Home Entertainment for the Holidays

Best bets for DVD and Blu-ray

"...(Image Entertainment, $349.98, Blu-ray), Girls: The Complete First Season (HBO Home Video, $49.99, Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Vulcan (Video) Mind Meld

Staking out the store’s new North Loop location

"...Vulcan Video rules me once more. Late last millennium, mending a..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Post by Raoul Hernandez

Video Box Sets

"...2001: A Space Odyssey..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

HBO's The Leftovers Finds New Life in Austin

The second coming

"...The initial season of HBO's The Leftovers was awash with the same grief that..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

RTX at Home Announces Animation Festival

Rooster Teeth's RWBY, gen:LOCK take the (virtual) stage

"...As streaming experts, the team at Rooster Teeth were..."

May 26, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta runs down programs to take our minds off the upcoming election, along with programs to make us confront it.

"...The Territory: Film and video art "exploring the edge of the media frontier" is..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Lots of midseason premieres in March. So, without much fuss, here's what's coming up ...

"...and Making the Band (MTV) premiered this week. Deadwood (HBO) returns for a new season on Sunday. The much-anticipated..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

I'm not an expert on American Idol, but I play one on TV

"...on the spot. If not, they can take it home, or try to sell it at the Pop Nation..."

May 13, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Trio tells the story of the N-word, and then Chuck D takes over

"...The extraordinary Capturing the Friedmans premieres on HBO, along with a rare glimpse of Just a Clown,..."

July 2, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

New Year, Old Films

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

"...The Thin Man (1934; on DVD: Warner Home Video, $59.98) is probably the most obvious place to..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

TV Eye: TV on Your Own Timetable

DVD boxed sets

"...The Golden Girls: 25th Anniversary Complete Collection (Walt Disney Home Entertainment, $149.99). This 21-disc set includes all 180 episodes..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Wrestling With Angels is an intimate, surprisingly extensive profile of one of this nation's greatest contemporary playwrights

"...Mock film is well worth the wait. Like the HBO miniseries of Kushner's amazing Angels in America (2003), Wrestling..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Longford

"...HBO Home Video, $26.98..."

June 15, 2007 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

TV Eye

Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell remind us of a time when a talk show largely meant listening.

"...Halloween-themed episodes and a preview of the new SpongeBob video game. Daria and SpongeBob are from Paramount Home Video......"

Aug. 23, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

DVD/VOD Watch: ‘The Invisible Made Visible’

‘This American Life’ live show now available for download and on DVD

"...Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season (Collector's Edition) (HBO Home Video, $99.97) is a Blu-ray/DVD/digital copy combo that..."

Nov. 20, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Target Markets

Apocalypse Now: Full Disclosure

"...Thin Red Line (Criterion Collection, $39.95, Blu-ray), The Pacific (HBO Home Video, $79.98)..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Geek Out!

This set is the perfect gift for that certain someone on your holiday list who likes his shows novelistic and his humor black

"...The Wire: Seasons 1-4HBO Home Video, $239.98..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

30 New Shows, Returning Series, and Other TV Premieres This April

Top Chef, crazy love, and sweet potters

"...Nine months on, HBO Max still doesn’t have a strong brand identity...."

April 1, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Making Movies on Cyber-Location

Doug Block's Film, Home Page, and How It Grew

"...about the World Wide Web. He shot the documentary, Home Page, in Hi-8 video, and is nearing completion of..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Small Wonders

They just nabbed two festival awards, next up is HBO, and Ed Wood is their greatest influence. Meet Austin's most successful 12-year-old filmmakers.

"...I loved and a presumably healthier outlet than my neighbor's penchant for dousing GI Joes with Ronsonol and setting..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete Series

Before HBO's The Wire came along and blew everyone's minds, the television-consuming public was pretty much dependent on one show to foster its intimacy with Body-More Murdaland

"...Homicide: Life on the Street – The Complete SeriesA&E Home Video, $149.95..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Down From the Mountain

There was no snow at Sundance this year, but a strong slate nonetheless.

"...number of films financed by cable outfits such as HBO and Showtime. Showtime had Ernest Dickerson's Good Fences, Salma..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

As the final eight episodes of Sex and the City hit the small screen, Belinda Acosta feels like she's leaving the Big Apple behind again.

"...TV series: Friends (NBC) and Sex and the City (HBO). While I find it hard to be broken up..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Scanlines

Marjoe

"...D: Howard Smith, Sarah Kernochan. VHS Home Video Vulcan Video, 609 W. 29th..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Screens Feature

TV Eye

Critics say programs like Providence and Normal, Ohio play on the adult desire to recapture a happier time. But it's shows like The West Wing and Gideon's Crossing that really fill us with nostalgia.

"...Apparently, you can go home again. You can if you're a thirtysomething professional featured..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Reflections

"...John Morelli; Cast: Michael Rehfield, Karen Mascari, Louis Guerra. Video, 74 min., 1998 (WP)..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature

Scanlines

Norma Jean & Marilyn

"...Ashley Judd, Josh Charles, Ron Rifkin, David Dukes. Vulcan Video, 609 W. 29th St...."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature

Twin Peaks: The Second Season

Twin Peaks: The Second Season, Dog Day Afternoon HD, and Old Joy

"...Paramount Home Video, $54.99..."

April 13, 2007 Screens Review by Jess Sauer

Our Lying Eyes

A New Revelation, like its predecessor, Waco: Rules of Engagement, will face an uphill climb with the intellectual and political establishment.

"...originally produced as a film, then released as a home video. Revelation takes the opposite route. It can be..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Dick J. Reavis

Sonic Highwayman Dave Grohl

Foo Fighters frontman documents ATX culture and tradition

"...this month to discuss the local segment of his HBO series and fielded questions about Nirvana’s Texas shows in..."

Nov. 20, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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