Celebrate the Apollo 11 Moon Landing With These Texas Road Trips

Houston and other Texas sites celebrate the golden anniversary of the first lunar landing

"...to Skylab, interplanetary probes, and space shuttles. But with Apollo 11's 50th here, we're recovering the anticipation and awe..."

May 17, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Richard Linklater's Memories of the Moon in Apollo 10½

The filmmaker's childhood in space race-era Houston recalled through Austin-made animation

"...and A Scanner Darkly. Now his third animated feature, Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, pushes the limits of..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Academy Excludes Apollo 10½ From Oscar Consideration, Prompting Appeal

Animators push back at Academy committee bias

"...Arts and Sciences' animation committee had rejected Richard Linklater's Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood for consideration in the..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Can the Earth Be Saved?

Walter Cronkite and the creation of Earth Day

"...Austin is honoring the legacy of CBS News anchorman (1962-1981) Walter Cronkite by dedicating the plaza in front of..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Douglas Brinkley

Fly Me to the Moon

This animated film is a simple parable of spirited can-do-ism, in which a trio of young houseflies semiaccidentally tags along on the Apollo 11 moon shot.

"...Shore recently unveiled a full-fledged operatic version of their 1986 film, The Fly – in Paris, no less –..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...The stellar lineupreally ignites with the world premiere of Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, Richard Linklater's Austin-produced..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...beginning, horror at the end: After SXSW Film (March 8-17) announced that Jordan Peele's eagerly awaited doppelganger chiller Us..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

LBJ Library at 50: An Interview With Betty Sue Flowers

The Library's director from 2002 to 2009 on her time at the helm

"...they’d never been officially declassified; the program with the Apollo 8 astronauts in conjunction with our space exhibit; the..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Starring Role: Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Our man Brenner talks with the famed astrophysicist, because science.

"...and the first astronauts to orbit the moon were Apollo 8, in 1968. And they didn't land, so no..."

Nov. 26, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Vacation

Live Shot: Go-Go's tour finale at the Paramount.

"...A well-documented timelessness laminates the Go-Go’s 1981 debut Beauty and the Beat. The onetime Hollywood quintet’s..."

Aug. 29, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Lost at Sea and Back Again

Bill Broyles' Extraordinary Adventure Story

"...Newsweek, creator of China Beach, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Apollo 13. Already critics are calling the film one of..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Film: Showtimes

"...Apollo 13: (1:00, 3:40), 7:00, 9:40..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Spinning Yarns

Tracing generations' worth of jazz and R&B history through the Texas Trumpets

"...Otis Redding, Count Basie, and even the Motown and Apollo house bands, among others -- Texas Trumpets makes for..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

No False Moves

Bill Paxton

"...Paxton in his Apollo 13role Whatever else is said or written about the..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

Film: Showtimes

"...Braveheart: 12:15, 4:00, 8:00..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Film: Showtimes

"...Showtimes listed below start Friday, September 8 and cover the week ending Thursday, September 14. *An..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Georges Melies never saw the Apollo astronauts tee off on the moon, but the pioneering..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film: Showtimes

"...*Never Talk to Strangers: 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:15..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Film: Showtimes

"...Dangerous Minds: 12:30, 3:00, 5:15, 8:00, 10:15..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

SXSW Taps ConsenSys Founder Joseph Lubin for 2019 Keynote

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency track programming comes into focus

"...In addition to Lubin – who joins previously announced..."

Oct. 9, 2018 SXSW Post by Bonny Chu

Day Trips

The Frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas' Love Field is fun for the whole crew

"...Dallas' Love Field say that manned flight began in 1849 when Sir George Cayley's coachman took a reluctant ride..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Miller's Tale

Swinging across the century with Ernie Mae Miller, 'a little blues, a little bawdy'

"...played USOs, Army bases, New York City, and the Apollo Theater. There were 16 of us playing that night..."

July 6, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Film: Showtimes

"...Never Talk to Strangers: 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:15..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film: Showtimes

"...Never Talk to Strangers: 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:15..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Encore!

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

"...No question that this year's ceremony on March 8 will be as star-studded as the first, maybe more..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...Austin Opening Dates Nov. 8: Ransom..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Man Finds Tape Exports Texas Terrors to Tribeca

Peter Hall and Paul Gandersman on their evangelical shocker

"...Not that Taylor got cut out completely: While the..."

June 3, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2019

"...older man, with Antonio Banderas as his aging doppelgänger. 8) Apollo 11..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...68 Kill D: Trent Haaga Chip's problem is that he..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...8pm, Elephant Room That's Melbourne, Australia's Rae Howell as the..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

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