Chris Garcia over at Austin360 has the scoop on an open casting call for the upcoming film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Road. They're looking for "white boys, ages 7-10, with a thin/slight build"—presumably this is to cast the role of the young son in the story, who accompanies his father (to be played by Viggo Mortensen) as they make their way across a ravaged post-apocalyptic America. The casting call will take... more ›

Austin's answer to the New York Film Academy, Austin Filmworks is a unique technical school entirely devoted to the development of filmmaking craft and aesthetics. AFW's debut production, Fall To Grace, screens tonight at the Regal in Arbor Hills--for those of us eager to support the local film scene, it's a can't-miss. Created by two of Austin's leading theatre talents--the film was written and directed by the State Theater Company's Mari Marchbanks and produced... more ›