Farewell to the Danger God: Gary Kent (1933-2023)

The stunt legend who called Austin home died this week

"...between legendary and simple fame – a mystique, a danger. Whatever it was, Austin stunt performer and filmmaker Gary..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Gary Kent is the Danger God

Austin-made doc highlights this overlooked real Hollywood hero

"...film historian (and long-time Chronicle) contributor Joe O'Connell made Danger God as a way to pay tribute to this..."

March 22, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Danger God

Stuntman Gary Kent looks back at a life on fire

"...and his story arrives on DVD this week as Danger God: The Lives and Love of a Hollywood Stuntman...."

Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Right Into the Danger Zone With the Danger Gods

Fantastic Fest and AFS present the kings of classic stunts

"...Who are the Danger Gods? They are the gods of hellfire, and they'll..."

Sept. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In God's Country

Why U2 is the best band ever

"...Yes, there is the God thing. But this is also the same band that..."

March 30, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Luv Doc: A Barney Fife God's Universe

People are just no damn good

"...run by a Barney Fife deity – a soft-headed god who means well, but can barely wipe his own..."

July 27, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Ask God Herself

"...East Coast earthquake and Hurricane Irene were warnings from God because of New York State's same-sex marriage equality law,..."

Aug. 30, 2011 Postmarks

A Mission From God

"...Jake and Elwood saying, "We're on a mission from God." More than just a running gag about saving an..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Paul Pope's Battling Boy Is a Young God Among Men

And the daughter of a dead hero's no slouch, either.

"...way of appraisal, that Pope could never draw another goddam line and still be a powerful force in the..."

Oct. 30, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hear No Evil

"...sadistic about films which purposely place impaired persons in danger for the sake of suspense. Treating the impairment as..."

April 2, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Shorts 2005

A rare opportunity to see what's considered the best in the field of short docs; plus all four nominees have a socio-political bent.

"...extent to which Carter’s self-destructive impulses and love for danger also played a part in his tragic end, and..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Letters at 3AM: Articles of Faith

"That all things are possible is God"

"...rack I found Charlie Chaplin (Orig. Title: The Great God Pan), by Robert Payne. Fifty cents...."

Oct. 18, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Join Us For The Texas Chain Saw Massacre At Home

Live tweet this Thursday night: here's where you can stream

"...Congeniality, a double slice of local film history with Danger God and Also Starring Austin, a gritty slice of..."

March 23, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...someone could go out this weekend and double-bill Mad God and his film, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On...."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Another Dispiriting Lege Session

Why does the Texas GOP hate Texans so much?

"...Farewell to the Danger God: Richard Whittaker remembers Austin stunt performer and filmmaker..."

June 2, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

The Beast and the Bone Collector in Rondo and Bob

Joe O'Connell brings together two horror icons in his documentary, on VOD now

"...Kent (about whom O'Connell would later make the documentary Danger God) introduced them, and they chatted for a while...."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Four Austin Films to Watch in 2020

From cowboy horror to songs to save your life

"...(and sometime Austin Chronicle contributor) Joe O'Connell follows up Danger God, his 2018 documentary about stuntman Gary Kent, with..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Trailer for Austin Doc Rondo and Bob

Check out the history of two unsung heroes of horror

"...up his recent documentary about stunt man Gary Kent, Danger God, by fulfilling Burns' ambition in a roundabout way...."

Jan. 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Turns Out the Winners Do Write History: Late 'Chronicle' Comeback Stuns BookPeople, Clinches Series

"...as well as the world around them – please, God, let it – the People of Book were not..."

Aug. 13, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Letters at 3AM

The Devil gives you five seconds, and God gives you none at all

"...cities, Boston and Philadelphia, were founded upon dedication to God. That our last city should be openly dedicated to..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Singing "God Bless America," waving the flag, and threats of violence..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...in New York a year -- that in this dangerous, asymmetric world, the cover of The Austin Chronicle right..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Justice Denied

"...was a time for a wake-up call for minorities, God help us - this is it!..."

June 6, 1997 Column

Sxsw

"...dykes could be landmarks, Gretchen Phillips would be the goddamn Capitol building -- as Austin, Texas as the sniper's..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Drug War Blowback

Drug-raid tactics come under increasing scrutiny

"...police departments do not give consideration to balancing the dangers and achievements of these raids." Improbable Cause..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Kandahar

"...pre-teen huckster (Teymouri), an American expatriate (Tantaï) searching for God, a school for mujahideen, and the harried doctors at..."

March 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...because Hubbard, as evidence by his last Rounder release, Dangerous Spirits - a mean album of redemption and loss..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...too heavy for you, it'll be just right for God," he said before playing a bit of "What a..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

The Other Side of Heaven

"...three-year stint serving the people of Tonga with their God papers -- and it's in Tonga that the bulk..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

Words on the Jesus video, the Instrumental article, the Dance Festival, and other local points of contention.

"...each of us deep inside -- whether we know God or not. The mystery and reason is Jesus Christ...."

May 4, 2001 Column

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