Gay Place

Of Oscar and schlucking

"...weekend is soooo ghey. It is Oscar week! The Academy Awards are broadcast this Sunday, and two local nonprofits..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

Page Two: Winning the West

Cowboys, Indians, and the irresolvable contradictions between freedom and order

"...today by the film industry." – From the 1972 Academy Awards show..."

June 12, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Texas Film Hall of Fame Slate Finalized

Billy Bob Thornton, John Cusack, and Dennis Quaid join the lineup for the ninth annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...for the ninth annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards are now locked for the March 12th ceremony. Actor..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion

You'd think we'd be all star-f***ed out after SXSW, but here it is, Oscar-time and we are just beside ourselves with the bold type and the dropped names! What? No silly. We said "fawned."

"...THE OSCAR REWIND REVIEW Needless to say, the Academy Awards presentation is pretty much the Super Bowl of..."

March 29, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Short Cuts

Landmark Theatres makes some changes, Laura Dunn wins gold (or silver, or bronze), Alison Macor teaches film theory, and the Cinemaker Co-op visits otherwordly places.

"...of "environmental injustice in Louisiana" -- nominated for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 28th Annual Student..."

June 1, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

American Dream

"...Directed by: Barbara Kopple. Kopple's Academy Award-winning documentary American Dream exposes the human cost of..."

May 15, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2011: Animation

Get a leg up on your Oscar pool by checking out all the nominees in this category.

"...lock to win Best Animated Feature at this year’s Academy Awards, and don’t be surprised if there’s a trickle-down..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Nowhere in Africa

"...less than five Golden Lolas (the equivalent of our Academy Awards) in its native Germany. And it’s easy to..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thanks for the Memories

"...is the Oscars. There is, categorically, nothing like the Academy Awards...."

March 5, 1999 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

After a Fashion

All style, all the time, from the Houston Ballet Ball to the Oscars

"...HOLLYWOOD Sunday night was the Academy Awards – always a fun foray into fashion and..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

TV Eye

That lean, mean, tanning machine George Hamilton is back on TV, playing a parody of himself on the new reality series The Family.

"..."O" Night Academy Awards night is coming, which means it's also time..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Encore!

The second annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards honors Texas' finest contributors to cinema.

"...founding editor of Texas Monthly, was nominated for an Academy Award for screenwriting for Apollo 13, was co-writer of..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

After a Fashion

This year's Academy Awards fashion winners and losers.

"...end," says designer Randolph Duke of dressing for the Academy Awards. And she who went home with the gold..."

March 31, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

"...on detonating a nuclear device at the 66th annual Academy Awards (not such a bad thing, if you caught..."

March 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Live and Let Live

Too Much Bitching Can Be Hazardous to Theatre's Health

"...again. The nominations for the B. Iden Payne theatre awards are out, and once the local stage set gets..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live-Action

An uneven selection does not represent the best narrative shorts

"...– to this critic, anyway – how often the Academy Award-nominated short subjects category ends up being a mixed..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Why Did Esther's Follies' Ray Anderson Go to L.A.?

To get a career-defining award from the Magic Castle, of course

"...a full-length looking glass to attend the 50th annual Academy of Magical Arts awards presented by L.A.’s historic lodge..."

May 1, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Announces Lee Daniels as Film Keynote

Featured speakers, a panel, and some music acts drop

"...the Novel by Sapphire, which was nominated for six Academy Awards including “Best Motion Picture of the Year” and..."

Sept. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Boyhood Nominated for Six Oscars

Academy singles out Linklater, Adair, Arquette, Hawke

"...Looks like the Academy has finally caught on to something Austin’s known all..."

Jan. 15, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Short Cuts

St. Stephen's kids make movie, Northcross 6 set to close.

"...been nominated in the documentary category of this year's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Student Academy Awards…..."

May 11, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Johnny Belinda, Magnificent Obsession, All That Heaven Allows

"...over a decade, even declining to attend the 70th Academy Awards celebration -- sad, since the next time we..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Good Eye: Tales From the Aging Box

Two actresses opine on when the only opportunity left is to play a mother. (Or a grandmother.)

"...Viewing this year's Academy Awards, you might get the impression that women over..."

March 13, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

TV Eye

Now in its 15th year, the Independent Spirit Awards were created to recognize the so-called "indie" filmmakers who get by with low budgets, favor originality over the formulaic, and feature lesser-known or unknown talent in front of the camera. Well, that's what it used to be like.

"...Of all the awards shows, the Oscars ceremony is the granddaddy of them..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Now that the February sweeps are over, take a look what the networks are dragging in for March.

"...and a couple of memorable moments on the Grammy Awards on CBS (Santana's wins, Jennifer Lopez's dress, the musical..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Payne the Town Red

What might be considered the theatrical fringe in other cities is more and more the theatrical mainstream in Austin, an idea that was reinforced with the announcement of the nominations for the 2001-02 B. Iden Payne Theatre Awards.

"...master of ceremonies for this year's B. Iden Payne Awards, slated for Monday, September 30, at the State Theater,..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Emmy Awards shake-down: who won, who should have.

"...my house and one jubilant "Yes!" during the Emmy Awards, broadcast on Fox last Sunday. In last week's "TV..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Texas to Officially Adopt QT

2010 Texas Film Hall of Fame inductees to include one glorious bastard

"...Well, close enough: The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards will make Quentin Tarantino an Honorary Texan at the..."

Dec. 21, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Larger Than Life

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...the job of the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards gala, now in its 11th year as the premier..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

The Man Who Sold His Skin

Tunisia's Oscar nominee layers art, commerce, and romance

"...the Dogs, was the country’s submission for the 91st Academy Awards, and she’s the only filmmaker to have her..."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection

Extraordinary elegy to a dying village in Lesotho

"...a Burial, it’s a Resurrection swept the Africa Movie Academy Awards. His film about an elderly woman who, in..."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

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