Sundance Film Festival 2013

Sundance hits high notes with films starring Mick Jagger, Aretha Franklin and the Eagles

By Jane Howze

01.28.13 | 10:30 am

At the onset of the Sundance Film Festival, executive director John Cooper said that one of the big themes this year is music. After watching many serious documentaries and dramas, I felt it was ti ...

Taking Charge

Beyoncé has total control of the HBO documentary about . . . Beyoncé: She's director and EP

By Whitney Radley

12.01.12 | 11:35 am

As if Beyoncé Knowles didn't already possess more beauty and talent than imaginable for one human being, HBO's revealed that the pop star will be "the focus of an inti ...

AIGA Austin Presents: Linotype

Alamo Drafthouse - South Lamar

11.28.12

A feature-length documentary centered around the Linotype type casting machine. Called the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by Thomas Edison, it revolutionized printing and society. The film

Movies Are My Life

Decoding Deepak: Gotham Chopra tells (almost) all about his famous dad in fascinating documentary

By Joe Leydon

10.28.12 | 3:28 pm

Okay, here’s the inside dope on Deepak Chopra: He’s a Blackberry addict. And a chronic multi-tasker. And a compulsive grabber of other people’s attention. Any skeletons in his ...

Dress for Success Benefit: In Her Shoes screening

Stateside at the Paramount

11.12.12

Dress for Success Austin is proud to present the world premiere of In Her Shoes, a documentary short film about a woman named Betty who went from having the life of “every girl’s d

Beer is Cheaper than Therapy U.S. Premiere and Fundraiser

Alamo Drafthouse - Village

10.14.12

Beer is Cheaper than Therapy is a film shot near the Fort Hood army base in central Texas, that will shed light on the growing mental health crisis affecting thousands of US soldiers returning home

Fantastic Fest 2012

Stars of house haunter documentary The American Scream scare up fun at the Drafthouse

By Michael Graupmann

09.24.12 | 3:37 pm

In the opening scenes of the new Magic Stone Productions film, The American Scream, we meet Halloween-obsessed family man Victor Bariteau who lives with his wife and kids in the perfectly horror mo ...

41 The Man

George H.W. Bush's Parkinson's struggle revealed with new HBO documentary

By Sarah Rufca

06.13.12 | 11:33 am

With a documentary on the life of George H.W. Bush set to air on HBO, friends and family are opening up about the Houstonian and 41st president. Speaking to Charlie Rose on CBS, son Jeb Bush re ...

The World's Smallest Airport: The True Story of the Thrasher Brother's Aerial Circus

Alamo Drafthouse - South Lamar

05.15.12

A documentary about stunt pilots in the 1940's, called "The World's Smallest Airport: The True Story of the Thrasher Brother's Aerial Circus," with the daughter of one of the

Fusebox Festival presents Vincent Moon: Esperando el Tsunami

Salvage Vanguard Theater

05.02.12

A documentary film and “visual album,” Esperando el Tsunami is a collaborative project from Vincent Moon – who the New York Times recently referred to as the “prodigious Fre