After a Fashion

Matthew McConaughey, Peter Fonda, Luke Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, Farrah Fawcett, Louis Black: Which godlike celebrity did Style Avatar Stephen deign to spend a hot 15 minutes in a trailer with? Oh, wouldn't you like to know …

"...and Sarah Seiders, and visiting royalty included Paul Steckler, Ellen Spiro, the fabulous Nancy Savoca (Nancy, I love you,..."

March 14, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Body of War

Filmmakers Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro show the story of a young veteran, crippled after five days of service in Iraq, and his evolution from gung-ho enlistee to passionate anti-war activist.

"...Directed by: Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro. One of the most affecting and certainly the..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ten Little Indies

UT and AFS team up for a Doc Tour deviation: 10 films under 10 minutes long made for less than $10.

"...Under 10 (Again) short series. Facilitated by RTF doc-bwana Ellen Spiro, the student series showcases short docs (under 10..."

May 7, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Citizen McCall

Kinky Friedman once remarked that the line between fiction and reality is the one he snorted back in 1978. More than two decades later, he's still getting things mixed up. Chronicle writer Sidney Moody investigates why he puts his friend John McCall, the multimillionaire shampoo magnate and owner of the beauty supply firm Armstrong McCall, in his new detective novel Steppin' on a Rainbow without even bothering to change his name.

"...documentary The Shampoo King (2000) by UT associate professor Ellen Spiro is perhaps the best introduction to McCall. The..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Books Feature by Sidney Moody

Page Two

"...a trip down the roads of America by filmmaker Ellen Spiro, accompanied by her dog, her camera, and her..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Short Cuts

"...Roam Sweet Home will be RTF visiting faculty member Ellen Spiro. For more on Spiro's film about the "Geritol..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Moral of 'Body of War': Don't Make Precipitous Decisions

"...their families. Co-directed by Austin documentarian and UT professor Ellen Spiro and former talk-show host Phil Donahue, the film..."

Sept. 19, 2007 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Hereditary D: Ari Aster When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two

SXSW 2005 looms on the horizon

"...Palindromes (Narrative, directed by Todd Solondz; with Ellen Barkin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Richard Masur): The brilliant Solondz's..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column by Louis Black

The Territory Schedule

"..."Flip Film" (Ellen Ugelstad and Alfonso Alvarez, California, 1 min., 1999) Portrait..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Feature

Novelty Firm Backs Dildo Protest Documentary

Cocks Not Glocks gets some firm support

"...the protests: at SXSW this year, PJ Raval and Ellen Spiro debuted their short documentary "Come & Take It"..."

June 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

1, 2, SXSW is coming for you

"...Come & Take It A doc by local directors Ellen Spiro and PJ Raval on the Great Texas Dildo..."

March 9, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Your Queer Guide to SXSW

Keeping things kweer in 2018

"...short film, co-directed by local love PJ Raval and Ellen Spiro, that tells the story of the anti-gun violence..."

March 2, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

ATX Film News

Our monthly guide to what's filming and screening

"...Take It," with PJ Raval and groundbreaking documentarian/UT professor Ellen Spiro taking aim on the "Cocks Not Glocks" protest..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF's 2017 Lineup Announced

Celebrating 30 years of queer entertainment with films for everyone

"...Greetings From Out Here (1993) Director: Ellen Spiro Country: USA..."

Aug. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Iman Shah

Mock Shooting Now Just Near UT Campus

Update: Mass farting demonstration planned in response

"...Another professor involved with Gun Free UT, Ellen Spiro, told the Houston Chronicle about her approach to..."

Dec. 9, 2015 News Post by Mac McCann

Thanks for the Memories

'Chronicle' staff past and present on 20 years of covering SXSW Film

"...Elizabeth Avellán, lawyer/producer John Sloss, John and Janet Pierson, Ellen Spiro, Richard Lewis, Don Howard, Ramona Diaz, Hector Galán,..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Need a Permanent 'Fix'

TV Eye tease about 'Fixing the Future'

"...audience at the KLRU studios, with David Brancaccio and Ellen Spiro in attendance. (I wrote about the show in..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

An Expanding Definition of Family

Karen Skloss' personal documentary explores mothers and daughters and the choices they make

"...she explains, but she began editing documentary shorts for Ellen Spiro (Body of War) just after Jasmine was born..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Sarah Jean Billeiter

TV Eye

TV Eye unpacks SXSW 08 and christens TV on the Internet

"...a profile of Body of War, Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro's documentary about an Iraq veteran. The episode airs..."

March 21, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Thursday Picks

"...7pm, Stubb's Co-written and co-directed by Austin's Ellen Spiro and Phil Donahue, SXSW Film documentary Body of..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Film News

Texas could be like New York

"...at 7pm Monday in the Ransom Center's Prothro Theatre… Ellen Spiro has won the national Gracie Award for Troop..."

March 16, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

After a Fashion

Stephen gets all artsy and somehow manages to not even get any on himself. He also encourages men to wear fewer clothes.

"...and now artist's model Julia Cuba who starred in Ellen Spiro and Karen Bernstein's fabulous documentary Troop 1500 (www.imdb.com/title/tt0452699)...."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

TV Eye

The theatre of outrage: What happened when I slipped into the packed house for the one-on-one with Henry Rollins at SXSW last Sunday

"...of critically acclaimed films. The film, by local filmmaker Ellen Spiro and Karen Bernstein, profiles an Austin-based Girl Scout..."

March 17, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

I'll Sleep When I Figure Out Why I Can't

Analyzing Alan Berliner's most personal documentary yet

"...Anne Lewis, Alan Berliner, Ellen Spiro..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Texas Documentary Tour

'Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea'

"...their first feature film (in a style reminiscent of Ellen Spiro's Roam Sweet Home), opens up this quirky world..."

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

Film News

Are the Coens coming back to Austin? Plus, Anne Rapp and 'Double Wide,' Jenn Garrison in Italy, and Jacob Vaughan kind of gets hit on by Dave Carradine.

"...fellow UT student Keun-Pyo Park ("Wake") and UT professor Ellen Spiro (Troop 1500)... Speaking of 40 Acres folk, Miguel..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

After a Fashion

This week your Style Avatar makes the Red Carpet Scene at the premiere of 'Sahara' and Robert Rodriguez's 'Sin City' and remembers DeLorean

"...Adams, Louis Black, Werner Campbell and the lovely Julia, Ellen Spiro, Margaret Moser, and Earl Poole Ball mingled and..."

April 8, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Okay, SXSW has officially begun and your Style Avatar is deep in it. Watch where you step.

"...Walker, Julia Smith, the incandescent Anne Elizabeth Wynn, filmmaker Ellen Spiro, Cliff Redd, and Gail Chovan and Evan Voyles,..."

March 18, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

SXSW Film 05 Awards

The Best of the Fest

"...Runner-Up TROOP 1500D: Ellen Spiro..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature

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