In what might be called Waking Life meets Rain Man, Bob Sabiston, the braintrust behind Linklater's two animated films (and those Charles Schwab commercials), brings beautiful backgrounds, and another insightful, revelatory use of filmic animation. The premise is the documenting of a road trip to Six Flags with Ryan Powell, who is autistic. This is the latest in a series of trips the pair has taken (along with a group of friends)....

The notion that ‘It's not a conspiracy theory if it's actually true,’ is about as spot-on and useful as ‘Golly, she ain’t a witch if she done drown.’...

Sure, family-friendly films, "green" cinema and the corresponding warm-fuzzies you get from caring about your lil' ones and The Earth are nice. But historically, motion pictures have always been driven by violence, outlandishness and the public's insatiable and prurient interest in watching things on film that they don't necessarily want to see in real life. In this hallowed vein, the AFF Dark Matters Series explores subject matter ranging from blood-spattered vegans to Korean hillbilly gangs......

Dropped in to catch a quick show last Saturday at Hyde Park Theatre: Double Exposure. Two locals, Auschron Editor Wayne Alan Brenner and poet/actor/writer David Jewell are putting themselves up on stage with the intent to entertain. It works. Jewell hits the stage first, and pretty much reads off of some pieces of paper for twenty minutes or so. Most of the time, it’s difficult to be sure what exactly he’s trying to express, as......

For those of you who were out seeing the rock n’ roll or slamming Beaujolais Nouveau last night, you may have missed Austin filmmaker Richard Linklater on the Colbert Report. With his trademark ease, Linklater went toe-to-toe with the satirical newsman, discussing his new movie Fast Food Nation and explaining the evils of international mega food corps. and the harm they perpetuate vis-à-vis the environment and public health. Linklater, while funny, didn’t try too hard,......

TUESDAY [5] film • TerrorStorm with Alex Jones Live at Alamo South (7pm) ® film • AFS Essential: Eva at Alamo Downtown (7pm) ® film • Elevator to the Gallows at Paramount Theatre (7:15pm) film • Waking Life at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) ® film • Last House on the Left at Spider House (8pm, Free) film • Quai Des Ofevres at Paramount Theatre (9:05pm) ® film • Dark Side of the Rainbow :......

“Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs...And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up.” - Rush Limbaugh, October 5th 1995 Adapted by Austinite Richard Linklater from Philip K. Dick’s 1977 novel, A Scanner Darkly is the story of......

On Wednesday night, The Austin Film Society hosted a little over one thousand friends to watch Austin's very own premiere of A Scanner Darkly at the Paramount Theatre, with a post-screen party down the street at The Austin Museum of Art. Originally written by Philip K. Dick in the late 1970’s and adapted to the screen by Austin's own Richard Linklater, A Scanner Darkly is an eerie, yet hilarious, film of drugs, paranoia and......

We know a good movie title when we read one. Just knowing that I Am A Sex Addict is meant in the driest, deadliest-of-deadpan, classic-Woody-Allen humor in every respect makes the draw that much more irresistible. Almost an. . .addiction, we might say. In a wonderfully original approach to autobiography, Caveh Zahedi's film weaves documentary, re-enactment narrative, behind-the-scenes glimpses and animation to create an unflinching look at his penchant for sex with prostitutes and his......

Let's be honest: we have no idea what to expect from Rick Linklater's newest project A Scanner Darkly. While the source material by Philip K. Dick has a strong cult following, we traditionally don't love science fiction. And while we enjoyed the Rotoscoping technique Linklater used on Waking Life, it may be strange to use it on a less arty, more linear film. It is also amazing that no reports of troubled behavior emerged......