South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...MoviePass, MovieCrash Director: Muta'Ali MoviePass, MovieCrash chronicles the origin..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Here Today

Crystal and Haddish bond beautifully in this bittersweet comedy

"...Crystal, Tiffany Haddish, Laura Benanti, Penn Badgley, Kevin Kline, Barry Levinson and Sharon Stone...."

May 7, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Viewing: Diner

Or how I fell in love with Mickey Rourke

"...Barry Levinson’s autobiographical feature-film debut, which begins on Christmas night..."

Dec. 16, 2017 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Rock the Kasbah

Bill Murray is a music promoter who finds his next client in Afghanistan

"...Directed by: Barry Levinson. Starring: Bill Murray, Leem Lubany, Zooey Deschanel, Kate..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AFF Snags Jon Stewart’s Rosewater

The Humbling, The Last 5 Years tapped for opening night

"...fest will be bookended with two other TIFF alums, Barry Levinson's The Humbling and Richard LaGravenese's The Last 5..."

Sept. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Getting Schooled by Film’s Heavy Hitters

John Pierson’s Master Class airs tonight on KUT

"...the author of the memoir What Just Happened, which Barry Levinson turned into a film starring Robert De Niro...."

Aug. 21, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Target Markets

ESPN Films 30 for 30 Gift Set Collection: Volume 1

"...general. In The Band That Wouldn't Die, Academy Award-winner Barry Levinson (Rain Man) documents the dread of a city..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Plastic Platoon

Paul Hanley and Kieran Healy on their 10-year tour of duty to make a stop-motion Vietnam epic starring action figures

"...ensuing television series) was set during the Korean War, Barry Levinson's Good Morning, Vietnam is as much a showcase..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete Series

Before HBO's The Wire came along and blew everyone's minds, the television-consuming public was pretty much dependent on one show to foster its intimacy with Body-More Murdaland

"...be credited to feature director and series executive producer Barry Levinson, here doing his first serialized television work. Verité..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

AFF Announces Lineup

Serious Moonlight, scripted by the late Adrienne Shelly, will open the fest

"...– Eric Bana (Director) - (Regional Premiere) PoliWood – Barry Levinson (Director) - (Regional Premiere) Precious: Based on the..."

Sept. 28, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

AFF Knows We Like to Watch

Local film Harmony and Me tops sneak peek at festival lineup

"...From the Script), and the 2008 national party conventions (Barry Levinson's Poliwood). But what we're most excited about is..."

Aug. 26, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Developing Story

AFF honors Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz

"...(Apocalypse Now), Sydney Pollack (Tootsie), Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day), Barry Levinson (Diner), Robert Altman (Nashville), Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich),..."

July 6, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

What Just Happened

Robert De Niro stars in this Barry Levinson comedy as a Hollywood movie producer beset with problems ranging from two ex-wives and unhinged actors and directors to perpetual worry.

"...Directed by: Barry Levinson. Starring: Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Stanley Tucci,..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

East Austin Studio Tour Map

"...8: Barry George Sculpture Studios..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Arts Feature

Man of the Year

Instead of being the hippest kid on the block, this comedy plays like a schizophrenic exercise in shrill cinematic politics.

"...Directed by: Barry Levinson. Starring: Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film News

Touchdown! Cue the band and fireworks or whatever; plus, all 'Quiet' on the Burnt Orange front, and more

"...Walker's TexFX is doing green-screen work for a soon-to-be-announced Barry Levinson film starring Robin Williams. And he's doing it..."

June 9, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Unfaithfully Yours

Had Hollywood not balked for nearly a decade in letting its first screenwriting superstar direct one of his stories, 'Unfaithfully Yours' might today be recorded as Sturges' directorial debut from 1932 / 33. Instead, it remains the modern Moliere's final treasure.

"...not masterpieces, were likely candidates for remake, so the Barry Levinson-scripted Eighties take on Unfaithfully Yours distinguishes itself as..."

July 15, 2005 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Divorce Italian Style

With loyalty to such cinematic emperors as Fellini, Pasolini, and Antonioni, the Criterion Collection's devotion to post-war Italian masterpieces is serious business. Seriously buffo, comico, spiritoso in the case of neo-realist Pietro Germi's 'Divorzio all'Italiana' (1962).

"...I Vitelloni (Criterion): Before Barry Levinson's Diner, there was Fellini's 1953 directorial breakout, a..."

May 6, 2005 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Scenes from the 11th Annual Austin Film Festival

"...Show) at Garry Shandling: Up Close and Personal; writer/director Barry Levinson (Diner, Tin Men) at his Driskill panel; and..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature

Cinematic Convergence

Oct. 14-21: The 11th annual Austin Film Festival

"...8:15 Barry Levinson Presents ... Liberty Heights..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Screens Feature

TV Eye

If they launch it, viewers will come

"...makes this courtroom drama from the jurors' perspective promising: Barry Levinson (Rain Man), Tom Fontana (Oz), James Yoshimura (Homicide:..."

June 4, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Envy

Director Barry Levinson tackles the human vice of envy in this comedy starring Ben Stiller and Jack Black.

"...Directed by: Barry Levinson. Starring: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Rachel Weisz, Amy..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Strong words from Edward James Olmos, and what's on this week.

"...and Michael Binder star in the pilot based on Barry Levinson's 1982 film. Airs Sept. 5 at 8pm...."

Aug. 29, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Young Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is the original Spy Kid in this Chris Columbus-penned story about the master sleuth in a youth. The more one knows about Holmes lore, the more the film's foreshadowings of future cases will be evident.

"...Directed by: Barry Levinson. Starring: Susan Fleetwood, Anthony Higgins, Sophie Ward, Alan..."

Jan. 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Simone

"...(For truly great satire in a very similar vein, Barry Levinson's Wag the Dog has twice the bite and..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bandits

"...Directed by: Barry Levinson. Starring: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett,..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...really need him? (Oct. 12)... Not to be outdone, Barry Levinson's Bandits looks to be both hilarious and intelligent..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...Bros. animation, Cats Don't Dance... Irishman and struggling thespian Barry McEvoy staged readings of his original script, An Everlasting..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Big Kahuna

"...of Hollywood maleness, The Big Kahuna feels more like Barry Levinson's Tin Men on Prozac...."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reflections

SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference

"...Original Diner GuysDir/Prod: Barry Levinson; DP: Wayne Ewing, Bob Dorsey, Boots Shelton, Ed:..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

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