Serious Rock & Roll Anthropology

An interview with SXSW honoree Penelope Spheeris

"...of you in all its sweaty black leather and arthouse fury, spitting and swilling and flaying everything in sight...."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Alive and Kicking

Just when a heavy cynicism about the future of independent film has overtaken the industry and most of its observers, the Sundance Film Festival came along during the early weeks of 2001 and, almost unexpectedly, brightened the downcast mood shared by its most dour participants.

"...films will eventually surface in our local (and generally arthouse) theatres. Some, like last year's co-winner of the Grand..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Defying Gravity

With Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee took one of the most maligned of cinematic genres -- the kung fu film -- and created an epic many critics (this one included) are calling the year's best movie. We spoke with him about the film's grueling shoot, the refinement it makes to the martial arts genre, and more.

"...in New York, breaking per-screen records in the city's arthouse theatres. Now, after what has seemed like a particularly..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...the same of which cannot be said for the arthouse pretensions of Yo La Tengo's aptly named And Then..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Short Cuts

The Austin Film Society announces ticket sales for the locally filmed Miss Congeniality benefiting the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund, and other news, workshops, and gatherings of interest to the film community.

"...Career Center (2209 Rosewood). Featured speakers will be dueling arthouse masterminds Tim "Final Cut Pro is easy" League of..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Underworld Everything, Everything (V2)

"...a record of the live Underworld experience, this nine-track arthouse artifact is more than enough to get your ass..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Screen Play

Austin Film Festival Reviews

"...E. Elias Merhige is the man behind the 1991 arthouse freakout Begotten, and though he's been AWOL for the..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Screens Feature

Of Moose and Movies

Nine days and nights at the Toronto International Film Festival

"...Also showing were many of the season's greatly anticipated arthouse releases. Wong Kar-wai's stunningly beautiful In the Mood for..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Road to Rail

Can light rail in Austin work well with Smart Growth?

"...tower, hundreds of apartments, and retail, including the inevitable arthouse theatre...."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Video Reviews

"...filmed in a way that often has a strange arthouse feel at odds with the gritty yarn itself. Wisely,..."

July 21, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

What's the Buzz?

Guide to Summer Films

"...just-so-damn-cute dolphins make for a feel-good experience that's still arthouse enough to maintain your indie credentials. And the Coen..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Survival of the Fittest?

The unlikely story behind the Austin-based black comedy, Natural Selection.

"...Theatre before moving on to other outlets in the arthouse chain, though the film has already screened to standing-room-only..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Drums and Tuba Flatheads and Spoonies (My Pal God)

"...Their latest LP would be perfect for a grainy, arthouse take on an action movie that deals in photorealism..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Review by Greg Beets

Scanlines

Night of the Hunter

"...1955 were not ready for an oddball mix of arthouse style and allegorical moral fable. It was undoubtedly considered..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Screens Feature

Scanlines

Cemetery Man

"...directed segments of Terry Gilliam's Baron Munchausen. With its arthouse sensibilities and stunning visuals, Cemetery Man certainly bears the..."

July 2, 1999 Screens Feature

Short Cuts

"...chosen to be partners in the planned Sundance Cinema arthouse theatres -- although Austin is not expected to get..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...successful for them last year with Saving Private Ryan. Arthouse distributors have increasingly found the summer's lighthearted fare to..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Intro

"...successful for them last year with Saving Private Ryan. Arthouse distributors have increasingly found the summer's lighthearted fare to..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Page Two

"...was more: It resided in the consistency of Dinger's arthouse and cutting-edge programming. The meaning was the sum total..."

April 16, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Great Scott!

"Why Not?"

"...this firsthand, since I practically grew up in the arthouse theatre my mother owns in Virginia. Independent theatre owners..."

April 16, 1999 Screens Feature

Shortcuts

"...15. He's informed the new owners, Landmark Theatres (the arthouse chain to whom he sold the theatre back in..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Nonprofit Needs

"...get a 32oz. Coke at 7-11 for 59¢, when "arthouse" cinema complains of a lack of male viewers, I..."

March 19, 1999 Column

Postmarks

VanScoy's Agenda Part 2

"...get a 32oz. Coke at 7-11 for 59¢, when "arthouse" cinema complains of a lack of male viewers, I..."

March 12, 1999 Column

Do a Little Dance

"...commercial blockbuster (like Miramax's Scream franchise) or an expensive arthouse hit (like The English Patient -- also Miramax)? Ultimately,..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

The Truman Show

"...standard-issue mystery plot with action scenes, moral questions, and arthouse sensibilities in an overbaked mixture that often works, but..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Screens Feature

Fall Film Previews

September

"...Tucci follows up his arthouse smash Big Night (and reunites most of that film's..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Shortcuts

"...The Parent Trap. Strong offerings have also typified the arthouse choices, with films like Smoke Signals, The Opposite of..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Drive Time

TV Eye

"...the will to be appraised by a panel of arthouse collectors and antique experts. AR's season starts officially in..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Shortcuts

"...delightful treat and Lyle Lovett's star turn in the arthouse box-office hit, The Opposite of Sex (currently playing at..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Breathing Lessons

Interview With Still Breathing's James F. Robinson

"...later in the year when October Films (the prestigious arthouse distribution arm of Universal Pictures) became interested on the..."

May 1, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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