Tag: Austin Film Festival

  • Boys in the Trees by Angel Ackerman

    Harvesting Boys in the Trees Someone please explain to me when did “20th Century Period Pieces” become a genre?  Let me back up… My husband wanted to watch the 2016 Australian film Boys in the Trees, written and directed by Nicholas Verso. According to Netflix, it’s a suspenseful, dark action/adventure film. My husband thought it would be a…

  • Crash Reports: Ode to the Austin Film Festival by Paul J. Williams

    The Adventures of a First-Timer at the Austin Film Festival When my phone rang one day this past September with an Austin, Texas area-code, I thought it was just another robo-call from “Jennifer” trying to sell me solar panels for my house, or “Tim” offering me a chance to consolidate my debt, but no, it…