Articulations

Austin Script Works has a changing of the bard, Austin officially becomes a capital of culture, and the Texas Fine Arts Association is renamed Arthouse.

"...Lone Star State's only contemporary art organization rechristened itself Arthouse. Executive Director Sue Graze says the new name, which..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Short Cuts

No tape, no screen: The Dobie's new digital projector and the Alamo's windblown mishap last week.

"...only eight in a national test roll-out by the arthouse chain. If all goes well and audiences react enthusiastically,..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Articulations

Austin Musical Theatre survives, the Center for American Music is born at UT, and the Texas Fine Arts Association is renamed Arthouse.

Nov. 22, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Producers

The fourth annual National Association of Latino Independent Producers conference met in San Antonio Nov. 7-10 to talk shop and fête its most promising players.

"...films like Frida, Real Women Have Curves, and the arthouse hit Y Tu Mamá También proved that Latino-oriented films..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Ted Bundy

"...combine elements of schlock and exploitation fare with an arthouse sensibility, but Bundy is muddled. A montage of Ted's..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

It's a Wrap

Austin Film Festival 2002 reviews

"...-- but it still functions quite amiably as an arthouse Scream. The presence of Jason Mewes -- Jay from..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Transporter

"...up to the challenge of the part. For an arthouse actor, he's got quite a flair for ripping off..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Postmarks

"...More Arthouse Please..."

July 19, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...More Arthouse Please..."

July 12, 2002 Column

Landmark Loves You

National arthouse chain Landmark Theatres is giving away free stuff. Score!

"...That's why the national arthouse theatre chain is giving you stuff for free. (Okay,..."

July 5, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

New in Print

"...less inclined to go the extra mile to the arthouse...."

May 31, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Insomnia

"...maverick filmmaker Christopher Nolan could possibly follow up his arthouse smash Memento has finally been answered. He's followed it..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

"...its cost by crossing over into the untapped international arthouse audience. The story is set in 1893 in the..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Camera Buff

Grave, dryly funny, even farcical, Camera Buff is a little-seen but worthy effort from the late Polish master Kieslowski.

"...heart attack in 1996 but continues to fascinate the arthouse set. (Tom Twyker's long-awaited Heaven is based on a..."

May 24, 2002 Screens Review by Marrit Ingman

Short Cuts

It's a moviehouse melee as a rumored three more suitors enter into the Great Hills 8 bidding war.

"...in more than Austin losing one of its favorite arthouse cinemas -- it's also created a mad scramble between..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Loves of a Blonde

Hanu Brejchovou is a marvel as a romantically frustrated factory worker in this Milos Forman film that heralded in the Czech New Wave.

"...praised, but not widely seen (something which the premier arthouse/foreign DVD outlet Criterion hopes to redress with its recent..."

March 22, 2002 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Scary Stories for the Thinking Man

Director Guillermo del Toro keeps company with the undead in two new films, Blade 2 and The Devil's Backbone.

"...But then there's The Devil's Backbone, del Toro's recent arthouse horror film, a shocker on the face of it,..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...Updating the ongoing debacle out at Regal Cinema's beloved arthouse theatre, the Arbor 7, the news is that property..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Kandahar

"...Iranian cinema has never gained a toehold beyond the arthouse in the U.S. -- in fact, it's become a..."

March 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Naked Truth

Legendary exploitation producer Dave Friedman comes to town to present Mau Mau Sex Sex, the documentary of his career with Dan Sonney.

"...shoestring budgets, their nudie pictures showed in grindhouse and arthouse theatres and brought in great box-office returns for the..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

American Cinematheque's Universal Appeal

"...the sweetly naïve Swinging London fantasia Wonderwall to the arthouse/exploitation hybrid Female Convict Scorpion...."

Feb. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Short Cuts

The Arbor gets the axe from Simon Property Group.

"...of only two venues in town to specialize in arthouse films. "Regal Cinemas has been in bankruptcy," added Scott,..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

The Alamo Drafthouse is feelin' alright, while the rest of Austin isn't feeling too good itself.

"...unique single-day screenings -- and then fill in some arthouse titles, but for a much shorter run, usually no..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...began dropping like flies, while sentimental favorite in the arthouse category the Village expired but was reborn as the..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Fat Girl

"...sex (her last film, Romance, was often derided as arthouse pornography) and the politicizing of sex, as is the..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wintry Mix

The holiday film forecast

"...first established the Mexican-born, Austin-based director's name among the arthouse crowd -- after his big-budget detour with the monster-bug..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

The Monkey's Mask

"...Monkey's Mask is filmed with an eye toward an arthouse sheen, although Lang's dramatic pacing is sluggish and dull...."

Oct. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Best of Austin 2001

"We Can Be Heroes, Just for One Day..."

"...that's good about this town? Taking an old, beloved arthouse and resurrecting it beyond its former glory? If you've..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Best of Austin Feature by Kate X Messer

Chapter 3: Crazy Weekly

September 1988-August 1991

"...first film review, in August 1989, was of British arthouse favorite Peter Greenaway's A Zed & Two Noughts, which,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Short Stuff: The Arbor Theatre Unspools a New Short Film Program

"...-- the chain will expand the program through their arthouse multiplexes nationwide...."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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