Gimme Shelter

Vanessa Hudgeons stars in this bland exercise in very serious and meaningful young-adult drama.

"...An exercise in very serious and meaningful young-adult drama, Gimme Shelter is so overloaded with simplistic good intentions that..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Gimme Shelter: A Song for Margaret Moser

A stoned soul picnic of Rolling Stones for Wattser

"...happier conclusion than a similarly problematic free show in Gimme Shelter...."

Sept. 1, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Gimme Shelter

Austin's housing market is rough. It's even worse if you have a criminal record.

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Gimme Shelter

This film, which captures that awful moment at Altamont, is a documentary that seemingly captures the very moment when the peace-and-love generation lost its naivete and innocence.

Sept. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

More Shelter No. 1

"...was hard not to feel angry after reading the Gimme Shelter piece [“What Happened to the No-Kill Millennium?,” News,..."

Nov. 29, 2005 Postmarks

More Shelter No. 9

"...I was disappointed about reader response to the article "Gimme Shelter" a few weeks back [“What Happened to the..."

Dec. 1, 2005 Postmarks

More Shelter No. 2

"...Editor, I commend The Austin Chronicle for running the Gimme Shelter article [“What Happened to the No-Kill Millennium?,” News,..."

Nov. 29, 2005 Postmarks

Gimme (Animal) Shelter

Swirling city politics, site selection, and – oh yes – animal welfare

"...If I don't get some shelter..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Shelter Relocation

"...Dear Editor, Re: The Town Lake Animal Center relocation [“Gimme (Animal) Shelter,” News, Aug. 24]: I still think so..."

Aug. 23, 2007 Postmarks

Naked City

The city council proposes a number of changes to several city departments, including DRID, PECSD, and the Planning Commission.

"...component of the cost of the city's planned homeless shelter on East Seventh Street, from inspection and geotechnical study..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

'The Small Corners of Existence'

Robert Shults' photographs reveal familiar buildings as secret shelters

"...became for him physical, and in some cases spiritual, shelters, and he came to value them as such. Two..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Elevation

Taking stock of music DVDs

"...Pennebaker's Don't Look Back, and David & Albert Maysles' Gimme Shelter. VH1 Behind the Music, eat your heart out...."

Jan. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Flip the Switch

"...needle down on the first cut on side one, "Gimme Shelter."..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Through a Lens Lovingly

A SXSW retrospective honors the work of legendary documentarian Albert Maysles.

"...scene that still resonates for Maysles in 1970's legendary Gimme Shelter, about the Rolling Stones' concert tour that culminated..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Stories That Tell Themselves

In town for the Texas Documentary Tour, Albert Maysles -- the man behind such famous documentaries as Gimme Shelter and Grey Gardens -- talks about his fierce philosophy of direct cinema.

"...one of the 25 best American films ever made), Gimme Shelter (1970), about the violent turn of a Rolling..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Spoon

"...Gimme Fiction (Merge)..."

May 13, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...to crack down on his sidewalk antics. -- L.T. Gimme Shelter..."

July 30, 1999 News Feature

The Rolling Stones Storm Houston in Only Texas Date

UK legends haven’t lost a step after frontman’s heart surgery

"...Allen also received her close-up on encore opener “Gimme Shelter,” belting out the iconic Merry Clayton part as..."

July 29, 2019 Music Post by Doug Freeman

20 Feet From Stardom

This film is an extended hosanna to an undersung artist, the backup singer, and what a joyful noise it makes.

"...who supplied that epic wail in the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter.” Both women tried their hands at solo careers,..."

July 5, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

All Down the Line

Forget the Exile on Main St. reissue. Here's the 1972 Stones in all their cinematic glory, plus a 1981 bonus to make it a double feature.

"...Godard's Sympathy for the Devil to Rock History 101 Gimme Shelter – the Stones on film might as well..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Shine a Light

The Rolling Stones gather no moss in this Martin Scorsese-directed concert film that's playing on both IMAX and conventional screens.

"...(One Plus One/Sympathy for the Devil) and Albert Maysles (Gimme Shelter), one of the great American neorealists of the..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Video Rewind: 7 X 5

"...Gimme Shelter (1970)..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Music Feature

Layer Cake

A contemporary gangster film that both looks and feels like a Britnoir classic filtered through the Jam’s bang-on sense of style, Layer Cake takes a realistic approach to Britain’s criminal underclass.

"...the Cult’s "She Sells Sanctuary" to the Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter" play musical counterpoint to the action unfolding onscreen,..."

June 3, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Waltz

DVDisc

"...sweethearted biopic play like a Disney flick, it gives Gimme Shelter a thoroughbred's race for the title of Too..."

June 21, 2002 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Telling It Like It is

UT and SXSW host an all-day documentary summit.

"...glitterati to make your head spin, including Albert Maysles (Gimme Shelter), Alan Berliner (The Sweetest Sound), and Alexandra Pelosi..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Short Cuts

Would you like Raisinets and a tall skinny latte with your movie?

"...at this year's festival/conference include famed documentarian Albert Maysles (Gimme Shelter, Salesman), Tim McCanlies (The Iron Giant), Bob Sabiston..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

What's Happening: The Beatles in the USA

"...by capturing the mayhem at Altamont in their documentary Gimme Shelter. This is where it all began. The Texas..."

Feb. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wight Stuff

Message to Love: This Ain't No Woodstock

"...That same year, brothers Albert & David Maysles released Gimme Shelter, hailed for its chilling account of the Rolling..."

June 20, 1997 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Brother's Keeper

This documentary is about the unlikeliest of subjects: an alleged mercy killing between a pair of barely socialized, virtually illiterate, unkempt, unhygienic, slow-witted, never-married bachelors.

"...numerous groundbreaking documentary films like Grey Gardens, Salesman and Gimme Shelter, films whose intrinsic brilliance is in the selection..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...number of unwanted animals killed daily in the city's shelter; not public service announcements, not more awareness about adoptions,..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Column

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