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Death is an inevitability, Alexis Franco affirms in his documentary Donde Los Árboles Dan Carne (Where the Trees Bear Meat). Shown during Austin Film Society’s annual Doc Days, Franco’s film is an intimately quiet portrait of the modern Argentine gaucho shaped by the slow destruction of climate change.
Read MoreRegardless of your relationship with the 90s, you will feel nostalgic for your own youth while watching Middletown, the third directorial collaboration between spouses Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss, following the lauded Boys State (2020) and Girls State (2024).
Read MoreLove On A Leash exists in that space between a movie that shouldn’t have been released and one that should be seen by anybody with the patience for something truly weird.
Read MoreIf you ask someone for a recommendation for a “sciency” film you usually get one of two types of recommendations: “experiments gone wrong,” or “scientific exploration.” The second often falls in line with the notion of Scientific Fiction.
Read MoreFor his tenth feature film (eleventh if you count his student featurette, Xiaoshan Going Home), Jia Zhang-ke has made what is perhaps his most ambitious project yet.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 5/23-5/29.
Read MoreToday, we got the opportunity to speak to Hannia Yeverino about her film Punks, which played this year at the Houston Latino Film Festival.
Read MoreLike a well-mixed but not particularly innovative cocktail you might order at a chain restaurant in the suburbs, this movie goes down easy but doesn't linger long in the memory.
Read MoreAfter viewing this groan- and grin-inducing film, I sat down with my old friend and one of the stars of Final Destination Bloodlines, Richard Harmon, to discuss the family dynamic, how he pulled off each impossible stunt, and his experience working alongside the late, great Tony Todd.
Read MoreIn Mistress Dispeller, Elizabeth Lo’s (罗宝) second documentary feature, the camera feels almost absent, disappeared in the way of a narrative film. It’s a documentary shot like a romantic drama, specifically evoking the dreamy, languid camera most associated with slow cinema.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings 5/16-5/22.
Read MoreBring Her Back, directed by Danny and Michael Philippou and written by Bill Hinzman and Danny, finetunes the jumpscares and creeping atmosphere of their debut Talk to Me while offering a storyline that’s both more cogent and emotionally intuitive than its predecessor.
Read MoreIn practice, Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland’s Warfare is an intense, uncomfortable watch.
Read MoreNeighborhood Watch is a fine detective film, thanks primarily to Quaid and Morgan’s fine work on their own and together.
Read MoreIt must be said—The Legend of Ochi is like a Soviet version of Spielberg’s E.T. replicated through the hypnotic lens of '80s fantasy cinema.
Read MoreThis week in Austin screenings, 5/9-5/18.
Read MoreOver seven years and multiple visits, Singh filmed the documentary And, Towards Happy Alleys, which screened in April as part of Austin’s 2025 Indie Meme Festival. It’s electric.
Read MoreWhile The Glassworker doesn’t quite stick its landing, it’s thoughtful, thorny, and willing to ride ambiguities and uncertainties.
Read MoreA discussion with PJ Raval on his Spring ‘25 Queer Media Production course and the importance of community and queer filmmaking.
Read MoreFrom horror franchise installments to indie dramas and everything in-between, here’s our must-watch movies for the summer 2025.
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