Sky Blue Sky

Q&A with Kevin Welch

"...be celebrating a new solo release, A Patch of Blue Sky, at the Cactus Café Friday, April 23. I..."

April 21, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Tacos of Texas Takes Cultural Exploration to the Screen

Episodes feature one taco and one Texas city

"...lot of family involvement, and there's a lot of blue-collar workers that are working early mornings and late nights."..."

July 27, 2018 Food Feature by Nina Hernandez

Soused on the Small Screen

Five lushes for life and their boozy wisdom

"...Teddy Blue: I'm too old to start drinking whiskey at 10..."

July 21, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Film on the Fringe

The Blue Theater's new experimental film and video series Blue Screen looks to redefine the parameters of 'independent' cinema.

"...Harris' surreal triptych opens the new Blue Screen video and film series at the Blue Theater..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Elf

Will Ferrell's Elf is a new way to spell fun.

"...it appear as if he has just graduated from Blue Screen 101 – and I mean this as a..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dungeons & Dragons

"...was, and is, ripe for translation to the big screen. More's the pity, then, that the end result is..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Got the Hook-Up

"...purpose of cross-marketing his ghetto skills onto the silver screen. Clearly, the man is a shrewd businessman. As the..."

June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alien Nation

Experimental filmmaker Craig Baldwin is down on corporatization and up with aliens, presenting a compilation of his work at the Blue Theater's Blue Screen series.

"...Baldwin is bringing to the Blue Theater's Blue Screen series on April 22 a program..."

April 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

Not Fade Away

The evolution of the Blue Starlite Urban Drive-in

"...One of Austin's most unlikely success stories, the Blue Starlite Drive-In, is celebrating its fifth year of showing..."

April 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Disney's Teacher's Pet

Animated film about a dog who wants to be a boy – unusual fare from Disney that will please kids and alterna-adults.

"...You could have fooled me. A shortish (73 minutes) big-screen version of the popular Disney television show, Teacher’s Pet..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cinescape

Cinescape offers a weekly home to microcinema.

"...in smaller ones rarely if ever. Here in Austin, screenings crop up here and there -- sponsored by a..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Comin' at Ya!

3-D is back on the big screen -- again.

"...centered around the wearing of glasses with red and blue lenses to achieve what is called subtractive filtration. This..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

All the Gory Details

The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.

"...two people he brought down to the studio for screen tests. The movie never got made, but a couple..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Finding Nemo

We're happy sweet, funny Nemo is back onscreen – 3-D or no.

"...Marlin, a hopelessly timid clown fish, and Dory, a blue tang fish with a serious case of short-term memory..."

May 30, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Smurfs

Line up for your innoculations: We've been Smurfed.

"...the land of Smurfdom. The cartoon creatures are still blue, three apples tall, cheerful as all get-out, and annoying..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lady and the Duke

"...life. Here's a flock of crows pinwheeling against a too-blue and brushstroked sky; there's Russell, as English noble Grace..."

June 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Primal Fear

"...Hoblit, the accomplished television producer and director of NYPD Blue. With Primal Fear, Hoblit blends the grittiness of NYPD..."

April 5, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Red

"...trilogy, based on the colors of the French flag (blue/liberty, white/equality, red/fraternity), Red seems at first more about isolation..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Jeff Mccord

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D

Robert Rodriguez adds a dimension with this kids fantasy movie, but only in the most literal sense – 3-D.

"...fun viewing the results of all the technology and green-screen work, and kids should have fun with the take-home..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

New Drive-In Cinemas Lighting Up Austin

The movies you want to see with the social distancing you demand

"...and this week Austin is adding three additional outdoor screens. Two established theatres – Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The 15:17 to Paris

Eastwood cast innovative to re-create the Paris train attack.

"...Clint Eastwood gravitated toward bringing this tale to the screen, given its camera-ready elements. It’s a story made for..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2014: Animation

Five works of superior, ambitious animation.

"...shorts: “A La Francaise,” “The Missing Scarf,” and “The Blue Umbrella,” which were not available to screen...."

Feb. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Who knew our beloved president also worked the graveyard shift? This capable rewrite of American history delivers its splatter with a straight face.

"...over you in all its gory, blood-red, exsanguinated-white, and bruised-blue glory. (And, Ulysses S. Grant forbid, if the South..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Art Is Formally Known as Prints

A somewhat kaleidoscopic glimpse of Austin's screen-printing scene

"...With screen-printing, it's one layer at a time. You're printing a..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Honeymooners

Instead of reworking the original TV show’s subject matter regarding class and marriage, this is plodding mimicry featuring a predominantly African-American cast.

"...close of this celluloid update of Jackie Gleason’s 1950s blue-collar comedy chestnut. And that, I can only assume, is..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Mail Order Wife

The premise of this gleefully jaundiced mockumentary is simple: A filmmaker pays the expenses of a Queens doorman buying a bride from Burma in exchange for the opportunity to film the proceedings.

"...of Hong Kong actress Cheng Pei-Pei. She has great screen presence and invests Lichi with a mix of kitty-cat..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Short Cuts

War isn't good for much, except maybe art. Austin's microcinema community responds.

"..."war on terror" we keep hearing about. Presented by Blue Screen (Refraction Arts) and Cinescape, next Monday, Jan. 27,..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Chill Factor

"...is almost refreshingly blatant in its unoriginality. Two lowly blue-collar dudes from Montana (Ulrich and Gooding) inadvertently come into..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Anchoress

"...setting mark Chris Newby's debut film Anchoress. The film's screenplay is loosely based on two letters from the late..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Best of Cinematexas 2002

"...Various. The best of the recent Cinematexas Festival will screen at Cinemaker Co-op's monthly meeting. Cinescape is a weekly..."

Oct. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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