Sugar Town

"...Directed by: Kurt Voss and Allison Anders. Starring: Vincent Berry, Martin Kemp, Beverly D'Angelo, Lumi..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gas Food Lodging

"...Directed by: Allison Anders. Starring: Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk, Robert..."

Nov. 27, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Grace of My Heart

"...Directed by: Allison Anders. Starring: Illeana Douglas, John Turturro, Eric Stoltz, Bruce..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mi Vida Loca: My Crazy Life

"...Directed by: Allison Anders. Starring: Angel Aviles, Seidy Lopez, Jacob Vargas, Marlo..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Four Rooms

"...Directed by: Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. Starring:..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Border Radio

Though it was mostly noted for its cult performers and scenester ambience, the film's Criterion edition positions it firmly amid the commercial groundswell of independent cinema

"...when?" When Voss and UCLA classmates Dean Lent and Allison Anders started making Border Radio in 1983, the cameras..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Screens Review by Marrit Ingman

The Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund Panel Meets and Metes

Plus, Allison Anders' 'Gas Food Lodging' screens Aug. 21

"...be screening the work of one of them – Allison Anders' Gas Food Lodging – at the Alamo Drafthouse..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Screens Feature

X Frontman John Doe Has More Fun in the New World

Living quietly in Austin for two years now – and only for hours at a time!

"...Fairey, actor Tim Robbins, skateboarder Tony Hawk, and filmmaker Allison Anders, who's cast Doe in several of her movies,..."

June 28, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Everyone complains about the perceived shortcomings of the MPAA, Hollywood's movie-ratings board, but nobody does anything. Nobody, that is, until activist documentarian Kirby Dick.

"...pelvic thrusts is de rigueur. Some other interviewees include Allison Anders, David Ansen, Jamie Babbit, Maria Bello, Stephen Farber,..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Riding in Cars With Boys

"...sense of this being a movie that femme-centric filmmaker Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging, Mi Vida Loca, Grace of..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...FOUR ROOMSD: Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino; with Tim..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...TIFFANY ANDERS: Pedigree alert! Daughter of filmmaker Allison Anders, brand-new debut..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

November Previews

"...D: Allison Anders, Kurt Voss; with Ally Sheedy, Rosanna Arquette, Beverly..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Punk Legend John Doe Presents at AFS Cinema

The L.A. to Austin transplant on acting: "I want to be sideways!"

"...controlled heartbreak as an abandoned husband in Boogie Nights. Allison Anders couldn't have cast anyone better to play country..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Film Review: Petting Zoo

An unplanned pregnancy throws a teen's life off course

"...films of Victor Nuñez and the early works of Allison Anders, Petting Zoo is an indie that transcends whatever..."

March 18, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

In a World Where ...

Plumbing the depths of Joe Dante's Trailers From Hell

"...effects artists, and grindhouse gurus in the world, from Allison Anders to George Hickenlooper, Eli Roth to Edgar Wright...."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Magnificent Obsession

This is the film that heralded Sirk's astonishing end-career run of gloriously over-the-top women's pictures

"...pop of color and a crisper soundtrack, but filmmaker Allison Anders – a Douglas Sirk fanatic and contributor to this..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Art + Commerce

Marc English Design's DIY Criteria

"...Leigh's Naked; Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho; Allison Anders, Dean Lent, and Kurt Voss' Border Radio; and..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund Grant Recipients

$125,000 to 18 filmmakers

"...... whose work shows promise, skill, and creativity." Panelists Allison Anders, Sean Farnel, and Kate Horsfield decided on the..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Screens Feature

TV Eye

Strong words from Edward James Olmos, and what's on this week.

"...and wannabes, but of well-known TV icons and filmmakers. Allison Anders (Mi Vida Loca), Marshall Herskovitz (thirtysomething), Tom Fontana..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

French Free-for-All

The latest Austin Film Society free series surveys French cinema in the Nineties.

"...the Nineties (let's keep it vague). You've got Wes Anderson, Curtis Hanson, Allison Anders, Spike Lee, Miguel Arteta, and..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Page Two

There are 40 blocks closed in downtown Austin due to various construction and cable-laying projects. When the Empire State Building was built in New York City, the city closed no blocks. Also, news on the upcoming SXSW festival and the Texas Film Hall of Fame.

"...over the last few days. Panelists include Jim Jarmusch, Allison Anders, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, producer Amy Robinson, Penelope..."

March 2, 2001 Column by Louis Black

The Slow Biz of Show Biz

A conversation between filmmakers Richard Linklater and Rachel Tsangari

"...when Linklater joins filmmakers like Michael Moore, Penelope Spheeris, Allison Anders, Quentin Tarantino, Jim Jarmusch, and DA Pennebaker (to..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature

Coming of Age

"...All right, who'd you come up with? Jane Campion? Allison Anders? Penny Marshall?..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Desperado HoursFor a Few Dollars More

"...by three other independent directors of note: Quentin Tarantino, Allison Anders, and Alexandre Rockwell. Banderas' command of the English..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Five true stories of a world in turmoil

"...the 1992 Los Angeles protests, but director Sophia Nahli Allison keeps the focus on her immediate community, replacing archival..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

TV Eye: Who's Sunny Now?

Matthew Perry, funny if not quite sunny, returns to TV

"...he is. Would a curmudgeon care whether his boss (Allison Janney, The West Wing) and her son (Nate Torrence,..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Miranda Hart, Bobby Cannavale, Allison Janney, Peter Serafinowicz, Morena Baccarin and Jude Law (Premiere)..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...comedy club. Cast: Kentucker Audley, Eléonore Hendricks, Annette Wright, Allison Baar (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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"...Allison Christensen..."

April 25, 2003 Column