Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy

Considering trilogy storytelling has once again become Hollywood's new cash cow, it was only a matter of time before all three of Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future films were released as a box set.

"...an average mid-Eighties American suburban kid, and eccentric scientist "Doc" Brown (Christopher Lloyd), whom Marty assists with scientific experiments...."

June 20, 2003 Screens Review by Eli Kooris

A Little Eclectic

Texas Documentary Tour brings Immy Humes to town.

"...different: "A Little Vicious" (1991), a tragicomedy (and Oscar-nominated documentary short) about a pit bull on death row. The..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Immaculate Film

Musicalia at the SXSW Film Festival

"...Festival would be sporting a never-ending slate of homemade docs on SXSW 2000 music. Nope. Guess the budding Buñuels..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Record Reviews

"...TILL THE NIGHT IS GONE: A TRIBUTE TO DOC POMUS..."

June 23, 1995 Music Review

Self Portraits, Carnivals, and Cannibalism in Our Recommended Events

The weekend in arts and culture

"...evidence. Former Austinite Kyle Henry started making his latest documentary, Time Passages, as a way to process the death..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Levitation, a Cumbia Halloween, Jazz Hall of Fame, and More Crucial Concerts

From spooky to undead and beyond, these are the shows to see

"...Friday 1 - Saturday 2, Doc’s Drive In/dadaLab..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Ravyn Lenae, Spoon, the Magnetic Fields, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in music with a little help from these recommendations

"...greatest record store in the known universe for three days only,” that’s MY line. (See “Playback,” May 5, 2017.)..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Recommended Events for This Week’s Cooling Temps

Fairies, succulents, and lowriders in this weekend’s suggested happenings

"...cover band, Dude Ranch.   – Richard Whittaker Sunny Days..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

It's Only Life After All

Moving doc about the folk musical duo Indigo Girls

"...In the documentary profile It’s Only Life After All, Emily Saliers and..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Katherine McNevins

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus

The legendary composer delivers his final performance in a stirring concert documentary

"...Cong Su) in Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus. The concert documentary features exactly one instrument – a grand piano –..."

March 29, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films – Documentary

Environmental warnings come with mordant humor and sweetness

"...hearty food for thought, this year’s crop of short documentary nominees is a varied harvest of themes and styles,..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song

Music documentary tries to sing two songs at once

"...Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah,” and the documentary covers Cohen’s life pretty extensively though the early Nineties..."

July 22, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

SXSW Film Review: Dio Dreamers Never Die

Biography of the metal master reveals a quiet, gentle man

"...Rock docs are usually simple. Take the story of an iconic..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Robert Penson

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...man to cutting edge underground beats, Sound Unseen's five days and nights of music movies covers styles and the..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Death of a Nation

Dinesh D'Souza, at it again, in another propaganda exercise

"...sure, but that just seems like outdated jingoism these days. Whatever beliefs you think to be true on either..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

City of Ghosts

Battling ISIS with journalism

"...Documentary filmmaker Heineman’s last film was the Oscar-nominated Cartel Land,..."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Festival staff received about 1,500 narrative features and 1,000 documentaries, and narrowed that down to about 150 titles. Now..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Old Settler's Music Festival Interviews

Talking bluegrass with five OSMF headliners and a Dripping Springs dweller

"...AC: There's an upcoming documentary called Revival: The Sam Bush Story. Have you seen..."

April 17, 2015 Music Feature

Book Review: 'The Last Kind Words Saloon'

Jes' Wyatt and Doc and the setting sun in McMurtry's latest

"...momentum clocks a speed reflective of long, hot, dusty days wasted away in a saloon, and it’s shorter than..."

May 22, 2014 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Kickstart Your Weekend

Headlines from the crowdfunding scene

"...were doomed to failure. This time around? With 33 days to go, they've already raised almost triple their original..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Letters at 3AM

How far are you willing to go to make a picture?

"...How wild were the early days of film? It was said that Henry Lehrman, while..."

March 13, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

When Hollywood Met Steve Collins

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

"...appearance. Two hundred fifty screenings. Countless celebrity panels. Eleven days of total film gluttony. But as I prepped for..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

Mountain Patrol: Kekexili

A self-appointed game warden and his ragtag band of volunteers cross some treacherous Chinese landscape in search of poachers who are decimating the Tibetan antelope.

"...Goldwyn and National Geographic (a co-distributor of the bird doc March of the Penguins) reminds. Winner of Hong Kong’s..."

May 26, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Basic Instinct 2

This wholly unwarranted sequel is so outrageously preposterous (and chockablock with bad dialogue) that the end result achieves a basement grandeur of near-epic proportions.

"...credit is hardly the stuff of reliable résumés these days, and so the credit/blame/outrage is to be shared by..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Life and Work, Light and Dark

How the legacy of Townes Van Zandt more than met its match in 'some dumb New York girl'

"...Here to Love Me, her toast-of–the-music-and-film-world Townes Van Zandt documentary. At one point, she pauses to put the fear..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Remembrance of Things Weird

Nancy Higgins' 'Viva Les Amis'

"...Nancy Higgins and co-producer Christian Moore's excellent, elegiac new documentary, Viva Les Amis, nails flawlessly: Austin ain't what it..."

April 29, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Bee Worth Buzzing About

Texas Documentary Tour presents the Oscar-nominated Spellbound.

"...explains why rookie filmmaker Jeff Blitz's first feature and doc also walked off with an Oscar nomination, to boot...."

June 6, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

SXSW Film Festival 2003

"...March 15. Premiering around town over the next nine days will be a wide selection of narrative features, documentaries,..."

March 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Upsizing the Ante

Old Settlers Bluegrass & Acoustic Festival

"...the revitalized festival is not only spread over two days, it's smack-dab in the middle of bluebonnet season, scenically..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...make a collaborative album in quarantine, captured in new documentary Alone Together. However, in the centerpiece slot, the old..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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