ATX Games Up for Steam Greenlight

Winners get backing of web behemoth

"...get picked up or noticed there. Now, with the Greenlight contest, the decision making is up to the public...."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Greenlight Awards Premiere at SXSW

Celebrating digital TV

"..."digital TV" a household word by sponsoring the first-ever Greenlight Awards, which were created to encourage more digital-TV production..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Serenity

Joss Whedon’s Western/sci-fi hybrid (which was canceled from TV but greenlighted for the movies) evinces the kind of swashbuckling bonhomie that made so many of us fall in love with the original Star Wars films.

"...Firefly alive, which was enough to convince Universal to greenlight the feature film we now have before us called..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Players' Guide

Space cowboys in Marfa, 'Angry Henry,' and how you can help Greenlight local developers

"...be established or have their game go through a Greenlight process to be distributed. You can log on and..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

TV Eye

The new new media, plus David Simon to speak at UT, and more questions about the switch-over from analog

"...Festival, when it announces the winner of its first Greenlight Awards, the "industry's first competition to recognize the next..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Film News

Casting shuffles for Malick's new picture and more

"...of the Web series EPIC-FU, among judges for the Greenlight Awards honoring the best online episodic series. The awards..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

TV Eye

Have you had your fill of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? Are you stuffed to the gills from consuming too many hours of Survivor, Big Brother, The Real World, Road Rules, or Making the Band? Better get used to it -- there's a whole lot more on the way.

"...actor-pals Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Their reality series Greenlight was given the, uh, greenlight from HBO. This 13-episode..."

July 21, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

The lackluster return of the DCEU kid in a hero's body

"...what exactly could go wrong here? Would the studio greenlight the death of a child (even one that looks..."

March 24, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Collection

This follow-up to the horror/torture film The Collector seeks to mold a new franchise.

"...outgrowth of winning Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Project Greenlight reality filmmaking series back in 2005...."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure

The cult following that surrounds the audio tapes of a couple of slurry drunks that were surreptitiously recorded in the late Eighties is given the documentary treatment.

"...Peter and Raymond phenomenon, including three competing efforts to greenlight a film and a website that hawks Peter and..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Collector

From the writer and director of Saw 4-6 comes this horror film about a handyman who tries to rob his employers' home but finds it rigged with a lethal maze.

"...debut, and both he and co-writer Melton have Project Greenlight's Feast on their screenwriting CVs, as well as entries..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Holiday television fare

"...Project Greenlight, the pet project of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon,..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Adrianne Palicki, Your Newest Disney Princess in Quasi

The Austin actor teams up with Broken Lizard for their new comedy

"...script littered with reasons for some producer to not greenlight it, and that's something director and star Heffernan said..."

April 21, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Environmental Penalties Are Increasing

Time for tougher regulation

"...line, 'We don't do siting'" as a reason to greenlight problematic permits, said Shelley. "It's not an acceptable answer...."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Day Trips: Top 10 Events in 2022

Cap’n Day Trips reflects on a year of adventure

"...3) Greenlights, an autobiography by Matthew McConaughey, was published in 2020...."

Dec. 16, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Shana Feste Says Run Sweetheart Run

The Austin filmmaker on her #MeToo thriller with a twist

"...made before, she said, "They had no reason to greenlight this movie, but they took a chance on me,..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Rideshare Drivers Get Organized

Local chapter forms in support of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, a renewal of workers' rights

"...its new Austin chapter, rallying at the local Uber Greenlight Hub in support of the Protecting the Right to..."

Aug. 6, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Billy F. Gibbons on the Death of Dusty Hill and the Future of ZZ Top

“Nobody else could sound like The Dust!”

"...Yeah. It bears repeating: I recall giving Dusty the greenlight to twist off during a recording session. We thought..."

July 30, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Writers on Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez as He Leaves His Post

The retiring editor left deep imprints on all who wrote for him

"...my fancy. There weren't many alt-weekly editors willing to greenlight 2,000 words on the joys of ad jingles or..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Find the Elephant in a Virtual Table Read for a New Austin Film

Chinwe Okorie uses childhood embarrassment for her latest short

"..."Elephant." An AFS grant in December meant she could greenlight production, and she finalized her casting at the end..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Roosevelt Room Pivots Without Sacrificing Craft Cocktail Experience

Crafting COVID-era accommodations

"...Which is why, when indoor bars were given the greenlight to reopen at reduced capacity in June – so..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Food Feature by David Brendan Hall

Young Restaurateurs Learn to Share in Austin's Real Estate Market

Traditional restaurateuring gets a millennial makeover

"...with 100% certainty that the city is going to greenlight our operation."..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin Horror Anthology Scare Package Comes Home For Other Worlds

Laughs and screams in Under Worlds center piece film

"...There's also been a first wave that includes Project Greenlight Real Fear Horror Contest pitch winner The Honeymoon Phase...."

Nov. 12, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds SF Festival Is in The Honeymoon Phase

Project Greenlight title will be closing night film

"...Jr., was a top-five finalist in Shudder and Project Greenlight’s Real Fear Horror Contest (even winning the Facebook vote..."

Oct. 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The New Negroes Showcases the Full Range of African-American Comedy at SXSW

At the stand-up show hosted by Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle, black laughs matter

"...poetry. By 2017, Comedy Central was interested enough to greenlight a series, and that is now set to debut..."

March 8, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SBOE Passes Mexican-American Studies, but Whitewashes the Name

Right-wing board member objects to “hyphenated Americanism”

"...stands as the only other state besides Arizona to greenlight a Mexican-American studies course in public schools. The Arizona..."

April 13, 2018 News Post by Mary Tuma

Austin's First Cannabis Oil Dispensary Is Ready to Grow

Compassionate Cultivation prepares to serve epilepsy patients

"...had won a provisional state license, giving them the greenlight to start building their grow house and dispensary. The..."

Dec. 1, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Headlines

"...U.S. Senate Republicans nabbed the votes needed to greenlight debate on health care legislation to replace the Affordable..."

July 28, 2017 News Feature

Niche Streaming Sites for the Holidays

Give the gift of worlds of entertainment just a click away

"...but they all seem to be bad errors in greenlight-judgment. That won't happen with FilmStruck, the new service combining..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

VIDEO: Fantastic Arcade Wrap Up

We chat up the weird wonderful gaming fringe with help from the Daily Dot

"...page. You can also vote for ALEA on Steam Greenlight...."

Oct. 16, 2015 Screens Post by James Renovitch

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