Physical media may be dying, but it’ll be a tragedy for the collector if it ever does. Sure, one could go to Amazon and download a digital copy of Richard Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused,”...

Jeff Who Lives at Home Jay & Mark Duplass Genre: Comedy Grade: B+ The Duplass brothers started off with 2005’s ultra-mumblecore “The Puffy Chair” and have slowly progressed...

“Searching for Sonny” Andrew Disney Genre: Comedy Grade: B+ The main appeal to “Searching for Sonny” is most certainly its cast, cribbed together with notable supporting...

“Butter” Jim Field Smith Genre: Comedy Grade: A Jim Field Smith’s razor-sharp satire “Butter” was the opening night film at this year’s Austin Film Festival,...

"Austin High" Alan Deutsch Genre: Comedy Grade: B Former UT students Kirk Johnson and Will Elliott wrote the screenplay for “Austin High,” and their love of Austin is...

Directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman weren’t exactly the most obvious choice for the next “Paranormal Activity” film, coming off of last year’s debut “Catfish,”...

Yesterday marked the beginning of this year’s Austin Film Festival. The festival will run through Oct. 27 and seeks to balance local flavor with Hollywood flair. Among the many events that The Daily...

The Austin Film Festival, which begins today and runs through Oct. 27, has the good fortune of falling just before Oscar season kicks into high gear. The festival usually has the lucky distinction of bringing...

Like any remake, “Footloose” is fighting an uphill battle from its very first frame, trying to live up to the reputation of a classic and win fans over to a new interpretation of a beloved...

Richard Linklater’s “Before Sunset” is one of those classic falling-in-love films, an elliptically-paced look at a single night in the lives of two young globetrotters. With “Weekend,”...

“Footloose” is director Craig Brewer’s fourth feature film, a remake of the 1984 Kevin Bacon classic. The film continues Brewer’s tradition of southern-set films, a collection that...

LOS ANGELES — Eva Longoria says she lent her support to “The Harvest,” a documentary about child migrant laborers, not just because of her Latin American roots but also because she wants...