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Gia Coppola’s ‘The Last Showgirl’ is a tearful, glittery dance for artistry on Las Vegas Strip

Gia Coppola’s ‘The Last Showgirl’ is a tearful, glittery dance for artistry on Las Vegas Strip

Flora Farr, Life&Arts Desk Editor October 31, 2024

With an abundance of costume gems and feathers, Gia Coppola and Kate Gersten gently direct and write, respectively, a story of sacrifice for artistry and lost tradition in “The Last Showgirl.”  The...

‘American Spirit’ taps into the college experience using UT campus as a backdrop

‘American Spirit’ taps into the college experience using UT campus as a backdrop

Ryan Ranc, General Life&Arts Reporter October 31, 2024

“American Spirit,” written and directed by Christopher Yates, follows old friends Melody (Yasmeen Fletcher) and Jonathan (Cooper Roth) as they recount their high school years after they bump into each...

Indie film ‘Lake George’ screens at Austin Film Festival, showcases strengths of many Texas-rooted talent

Indie film ‘Lake George’ screens at Austin Film Festival, showcases strengths of many Texas-rooted talent

Flora Farr, Life & Arts Desk Editor October 30, 2024

Jeffrey Reiner’s new film “Lake George” serves as a chance for Reiner to showcase his years of critically acclaimed television directing. The film tells a road trip crime story uniquely through a...

Austin-based filmmakers talk comedy short film highlighting absurdity of social media, Austin Film Festival premiere

Austin-based filmmakers talk comedy short film highlighting absurdity of social media, Austin Film Festival premiere

Amelia Engstrom, Life&Arts Editor October 30, 2024

Austin-based actor and filmmaker Kelly Frye received an invite to a dinner at Hotel Saint Cecilia. Frye entered the event excited at the prospect of meeting fellow female creatives. To her surprise, the...

Q&A: ‘Party People’ premiers at Austin Film Festival, celebrating local culture through the eyes of UT alumni

Q&A: ‘Party People’ premiers at Austin Film Festival, celebrating local culture through the eyes of UT alumni

Katherine Jones, Senior Life&Arts Reporter October 29, 2024

The film “Party People” premiered on Oct. 24 and 28 at the 31st Austin Film Festival. Director Joey LePage (mathematics, theatre and dance, ‘10) and writer Lindsey Robertson (theatre, ‘13), also...

UT alumna revisits college experience, talks comedy in film ‘American Spirit’

UT alumna revisits college experience, talks comedy in film ‘American Spirit’

Joe Ferrara, Life&Arts General Reporter October 17, 2024

Ten years after actor Mackinlee Waddell first set foot on UT’s campus, she found herself sitting in Jester Plaza. The scene mirrored nights from her college experience, as she told ridiculous party stories...

Alumni discusses new Amazon Prime Video show “The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh,” South Asian representation in film

Alumni discusses new Amazon Prime Video show “The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh,” South Asian representation in film

Riddhi Bora, Senior Life&Arts Reporter October 17, 2024

Actor, comedian and radio-television-film alum Sahana Srinivasan plays Bhanu, the eldest child and daughter, in “The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh,” a comedy show on Amazon Prime Video following an Indian...

Live from the Texan, it’s a ‘Saturday Night’ review

Live from the Texan, it’s a ‘Saturday Night’ review

Minza Mirza, Associate Life&Arts Editor October 15, 2024

The debut of  “Saturday Night Live” pushed the stakes of live television. Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” does not let viewers forget those words — mainly because nearly every character in...

Q&A, screening of ‘The In Between’ film allows students to explore unique perspective of life on the border

Q&A, screening of ‘The In Between’ film allows students to explore unique perspective of life on the border

Ana Taveira, General Life&Arts Reporter October 13, 2024

Filmmaker Robie Flores stood before the audience of alumni, aspiring filmmakers and students on Tuesday explaining that the film they were about to see was not only a love letter to her hometown of Eagle...

Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield play house in ‘We Live in Time’

Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield play house in ‘We Live in Time’

Analise Pickerrell, Senior Life&Arts Reporter October 13, 2024

Audiences no longer need to wonder what the two most attractive and charming actors of our generation look like falling in love, starting a family and enduring tragedy. Studio A24’s “We Live in Time”,...

From left to right: Producer Madison Lehew, director Alex Mathison, director of photography Liam Larriviere, and lead actor Kayne Khoury posing for a photo on Oct. 7, 2024 in the Moody Studio.

Radio-television-film students create their first self-funded feature thriller after 2 years of work

Brynn Dominguez, General Life&Arts Reporter October 7, 2024

Walking into their first day of the 2022 Texas Student Television incubator program, three freshmen, Madison Lehew, Alex Mathison and Jacob Arango, sat down together to create their dream TV pilot. After...

First 3 episodes of ‘The Creep Tapes’ takes ‘Creep’ franchise to new format

First 3 episodes of ‘The Creep Tapes’ takes ‘Creep’ franchise to new format

Ryan Ranc, General Life&Arts Reporter September 26, 2024

“The Creep Tapes,” created by Patrick Brice and Mark Duplass, continues the “Creep” franchise after the success of the two found footage movies. The show follows Josef (Mark Duplass), also known...

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