Six Films, Six Worlds: New French Cinema Week Returns to Austin November 12–15
Lupin may be Netflix’s French sensation, but it’s far from the only game in town. The hit is a television series, not a film, but if you’re craving French cinema,…
The Moral Capacity of Human Beings: De Gaulle, Resistance and the Blue Wave in Texas
Two things collided to make last night’s premier viewing of the sweeping historical 159-minute film “De Gaulle Part One: Resistance” by Antonin Baudry extremely relevant to the moral capacity of…
Crescendo: Mozart, Misconduct, and the Politics of Being Right
Opera has always accommodated oversized egos, wandering hands, and people convinced that their desires deserve an entire orchestra. Agnès Jaoui’s Crescendo brings those appetites into the present, where an accusation…
French Premiere
The Cultural Savior to the French Expat Community in America I discovered French Premiere at AFS Cinema while laughing my way through a French comedy. Having lived in Vence in…
SXSW and the Reinvention of the “Short”: Self Custody and the Language of Ambition
At SXSW, where new forms are constantly being tested, the question is not only what you are watching, but what you are being asked to call it. Garrett Patton’s Self…
KEVIN BACON at SXSW
The dynamic duo of Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon made a big splash at SXSW this week. With regard to their Texas-based film (world premiere screening at the Zach Theatre),…
Best Feature Horror Film for 2025
Fans of horror films were able to wallow (mostly in blood) at the recent Austin Horror Film Festival. The armadillo stole the show in the feature film McConadilla, directed by…
GRISHA – Opening Act of Austin Classical Guitar’s 35th Season
Robert Rodriguez, the legendary Austin filmmaker, opened his Troublemaker Studios for ACG’s 35th Season. They filmed Alita: Battle Angel there. At the open-air set, I felt as if I was…
Time Passes: Tsai Ming-Liang Brings His Meditative Cinema to Texas for the First Time
The lights were low inside the AFS Cinema. The theater was empty, its rows of seats waiting for the audience that would soon arrive. Onstage, under the glow of a…
That’s A Wrap!
Roxstar’s Cinema Center Pop-Up Completes Annual Journey to Austin to Support SXSW Film Premieres Photos and Captions (ALL photos credit Lu Chau, Photagonist) Roxstar’s Cinema Center, a long-time film festival…