Demolition Man

Documentarian Jesse Moss on Speedo

"...done just that with Ed "Speedo" Jager, a veteran demolition-derby driver who counters every triumph on the track with..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Roller Derby Update 1/22/14

From recruiting wranglers to world cups, start filling your schedule

"...ready to fill them all up. The 2014 Roller Derby season is just getting ready to start, and it..."

Jan. 22, 2014 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Fast Five

Those renegade street racers reassemble for the fifth installment in the franchise, this time in scenic Rio de Janeiro.

"...Fast Five. You could also say it's a kickass demolition derby – pure, dumb summer fun – and often..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drive Angry

Nicolas Cage plays a parent on a mission to avenge the murder of his daughter and granddaughter.

"...What's really remarkable is how much of this pricey demolition derby feels ripped from cheaper, better drive-in films of..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Racing junkies would be better off browsing the many online drifting videos in which the camera doesn't cut and the people don't speak.

"...this flashy, wildly successful franchise opens with a bravura demolition derby through a developing suburban neighborhood. As cars barrel..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

Walk With a Wild Child (Possibly a Sociopath)

Chaos and creativity in the Zellner Bros.' 'Kid-Thing'

"...such contradictions, like the opening scene of a mud-splattered demolition derby set to the smoky, Sixties Parisienne club tones..."

July 6, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc Recommends: Capital City Marching Band Festival

Toney Burger Activity Center, Saturday, October 3, 2009

"...is awesomely exciting to watch – sort of like demolition derby only with a much nicer VIP section, and,..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Cinematexas 8 Schedule

Go see Cinematexas!

"...2pm [UT Competition Program 2] Demolition Derby..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature

The Cremaster Cycle: Part 3

Despite its numeric designation, Part 3 is the concluding installment of Barney's art cycle. It fuses mysticism and modernism and was filmed in New York's Chrysler Building and Guggenheim Museum, among other places. Barney plays the apprentice who endures torture and travails while ascending each building.

"...assorted creation/destruction myths. Certainly it’s all very apocalyptic. A demolition derby set inside a mock-up of the Chrysler Building’s..."

July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

jackass the movie

"...the likes of underwear bungee and drunken golf cart demolition derby. (By the way, I mean "numbnuts" quite literally..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...in advance... A call for extras has arrived from Demolition Film Corp., which is shooting a Dimension Films project..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

The Sexual Life of the Belgians

"...Destruction Derby Psygnosis PC CD-ROM..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Screens Feature

There's Something in the Woods

Celebrating the Alamo Rolling Roadshow with Bruce Campbell

"...2) The "Live Thermonuclear Flaming Death Race and Demolition Derby" with The Road Warrior at Kyle's Central Texas..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Rolling Into 2010

Hotrod, Heartbreakers take first wins of the TXRG regular season

"...It's always the quiet ones, even in Roller Derby. In the opening bouts of the Texas Rollergirls 2010..."

March 29, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Rolling Roadshow Returns with Dangerous Animals on the Water

Slasher-meets-sharks movie gets wet ... real wet

"...a haunted house or The Road Warrior at a demolition derby, the Alamo Drafthouse's Rolling Roadshow screenings are the..."

May 13, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: The Edge of the Earth

A place previously known only for its stray dogs and meth scabs

"...phrase “Fuck Joe Biden,” that sport ... along with demolition derby and monster truck wars, are the only auto..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Election Ticker: The Calm in the Eye of the Storm

Wild punches, campaign cash, and early voting insights

"...and Ortega. And in the Texas House District 51 demolition derby to succeed Eddie Rodriguez (it's too late for..."

Feb. 27, 2022 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Sound Unseen Comes Back to Rock the Movies

Fusion festival comes to AFS with Todd Rohal and more

"...film fixture Will Oldham on an adventure that includes demolition derby, missing dogs, and a girl named Turkeylegs. Stick..."

Oct. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Seeing the Future of Politics in SXSW Documentary Boys State

Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine look at the state of boys

"...regularly since they brought their earlier documentary, Speedo: A Demolition Derby Love Story, to SXSW 2003. He said, "I..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Scientists Revisited on A Place Called Bad

Aussie grunge progenitors await a new generation of action rockers

"...Salmon bawled, spit, and growled out paeans to a “Demolition Derby” and a “Murderess in a Purple Dress” as..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Music Post by Michael Toland

Burt Reynolds and The Bandit

Doc chronicles the making of a classic

"...racing stripes on an earlier film: 2004's Speedo: A Demolition Derby Love Story, about self-destructive driver Ed "Speedo" Jager...."

Aug. 5, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Young Twerks

It's not the costume, it's what you do in it

"...performance at the VMAs were riveting in a prurient, demolition derby kind of way (and therefore true marketing genius),..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Music Announces Panel Lineup

Forty-four day sessions, March 11-16

"...Website Demolition Derby..."

Oct. 31, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Honky

"..."Woke Up Dead," which details the aftermath of Honky's demolition derby lifestyles...."

Nov. 23, 2012 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

15 Minutes with Cheap Trick's Robin Zander

Watch out ZZ Top!

"...G: Did they have a demolition derby there?..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

To the Max

The Alamo Drafthouse portals to the summer of '82

"...best thing to Lord Humungus' wasteland-wrecking dogs – a demolition derby. The Alamo figured, if it were going to..."

May 18, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

'82 Into '12 Does Go

Drafthouse summer series fights for 35mm and Blade Runner

"...at the Thunderhill Raceway in Kyle (complete with wasteland-enhanced demolition derby: Read about that in next week's issue.)..."

May 10, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Kid-Thing'

'Kid-Thing'

"...2008's Goliath breaks several conventions. It opens with a demolition derby, but it isn't a comedy. It stars a..."

March 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Wednesday Rewind

God-Des & She proudly "Stand Up" to DADT

"...“Not Stoked” Local math-punk outfit filmed a summer house party-turned-demolition derby for “Not Stoked,” the latest single from this..."

Sept. 21, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Luv Doc Recommends: 'Texas High School Football: More Than the Game'

Bullock Texas State History Museum, Saturday, August 6, 2011

"...is about the closest you can get to human demolition derby, and really, nothing is more satisfying than watching..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

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