TV Eye

Here, for your consideration, are the Emmy nominations for dramas, along with nominees selected by columnist Belinda Acosta for her second annual Clare Awards.

"...Turn off that reality show and that Regis What's-His-Name, won't you? The 52nd Annual Emmy..."

July 28, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Television's latest phenomenon Big Brother is here -- and it couldn't be more boring; also, Freaks &Geeks finds a home, and Austin at Issue introduces us to new council members.

"...see myself, I begin to wonder if I really and truly exist." -- Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit..."

July 14, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Breaking Out

"I wanted to write a prison movie, and it felt like the Retail Rodeo was the perfect place to set it," says screenwriter and actor Mike White of his new film, The Good Girl.

"...Texas town, comes home every evening to a dopey husband (John C. Reilly) who has beer-bonged his sperm unusable...."

Aug. 23, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

In Print

The creator of TV's cult classic Freaks and Geeks and writer of another memoir, Kick Me, Paul Feig is no stranger to mining embarrassment's riches, and Superstud ranks high among his work for going so low

"...to discover the outsourced deflowerer is his long-lost mother, and you lived to tell the tale, would you tell..."

July 8, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

TV Eye

Next week is a big week in network TV

"...TV, as they premiere the bulk of their new and returning series. Below is a rundown of highlights...."

Sept. 16, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Bottoms

The Shiva Baby team reunite for a ridonkulously horny queer comedy

"...Ayo Edebiri, Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber, Nicholas Galitzine and Marshawn Lynch...."

Aug. 25, 2023 Movie Review by Lina Fisher

Developing Story

AFF honors Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz

"...Festival announced today that the recipient of this year's Outstanding TV Award will be Mitchell Hurwitz. If you're a..."

July 6, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta picks Emmy winners.

"...the events that took place in New York City and Washington, D.C., Tuesday. To rant and rave about TV..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Emmy Awards wrap-up, plus the skinny on Buffy the Vampire Slayer's season premiere and Live Free or Die, part of PBS' POV documentary series.

"...show (9/10), with comparisons to my Clare's Choice Awards and Emmy predictions. Here are the highlights:..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Remembering John Hughes

The Eighties' keenest chronicler of teenage embarrassments and suburban ennui, dead at 59

"...Before Judd Apatow gave us Freaks and Geeks, there was writer/director John Hughes (The Breakfast..."

Aug. 6, 2009 Screens Post by Lei-Leen Choo

Behind the Bars Part II

We revisit Austin's LGBTQ bars of yesteryear

"...In honor of Pride and this week's queer spaces feature, we've reached out to..."

Aug. 25, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

'Skins' Notes

Notes on my new obsession

"...not going to disappear after a too short run (Freaks and Geeks comes to mind). Anyway...I was curious about..."

Aug. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...1983: Angela Strehli & Band with special guest Stevie Ray Vaughan, Extreme Heat, Van..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

MGMT

"...Disheveled Brooklynites Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser seem unlikely to offer up..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Kickstart Your Weekend: 'Teeth'

Jennifer Cox tackles bullying in forthcoming short film

"...Cox has lived with crooked teeth all her life, and she initially drafted a short script called "Teeth" when..."

June 28, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

deEP end

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"...local country-folk trio has sounded, especially on New Wave standout "Hate," and holds off on the usual accordion jam..."

June 3, 2011 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

ACL Music Fest Sunday Interview

Don't drink the Kool-Aid

"...10-plus-member group is a motley crew of hipsters, hippies, freaks, and geeks that would seem incongruous were it not..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Fucked Up

Hardcore rules, falls count anywhere

"...of Common Life (Matador), opened with a flute solo and never looked back, fusing prog atmospherics and brooding psychedelia..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Cattle Is Forever

The Austin Film Society presents 'Return to Giant'

"...(who would die in a car accident during postproduction), and Dennis Hopper in tow – flew in to film..."

June 3, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Film News

Watchdog group Texans for Public Justice has a bone to pick with the guv and his new film incentives proposal

"...losing proposition because the real winners will be corporations and corporate baddies, who are behind a number of television..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Under Tim McCanlies' Spell; plus, accolades aplenty all over Austin

"...Rosanky resident Tim McCanlies (Secondhand Lions) has just turned in the first draft of..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Chuck & Buck

Chuck & Buck is often disturbing, but remains watchable thanks to director Arteta's fine blend of urban horror and dark humor.

"...when your childhood best friend refuses to grow up? And what happens when said friend just won't leave you..."

July 20, 2001 Screens Review by Mike Emery

SXSW Film Review: Bottoms

Seligman and Sennot re-team for a wicked lesbian John Hughes riff

"...The teen experience, the teen gay experience, the gross and shameful and liberating catharsis of bloodlust and extremely silly..."

March 12, 2023 Screens Post by Lina Fisher

Robert Plant Crowns Austin Music Awards

Fortune teller to unspool vintage Twine Time at local Grammys

"...Twine Time, a master class of classic soul, blues, and R&B. During a the station’s pledge drive in February..."

March 15, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Girl Talk

Lena Dunham chats with cast & crew at Tuesday panel

"...HBO series Girls, that she created, directed, executive produced and stars in. Could it get any better?..."

March 14, 2012 Screens Post by Anne S. Lewis

TV Eye

The Oscars get hip

"...It's finally here – the biggest and oldest Hollywood prom of them all, the Academy Awards...."

Feb. 25, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

R.I.P. ER? Yawn. 'TV Eye' thinks replacement drama Southland could be even better.

"...Greene died. So the long farewell was long overdue. And while I thought the swan song was well done,..."

April 10, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Turnoffs

"...And finally, don't you hate it when your favorite cable..."

June 2, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

This was one of those weeks when I was asked my 'expert' opinion on a variety of TV-related subjects

"...I discovered the digital time-capsule project co-sponsored by Forbes.com and Yahoo! Mail. Writing messages to yourself to be read..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

If we're very, very lucky, a solid TV series comes from all of this pain

"...only $2) appear in card shops; poems, bumper stickers, and tear-jerky movies of the week erupt. But if we're..."

July 30, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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