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Written by Steve Muccini
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 The Austin Film Festival's dirty little secret.
When Barbara Morgan co-founded the Austin Film Festival in 1994, most mass market film fans had no idea how many great movies were out there. Films they would never get a chance to see. In fact, even with satellite and cable outlets like IFC and the Sundance Channel building a strong indie market over the last five years, many still don't. That is because so many people still have the concept that film festivals are only for the über film geeks who enjoy those eclectic arthouse films. Warhol or Waters' experimental efforts projected in a small, smoky theater. Guess what? Everything has changed. |
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Written by Carlisha Bell
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UT alums graduate from shorts, to full-length.
 The latest in a line of University of Texas filmmakers cranking out independent feature debuts is the dramatic-thriller Strings, co-directed by UT alums Mark Dennis and Benjamin Foster. The film was one of many potential follow-up projects to Dennis and Foster's 2007 time-travel short, "The Alternate." After calculating how much work went into their 22-minute short film, Dennis, 26, and Foster, 24, opted to take it to the next level with a full-length film about a troubled pianist (Billy) who is forced to undergo facial reconstructive surgery and leave the life he knows behind. |
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Written by Steve Muccini
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The Duplass Brothers define independence in filmmaking.  There once was a time when the term “independent film” was connected with something underground, something raw, edgy, and new. The shots weren’t always perfect, but they were real. The storyline and ending of the film was never formulaic. You could just as easily walk out of the theater with a pleasant smile as you might with a horrible grimace of disbelief. The simple truth is that independent film fans wouldn’t have it any other way. This is the true meaning of art imitating life. Things in the real world don’t always end well.
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Written by Steve Muccini
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 Austin Studios gets a makeover Back in my day, we were real filmmakers. We'd shoot out at Austin Studios in a 103° heatwave. We didn't need air conditioning; when someone passed out we would slide open the 100-foot doors and let in a breeze. Soundproofing? Poppycock! We'll just clean it up in post. Because we were real filmmakers. |
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Written by Steve Muccini
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Cameras roll again in Austin August 6. Austin has been the shooting location for the critically acclaimed and award winning "Friday Night Lights" TV series for just under one and three-quarter seasons. The fractional season, which worked out to 15 episodes rather than 22, was stopped short as a result of the writers' strike. With the strike off, the writers have written their way into the 3rd season and the producers are hoping that a new deal with DIRECTV will bust the cancellation rumors that have loomed over the series. |
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