Incisive criticism, features, and news related to Texans on the screen—and behind the camera
Last week, Doritos revealed that their gigantic vending machine-shaped stage would not be returning to Austin this March. Neither will iTunes, Chevy, or Subway. What does that mean for SXSW?…
Clint Eastwood’s Chris Kyle biopic took in an astonishing $89.5 million in its wide release this weekend.
Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel took home both of the “best picture” awards—and Linklater also took home his first major directing award. …
The Golden Globe-nominated film about the Civil Rights Movement is the subject of some unexpected controversy regarding its depiction of the relationship between Martin Luther King and President Lyndon Johnson.
Who knew part of the curriculum in South Texas schools would involve teaching parents the difference between fact and fiction?…
Margaret Brown’s new documentary, The Great Invisible, delves into the human suffering experienced in the wake of the BP oil spill.
After Sony pulled the North Korea farce The Interview in the face of threats, one Texas theater is showing a different North Korea farce in its place. …
Some unknown bidder in Dubai must have really loved Desperate Housewives.
Texas’ weirdest superstar director has an appropriately weird trailer for his latest film.
Boyhood is less than a year old, and it’s already one of the great Texas movies. Take a look at how the uniquely made top dog for this year’s award season came to be in this featurette. …
Filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe discusses “Evolution of a Criminal,” a riveting work of self-examination.
There's a dark side to feel-good crowdfunding.
Rooster Teeth’s Cinematic Ambitions.
Senator Ted Cruz jumped into the Net Neutrality debate with a tweet heard 'round the world yesterday. What does it really mean? …
A military pilot who agrees to lead an expedition into space in an attempt to save mankind is the sort of role McConaughey probably would have been offered before he became an Oscar-winning prestige actor. How does the new McConaughey translate in a blockbuster role? …
A 23-year-old UT-D graduate at Google allegedly attempted to extort nude photos from his former classmates by posing as a breast researcher.
Did the Texas native have major plastic surgery to completely change her appearance or is she just 18 years older than we remember her being in Jerry Maguire? Does it matter? …
Nothing says "finger on the pulse of America's youth" like "video arcades," right?…
It looks every bit as intense as you might guess.
The Phoenix-like cult favorite show from Austinite Rob Thomas returns in another new form.
If you love ice cream and/or outdoor music festivals, and you're not camera shy, they want to hear from you. …
That's an alright, alright, alright way to get around town.
The "handsome mugshot guy" has some competition. …
The Austin-based theater chain that makes national headlines for kicking out talkers and texters wants the Attorney General to know that there are no exceptions.
A Ted Cruz reference on True Blood apparently stuck in the Senator's craw.
The pirate-shirted Internet sensation who once offered $1,500 to anyone who could get him a date with a woman who would meet his absurd, insulting, sexist standards apparently can't make good on that offer right now.
The unlikely cultural hit out of Austin is taking its show to the web.
The Texas troubadour pays tribute to Jackson Browne with a soulful take on one of Browne's biggest hits.
Not that it wasn't a busy spring, winter, and fall before that. The guy pretty much works all the time. …
Richard Linklater on Boyhood, Bernie, and the disappearing indie landscape.
Forty years later, I still can’t forget sitting in a darkened theater to watch “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” with the movie’s leading man.
The Austin-based filmmaker preps the release of his 17th and most ambitious movie with a pitch-perfect trailer. …
It's been a busy year for Robert Rodriguez, and it's not getting any slower with the upcoming release of the next film in the Sin City franchise.
The two-minute preview of the film depicts a heartbreaking homecoming.
He can't be in the run-off, but Matthew McConaughey is launching a write-in candidacy for Texas Agriculture Commissioner.
The fictional burger chain from the shared universe of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino makes its appearance in the From Dusk Till Dawn TV series—and gets a preview here.
The complicated world of film incentives has resulted in an unfortunate lawsuit surrounding the financing of Machete Kills. …
If the film's Courtesan au Chocolat looked delicious to you, feel free to try to make one. …
Who better to produce a show skewering California tech culture than someone from Austin, which is currently overrun with those people? …
SXSW attendees lined up in unprecendented numbers to see the Texas-bred filmmaker's screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel and extended Q&A at the Paramount Theater.
The fan-revived cult TV series—made by part-time Austinite Rob Thomas—finally found its audience. …
The mall is a flat circle, at which one can buy McConaughey's "just keep livin" line of menswear at Dillard's. …
"Revenge porn"—the public sharing of nude photos of someone on the Internet without their permission—isn't yet illegal in Texas. And after a Houston woman was awarded $500,000 in damages after her ex-boyfriend posted videos and images she gave him to YouTube and elsewhere, it's worth asking if it needs to…
The beleaguered theme park strikes back at its critics with a series of videos—but given their attendance, did they need to? …
The two multi-billion dollar corporations have both spent a fortune in the quest to declare themselves the Marco Polo of ultra-fast Internet in Austin, but the company that planted the flag is San Marcos-based Grande Communications. …
The struggling Plano-based department store chain was trying to advertise mittens. …
The Stephen F. Austin grad and Austin native landed Heisenberg himself for the lead role in his 13-minute amateur short. …
