Austin Film News Mega-Feed
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Austin Movie Blog
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Rated R? No Worries. Alamo Drafthouse will let teens into Michael Moore’s “Where to Invade Next”
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Michael Moore’s new documentary “Where to Invade Next,” is rated R for strong language, drug use, violent images and nudity. In the movie, Moore travels the world trying to invade country after country in the name of America. Director Michael Moore in a scene from his documentary, “Where to...
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Austin Movie Blog
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‘Touched With Fire:’ Ah, to be young, in love, and a bipolar artist (Our grade: C+)
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Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby in “Touched With Fire.” Carla (Katie Holmes), a published poet with at least one book under her belt, just wanted to look up her medical records — she’s having trouble remembering what she was like before she was sick — but accidentally commits herself. Oops! Marco (Luke Kirby)...
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Austin Movie Blog
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‘The Witch’ lives up to the buzz (Our grade: A-)
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Anya Taylor-Joy stars as Thomasin in “The Witch.” Matt Shiverdecker – Special to the Austin American-Statesman Genre fanatics have been buzzing about “The Witch” since it debuted at Sundance in early 2015. It screened in competition, was nominated for the grand jury prize, and walked away with the...
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Austin Movie Blog
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‘The Teller and the Truth’ is a multi-layered meditation (Our grade: A-)
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A scene from “The Teller and the Truth,” which deals with the disappearance of a bank teller. (Roadwings Entertainment) Wes Eichenwald – Special to the Austin American-Statesman If you’re a fan of movies that blur distinctions between fiction and reality, “The Teller and the Truth,” a Texas-centric...
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Austin Movie Blog
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‘Race’ a great portrait of Jesse Owens and Berlin Olympics (Our grade: A-)
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Stephan James stars as Olympic hero Jesse Owens in the new movie “Race.” Photo: Focus Features Some real-life events couldn’t be more right for movies, and the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics was one of them. In a compressed period of days, everything good about sports came into collision with everything evil...
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Austin Chronicle
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Summoning <i>The Witch</i>
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Writer/director Robert Eggers on making a historical horror
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Austin Movie Blog
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Get ready for the F-Society Ferris wheel during SXSW
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Tuesday, the Austin Movie Blog discussed the forthcoming SXSW panel regarding USA’s critical smash hit “Mr. Robot.” Here is the description: Coding on Camera: MR. ROBOT & Authenticity on TV Sam Esmail, Rami Malek and Christian Slater will take part in a “Coding on Camera: MR. ROBOT &...
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Austin Movie Blog
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Nelson George, Gale Anne Hurd, Joe Swanberg to keynote SXSW Film
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Writer Nelson George, producer Gale Anne Hurd and actor/director Joe Swanberg will offer the keynote addresses at the SXSW Film Conference and Festival, it was announced Tuesday. SXSW also released their full conference schedule which also included (deep breath) conversations with “Miles Ahead” director...
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Austin Chronicle
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SXSW Film Announces Keynotes
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Fest releases full schedule, plus convergence details
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Austin Movie Blog
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Film screening set at Jordan Forum
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“Passage at St. Augustine,” a documentary about the 18-month battle in St. Augustine, Fla., over civil rights in the 1960s, will screen at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, as part of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs’ Barbara Jordan Forum. The documentary features extensive LBJ telephone...
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Austin Chronicle
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Everybody Wants Some of Mondo's Linklater
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Local print heroes take on local cinema icon
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AFS Viewfinders
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Watch This: Sal Mineo & Juliet Prowse's Angst-Dance from WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR?
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Sal Mineo, who was murdered under still-mysterious circumstances 40 years ago today, will of course always be best remembered for his deeply affecting performance as Plato in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE. It's one of those rare perfectly cast movies and Mineo achieves his own immortality in the film alongside James Dean and...
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Austin Movie Blog
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In ‘Lady in the Van,’ Maggie Smith recreates her stage triumph (Our grade: B)
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Maggie Smith in “The Lady in the Van.” (Nicola Dove/Sony Pictures Classics) By Michael Phillips – Chicago Tribune In 1974, by reluctant invitation, a homeless but not vanless woman by the name of Mary Shepherd parked her banged-up vehicle in the driveway of the Camden Town home belonging to...
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Austin Movie Blog
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Michael Moore delivers insight and laughs with ‘Where to Invade Next’ (Our grade: B)
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By Stephanie Merry – The Washington Post Moore’s latest movie is funny and touching, and it has a lot to say about what we settle for as Americans citizens, and how much better our lives might be if we raised some hell. To make this point, Moore employs a gimmick, facetiously vowing to invade a bunch of...
