Film buffs in Austin have plenty of choices this weekend as an eclectic batch of four documentaries and an acclaimed French comedy hit area theaters. Most of the opening films did not screen in advance for local critics, but we'll tell you everything we know so you can figure out what flicks to go see! more ›

Tonight, KLRU hosts its second Community Cinema screening featuring this documentary, which explores the effects that the incredibly discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy has had on our nation's military and its gay and lesbian service members. Held in the venerable halls of the KLRU Austin City Limits studio, the doors to the Community Cinema screening of Ask Not will open at 6:30 p.m., with the film starting promptly at 7 p.m. and will be followed by a questions and answer discussion with local veterans about the DADT policy and how it affected their experience in the military. more ›

In two weeks, KLRU will premiere Independent Lens' stunning new documentary, Crips & Bloods: Made in America, which explores the decades-long feud between rival LA gangs the Bloods and the Crips that's left some 15,000 dead and rages on even today. The film is narrated by Forest Whitaker and directed by Stacy Peralta, the director of Dogtown and Z Boys, Riding Giants, and, interestingly, an episode of Mr. Show with Bob and David. more ›

Clark Lyda and Jesse Lyda are first-time filmmakers based out of Austin and New York City. The documentary they produced and directed about the T. Don Hutto family detention center in Taylor, The Least of These, is having its world premiere Monday as part of the SxSW Film Festival. more ›

In We Live in Public, acclaimed director Ondi Timoner pieces together footage from two of Harris' past projects, one of which was "Quiet", a chronicle of 100 people living in an underground bunker in Manhattan for 30 days, their every movement recorded (voluntarily) and broadcast online by Harris, until the cops shut it down. Maybe it was the indoor shooting range that did it? Following that experiment, Harris and his girlfriend decided to broadcast their lives 24/7 online for six months—until she had enough and moved out. This from a man who began one of the first online television networks and made millions through web consulting. Harris, "the greatest Internet pioneer you've never heard of," lived in public, and eventually lost his sense of self and his mind. And we could watch it all online. more ›

Burma VJ, a documentary by Anders Østergaard, pieces together this undercover footage—which might seem a bit shaky at times, since some of the videographers were carrying their cameras hidden in bags—taken by the Burmese reporters as they put their lives on the line to make sure that the world knew about the plight of their people. The film is likely to show more of the real story than we ever saw on our television. more ›