...
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SXSW Review: 6 Years
When I think of Hannah Fidell's style as a filmmaker, I'm reminded of something that Peter Bogdanovich once told a class I took in film school. He said that he believed that films should tell a story...
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Austin at SXSW 2015: Lizzie Velasquez Shows 'A Brave Heart'
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Velasquez is 25 years old and weighs 58 pounds. Velasquez, a native Austin and Texas State University alumna, was born with a rare, unnamed syndrome that prevents her from gaining...
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SXSW Review: Jonathan Demme Presents Made in Texas
Jonathan Demme Presents Made in Texas, a collection of six short films made in the Austin area in the early Eighties, is a great flashback to the early days of Austin's film scene.A great flashback --...
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SXSW Review: Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove
You just can't live in Texas/If you don't have a lot of soul-- Doug Sahm, "At the Crossroads"Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove is a groove all right, and a great tribute to one of Texas'...
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SXSW Review: KRISHA
KRISHA is why we go to film festivals.In a world full of great films that are very much alike -- even indie movies at festivals -- KRISHA rises above the been-there-seen-that noise with a truly unique...
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SXSW Review: 7 Chinese Brothers
Austin filmmaker Bob Byington likes to set his films in an environment many of us recognize and understand: the featureless, tidy, chain-populated world of the lower-rent suburbs. His characters often...
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SXSW Review: Results
Oh my god, Andrew Bujalski has sold out. The filmmaker with a reputation for populating his indies with non-actors has brought us a film that stars, yes, starsGuy Pearce and Cobie Smulders. I don't...
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SXSW Review: A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story
The topic of bullying seems to be a mysterious one. It's talked about quite often, with advocates both young and old rallying for it to be taken seriously within school systems. And yet, legislatures...
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