Texas Filmmaker David Lowery Updates Pete's Dragon

Reimagining the Disney classic

"...saw something mythical and magical in the forest. Writer/director David Lowery said, "The line that really matters to me..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

David Lowery on His Haunting New Film A Ghost Story

Casey Affleck plays a spirit unstuck in time

"...visual storytelling and evocation of place from Texas filmmaker David Lowery. Those familiar with Lowery's previous features – the..."

July 14, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Director David Lowery Reminisces About His Texan Outlaw Tale

AFF's Texas Focus Series Presents: Ain't Them Bodies Saints.

"...The Bullock State History Museum presented a screening of Lowery's film, as a part of their "Texas Focus Series"..."

Aug. 12, 2015 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

The Green Knight

Dev Patel and David Lowery enchant with this astounding Arthurian myth

"...Directed by: David Lowery. Starring: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Old Man & the Gun

Robert Redford has rarely shone more than in this true-crime tale

"...Directed by: David Lowery. Starring: Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek, Danny..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Pete's Dragon

Old Disney musical is remade as a new children's classic

"...Directed by: David Lowery. Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley,..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

A hardscrabble, heartbreaking, love-and-death affair is gorgeously captured in David Lowery's Texas feature.

"...Directed by: David Lowery. Starring: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Ben Foster, Keith..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Green Knight Pledges Fealty to SXSW

David Lowery's adaptation of the Arthurian myth joins festival

"...this year, as the festival has just announced that David Lowery's eagerly-awaited retelling of part of the legend of..."

March 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What the World Needs Now

David Lowery of Cracker reminisces.

"...Austin, 2007, is a much different place than when David Lowery started playing here in the mid-Eighties with Camper..."

Nov. 1, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

On Holy Ground With The Green Knight

David Lowery on the weight of carrying a mythic legacy

"...King Arthur have often been mangled by filmmakers, and David Lowery admitted he didn't immediately realize how much a..."

July 31, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texans to Watch, Indie Film Edition

Joe Nicolosi and David Lowery make the list

"...Texas directors Joe Nicolosi and David Lowery top Filmmaker Magazine's just-announced roundup of the 25..."

July 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sundance, Class of 2013

Andrew Bujalski, Yen Tan, David Lowery to debut new work

"...the Sundance Film Festival's forward-thinking NEXT sidebar, while Dallasite David Lowery will compete in the U.S. Dramatic Competition slate...."

Nov. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Lynch/Oz

Is David Lynch's whole career an homage to The Wizard of Oz?

"...would not have that opportunity with his latest subject. David Lynch, historically, has shown no interest at all in..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker: Teen Angst?

Thirty years of David Lowery in two sets at the Mohawk

"...bandmember and bandleader, Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker frontman David Lowery is never the star of the show, paradoxically...."

July 29, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

AFS Announces Filmmaker Grant Panel

Indie filmmakers, Lincoln Center film booker doling out cash

"...be picking the recipients, including two noted filmmakers and David Lynch's biographer...."

Aug. 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Year of the Everlasting Storm

COVID-inspired anthology eschews cohesion for innovation

"...Panahi, Anthony Chen, Malik Vitthal, Laura Poitras, Dominga Sotomayor, David Lowery and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Starring: Zhang Yu, Zhou Dongyu,..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Ghost Story

A meditative story of a spirit who lingers on

"...Directed by: David Lowery. Starring: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara and Will Oldham...."

July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

The Statesman twists Orwell's words in a most Orwellian fashion.

"...the case on Sept. 24, when Austin American-Statesman columnist David Lowery attacked "pacifists, anti-war activists and self-styled intellectuals" partaking..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Little Mermaid

Inessential remake of the Disney classic is bloated as a puffer fish

"...Remakes aren't necessarily bad (as shown by David Lowery in his majestic reenvisioning of Pete's Dragon). The..."

May 26, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Filmmakers Announced for Sundance

Several local filmmakers chosen to compete at Sundance 2017

"...degenerate criminals. The film stars Melanie Lynskey, Elijah Wood, David Yow, and Jane Levy...."

Dec. 1, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Taking a Stand on Shorts

No mere calling card or stepping stone, the short film is enjoying a renaissance

"...Dallas filmmaker David Lowery's SXSW 2011 entry, "Pioneer," which stars Will Oldham..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Spotlight: Camper Van Beethoven

The return of Camper Van Beethoven -- and Tusk?

"...According to David Lowery, the band's de facto frontman, this really isn't..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Sun Sets on the Big 'Dance

Sundance ends with acquisitions and accolades for Austin filmmakers

"...Recent Austin transplant David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express) delivered one of his stronger..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFS Announces 2021 Feature Grant Recipients

Ten projects reflect talent and diversity in Texas film

"...Juneteenth, Annie Silverstein’s Bull, and Keith Maitland’s Tower. Filmmakers David Lowery (The Green Knight, Pete’s Dragon) and Kat Candler..."

Sept. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

Macon Blair Wins Sundance 2017

Grand Jury prize-winner tops the list of locals done good – and bad – at Park City

"...Meanwhile, Dallas-based auteur David Lowery (Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Pete's Dragon) was back..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Home Director: Kris Swanberg. Writer: Kris Swanberg, Jade Healy, David Lowery, Ben Kasulke A woman tries to get over..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Producers: My Path to the Studio, Austin Convention Center, Saturday 17

"...polish. Saturday's panel brought together Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), David Lowery (Cracker, Sparklehorse, Counting Crows), Paul Ebersold (Slobberbone, Sister..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Bruce Hughes

"...and tempestuous frontman like Poi Dog's Frank Orrall, Cracker's David Lowery, and Schneider, it's easy to view Hughes' career..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

I See a Darkness

Mike Aho and Will Oldham examine 'The Lonely Life'

"...white, a baptismal intro to the world his character David inhabits. As we look closer, we see his shirt..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

Swimming 'Upstream'

Shane Carruth on pigs, money, and being a control freak

"...Steven Soderbergh once described as "the illegitimate offspring of David Lynch and James Cameron," you should expect nothing less...."

April 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Patrick Courtney

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