Austin Film Festival Showcases Linklater, Cumberbatch

First round of films announced mixes world and Texas premieres

"...Father, John Patrick Shanley presenting Moonstruck, Randall Wallace presenting Braveheart, and Tom Schulman presenting a timely screening of Dead..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Downton Abbey: 'Come to Bed and Dream of Ragtime'

Everyone's so well looked after at Downton Abbey

"...it, painted with woad and howling.” (Like a Pictish warrior/Braveheart, I reckon.)..."

Feb. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

Extreme Temperature Swings

AFS Essential Cinema kicks off Asia: Hot and Cool series

"...Epic in the Braveheart sense, Empire of Silver trods the vast historical landscape..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Still in the Game

AFF to honor The Wire creator David Simon

"...August (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), and Randall Wallace (Braveheart), among others...."

June 30, 2010 Screens Post by Cindy Widner

Luv Doc Recommends: Silver Thistle Pipes and Drums’ Burns Supper

Senior Activity Center, Saturday, January 21, 2006

"...band with kilts and caps and even those little Braveheart fanny packs – dope plaid pimpin’. Not surprisingly, the..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

Letters at 3AM

We have replaced our concept of the heroic with the superheroic, and the sense of the possible with the impossible.

"...biggest chance of all: the chance that, as in Braveheart, you will lose your family, your cause, your life,..."

July 25, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Every Day Is Dress-Up Day

"...Scottish Day Kilts/plaid skirts, maybe some blue-Braveheart make-up..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Features Feature by Brynn McIntosh

Men With Guns

Plus swords, arrows, and armies, packing heat on dvd

"...On the other hand, the movie has some spectacular pre-Braveheart battle scenes and wonderful sword fights; director and MTV..."

June 7, 2002 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Beat Box

Beat Box

"...Wants to Rule the World," and Mary J. Blige's "Braveheart Party" for starters. "Blood of a slave, heart of..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Summer Film Previews

Pearl Harbor: From Eternity to Here

"...Screenwriter Randall Wallace, whose first script was the award-winning Braveheart, clearly intended to create characters whose heroism is part..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

A look at four new reality-based series trying to beat Survivor 2: Australian Outback to the punch. Good luck. Also, the latest twists on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

"...high school football revelers charge down a hill (think Braveheart) over and over again and crew people keep yelling..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Other Upcoming Titles

"...24) This real-time strategy is making waves for its Braveheart-meets-Akira Kurosawa approach to combat scenes...."

April 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Brendan Sinclair

Desert Island Films, Part II

Louis Black continues his ongoing list of "desert island" videos with films by Preston Sturges, Quentin Tarantino, and John Ford

"...particular order: Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused, Mel Gibson's Braveheart, Clint Eastwood's (though Phil Kaufman wrote the script and..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Top 10 Decade/National

"...10. James Horner, Braveheart soundtrack (Sony Classical)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Eat His Dust

Ron Howard Premieres EDtv in Austin

"...Best Picture and Best Director awards that year for Braveheart, during the same time he was in production as..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

"...(L.A. Confidential), Eric Roth (Forrest Gump), and Randall Wallace (Braveheart)...."

Oct. 2, 1998 Column by Louis Black

Austin Heart Of Film Festival Schedule And Information

"...Eric Roth (Forrest Gump), Rita Hsiao (Mulan), Randall Wallace (Braveheart), Patrick Shane Duncan (Mr. Holland's Opus, Courage Under Fire),..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Screens Feature

TV Eye

"...the cast is more and more beginning to resemble Braveheart in Mad Max drag......"

Aug. 1, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Kalling Kathy's Bluff

Kathy Acker and the Lucky Ones

"...and more Mel Gibson in the latter half of Braveheart...."

Feb. 21, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...Sensibility was an end-of-the-year release. Contenders such as Babe, Braveheart, and Apollo 13 all were released mid-year. The same..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

O Captains! My Captains!

Star Trek: First Contact

"...and battle scenes. At times, it almost feels like Braveheart in space. Almost...."

Nov. 22, 1996 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Cable Guise

Carrey, Quaid, and the IFC

"...watching scenes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Braveheart stirred the same memories, but in Dragonheart you get..."

June 14, 1996 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

Live at the Apollo 13

Awake in the Dark

"...the grosses for such films as Die Hard,Pocahontas, and Braveheart have been good to astronomical, the two films that..."

July 14, 1995 Arts Feature by Patrick Taggart

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