SXSW 2013 Film Reviews: 'Pete and Toshi Get a Camera'

Home movies gain a global significance

"...countries from Israel to Japan to Poland to the Fiji Islands to the Soviet Union (at the height of..."

March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin's Oddities

Science Channel delves into Richard Garriott's cupboards

"...a city to look for anything from mummies to Fiji mermaids (or, as we call them around here, the..."

June 9, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Soccer Watch

U.S. Men's team replace Bob Bradley, and more

"...Group B: Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Blist'ring Strings

This summer the Austin Chamber Music Festival really brings the heat

"...Beach ..." (2005), "Music on the Floor" (1992), and "Fiji" (2007), a piece in which six woodwind instruments play..."

July 8, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Growing Up in War Zones

The magic of cinema inspires kids in a Kurdish village to take camera in hand

"...John Pierson brought Hollywood movies to the residents of Fiji. Cousins presents his Goptapa experience as more of a..."

July 8, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Life

Junkie chic achieves the ultimate high

"...Moroccan abduction/abandonment, Russian roulette fatality, Jamaican angels and thieves, Fiji brain hemorrhaging – no musician of this global stature..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...A&R acumen, while a hate, hate, hate letter from Fiji and Keith Richards' red half-shirt from Altamont pit the..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Hightower Report

Helpful New Year's Resolutions; and Let's Chuck the Bottle

"...oceans, bringing water all the way from France or Fiji. If you need a textbook example of energy absurdity,..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Doodling, idiots, and more

"...To prove his value as a provider, a Fiji man can't get a girl without first showing her..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Rock Out With Your Dogs Out

The awesomest documentary about an animatronic band of animals comes to DVD

"...including some of the more famous names like Mt. Fiji and Matilda the Hun. The stories are phenomenal, controversial,..."

Sept. 16, 2009 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

Gay Place Loses It!

Week One of our Anytime Fitness Challenge.

"...How about Fiji Water and Steroids? Huh huh huh?!?..."

May 15, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Horns, St. Ed's Stay Unbeaten, and More

Longhorns and Hilltoppers soccer squads stay unbeaten, plus more soccer news from here and afar

"...1 - 3 Sudan OCEANIA Vanuatu 2 - 1 Fiji New Zealand 3 - 0 New Caledonia..."

Sept. 10, 2008 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

White Turmeric/Mango Ginger

MGM Indian Foods brings mango ginger to the West

"...a limited time in the summer, shipped in from Fiji and Hawaii. For a truly sublime taste treat, we..."

June 27, 2008 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Hightower Report

A CEO Perk for Perks; Why Not 'Drink Local'?

"...Such places profit handsomely from offering Perrier, San Pellegrino, Fiji, or other designer waters, paying a dollar or 2..."

April 18, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Longhorns Opener Friday; International Results; WC Around the Corner

"...two years and 10 months away – it was Fiji over Tuvalu, 16-0...."

Aug. 29, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Streets of Love

Stalking the Stones across Europe

"...Karibik III den Vater von Johnny Depp." On it, Fiji's real-life Capt. Jack Sparrow takes a header off a..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Into the Blue

Reacquaint yourself with one Paul Walker, the Jean-Paul Belmondo of the New Preposterousness

"...and Wyatt – find that showing free movies in Fiji is a little more complicated than they thought. Now..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Screens Review by Spencer Parsons

SXSW Film Reviews

"...the 180 Meridian, located on the island of Taveuni, Fiji. Then Pierson bought the ramshackle theatre and relocated his..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Movies That Matter

An interview with Killer Films producer Christine Vachon

"...my house in the Bahamas or my island in Fiji, you know what I mean? In a way, that's..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

SXSW 2005 looms on the horizon

"...indie legend John Pierson and his family living on Fiji and running a movie theatre. Culture clashes, entertainment standards,..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column by Louis Black

A Full Dance Card

Back in Austin after eight days in the land of mountains and Mormons at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it's hard to distill the experience into any one verity. The combination of dozens of movies and the oxygen-poor altitude create memories that seem more impressionistic than precise.

"...spent operating the world's most remote movie theatre in Fiji before their recent relocation to Austin, where John Pierson..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Money Changes Everything

Greg Pak's 'Robot Stories' is ap-pealing to just about everyone, seven years after his appeal to the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund launched his career.

"...standing on a street corner, after I returned from Fiji."..."

May 7, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Good News and Bad News

John Pierson's 'Spike Mike Reloaded'

"...his family spent the past 18 months living in Fiji, where, in a grand social experiment that sounds suspiciously..."

April 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Marinated Sea Bass in Lime Juice and Coconut Milk (from Appetizer Atlas)

"...Kokoda Fiji: This is the Fijian version of ceviche, where the..."

April 11, 2003 Food Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants

"...Harvard researchers found introducing TV to remote parts of Fiji resulted in eating disorders of teen girls. In 1995,..."

July 19, 2002 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Fish Tales

Eaves Bros. Quality Seafood, At the Sign of the Neon Lobster

"...Ecuador, New Zealand, Iceland, Taiwan, Canada, Hawaii, South Africa, Fiji, and Vietnam, as well as from the three U.S...."

March 22, 2002 Food Feature by MM Pack

Future-Kill, Roadie

Hoping to capitalize on the success of Tobe Hooper's 1974 surprise horror hit Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Future-Kill reunited that film's stars Neal and Burns and aimed for a similar creepy / kitschy vein. It failed.Meat Loaf quits his day job to become the world's best roadie. Sound weird? It is.

"...Sig-Ep prez, Clint. A practical joke against the rival Fijis incenses Clint, who's just trying to keep the peace;..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Lost at Sea and Back Again

Bill Broyles' Extraordinary Adventure Story

"...a close collaboration that would last through filming in Fiji and into post-production. "Usually you get a movie star,..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Coach's Corner

Aging stars and aging boomers spell an ongoing decline in the popularity of tennis, Coach muses, while dropping a bundle in a Vegas sports book.

"...section was dominated by an obscure duffer from the Fiji Islands and his victory in the Masters...."

April 28, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Work Release

"...Trickster Rick Nielsen proud, framed shots of a young Fiji Island native sporting the latest in B&B T-shirt designs..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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