Austin
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Austin Cinematic Limits: What Are You Doing On Valentine’s Day?
Okay, I’ll come right out and say it: I really hate Valentine’s Day. It’s just another Hallmark holiday that was created to give retailers a…
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Austin Cinematic Limits: Spirited Away With Totoro and Friends
Co-founded in 1985 by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki, Japan’s Studio Ghibli is famous for its masterfully crafted animated films. A retrospective series…
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Austin Cinematic Limits: Predicting SXSW, Slackerwood Moves and A Badass Oscar Nomination
As Austin’s filmmaking community migrates back to Austin from the snowy slopes of Park City, everyone is anxiously awaiting to hear whether or not their…
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Austin Cinematic Limits: Austin Takes Sundance By Storm [Again]
I promise not to begin every Austin Cinematic Limits post with a discussion on Richard Linklater’s significance to Austin’s filmmaking community, but he is an…
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SXSW: Emily Hagins Proves The Next Generation of Filmmakers Isn’t Sucky
When it was announced that the newest film from eighteen-year-old director Emily Hagins, entitled My Sucky Teen Romance, was going to premiere at SxSW, I…
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Why You Like Tim League Returning as CEO of Alamo Drafthouse
For those of you who weren’t following the half-decade worth of business drama for The Alamo Drafthouse, I’ll spare you the gory details. The quick…
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Sony Grabs Rodriguez’s ‘Machete’
Just last night, my friend Patches alerted me via a text-based cellular message that Robert Rodriguez and Danny Trejo were downing some brews over at…
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Culture Warrior: Cinemetropolis
Austin is now the third major US city I’ve lived in since officially leaving the nest of my parents’ home in central Texas six years…
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Fantastic Fest Brings Inglourious Basterds Premiere to Austin
The official Fantastic Fest blog has announced today that Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Inglourious Basterds will be coming to Austin for a premiere event on…