Mary Stuart

Austin Shakespeare's staging of this historical drama is something special

"...Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside, 457-5100,..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Teaching Themselves

The filmmakers, cast, and crew of Chalk learned valuable lessons with little in the way of a plan or a budget

"...a manager and signed a two-picture deal with Universal Studios. The film has been well-reviewed by Variety, Los Angeles..."

May 18, 2007 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

Desk Set

Its inaugural class – equipped with cameras, computers, and expert instruction – wades into a sea of possibility

"...ASF's classes by noting, "Everybody who teaches here – actors, directors, animators – is also doing what they teach."..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Securing the Substance

Richard Linklater on his adaptation of A Scanner Darkly

"...the background for a while. It wasn't until the actors came aboard and we kept our budget low that..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

This Is a Love Story

Back and forth with Tood Solondz on his new film, 'Palindromes'

"...pornography. Despite the fact that Solondz has released three studio films featuring a number of artier A-listers, piled up..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

TV Eye

For those who like their comedy spiked, raw, and still kicking, Trio unleashes a wickedly delicious treat

"...on FX), Jay Mohr starred as Peter Dragon, a studio executive clawing his way back to the top after..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Good Show

It was a good year -- not a great one -- for the Toronto International Film Festival.

"...source of the Motown sound: the Funk Brothers. These studio musicians laid down the tracks that played behind every..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

A Dream Collaboration: Richard Linklater and 30 animators team up to produce a startling, surreal new film.

"...of the folks at MTV. Pixar, the groundbreaking animation studio, also came calling with an invitation to work on..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Double Down

Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn goof around and discuss the making of Made.

"...the next five years languishing in bad deals and studio doublespeak. (Interestingly, television has been a kinder medium to..."

July 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Exhibitionism

"...simplicity. The show takes place in a 1940s radio studio, with the actors reading, pages in hand, the story..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Arts Review

Which Woody?

Live Oak Theatre Celebrates Guthrie, but Which One?

"...Huntington's Disease. At the show's end, each of three actors delivers a line describing the symptoms of a collapsing..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

No False Moves

Bill Paxton

"...from them, and then I heard that some other actors with more muscle at the box office had expressed..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the stuff of classic movie lore, Rodriguez demonstrates that studio financing (modest in terms of Hollywood figures yet a..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...video sequence of our heroine trying on clothes. The actors are uninspired in the extreme, with Daly confusing a..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Linklater's Latest, Reality TV Taps Locals, and More Austin Film News

"...of Camera Obscura and co-founder of new one-stop-shop Renegade Studios (see "Going Renegade," Nov. 30, 2018) has described the..."

July 26, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Into The Black Hole at Other Worlds Austin

Director Gary Nelson on Disney's sci-fi epic, returning this weekend

"...Slim Pickens). Yet it was also one of the studio's most daring and eclectic creations, melding classic Disney rollicking..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Fills the Card

Massive list includes closing night film

"...premiere of the new feature from Hiromasa Yonebayashi, the Studio Ghibli veteran behind When Marnie Was There and The..."

Sept. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Festival Flood

A brief guide to the 13 – count 'em, 13 – arts fests coming your way in April and May

"...Austin Dance Festival April 18, AustinVentures StudioTheater, 501 W. Third www.kdhdance.com Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company..."

April 3, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Change of Venue

This year, FronteraFest is takin' it to the streets – and a chapel, a bookstore, a home ...

"...of a church chapel, a SoCo sidewalk, a dance studio, a bookstore, a warehouse, or a writer's residence for..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Creature Construction

How Trouble Puppet creates those ingenious, inhuman figures that populate its plays

"...To pay a visit to the Trouble Puppet studio with a show under construction is to tour a..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Top of the Line

The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...A Midsummer Night's Dream, Actors From the London Stage..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The 'It' Program

Musical theatre struts back onstage at Texas State to rave reviews

"...production contract? How do you go into a recording studio and record a cast album? You have to have..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Retracing Their Steps

Two choreographers explain why it's tough to get old dances back on their feet

"..."When you're creating, the studio just throbs with energy," says dance company director and..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Warner Bros. Pictures Tough Guys Collection

The end of an era on six discs

"...and up-and-comer Humphrey Bogart (invariably fourth-billed). These weren't mere actors, they were new American archetypes, with legions of impressionable..."

July 21, 2006 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

Holiday You-Wish List

Once around the Xbox 360

"...connect them, and plant palm trees to make your studio look fancy. You try to build a studio impressive..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Love Is All Around

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

"...tower. Police routinely stop traffic for camera crews towing actors; they also keep the paparazzi off Laura Dern at..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

'One From the Heart'

Coppola's critically, commercially, and conversationally ravaged Las Vegas romance makes a comeback

"...especially after Apocalypse. Coppola had just bought his own studio, christening it Zoetrope. In anticipation of One's production, he..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Auditorium Scores: The Sound of 'Spy Kids 2'

Robert Rodriguez took the idea of "buy local" to new extremes by recording the orchestral score at Georgetown High School.

"...areas as possible. In addition to bringing together local actors, production designers, effects technicians, and crew members of all..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Basics, With Bogart

"...Nine people walk across the studio floor. Their paths are individual, random; they move at..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Going Up

A profile of Austin’s pre-eminent honky-tonkers, the Derailers

"...Maines' steel crown, plays with the band in the studio and in town, but doesn't travel with the band...."

Oct. 1, 1999 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

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