Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...was published in September 1981. The cover was a disaster. The content was fine...."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Raiders!

What if you remade a Hollywood blockbuster in your mom's basement?

"...remake of the adventure classic back in the Eighties. Movie geeks described it with lavish hyperbole. Mind-blowing! Face-melting! ..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Personal True Tales, Plus New and Returning Texas Legends at SXSW

Film festival director Janet Pierson gives us the 2014 rundown

"...If it's anything, it's the year of the time-travel movie, with Liv Tyler in Space Station 76, Ethan Hawke..."

Jan. 30, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Won’t Stop Announcing Awesome Stuff

May the Schwartz be with all of us

"...his upcoming book (written with Bryan Connolly) DESTROY ALL MOVIES!!! The Complete Guide to Punks on Film...."

Sept. 8, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Re-Re-Re-Re-Reopening Night

The Ritz: Talkie theatre, cowboy hangout, playhouse, comedy and punk club, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

"...first theatre in Austin to be built for sound movies."..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Man of Character

State and Main star William H. Macy talks about his iconic position as America's indie darling, the state of indie filmmaking today, and what on earth Gus Van Sant was thinking.

"...-- it's difficult to visualize a group of Scary Movie fans mulling over the nuances of his remarkable performance..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

"...human tolerance may have influenced my impressions of the movie. I'll allow that's a possibility. My concentration may have..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Film Encounters of the in*situ Kind

Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine

"...a feature-length film, and publishing a magazine with haiku movie reviews and an astrology column. The group has thus..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Screens Feature

Fantastic Fest Review: After Midnight

We're definitely digging Jeremy Gardner's scene

"...film its unique voice. Breakup stories masquerading as horror movies aren’t exactly hard to find, but it should come..."

Sept. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2017

"...This sweet-natured movie about a Catholic high schooler with dreams of life..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

SXSW Unleashes the Midnighters

Mayhem, 68 Kill, plus Behind the Mask retrospective

"...in one location, and madness ensues. It's not as B-movie schlocky as he usually does." (Don't worry, Lynch will..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Fest has announced 10 of the most eagerly awaited movies: the gory, gross, and engrossing list of Midnighters...."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...secretive world, The Great Invisible examines the Deepwater Horizon disaster through the eyes of oil executives, explosion survivors, and..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Stages of Inebriation

To drink or not to drink – for local thespians, no question

"...to drink as much as George and Martha do. Disaster. We never made it through the rehearsal, and the..."

July 3, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Teaching You the Fear

Extraterrestrial

"...so I found a way to make a small movie in between and so that's how Extraterrestrial happened. I..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Northern Exposures

Reflections on the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival

"...With not one but two movies playing in the festival, the filmmaker Werner Herzog definitely..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Night of the Living Dead'

Weird City Theatre brings George Romero's classic zombies to the stage

"...knew I was forbidden to see. It's an intense movie. It absolutely grabs you by the balls and does..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

The Music Is Pretty Much Incessant

P. Kellach Waddle, the River City's 'educated hillbilly,' composes himself a life

"...Austin Symphony Orchestra or performing at an Alamo Drafthouse music-and-a-movie presentation or attending a performance of his and others'..."

April 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

When Hollywood Met Steve Collins

... and other Austin stories from the L.A. Film Festival

"...the gourmet cookies?), ultimately it was all about the movies and the people who made them...."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

This Old Mouse

Facing accusations of market saturation, cultural homogenization, and unethical labor practices, Disney keeps manufacturing the magic … but for how long?

"...cross-promotions. The empire is so ubiquitous that a Disney movie is never just a movie. A simple trip to..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

The Horror, the Horror

William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist and screenwriter of the infamously terrifying film, discusses the recently released The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen and his life on both sides of the camera.

"...returned that day and so forth. It was a disaster. But once again, someone was looking out for me...."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community

"...Chris Smith, the director of the hilarious documentary American Movie, has announced a contest by which you can actually..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn

"...of the Nineties, Showgirls. At one point in the movie, Idle's character tries to explain his reasons for stealing..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Screens Feature

Going the Distance

"...on the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Lockerbie air disaster, and the Soviet shooting of a Korean passenger jet...."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature by Lee Nichols

An Amarillo State of Mind

The Plutonium Circus Comes to Town

"...plant), not lymphoma statistics and the perpetual possibility of disaster. It's a mindset that's hard to swallow, but then,..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...Joining him is Hugo Sakamoto (Yellow Dragon's Village, '21)..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Weird Wednesday Celebrates Low-Budget Legend Albert Pyun

An unstoppable workhorse whose films celebrated earnest fun

"...few weeks assisting pre-production on Akira Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala, disaster strikes when Mifune backs out of the movie to..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Screens Feature by Julian Towers

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...A Life on the Farm charts the extraordinary home movies of Charles Carson, a farmer from rural Britain whose..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop" Provides a Close-up on Cinema's Scenic Paintings

The exhibition of 12 vintage backdrops painted for MGM films reveals their techniques for creating grand illusions

"...Think of a movie you've loved since you were a kid, one you've..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Five Movies to See in Austin This Week

Kristen Stewart is haunted and there's a town full of fireworks

"...(Ritz); get tickets The film that launched a thousand movie nights returns to theatres, hot on the heels of..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Events Post by Josh Kupecki

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