As some sort of satirical pop-culture Nostradamus, Mike Judge may very well have predicted humanity's sadly (and dare we say, most assuredly) tragic future. His seemingly prescient Idiocracy paints a world where we water our plants with sports drinks and watch entire television channels devoted to violence without comment. For some strange reason, when the film was released, it was done so by an almost silent studio and quickly exited theaters, perhaps because the industry realized that what was being skewered by the film's content was the very lifestyle that they work to create, but in any case there is a strong chance that you may never have had the chance to see it in a theater. As part of their Made in Texas Film Series, the Austin Film Festival aims to reverse that unfortunate situation for you tonight at the Bob Bullock Texas Spirit Theater. more ›

It is quite possible that you have never heard of the film Roadie. Hell, we certainly hadn't, and it is possible that the fact that it was released the same year that we were born might have something to do with that. However, before we tell you anything about it or tonight's screening in the Texas Spirit Theater at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, we are going to make a bold statement: YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE. more ›

A Perfect World is by far our favorite John Lee Hancock work (he also wrote the screen adaptations of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and this year's upcoming football feel-good The Blind Side, as well as the unfortunate The Alamo) and as the final offering in their Made in Texas Film Series, the Austin Film Festival and Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum will be presenting not only a screening of this Clint Eastwood directed slow-burner, but will also host a conversation with Hancock himself. more ›

Anyone that’s ever driven around Texas knows one thing for sure -- it’s friggin’ HUGE. Seriously. We’ve been all over this damn state at one time or another, and we feel like we have a pretty good idea of the geography. But we’ve never seen any place like Virgil, Texas. Now’s your chance to see this incredibly interestingly oddball (and totally fictional) town in David Byrne’s musical feature film, True Stories. The Austin Film Festival screens this 1986 cult classic as part of their Made in Texas Film series. The film screens at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum’s Texas Spirit Theater tonight at 7:30. more ›