Sorry to Bother You

Sly sci-fi satire puts class, race, and selling out under the microscope

"...from old-schooler Danny Glover, Cassius perfects his “white voice” (David Cross, of course) and climbs up the ladder (or..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Severance

This British horror comedy ricochets from violence to vengeance to outright survivalism, with comedy – some brilliant, some less so – underlying it all.

"...Andy Nyman, Claudie Blakley, Laura Harris, Babou Ceesay and David Gilliam. Severance is a British horror-comedy that, from the..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...12 MONKEYSD: Terry Gilliam; with Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer,..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...are a number of films from well-known autuers: Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Whit Stillman's The..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Not All of Me Will Die:
Remembering Joe Watson

In remembrance of The Brick Row Book Shop's Joe Watson

"...early ‘70s, Joe purchased an old footlocker from Franklin Gilliam, the proprietor of The Brick Row Book Shop; the..."

Oct. 23, 2010 Books Post by Sidney Brammer

Jodorowsky's Dune

What's tantalizing but never was? This Fantastic Fest award-winner talks with the famed surrealist and others about their plans for this aborted project.

"...of dreams. The ranks of the undone include Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (although the indefatigable..."

May 9, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...March 5) where they will hear from Katie and David Pitre (pictured), as well as scientists and hydrologists who've..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature

On The Lege

Knocking Out Hate

"...he would have declared it a technical knockout. Loralei Gilliam, executive director of the American Family Association of Texas,..."

March 19, 1999 News Column

Fantastic Fest Wave Three Crashes Down

Music and madness fill festival lineup

"...Hill's unexpected directorial debut, skate kid meditation Mid90s, Terry Gilliam's long-awaited The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and David..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two

Leaving us no time to catch our breaths after the Austin City Limits, Pecan Street, and Cinematexas festivals, our little city is graced next with the Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and Austin Film Festival, unofficially kicked off by a screening (co-sponsored by the Austin Film Society) of Jonathan Demme's new film, The Truth About Charlie.

"...is Lost in La Mancha, a documentary on Terry Gilliam's disastrous attempt to film Man of La Mancha. Gilliam..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

"...Monty Python and the Holy Grail (D: Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, 1975): Thu-Fri, 6/20-6/21, 7:30 & 9:45pm..."

May 31, 2002 Screens Feature

DVD Watch: 'Jodorowsky's Dune'

Documentary about a film that never was heads this week's releases

"...Douglas Trumbull, then later Dan O'Bannon, on special effects. David Carradine as Duke Leto Atreides, with Pink Floyd as..."

July 8, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Brothers of the Head

An astonishing twinning of wild imagination and drop-dead realism, Brothers of the Head is simply the most poignant and exciting mockumentary about (conjoined) sibling rivalry, revelry, and reversal of fortunes ever made.

"...necessity over Tom's shoulders, their act is like a David Lynch opera with a libretto by Iggy Pop. Never..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hot Fun in the Summertime

Citywide Summer Film Series

"...The Bridge on the River Kwai (D: David Lean, 1957): Sun, 6/1, 1:10, 4:20, & 7:30pm..."

May 23, 2003 Screens Feature

The City of Lost Children

This follow-up from the same Frenchmen who made Delicatessen fancies itself a fairy tale – albeit a dark and scary one that's jam-packed with enough strange characters and wild mythologies for at least three movies.

"...anything in Jurassic Park; sophisticated enough to grasp Terry Gilliam's jovial sense of cynicism, but wide-eyed enough to evoke..."

March 1, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Naked City

New briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...of Texas prisons in a case brought by inmate David Ruiz, which sparked a 30-year legal battle – the..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature

Northern Exposures

Reflections on the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival

"...some quirky touches (as befits a film produced by David Lynch). Revolutionary Road's Michael Shannon plays the film's nutty..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Meet Joe Black

"...Directed by: Martin Brest. Starring: David S. Howard, Jeffrey Tambor, Marcia Gay Harden, Jake Weber,..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film

Clay Liford's sideways kind of sci-fi, Earthling

"...for hire who has shot for Spencer Parsons and David Lowery and will shoot a Kat Candler short next..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...we invade Iraq and galvanize thousands of terrorists. Terry Gilliam saw it all coming in Brazil. Bravo, Michael for..."

March 28, 2003 Column

Lee & Carole & Brewster & All of Us ...

Five candidates for mayor jockey to be first among equals

"...agency in trouble" and has called for CEO Fred Gilliam to step down, hoping his departure could smooth tattered..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

No G-Strings Attached

U.S. Supreme Court ruling requires nude dancers to wear pasties and g-strings, but Austin won't be making any changes.

"...there would be greater restrictions in Austin, says Loralei Gilliam, executive director of the conservative group's Texas chapter. "Austin..."

May 26, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Scanlines

"...DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Frances Fisher, Kathy Bates, Gloria Stuart, David Warner, Bill Paxton Paramount/20th Century Fox Laserdisc..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Screens Feature

Chron of Us: Fantastic Fest Day 1

Download our podcast for reviews of Halloween and more

"...• David Gordon Green's widely anticipated resurrection of the Halloween franchise..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

DVDanger: Elstree 1976

On set for Star Wars, plus Creepshow and Harryhausen

"...are a couple of the more high-profile behind-the-mask players (David Prowse, still bitter about how he felt Lucasfilm severed..."

July 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Council and the Court

Scalia's death shakes up high court; Council continues Uber battle

"...In a letter to the Chronicle, Eldridge supporter Tom Gilliam repeated Eldridge’s charge of an unfair attack, and in..."

Feb. 15, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Fantastic Fest 2014: Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau

Hollywood studios are the real monsters in this warts and all doc

"...most fascinating and thorough “doomed production” tale since Terry Gilliam’s Lost in La Mancha...."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Family Style

The Threadgill's secret to longevity

"...we had great supervisors in Ed Fox and Harlan Gilliam, who genuinely cared for us. Fox played Santa Claus..."

July 8, 2011 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Passion Project

Fantastic Fest and its home base the Alamo Drafthouse have only gotten bigger, but its heart – pure and pulpy – stays the same

"...Just as Germans love David Hasselhoff, Spaniards love Fantastic Fest, and none more so..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Sunday Survey, 6/20/10

Junk, hires, bonds, China and chickens

"...transit system chief Linda Watson succeeds the gone-but-not-forgotten Fred Gilliam as CEO of Capital Metro. Of course, that leaves..."

June 20, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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