Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...Immaculate Director: Michael Mohan Producers: David Bernad, Sydney Sweeney, Jonathan Davino, Teddy Schwarzman, Michael Heimler,..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Austin Adds Owen Egerton's Latest

Plus sci-fi fest's closing night title, and shorts

"..."Beautiful Dreamer" D: David Gaddie, USA, 26 min. Facing a terminal disease, a..."

Nov. 28, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Biennial 2013

"...Gerstheimer, K8 Hardy, Teresa Hubbard, Alexander Birchler, Annette Lawrence, David Pagel, Bárbara Perea, Christina Rees, Dario Robleto, Noah Simblist,..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

This'll Sharpen the Lead in Your Pencil!

David Rees' techniques are unstoppable

"...itself. As promoted by, explained by, illustrated by one David Rees in the new book from Melville House: How..."

April 17, 2012 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

AFF Announces 2011 Lineup

Regional premieres of Shame, The Descendants

"...PARIAH Dee Rees (Writer/Director) – Regional Premiere..."

Sept. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Whistleblower

The international crime of human sex trafficking is the subject of this melodramatic and often harrowing drama.

"...Directed by: Larysa Kondracki. Starring: Rachel Weisz, David Strathairn, Nikolas Lie Kaas, Vanessa Redgrave, Roxana Condurache, Monica..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...Kerr, Sierra Jade Sampson. Pariah (Director and screenwriter: Dee Rees) — When forced to choose between losing her best..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

International Bands

Friday

"...Christopher Rees (Sat., Stephen F's Bar, 10pm) Orchestral, soulful, countryish, cautionary,..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Humor

Rees' strips are provocative and wise, and delivered with a punch to the gut

"...by David Rees..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Books Feature by Jordan Smith

How the West Was Won

SXSWUK 2008

"...Christopher Rees..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Taking the World Stage

How more theatre made Here is getting Out There and what that means

"...Neulander agrees: "Austin is pretty unique in the sheer volume of..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Rude Mechs: How great it was, how great

The Rude Mechs' Bush-whacking version of Get Your War On nets raves and a festival prize at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe

"...own Rude Mechs in presenting their Bush-whacking adaptation of David Rees' Internet comic strip Get Your War On. Not..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Victory

Local theatrical troupe wins big overseas.

"...Work by a Collective/Ensemble, for their stage adaptation of David Rees' clip-art satire strip. Throw in universal four-star reviews..."

Aug. 27, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Culture Flash!

NEA grants in the stockings of three Austin arts groups, plus the Rude Mechs get their Big Apple on at the Public Theater's Under the Radar festival

"...time with Get Your War On, their adaptation of David Rees' Internet comic strip. The show will be part..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Game 6

Novelist Don DeLillo's first foray as a screenwriter uses the legendary sixth game of the 1986 World Series as the central metaphor in this film starring Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr.

"...Dunne, Bebe Neuwirth, Catherine O’Hara, Tom Aldredge, Ari Graynor, David Guion, Roger Rees and Harris Yulin. Novelist Don DeLillo..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Get Your War On

The Rude Mechs' 'Get Your War On' provides a fresh reminder of the political outrages of the past four years and a fresh injection of the outrage we may have lost

"...The Rude Mechs' adaptation of David Rees' Internet sensation doesn't really have the flat, bland..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Hang the DJ

The new political theatre invites you into its messy, sexy conversation

"...adaptation of the brilliant and scathing Internet comic by David Rees. It was hilarious and thrilling. The audience responded..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

'Chronicle,' 'Get Your War On'

"...fan of the comic Get Your War On by David Rees. I would love to see it appear in..."

Sept. 19, 2005 Postmarks

Get Your War On

The Rude Mechanicals' 'Get Your War On' bulldozes through the buried media and lost horrors of the post-9 / 11 years with a sarcasm that strikes sparks

"...Your War On, the Rude Mechanicals' theatrical adaptation of David Rees' Internet comic strip. White-collar workers glued to telephones..."

May 6, 2005 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Get Your Rees On

Comic artist David Rees and the theatre of 'War'

"...their considerable adapting powers to Get Your War On, David Rees' riotous clip-art comic about the War on Terror®...."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Triumph of the Yellow Kid

Comics are art, Spiegelman notes in his panel-busting history lesson

"...novels Fax From Sarajevo and Yossel, April 19, 1943; David Rees, the cartoonist behind the recent clip-art sensations Get..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film 04 Awards

The best of the Fest

"...D: Peter Wellington; with Luke Kirby, Sarah Polley, Jed Rees SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR NARRATIVE FEATURE Mind the Gap..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...film as a superb piece of filmmaking. The critic, David Denby, has been reviewing for more than 30 years..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Column

Atonement, Etc. -- Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition

Books for which we confess our true feelings, reconsider our disdain, or finally find room: top 10-plus, 2002 edition …

"...by Bruce Pegg (Routledge)6. Get Your War On by David Rees (Soft Skull) 7. Franklin Flyer by Nicholas Christopher..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Books Feature

Get Your Brain on with Cartoonist David Rees

A profile of cartoonist David Rees, coming to Austin to promote his book Get Your War On

"...the past year you may have received one of David Rees' sardonic comic strips in your inbox or spotted..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

1999-2000 Award Winners

"...6. Steve Rees, bagpipes..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

George Jones comes to Austin and everyone gets arrested in the melee. Meanwhile, Matthew McConaughey gets naked and busted, and Austin's answer to Santana, Vallejo, signs with Gloria Estefan's Sony imprint. Maybe K-NACK, a local alt.rock station from earlier this decade, can play them online as the station returns -- on the Internet.

"...the site as well, since original K-NACK honcho Richard Rees has given the Net station the rights to do..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Roll 'Em

March

"...D: Roger Kumble; with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair...."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...future's your wilderness." I'd like to think Mr. Wheeler agrees. And I'd also like to think we both believe..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

Sudden Manhattan

"...by: Adrienne Shelly. Starring: Adrienne Shelly, Tim Guinee, Roger Rees, Louise Lasser and Hynden Walch. If Shelly's feature debut..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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