Alamo Drafthouse Lays Off Large Portion of Staff

Organizers estimate some sites lost up to 25% of hourly workers

"...in June, 2024 from the previous owners, consisting of Altamont Capital, Fortress Investment Group, and founder Tim League. The..."

Jan. 14, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jeff Nichols on the Tragic Romance of The Bikeriders

The Austin filmmaker on finding the right POV for his new film

"...cool of Rebel Without a Cause transformed into the post-Altamont monsters of pop culture...."

June 20, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Chain Sold to Sony Pictures Entertainment

Hollywood studio pledges to keep the Drafthouse model going

"...is buying the Drafthouse outright from the current owners: Altamont Capital Partners, Fortress Investment Group, and Tim League. The..."

June 12, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

South Lamar Alamo Cinema Sees a Fight Over Unionization

Drafthouse versus Drafthouse United

"...2021 sale of the chain to existing majority shareholder Altamont Capital Management and new investor Fortress Investment Group LLC...."

July 15, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

To Oblivion and Beyond: A Breakdown of the Bands at Oblivion Access

Translating the scrolls at Austin’s most interesting festival of the year

"...Birmingham blokes' debut by six months. Breaking later that Altamont Christmas by covering anti-war ode "One Tin Soldier" in..."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Aftereffects of Astroworld

Austin promoters ScoreMore fall under scrutiny after deadly concert

"...similar change in connotation probably occurred with the word "altamont": first meaning "high mountain," then, after the infamous 1969..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

After the Pandemic at the Alamo Drafthouse

New management, new owners: Can the Austin movie chain retain what made it special?

"...private equity firms, with League as a minority shareholder: Altamont Capital Management, which quietly took a majority stake in..."

July 2, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...of a sale to an investor group that includes Altamont Capital Partners, Fortress Investment Group, and Alamo Drafthouse founder..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature

Alamo Drafthouse Touts Post-Bankruptcy Expansion Plans

With sale complete, chain announces five new locations

"...in April. The deal was financed by existing investor Altamont Capital Partners and new investor Fortress Investment Group, with..."

June 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Film News

Austin at the Oscars, and cinemas move towards reopening

"...a consortium consisting of Fortress Investment Group, current investors Altamont Capital, and founder/Executive Chairman Tim League as the sole..."

April 30, 2021 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Don’t Forget to Vote on Saturday

A weird election, but an important one, too

"...path open for a consortium including Fortress Investment Group, Altamont Capital, and founder/executive director Tim League to buy out..."

April 30, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Alamo Drafthouse Heading Out of Bankruptcy

Court cancels auction as consortium becomes sole bidder

"...path open for the consortium including Fortress Investment Group, Altamont Capital, and founder/executive director Tim League to buy out..."

April 27, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Alamo Drafthouse Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection, Closes Ritz

Firm pledges to continue operations at all remaining sites

"...it had entered into an asset purchase agreement with Altamont Capital Partners (with whom they already have a long-standing..."

March 3, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gift Guide: Grateful Dead

American Beauty 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Warner Bros./Rhino)

"...psychedelic folkies barring the commune doors from Vietnam and Altamont. Six months later, "Box of Rain" opened American Beauty..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Scott Jordan

The Forgotten Era of Glitter Rock in Mid-70s Austin

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part one: glam rock (1972-76)

"...Stooges, meantime, approximated a reenactment of the Stones at Altamont: a bloody psychodrama led by frontman Iggy Pop howling..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking

A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global

"...Australia's answer to the Rolling Stones of Altamont infamy, the Beasts' mission of fermented decadence comes to..."

July 13, 2018 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Altamont

Altamont

"...attributions despite hundreds of interviews over decades, which undercuts Altamont's yeoman reportage with a slick true crime polish. George..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

50 Years of Rolling Stones

Today, I’m as old as rock & roll itself

"...security at Hyde Park presages their infamous deployment at Altamont five months later – Dec. 6, 1969, official D.O.A...."

Aug. 7, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Speaking of the Dead

To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history

"...tour manager who'd been demonized after that band's deadly Altamont Speedway fiasco and later managed the Dead. Cutler asked..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Levitation Live Shot: 13th Floor Elevators

No one can believe what they saw and heard Sunday night

"...13th Floor Elevators played to before collapsing well before Altamont brought the love and peace decade to a murderous..."

May 11, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Inherent Vice

Highbrow mixes with lowbrow in Paul Thomas Anderson's screen adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel.

"...The Summer of Love has been forever crippled by Altamont, Charles Manson, and California’s land-grab capitalism (shades of Chinatown),..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

"...(1969) at the hands of the Hells Angels securing Altamont Speedway for the Rolling Stones. Nixon, Vietnam, and Watergate..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane

The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane and Springsteen & I

"...cough.) At 70 minutes, they're still clearing bodies at Altamont, the Maysles' terrifying Gimme Shelter cut together with Robert..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

A Boy Named Emo

What was your favorite show on Red River at Emo's?

"...at high volume. Sets from the Dragons, Lords of Altamont, the Immortal Lee County Killers II, Scandinavian badasses Demons,..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Music Feature

The Man With Two Brains

Ghostland Observatory pulls back the curtain

"...security. He unexpectedly plays Mick Jagger, defusing a nonfatal Altamont as Turner delivers operatic synth swells to an uneasy..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...letter from Fiji and Keith Richards' red half-shirt from Altamont pit the Stones against the Beatles, represented by John..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Heaven & Hell

Wovenhand and Tool at the Cedar Park Center

"...the darker arts, possessing the pagan magic that defined post-Altamont psychedelia. At the Cedar Park Center on Thursday, both..."

June 24, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Cap Metro Cans Veolia

Rail firm dumped, two new contractors to be voted on this afternoon

"...(Trinity Railway Express), Albuquerque, NM (Rail Runner), Stockton, CA (Altamont Commuter Express), and Oceanside, CA (Coaster), and has been..."

Dec. 9, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Grunge, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Seger, The Rolling Stones, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

'Picture book of people with each other'

"...168 pp., $27.95 Let It Bleed: The Rolling Stones, Altamont, and the End of the Sixtiesby Ethan A. Russell..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Taking Woodstock

The director of Brokeback Mountain looks for peace and love in another decade and finds it at the legendary festival through the story of one key participant.

"...help but end the movie with conventional portents of Altamont...."

Aug. 28, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

1   2   3     NEXT ›    3 »