California Dreams' Postcards From the Edge

Hybrid doc explores the fringes of Hollywood hopefuls

"...That's the philosophy behind Mike Ott's California Dreams, a magician's trick of a film that grins..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Fantastic Fest Interview: Mad Dreams and Monsters

Inside the mind of stop motion wizard Phil Tippett

"...running the result at full speed to create impossible dreams? It blends art and science, and few creators ever..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Caroline Rose Dreams of England

“I’ve had this really awful travel bug”

"...album Loner in 2018, the singer planned her own California migration. Instead, she moved to Austin.” Reviewer Kevin Curtin..."

Sept. 8, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Pipe Dreams

Chapter 37 From Robert Bryce's new book on Enron

"...Although the California energy crisis was raging throughout Bush's first few months..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Robert Bryce

I Live My Broken Dreams

This year's rock docs examine the 'outsider myth' and more among the likes of Daniel Johnston, Townes Van Zandt, and Wild Man Fischer

"...and sank into your dreams...."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

King of California

Michael Douglas plays a wild-eyed dreamer who sways his daughter and friend into digging clandestinely for treasure underneath a California superstore.

"...17th century treasure lays buried somewhere in the Southern Californian corporate sprawl, he recruits his daughter into a quest..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Sheehan's Field of Dreams

Hundreds gather at Camp Casey to mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living

"...the country – from Washington state, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and California, and elsewhere – to join Sheehan's vigil in rural..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...since those early P.E. detonations, Stankonia douses its "Gasoline Dreams" with enough body-rocking, "bombs over Baghdad" beats to make..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Yoshi Dreams of (More Than) Sushi

Otoko isn't what you think it is

"...the age of 20 he moved from Kyoto to California with a diverse set of cooking skills, but an..."

May 6, 2016 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

Frozen Dreams

Check out any of these frozen yogurt shops for a cool, tangy treat

"...natural tart frozen yogurt firsthand on a trip to California a few years back. She returned to Austin with..."

June 25, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Sweet Dreams

Waking Up the Bed & Breakfast Business

"...and an architectural firm. After relocating to Austin from California, Coming of Age Press publisher Connie Burton and her..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Felt

In this psychological horror story, an artist uses her craft to fight rape culture

"...she can’t sleep or find peace, has trouble separating dreams and reality, and harbors a flourishing trove of revenge..."

July 17, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

McFarland, USA

Despite heavy sports-underdog cliches, this film with Kevin Costner as the coach of an all-Latino high school track team taps into a lot of modern realities.

"...team who goes on to win beyond their wildest dreams, Costner delivers, and does so with a gruffly charming..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Katy Perry's Licking Stick

The teen dream diva gives tween sexploitation a peppermint twist.

"...threw up – you'd pretty much have Katy Perry's California Dreams tour set. Not that that's a bad thing...."

Aug. 3, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Broken

Heather Graham is an L.A. transplant whose dreams of a music career become soiled by her relationship with her junkie boyfriend, played by Jeremy Sisto.

"...the doomed couple's first meeting on an achingly gorgeous California beachscape. He asks her for a cigarette, then a..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...Chinese teenagers from the wealthy elite, with big American dreams, settle into a boarding school in small-town Maine. As..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

House of Sand and Fog

Moody and offbeat adaptation of Andre Dubus III bestseller heralds strong debut for new director and dandy performances by Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley.

"...though much is made of intergenerational relationships and the dreams parents have for their children. It’s not an issues..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Man Who Wasn't There

The story is rife with the Coens' ripe ambivalence, a black seriocomic opera of fouled-up American dreams, and a meditation on ambivalence that is itself often as ambiguous as the emotional meanderings of its protagonist, a small-town barber. The film's black-and-white image processing is stunning.

"...ripe ambivalence, a black seriocomic opera of fouled-up American dreams, and a meditation on ambivalence that is itself at..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Claim

"...Michael Winterbottom transposes the book to 1860s Gold Rush California. In drunken desperation, a young man named Dillon (Mullan)..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Touch of Evil

"...was trouble, the dislocated, transient trouble-fear of nightmares and dreamscapes, in which the sane and rational are spun upside..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Back to School

How to choose a college

"...journalism program, reasonable tuition, and unlike every school in California, only required a scant 30 credits to be considered..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Music Post by Luke Winkie

theGlitoris' top 10 traXXX for the week of November 9

theGlitoris' Top 10 traXXX: Let's talk about Girls.

"...Girls, is an indie-rock band from San Francisco, California. The band consists of Christopher Owens, Chet "JR" White,..."

Nov. 9, 2010 Qmmunity Post by The Glitoris

The Mayor of Washington Boulevard

The first Beach Boys' solo album, Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue, washes back ashore after more than three decades

"...still has a shine. Dennis Wilson helped create the California dream. As a youngster, he was a natural athlete,..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Reefer Roundup: 8/12/11

It's back! Your dose of drug news has returned

"...of the drug war, the low-down on Cali's hemp dreams, and the results of a new pot poll...."

Aug. 12, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

The AggreGAYtor: January 24

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Brendon Ayanbadejo has Buzby Berkely dreams, Paul Clement has a sweet fantasy, and Leticia Van..."

Jan. 24, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Sticking It to the Hyde Park Fork

Dale Whistler celebrates the grill's 30th anniversary

"...like something stabbing through the meat of our neighborhood dreams...."

Jan. 3, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sturgeon's Revelation

Beating the music business odds at SXSW

"...deals to allow fans to "check in" to her California Dreams tour to earn discounts and meet-and-greet opportunities...."

March 4, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

This Week's Waste of Time

Free games for racing cars and eating meat

"...as usual. It's reminiscent of the surfing portion of California Dreams for the Sega and Nintendo which also had..."

Jan. 6, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Thank You, Central Time Zone: A Preview of the 2007 NFL Draft

"...to late fifth round depending on a team's hopes, dreams, and desires. This means almost every single team will..."

April 26, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Potato Dreams of America Director/Screenwriter: Wes Hurley Producers: Mischa Jakupcak, Wes..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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