Chalk

For all its reality, "Chalk" is also incredibly funny. Chalk" is one of the best movies of the year, a special gem of a film that demands a giant audience. There are no big doings, no phony plot twists. ... Full Review

For all its reality, "Chalk" is also incredibly funny.....What's important to remember in all of this is just how absent the film is of any forced dramatics.....Chalk" is one of the best movies of the year, a special gem of a film....it's a real-life answer to those sappy inspirational melodramas that have monopolized the "teacher movie" genre over the decades.....And that's the beauty of "Chalk," a low budget indie mockumentary out of Austin, Texas -.... ... Full Review

In other words, Chalk , an excellent little film written and directed by ex-teachers Mike Akel and Chris Mass, (the latter of whom also stars). Its an enjoyable film, to be sure. The best thing about Chalk is what it is not. ... Full Review

In such scenes, you realize "Chalk" might have been both funnier and more penetrating as a real documentary.....occasionally "Chalk" stumbles across a remarkable found object like Jerry Jarmon, a non-professional actor who plays Mrs. Reddell's supervisor.... ... Full Review

In "Chalk," for which the actors reportedly refined their scenes through extensive improvisation before mixing themselves in among actual teachers and students to give the movie a realistic feel, things almost feel, well, too real. In the film's final minutes, we see glimpses of what "Chalk" could have been, as history teacher Mr. Lowery (Troy Schremmer), an awkward, self-conscious rookie, toils with the idea of leaving the profession early (the film opens with a statistic that about 50% of first-year teac ... Full Review

Think what you will about the mom-and-pop-video-shop-slayer, but Netflix has a nifty localized feature on its home page, a long list of movies with the heading "Members in and around Austin, Texas, are currently renting these titles much more than... ... Full Article

Don't know how many of you know this, but the Los Angeles Film Festival loves us! For the last few years running, Austin films (Gretchen , Chalk , August Evening ) have won big awards, including the $50,000 Target Filmmaker... ... Full Article

New York, NY (May 16, 2008)-On April 7, 2008, in one of the most memorable NCAA Championship games ever, the Kansas Jayhawk defeated the Memphis Tigers with a 75-68 victory, making the Jayhawk the 2008 NCAA Division Champions for the... ... Full Article

The fourth annual Austin Film Festival Student Film Expo unspools from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Dougherty Arts Center (1110 Barton Springs Rd.), and it's open to everyone - youth, parents and YOU. ... Full Article

An audacious mixture of documentary structure and improv comedy, "Chalk" blurs the line between reality and fiction as well as comedy and drama. Made in Austin by Texans and Lone Star State expatriates, the year-in-the-life lesson of what teachers go... ... Full Article

Chalk s the husband of a high school social studies teacher, a mockumentary about educators that's shot in the style of The Office Chalk 's setup holds the promise for precise satire: newbie Mr. ... Full Article