Slackery News Tidbits, February 3
By Jette Kernion on February 3, 2011 - 10:30am
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Here's the latest Austin movie news. If you make it through the whole list, there's a little reward at the end.
- According to MTV (and Justin Bieber, oddly enough), Mike Judge's latest project is a return to TV and in fact to the MTV characters that launched his career in animation and filmmaking. That's right, Beavis and Butthead are back.
- What are you doing Friday night? Don't you want to celebrate the joys of videotape? Of course you do, so head to Rio Rita Cafe for the opening of the "Rewind This! The Art of VHS" exhibit. The exhibit runs through February and includes paintings, illustrations, photos, poster art and sculpture you can enjoy ... and even buy. You can also purchase t-shirts and other apparel proclaiming your VHS love. This is a fundraiser for the locally made film-in-progress Rewind This!, a documentary about VHS and the people who still watch, collect and appreciate it.
- Over at the Austin Chronicle, Richard Whittaker provides clear and complete background on Texas film incentives and what could happen to them during the current state legislative session.
- A look behind the scenes at Alamo Drafthouse: Weird Wednesday programmer Lars Nilsen shares a print inspection report with us.
- The PBS series Independent Lens is showing SXSW 2010 documentary When I Rise, Austin filmmaker Mat Hames' profile of opera singer (and UT alumna) Barbara Smith Conrad. KLRU is showing the film three times this month, starting on Tuesday, Feb. 8.
- The Sundance Channel is bringing back Steve Collins' sweet and funny film Gretchen, which airs a number of times throughout February. Here's the schedule. If you haven't seen this Austin-shot movie yet, it's definitely worth a look (my DVD review).
- Finally, here's something you can watch right now. After a long and rewarding film-fest circuit, local filmmaker/instructor Kat Candler's short film Love Bug is now available on Vimeo, and is embedded below. Enjoy.