Bob Ray Goes Apesh!t, Commits to Creating Four Films By End of Summer

Bob Ray embarks on a short-filmmaking binge

"...Super-8 overload. It's even possible that Austin indie icon Bob Ray was entirely in his right mind (still, remarkably)..."

Aug. 8, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Bob Ray's Litigious Mofo Party Plan

Bob Ray's commercial for attorney Adam Reposa

"...Holt, then you're probably already aware that Austin filmmaker Bob Ray recently shot the best commercial for a crazy-ass..."

May 28, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Bob Ray vs. Adam Reposa: The Saga Continues

Lawyer Reposa none too happy with filmmaker Ray

"...Remember the "wacky" commercial that Austin filmmaker Bob Ray shot for local lawyer Adam Reposa? How could..."

June 22, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...Everybody knows Ray Benson: the big guy with the big hat, booming..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Trail of Ray

Keeping track of Crashcam

"...to be doing the score!" So says Crashcam Films' Bob Ray of his upcoming Austin-lensed roller derby doc Hell..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Music Live: Willie Nelson and Avett Brothers Fête Ray Benson

GSD&M b-day bash for Asleep at the Wheel leader runs three hours

"...After the peak moment of Ray Benson’s 66th birthday party at GSD&M on Tuesday night,..."

March 15, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Say Goodbye at the Erwin Center

Final tour, sure, but “We’ve Got Tonight”

"...Every droplet of sweat collected in Bob Seger’s black Under Armour headband stands as a testament..."

March 8, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Last Man Standing: Ray Benson

Asleep at the Wheel doc debuts at the Long Center Sunday

"...Wheel for over 40 years hasn’t been easy, and Ray Benson’s got a new documentary to prove it. A..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Willie Bob Cougar

Three legends at the Dell Diamond

"...this was it. Songwriting icons from three generations – Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and John Mellencamp – each with..."

Aug. 5, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Riding With Bob

"...in the early 1950's (l-r) Luke Wills, Johnnie Wills, Bob Wills, and Billy Jack Wills All Photos Courtesy of..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Ray of Light... and Dark

"...programming and ran lots of films of ol' sleepy-eyed Bob in his honor. It was heavenly...."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Again – Tonight

Jason Mewes on the duo's 'Super Groovy Cartoon Movie'

"...in stoned suburbia, playing streetwise stoners Jay and Silent Bob in Smith’s Clerks before winding their ways through Mallrats,..."

July 25, 2013 Screens Post by Chase Hoffberger

Bob Roberts

"...Directed by: Tim Robbins. Starring: Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Ray Wise, Gore Vidal, Alan Rickman and Brian Murray. This..."

Sept. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stevie Ray Vaughan

"...great wide open. It was June 1983, and Stevie Ray Vaughan had recently quit David Bowie's outfit to play..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Hall

Margaret Moser Tribute: Ray Benson

Soap Creek Saloon on a 10-cent tequila night

"...started talking and she mentioned how much she liked Bob Wills' music. Never thought that line worked for me,..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Ed Ward

Ray Pride's Singing Field of Dreams

(by position)

"...ss Bob Dylan..."

July 29, 2005 Music Feature

Rock Opera

Locally filmed micro-budget feature tells a picaresque story about a punk guitarist who is trying to sell enough pot to finance a low-rent tour for his band. His journey instead takes him on a tour through the college-town underground.

"...Directed by: Bob Ray. Starring: Jerry Don Clark, Ted Jarrell, Russell Porter,..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Hell on Wheels ... and Weed

Bob Ray takes the show on the road

"...on a sunny summer day in Berkeley, Calif., and Bob Ray, fresh and rested after the previous night's four-hour..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Battle of the Jam Bands

Bob Ray and Werner Campbell's five-year rock & Roller Derby adventure

"...Hell on Wheels, that is. Director Bob Ray and producer Werner Campbell's (Rock Opera, "Sweet Sweetroll's..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Filmmaking, Ten Years After

Film director Richard Linklater interviews Bob Ray, the director of the new Austin-made movie Rock Opera, about the Austin Film scene over the past 10 years.

"...new, locally made movie called Rock Opera by filmmaker Bob Ray during a midnight screening at the last SXSW..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stone Cold Genius

MP4.com highlights the work of Bob Ray.

"...more, my bleary-eyed friend. Local filmmaker and stony iconographer Bob Ray (Rock Opera) has teamed with the Web site..."

April 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Space Chimps

This animated, sci-fi romantic comedy starring anthropomorphized chimpanzees is a lot funnier than you might expect.

"...The Three Stooges meets Planet of the Apes meets Bob Ray's Ape Sh!t gambit – anything but the frequently..."

July 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Skating and Shooting

Austin film makers talk about filming Roller Derby when there was no Roller Derby to film

"...It's been a big few weeks for Bob Ray of Crashcam Films: A second child, a "Best..."

Oct. 19, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Hellraiser on Wheels

Bob Ray takes his new doc Total Badass to the masses

"...to get your indie flick noticed. So how is Bob Ray planning to promote Total Badass, his documentary about..."

May 22, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

You Drink, You Drive, You Spill!

Bob Ray's PSAs for Drunk Drivers of Texas

"...book, but this is just superweirdcool. Seems local auteur Bob Ray has shot some 13 Public Service Announcements for..."

July 30, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Your Totally Badass Sunday

Filmmaker Bob Ray returns to Austin after his 'Total Badass Tour'

"...Austin auteur Bob Ray has returned to the 512 after spending over..."

Dec. 19, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Man Who Would Be Swing

A new play gives Ray Benson the chance finally to chat with the King, Bob Wills

"...raised on a farm in West Texas, and while Ray Benson is, as he says, “a Jewish kid from..."

March 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...Today it's Bob Ray who, via the luck of the convoluted raffle..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bob Ray on 'Rock Opera'

"...BOB RAY ON 'ROCK OPERA' Let's talk demographics...."

April 29, 2005 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Super-8's Super Fans

The Cinemaker Co-op preserves the art of the littlest of motion picture formats -- Super-8 -- and trains tomorrow's filmmakers along the way.

"...the summer struggling to re-create the stop-motion wizardry of Ray Harryhausen and Willis O'Brien via a gaggle of Caran..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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