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"...The Thin Red Line), the bartender whose vaguely autobiographical script is currently in rehearsals but lacks a conclusive ending...."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Austin Script Works: A daily dose does a playwright good
ASW helps writers face down the obstacles between them and their keyboards
"...Austin Script Works knows this. This summer, the service organization for..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Austin Film Festival: '2 Face' Script Reading
Oct. 27, 2013. 12 photos.
"...Crowds gathered early for the 2 Face script reading at the State Theatre for the Austin Film..."

Oct. 28, 2013 Photo Gallery

Austin Script Works: Swanson steps down as artistic director
After three years as artistic director of Austin Script Works, playwright Colin Denby Swanson is leaving her leadership post at the organization to focus full-time on her writing
"...That's because she's been the artistic director for Austin Script Works, the membership organization that supports playwrights by helping..."

July 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From Stage to Page to Screen: Inside the Script of West Side Story
Tony Kushner explains the process of adapting a classic
"...the Schindler's List director approached him about writing the script for a new film version of 1957 Broadway phenomeon..."

Jan. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin FC Follows Familiar Script in First Foray North of the Border
RECAP: Struggling squad falls to Vancouver, again
"...again, they showed little resistance as Vancouver flipped the script in the second half...."

Sept. 5, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Star-Studded Dazed And Confused Script Reading This Weekend
Affleck, McConaughey, more reunite for election non-profits
"...classic Dazed and Confused reunite online to read the script in a special fundraiser for two voter advocacy non-profits,..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX TV Fest Recap: Flipping the Script on TV’s Male POV
Writers and directors on reclaiming and centering the female gaze
"...on in her career, Bicks recalled she’d receive more script notes from execs about making female characters more “likable.”..."

June 11, 2019 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

ATX Television Fest: The O.C. Panel and Script Reading
Influential teen drama still resonates more than a decade later

June 12, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Letters at 3AM: The Script Needs a Rewrite
Cinema history as it's been commonly taught is just plain wrong

Sept. 25, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

You Can't Script October (Cough-Cough)

Oct. 21, 2006 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid
A year of notes on The Manchurian Candidate remake's script
"...asked if I would read and comment on the script. Warning him that I am notorious for totally missing..."

July 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid
A year of notes on 'The Manchurian Candidate' remake's script
"...asked if I would read and comment on the script. Warning him that I am notorious for totally missing..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Batman & Robin
"...one-liners that make up the better part of the script. Really, how many times can one stand to hear..."

June 20, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Family Thing
"...a history he never knew. A Family Thing's well-intentioned script, co-written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson, tries..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
"...the road is rocky. 21-year-old Steve Conrad wrote the script, directed by Haines (Children of a Lesser God, The..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black

Inside Monkey Zetterland
"...Monkey Zetterland, a would-be screenwriter and sometimes actor. The script he's been laboring on forever is about the lack..."

Nov. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Late Night
Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling spark and bond in this timely and charming media satire
"...Kaling's subtly satirical script is fearless in its depiction of the minefields of..."

June 7, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lucky Number Slevin
This fun but ultimately disappointing mistaken-identity thriller has style galore, which may actually be the crux of its problem.
"...actually be the crux of its problem. A clever script by Jason Smilovic and a terrific cast keep this..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thirteen Days
"...unconscious of our nation, but Donaldson, working from a script by Philip D. Zelikow (itself adapted from Ernest R...."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Slums of Beverly Hills
"...According to Jenkins, her film is semi-autobiographical, although the script was incubated at the prestigious Sundance Director's Lab. Oftentimes,..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bad Samaritan
David Tennant plays Hannibal Lecter, which is less fun than it sounds.
"...Good Deed (a much more apt title for the script by Apt Pupil adapter Brandon Boyce), Bad Samaritan's protagonists..."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beirut
John Hamm sweats stylishly in gritty, grim spy thriller.
"...When he's not at his desk as Hollywood's script polisher of choice, Tony Gilroy (State of Play) has..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Overnight
Cautionary tales about the pitfalls of indie filmmaking don’t come more searingly truthful or sober-minded than this.
"...who hoped to hit it big by selling a script to the Hollywood bigwigs. In true fairy-tale fashion, Duffy’s..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Laws of Attraction
The first law of attraction is sexual chemistry – something this movie is completely lacking.
"...and Katharine Hepburn as married but sparring attorneys. This script by Aline Brosh McKenna and Robert Harling has little..."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Identity
"...case Columbia Pictures) in a long while. From a script by Michael Cooney (whom I respect for simply having..."

April 25, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hearts in Atlantis
"...else according to William Goldman's somewhat caustic albeit economical script. Only Hopkins, coasting a bit on the downhill side..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All Over the Guy
"...really isn't a matter of sexual orientation. The film's script (by Dan Bucatinsky, who also produces and stars) begins..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hit and Runway
"...a blockbuster screenplay (titled, yes, Hit and Runway). Their script is about a 007 Lothario who busts a supermodel..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Company Man
"...cast and then apparently decided to pen the flaccid script somewhat later on. I'm sure it sounded good on..."

March 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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