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"...Tab Murphy (previous credits include his Oscar nomination for co-scripting Gorillas in the Mist). When a bus full of..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

The Usual Suspects

The first year of the Will Wynn era closes to very mixed reviews, as Austinites wonder whether the city leadership is floundering.

"...year, when Will Wynn became our city's 50th mayor, Austinites found their seats, grabbed their popcorn, and settled in..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...Secondhand Lions has been a famous script almost since it was written. During most of the..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Writing by Degrees

The Unfolding Now

"...head of screenwriting for the University of Texas at Austin's Radio-Television-Film (RTF) department, he is intimately concerned with what..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Screens Feature by Jay Hardwig

Exhibitionism

Three Sisters: Chilly Scenes of Winter

"...futility, despair -- these are the qualities in Chekhov's script to which Isackes seems to respond. In staging this..."

April 18, 1997 Arts Review

School for Scripts

Why Get an MFA in Playwriting? Here's Why

"...they ever got onstage in the first place. A script is the engine that drives the production, the foundation..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Short Cuts

Turk Pipkin goes to The Sopranos and other upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...the time of this writing, it looks like local Austin comic/writer/actor Turk Pipkin has been cast in a role..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Ticket to Ride

The Daytrippers' Filmmaker Greg Mottola

"...currently enjoying a limited release which brings it to Austin this week. I spoke with the director while he..."

April 25, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Jo Carol Pierce’s Bad Girls Upset by the Truth

This revival of Jo Carol Pierce’s one-woman show from the Eighties pays loving tribute to the author without really coming into its own

"...her trademark Lubbock drawl – the musician/playwright effortlessly stole Austinites' hearts in the late Eighties. Though she's now effectively..."

March 20, 2020 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

McCanlies, Texas

Tim McCanlies is known in the movie business as a great script writer with few scripts that have actually hit the big screen. With the Sept. 19 release of Secondhand Lions, long thought to be one of the best unproduced scripts around, that will change.

"...Secondhand Lions has been a famous script almost since it was written. During most of the..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Iron Writer

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

Rockin' Scriptmas!

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Plays

"...illustration by Robert Faires The scene is the cluttered workspace of a mild-mannered arts editor at a great metropolitan..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film at Wit's End

An Interview With Stan Brakhage

"...In advance of his upcoming visit to Austin, John Ausbrook (director of in*situ, the local film society..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Johnson

American Hypocrisy Revealed in The Misogynists

“Self-righteous, smug and wicked.” Onur Tukel pulls no punches in this extended Q&A

"...Brooklyn's Factory 25 distribution house. Similar to his earlier works like Applesauce and Summer of Blood, on the surface..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Billy Friedkin Kills It

Extended Q&A with the man behind 'The Exorcist,' 'French Connection'

"...In this week's paper, we have a Q&A with..."

Aug. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM: 'Roadie': 30 Years Later

The screenwriter of Roadie visits his younger, more serious self

"...didn't like an idea, it didn't go in the script. Period...."

March 26, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Starting From Something

After an eight-year break, Shane Black is back with 'Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,' taking himself in a different direction

"...the first time since he had begun attending the Austin Film Festival that he actually had a movie to..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cars and Speed and Flight

Just prior to his appearance at SXSW Film for a retrospective of his work, Monte Hellman talks about a career in film.

"...films. In 1992, he was approached to direct a script by a then-unknown Los Angeles upstart named Quentin Tarantino...."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Like Beer and Chili

Combustible Collaborators Joseph Skibell and David Yeakle

"...creative guys who savor creating together. Yeakle loves Skibell's scripts; Skibell loves Yeakle's directorial touch. It is a match..."

March 13, 1998 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Film Reviews

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"...Altman's venomous belittlement of his characters. Buck Henry's smart script, which was adapted from Joyce Maynard's novel, employs the..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Fantastic Fest: A Double Barrel Blast of Begos

Director brings Bliss and VFW to fest

"...appreciate the unbelievable hard work of creating two insane works at the same time. He added, "And now I'm..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Somebody Up There Likes Bob Byington

The writer-director talks about his fifth feature

"...seize it. Despite an uneven response from critics, the Austin writer-director's fifth feature made its theatrical debut in Chicago..."

April 5, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

A Veteran's Voice

Playwright Johnny Meyer returned from war to learn that theatre is essential to life

"...the playwright profile, says Gary Jaffe, who's directing a workshop production of Meyer's play, The Priceless Slave, for the..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

Conscience Hesitatus

The interesting drama of a latter-day Woyzeck suffers from lack of experience among the creators

"...Davenport (Domenic Procaccini II) is a prison guard who works long hours to support his family, only to discover..."

July 20, 2012 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Guess Who's Coming to Terrorize Your Night

UT alum Bryan Bertino's nerve-shattering debut, 'The Strangers'

"...artistic trickery of light and shadow and a well-penned script that avoids pitching the most probable sorts of cinematic..."

May 30, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Tearing It Up

Tearing It Up: Smart, committed, and usually the funniest person in the room, Ann Richards kicked down doors and prepared us all for the future

"...at least that), I must point out that The Austin Chronicle and Ann Richards had a less than harmonious..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Working Worked Out

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...Factory '99, SoHo Think Tank's festival of fringe theatre, Austin's Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, and KAIROS! Co. faced..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Drafting a Career

"...advice: "There's a kind of perversity about living in Austin where you think to live anywhere else would be..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

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"...sense of arrival or even destination. The movie was scripted by Ellen Simon, daughter of Neil, who originally wrote..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Fantastic Fest Interview: Junta Yamaguchi Goes Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

How to-the-second timing made for a fun time loop movie

"...Austin Chronicle: I know [scriptwriter] Makoto Ueda's work from animation,..."

Oct. 3, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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