Party Girl, Interrupted

Sandra Bullock's 28 Days

"...a "publicity junket," in which studios (in this case, Columbia Pictures) fly journalists (in this case, me and others)..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Hightower Report

Spider-Man gets kicked out of baseball; Bush and Rummy deny responsibility for torture

"...What riled them up was Columbia Pictures and Major League Baseball – two corporate entities..."

May 28, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Desperado HoursFor a Few Dollars More

"...process Rodriguez calls "Mariachi-style." Though Desperado was financed by Columbia Pictures and quotes a production cost of $7 million..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

They Went West

Back in the saddle with a faded genre's favorite stars

"...studios folded, their assets were combined to create Republic Pictures, the most important of the industry's smaller studios. Searching..."

May 28, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Radio Flyer

"...the film would ever see the light of day. Columbia has finally seen fit to pull it off the..."

Feb. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Orson Welles Refracts Noir in The Lady From Shanghai

It's the maverick director versus the world at AFS Cinema

"...resulting in a cut more to the liking of Columbia Pictures President Harry Cohn than the zealous director...."

June 28, 2019 Screens Feature by Julian DeBerry

A Career Hooligan Looks Back, But Mostly Forward

Robert Rodriguez on a lifetime of innovation and the movie, 'El Mariachi,' that started it all

"...divide independent filmmaking into two categories: pre-Mariachi and post-Mariachi. Columbia Pictures' gamble on that little Spanish-language shoot-'em-up changed, well,..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Identity

"...come out of a major studio (in this case Columbia Pictures) in a long while. From a script by..."

April 25, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Excess Baggage

"...Jr. No end of outrage and fulmination has greeted Columbia Pictures' decision to grant vacuum-molded kewpie Alicia Silverstone this..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Write Place

The Austin Heart of Film Festival

"...1994's competition winner, Mikhaila "Max" Adams, was optioned by Columbia Pictures and is currently in production with stars Alicia..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Launching Bottle Rocket

Sparks Over Tinseltown

"...way. Before long, Bottle Rocket had been optioned by Columbia Pictures as a feature film, James Caan was picked..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Prison populations and a Polish pope

"...the comedy team still owed three more films to Columbia Pictures. Using footage from previous films and a stand-in..."

June 9, 2006 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Horror, the Horror

William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist and screenwriter of the infamously terrifying film, discusses the recently released The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen and his life on both sides of the camera.

"...show was the head of the story department at Columbia Pictures whose wife, apparently, thought I might be someone..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: The Name Game

What's in a name? Plenty if you're a WIMP or WEENIE!

"...Orleans, worked as office manager and head booker for Columbia Pictures, and was the first female branch saleswoman for..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

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

"...by Northwest (50th Anniversary Edition) (Warner Home Video, $24.82); Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics I (The Big Heat/5 Against..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Academy Leader

"...Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl"). Furthermore, as a Touchstone Pictures film, this quirky, R-rated movie is ultimately a product..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Michael Bertin

AHFF Wrap-Up

Every Picture Tells a Story

"...Drina C. Kay; and in the adult category, The Columbian Expedition by Robert Bundy. The winner of the feature..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

California Split Is the Raging Bull of Poker Movies

AFS double bill pairs Altman film with Ron Mann's biographical doc

"...peak of their profession. When pitching the film to Columbia Pictures, Altman remarked, "This film is reverse commercialism. We..."

Jan. 8, 2015 Screens Post by Fernie Martinez

Get Caught in a Webb

Highlights from Marc Webb's keynote address

"..."Amy Pascal at Columbia Pictures brought it up to me, and I just..."

March 9, 2014 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...Hayward. Executive producer: Bert Schneider. Raybert Productions, Inc. A Columbia Pictures Release. Songs: "The Pusher" by Hoyt Axton, performed..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Demetri Martin: Under mild surveillance

Demetri Martin, of the "Trendspotting" segment on The Daily Show, explains his quick rise in comedy, how it feels to be semifamous, and why he chose Austin for filming his next Comedy Central special

"...Comedy Central label. He's writing screenplays for DreamWorks and Columbia Pictures. He's in the middle of his first national..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Daniel Oppenheimer

Touched by a Charlie's Angel

John August, screenwriter of Go and the upcoming Charlie's Angels, on breaking into the biz and turning pop culture into mainstream cinema.

"...anticipated event. He can also boast a $3 million Columbia Pictures deal for an as-yet-untitled (and virtually top-secret) monster..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wilde Life

"...film. Rita Hayworth's racy, body-stockinged Salome in the 1953 Columbia Pictures version was not much of a success, despite..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Geisha and Other Books of 1997

Dusting off the Bookshelf

"...Geisha (Knopf, $25 hard), have just been bought by Columbia Pictures, but for God's sake, don't wait for the..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Books Feature

Scanlines

"...RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video..."

June 30, 1995 Arts Feature

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...Va Savoir (Sony Pictures Classics)..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature

In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs

The Death of Indie Labels: Reports Have Been Exaggerated

"...been house cleanings recently at Atlantic, Warner Bros., and Columbia, with high-profile imprints like American purging their rosters of..."

May 2, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...Box of Pearls (Columbia/Legacy)..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Top 10 1999/National

"...2. Black Crowes, By Your Side (Columbia)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Stonewall

A Midwestern boy comes out amid the backdrop of the Stonewall Riots

"...Emmerich, a Hollywood filmmaker who’s best-known for helming disaster pictures such as Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, and..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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