Rollergirl

A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star! You are a muse on eight wheels! You are roller skating!

"...wagon to the roller rinks on the edge of Dallas, sweating as you entered the big white barns that..."

May 11, 2001 Features Feature by Sarah Hepola

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...Line, the studio that has McCanlies directing, Jack Green shooting, and a terrific cast acting. Several weeks ago, I..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"...a week, each and every one seeking information on shooting in Texas: how to do it, where to do..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Migrating North

As the Texas and national film industry feels the burn of runaway production, many agree with one directive: Blame Canada.

"...Regional film hubs like Dallas and Houston are reeling from the northern exodus. Just..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

San Antonio and Dallas are two of the best teams in pro basketball. Their meeting this weekend was just a preview of a playoff showdown.

"...Power forward Dirk Nowitzki bounds from the Dallas locker room, hitting the floor with a shout of..."

April 12, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Launching Bottle Rocket

Sparks Over Tinseltown

"...was picked to play elder thief Mr. Henry, and shooting was underway north of Austin in Hillsboro...."

Feb. 23, 1996 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

What It Is

Edie Brickell returns to tell the world what she is.

"...After the dramatic rise, fall, and eventual rebirth of Dallas' New Bohemians, Edie Brickell isn't nearly as innocent and..."

June 2, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...School Shooting Threat: Students at Lake Travis High School reported getting..."

Sept. 27, 2024 News Feature

Abandoning the Nest

Hurt by the state's inadequate incentives program, Texas film crews take flight

"...with combined budgets of more than $60 million, while Dallas and Austin were right behind at $52 million and..."

May 23, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Take Three

Local Drought Doesn't Apply to Filmmaking

"...summer start date was pushed back; and Tourmacherai began shooting on August 1 and will wrap at the end..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Screens Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

Coach's Corner

Mark Cuban has transformed the once-pathetic Dallas Mavericks into an elite NBA squad -- but they're not quite there yet.

"...sprawls over the seedy industrial area west of downtown Dallas. America's newest arena -- home to the Mavericks and..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Indie Shorts on Display

The Territory Begins New Season

"...Shooting the Breeze Ever wish that your TV would break..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...the pioneering French filmmaker did Buzz Aldrin one better, shooting a rocket of his own design clear into the..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Co. grand jury convened in the June 9 police shooting of Daniel Rocha has "no-billed" Austin police officer Julie..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The JFKonspiracy

Kathy McCarty wants to know "Why?" Why is wanting to know more about the Kennedy Assassination such social suicide?

"...Plaza. He says to me, "Let's go up to Dallas on Nov. 22 and observe the gathering of the..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Summer travel opportunities and news from all over Texas

"...hand-sized bronze acorns that Brad Oldham, the artist behind Dallas’ Traveling Man sculptures and other works of public art,..."

June 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...among us that the true facts regarding the fatal shooting of Daniel Rocha have any possibility of surfacing ["Rocha..."

July 1, 2005 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Mr. Smarty Pants Wrong on Dallas Texans..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Column

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...to get in on the long-anticipated bullet train from Dallas to Houston. Travis County Judge Andy Brown said at..."

Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature

Fantastic Fest: A Double Barrel Blast of Begos

Director brings Bliss and VFW to fest

"...take forever to come together, and they're really off shooting commercials...."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of the Police Monitor has agreed that last year's shooting of Sophia King was justified. But we don't really..."

Sept. 26, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Fear the Walking Dead Hits Big After Move to Austin

Plus more local production updates

"...homes have made it one of Austin's most regular shooting locations for filmmakers, and intergenerational indie drama One Hand..."

April 27, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Trying To Fix the World

Five-year review of APD Chief Art Acevedo

"...He's led the department through a handful of officer-involved shootings and a federal Department of Justice review prompted by..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...writer first for the Fort Worth Press, then the Dallas Times Herald and finally The Dallas Morning News. In..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Life by the Drop

The return of Doyle Bramhall

"...consuming me. If I was around people who were shooting it, I was shooting it. If they were snorting,..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...attracted more attention than she did in life. Her shooting has caused the public, and public officials, to review..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Things They Used to Do

Dick Holland assesses two Texas journalists, Gary Cartwright and Jan Reid, whose new collections of articles possess a cautionary wisdom, the kind you acquire when you court danger and danger provides you with a keen view of what lies beyond.

"...novelist and psychedelic man about town Bill Brammer; and Dallas' literary gadfly A.C. Greene. King's classic piece evoking his..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Here: Elon Musk, who endorsed Donald Trump after the shooting, said a Gov. Gavin Newsom-signed law is the “final..."

July 19, 2024 News Feature

Numbers Don't Lie, Film Rebates Work

Which films and TV shows quit Austin over lack of rebates?

"...the 2015 drop, there are projects that were considering shooting in Texas, but went elsewhere. The list includes:..."

May 25, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Texas prosecutors use the 'law of parties' to widen the net for capital punishment

"...a Bexar Co. grand jury for "intentionally and knowingly" shooting LaHood while trying to rob him. As unthinking and..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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