El Mariachi

"...Directed by: Robert Rodriguez. Starring: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Peter Marquardt and Reinol Martinez. From Richard Linklater's..."

Feb. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'El Mariachi' to Perform Sundance Encore

Robert Rodriguez's 1993 debut to be honored with a Sundance screening

"...lineup of the January 2013 Sundance Film Festival is El Mariachi, the debut film by maverick filmmaker Robert Rodriguez..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

National Film Registry Welcomes 'El Mariachi'

Rodriguez's debut joins Bambi, Hannibal Lecter, and Forrest Gump

"...bar." In this case, it's Robert Rodriguez's breakthrough film El Mariachi, released in 1993. It's been named by the..."

Dec. 28, 2011 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sundown for the El Rey Network

Robert Rodriguez's cable network ends broadcasting

"...There's a gap in your cable box right now: El Rey, the TV network established by Robert Rodriguez to..."

Jan. 5, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

La Musica y el Director

Robert Rodriguez adds "composer" to his long list of film credits.

"...From winning 1994's Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for El Mariachi to his 2003 Imagen Award for best film..."

July 25, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

¡Viva Mariachi!

Spice up your evenings with Austin mariachi

"...The sweet, soothing, and sentimental sounds of mariachi music are an effective antidote to an overdose of..."

March 6, 2009 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Cumbia Sobre El Rio

Monterrey's Celso Piña and his 21st Century cumbia

"...singeing heat battening down anything that comes unhinged. After approximately five days, 10 hours, and 45 minutes of interview..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

A Career Hooligan Looks Back, But Mostly Forward

Robert Rodriguez on a lifetime of innovation and the movie, 'El Mariachi,' that started it all

"...Listen to his director's commentaries. Absorb at a molecular level the lessons and advice he offers in his "Ten..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Desperado

"...During its opening moments, Desperado announces itself as an action picture that demands to be watched,..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vaults: Robert Rodriguez's Early Years

"Ismael Jones and the Eyes of the Devil" debuts and "El Mariachi" at 20

"...20 years ago this summer that Robert Rodriguez filmed El Mariachi. To celebrate the occasion, the Austin Film Society..."

Sept. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

The third film in Robert Rodriguez’s south-of-the-border action trilogy is a whole lot of movie.

"...the same kid-in-a-candy-store playfulness that marked 1993’s shoestring breakthrough, El Mariachi. It’s packed with low angles and copter shots,..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Like a Kid Again

For Spy Kids, his first youth-oriented movie, director Robert Rodriguez maintains the spirit of youth - and El Mariachi

"...filmmaker Robert Rodriguez's newest movie Spy Kids. A Ferris wheel, an air-slide, a tilt-a-whirl, and a quartet of garishly..."

March 30, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Spy Kids

The first entry in Rodriguez's kids action movie remains the best in the series.

"...the filmmaker they associate with blazing action show-stoppers like El Mariachi, Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn, and The Faculty..."

March 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Roadracers

"...director, co-writer, and editor) since the surprise success of El Mariachi, Rodriguez has helmed the perfect AIP 1950s drive-in..."

July 22, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black

SchoolJam Daze

Teen bands take home awards

"...The third time "Yellow Submarine" played between sets, it started to get old,..."

March 2, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Desperado HoursFor a Few Dollars More

"..."Just add a few zeroes." That could very well summarize the production strategy adopted by Robert Rodriguez on..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...you from its opening scenes of the teenaged Lothario Telly adrift in his favorite pastime: deflowering young girls. After..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...outdresses, and generally outdoes last year's Australian hit about traveling drag queens, Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert...."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Robert Rodriguez Returns to His DIY Roots With Red 11

The film the Austin director shot while filming blockbuster Alita: Battle Angel debuts at SXSW

"...the biggest movie of your entire life, a massive melding of CGI and practical sets with a budget that..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cozying Up to The Faculty

"...of The Faculty, produced by his wife and partner Elizabeth Avellán. This is a benefit for the Austin Film..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Hypnotic

Robert Rodriguez and Ben Affleck team up for a pulpy mindbender

"...There are three Robert Rodriguezes. There's the father who tells kids stories, and has launched (and is currently relaunching)..."

May 12, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Scanlines

The Last Frankenstein

"...A spellbinding horror film with a quirky sense of black humor,..."

May 5, 1995 Screens Column

Robert Rodriguez Goes Back to His Roots for New Reality Series

The rebel without a crew becomes a rebel with a cable show

"...$7,225 of that cash, and made his debut feature El Mariachi. Two years later, he told FilmMaker magazine that..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam

'Mud,' 'El Mariachi' at 20, and an 'American Gypsies' protest

"...film, Mud, is close to securing U.S. distribution, with release set for 2013...."

Aug. 17, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Short Cuts

Tarantino and Rodriguez make beautiful music together, and Ellen Spiro keeps reaching for the stars.

"...El Mariachi Redux Dept.: No one will ever accuse Quentin..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

The Producer

Austinite Robert Rodriguez has, of course, been a maverick from the get-go, but it's wife and producer Elizabeth Avellán who often seems the cogent heart and soul behind her husband's outrageously entertaining productions.

"...homage to action films of the past than a completely original, ultraviolent, supersaturated love note to Mexico, from director..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Will Video Kill the Celluloid Star?

Most loves fade over time, and the romance of a hundred-plus years of filmmaking seems to be losing its luster as well. At least, that's what the new High Definition video vanguard, led by George Lucas and Robert Rodriguez, is saying. Is video the future of film?

"...the unrestrainable technogeek ambitions) to Jonathan Demme (whose fall release The Truth About Charlie utilizes film, digital video, and..."

June 21, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...of a new funding organization for Latinos producing public television programming. The overall purpose of the forums is to..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

"...West," the special double screening of Robert Rodriguez's legendary El Mariachi and directorCheung Man Kwok's Run, a Hong Kong..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Seeing Life’s Brevity in the Art Poles of South First

Street art goes vertical in South Austin

"...and wide distribution make it the weed of urban self-expression – and depending on the strength of the fixative,..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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