Dallas Buyers Club

Matthew McConaughey gives a searing performance in this true-life story set in the early years of the AIDS epidemic.

"...Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Denis O’Hare, Dallas Roberts, Steve Zahn and Griffin Dunne...."

Nov. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Feds Take Wind Out of Dread Pirate Roberts' Sails

Austinite accused of being one of Internet's biggest crime lords

"...when Princess Buttercup worked out that the Dread Pirate Roberts was actually Wesley, the innocuous stable hand. Now it..."

Oct. 3, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

"Deborah Roberts: I'm" at the Contemporary Austin

In Deborah Roberts' solo exhibition at the Contemporary Austin, we learn what it is to be seen and not seen

"...the gaze of the girls and boys in Deborah Roberts' compelling, challenging collages, the more you see. In these..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Anti-sex Crusader

Christian Virgin Wyatt Roberts Keeps It Clean

"...Dye It's lunch hour on a Friday, and Wyatt Roberts steps out into the golden clatter of sunlight and..."

Jan. 3, 1997 News Feature by Amy Smith

A Home at the End of the World

Michael Cunningham's novel is the basis for this story of a love triangle in which everyone's in love with Bobby (played by Colin Farrell).

"...Directed by: Michael Mayer. Starring: Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts, Robin Wright Penn, Sissy Spacek, Matt Frewer, Ryan..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Iron Orchard

Texas wildcatter literary classic is a sometimes too-faithful adaptation

"...Directed by: Ty Roberts. Starring: Ali Cobrin, Austin Nichols, Lane Garrison, Hassie Harrison..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Shrink

A well-chosen cast props up this otherwise shallow story that stars Kevin Spacey as a therapist who turns to pot in the wake of a personal crisis.

"...Palmer, Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Pell James, Laura Ramsey, Dallas Roberts, Robert Loggia, Jesse Plemons and Robin Williams. A..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Local Reporter Gets GLAAD Nom

Dallas Morning News’ Lauren McGaughy work recognized

"...order. Lauren McGaughy, a queer woman working for The Dallas Morning News as an investigative reporter in its Austin..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Guidance for Parentals Suggested

George Ratliff on Joshua

"...staged every Halloween by a church group in the Dallas suburbs. Now, it's back to narrative features with Joshua,..."

July 13, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

God Votes Right

The Texas Republicans Gather in Dallas to Pray

"...morning prayer rally devoted specifically to that purpose featured Dallas District Judge Faith Johnson proclaiming, "Father, draw the unsaved..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Motherless Brooklyn

Edward Norton leads a stylish, meandering trip around a corrupt 1950s NYC

"...Baldwin, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Cherry Jones, Bobby Cannavale, Dallas Roberts, Ethan Suplee, Josh Pais, Leslie Mann, Fisher Stevens,..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Grey

Bloodthirsty wolves and the brutalizing Alaskan elements conspire against a band of airplane crash survivors.

"...Directed by: Joe Carnahan. Starring: Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Nonso Anozie, Joe Anderson..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

You do not want to mess with a girl's date with Mad Men

"...cast members include Jessica Collins (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Dallas Roberts (The L Word), Christopher Evan Welch (Vicky Cristina..."

July 23, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma puts the lie to the presumptive myths that Westerns are dead and remakes are always a bad thing.

"...Crowe, Ben Foster, Peter Fonda, Alan Tudyk, Gretchen Mol, Dallas Roberts and Vinessa Shaw. Westerns and remakes are two..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Joshua

The privileged nuclear family becomes a hellish dystopia as a result of a 9-year-old child's subtle, nuanced, unspoken manipulations.

"...Starring: Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Jacob Kogan, Celia Weston, Dallas Roberts and Michael McKean. There are moments in Joshua..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flicka

Girls and their horses. They're grist for this new update of Mary O'Hara's beloved novel My Friend Flicka.

"...Maria Bello, Alison Lohman, Ryan Kwanten, Daniel Pino and Dallas Roberts. Does the world need another movie about a..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Walk the Line

Joaquin Phoenix is terrific as the musician Johnny Cash, whose rise, fall, and resurrection we watch as he does the Benzedrine 12-step in order to earn the love of country-and-gospel sasspot June Carter.

"...Patrick, Shelby Lynne, Ginnifer Goodwin, Larry Bagby, Tyler Hilton, Dallas Roberts, Johnathan Rice, Shooter Jennings and Waylon Payne. Before..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Buried in Scandal

SCI and the Money Trail

"...squabble: In 1997, SCI and Waltrip sued Darryl J. Roberts, a former funeral home owner, claiming that Roberts' book,..."

March 26, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Leon Russell & the Bob Dylan Rumor

Outlaw era deejay Woody Roberts helped produce Willie Nelson's first Fourth of July picnic in this excerpt from his new memoir Horse Racing & Rock 'N' Roll

"...Me and Sister Bobbie, outlaw era radio deejay Woody Roberts returns to the scene of the time with a..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Woody Roberts

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...Wyatt Roberts is telling other people how to live when, as..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Mangled Triangle

The Triangle's New Look

"...a buyout from a group of investors headed by Dallas businessman Todd Cunningham. The Triangle's problems have been storied..."

April 4, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Film

Film Reviews

"...DALLAS DOLLD: Ann Turner; with Sandra Bernhard, Victoria Longley, Frank..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Day Trips

Latana Ridge Lodge, an hour's drive north of DFW, sits at the collision point of northern grasslands, eastern forests, and western prairies.

"...Lodge sits on a bluff high above Lake Ray Roberts, yet it is difficult to see even a little..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Production Row

The Downtown Film Scene

"...by computer game whiz (and former Origin honcho) Chris Roberts and local wunderkind Robert Rodriguez. The operation splits its..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Luke Wilson Plays a Long and Lonely Game in 12 Mighty Orphans

The story behind the period drama about Texas' most unlikely high school football heroes

"...Wilson of old men he'd known growing up in Dallas in the Seventies and Eighties, "those stoic, gentle, kindhearted..."

June 11, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips

"...town that was the final home of Brushy Bill Roberts, who claimed to be the famous outlaw photograph by..."

April 3, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Brain Boom

Austin's Techno Geeks and Slackers Cash In

"...superstar - John Romero of id Software out of Dallas - was begging for his hand. "He wanted to..."

March 20, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?

The 100 Tunes of Oldies Rock Radio

"...John Roberts, a large, harried-looking gentleman who programs the Clear Channel..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

The Austin Music Network changes administrations once again.

"...Musical Project under the auspices of managing consultant Woody Roberts, who says he hopes to correct most of the..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

TCB

Austin (and its Music Network) will endure, Scandinavia and Interpol invade, and local alt-rock is sweeter than ever on Ear Candy.

"...musical talent in the state, easily outdistancing anything Houston, Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth, Lubbock, Amarillo, or San Antonio has..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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