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ATX Television Fest: Friday Night Lights Reunion
To think, I actually tried to get out of covering this event. I mean, parking was 20 bucks, and that was after you survived late afternoon on Highway 71, near the airport and everlasting road construction. Who really wanted to be outside in 90-degree heat with swamp-ass-inducing humidity? And the mosquitoes? Zika, anyone?

2:15PM Sun. Jun. 12, 2016, Kahron Spearman Read More | Comment »

ATX Television Festival: Dancing in The West Wing
If White House communications director Toby Ziegler was an instrument, what instrument would he be? Richard Schiff paused for a moment at The West Wing reunion at the ATX Television Festival. “An oboe.” Only when the rest of the orchestra goes quiet can you hear its importance.

1:20PM Sun. Jun. 12, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

ATX Television Festival: Shifting Landscapes: The Effect of 9/11 on Storytelling
Peter Tolan was shooting an episode of The Job in New Jersey when a crew member told everyone: “I think someone flew a plane into the World Trade Center.”

6:30PM Sat. Jun. 11, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

ATX Television Fest: Casual Panel
“So when do they hook up?”

3:45PM Sat. Jun. 11, 2016, Jacob Clifton Read More | Comment »

ATX Television Fest: Pulp Page to Small Screen: A Look at Comic Adaptations
At the panel Pulp Page to Small Screen, the comic world’s beloved creatives Javier Grillo-Marxuach (The Middleman), Brian Michael Bendis (Powers), and Rosemary Rodriguez (Jessica Jones) had advice for would-be comic adapters: Respect the source material.

3:00PM Sat. Jun. 11, 2016, Ashley Moreno Read More | Comment »

ATX Television Fest: Fandom Rising: The Impact of Fan Culture in the Age of Social Media
Everyone’s got a Shatner story. At least, almost everyone on Thursday’s Fandom Rising panel at ATX TV Fest had a Shatner story. Turns out, William Shatner, of Star Trek fame, is also a serious television fan and quite outspoken on social media.

2:00PM Sat. Jun. 11, 2016, Sarah Marloff Read More | Comment »

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Chronicle Recommends: Films About Writers
Every month, the Chronicle’s film critics select a theme and offer movie recommendations. This month, to coincide with our Summer Reading issue, we've picked some of our favorite films about writers.

3:37PM Fri. Jun. 10, 2016, Chronicle Film Staff Read More | Comment »

ATX Television Festival: Denis Leary
If anyone’s surprised that Denis Leary is getting a retrospective at this week’s ATX Television Festival, it’s probably … Denis Leary. He said, “Unless there’s a funny story to be told, or something to be used as a writer or an actor, I don’t normally dwell on the past. Do you know what I mean? I’m like a shark, I just keep swimming forward.”

8:00AM Thu. Jun. 9, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

DVDanger: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
There have been many attempts to make live-action cartoons – some successful (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?), some less so (Cool World) and some inept (Space Jam). Yet the The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T should be credited for so fully bringing the flexible logic of animation to life.

8:20AM Sat. Jun. 4, 2016, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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