Reviving 'The Dead'

Fantastic Fest 2010 zombie horror returns this weekend

"...limited run this week, and hell – and director Howard Ford – is coming with it...."

Oct. 6, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Should you have a bad feeling about this stand-alone Star Wars?

"...Directed by: Ron Howard. Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke,..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Passion Project

Fantastic Fest and its home base the Alamo Drafthouse have only gotten bigger, but its heart – pure and pulpy – stays the same

"...the Alamo Drafthouse South. Zombies Reconnecting With Their Roots: Howard J. Ford and 'The Dead'..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Big Bad Love

"...Directed by: Arliss Howard. Starring: Arliss Howard, Debra Winger, Rosanna Arquette, Paul Le..."

April 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dead

The sun-drenched locales of Ghana and Burkina Faso provide the backdrops for this original zombie apocalypse.

"...Directed by: Howard J. Ford and Jonathan Ford. Starring: Rob Freeman, Prince..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Air Force One

"...Directed by: Wolfgang Peterson. Starring: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Wendy Crewson, Paul Guilfoyle, William H. Macy,..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Missing

Ron Howard directs Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett in tough Western drama.

"...Directed by: Ron Howard. Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood,..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Far and Away

"...Directed by: Ron Howard. Starring: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Prosky, Barbara Babcock..."

May 29, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

In a Valley of Violence

Ti West takes a break from horror with this Ethan Hawke Western

"...Violence pays due homage to the classics – John Ford, Howard Hawks, Sergio Corbucci – while also being very..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

F1 on Film

As Ron Howard readies 'Rush,' we look back at the best racing movies

"...that Americans will become addicted to Formula One. Ron Howard is putting the finishing touches to his new drama..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...high-concept comedy, including a memorable scene involving sports commentator Howard Cosell. The Great Dictator..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...all but forfeiting the once-Republican seat to Democrat Donna Howard in November. See "Naked City," below...."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature

Readings From the Fringe

"...cyberpunk's invasion of the world of science fiction, and Howard Waldrop was among the fairly oddball writers sharing the..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Books Review by Mike Shea

The Searcher

Wim Wenders on his sense of the right direction

"...Land of Plenty) that follows aging bad-boy movie star Howard Spence – portrayed with a sad and funny childlike..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Diana Welch

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...another Prefontaine bio-picture to be released late this year. Howard Stern's Private Parts looks likely to come in a..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Eyes on Speaker Fight

Craddick fighting for his political life

"...other Travis Co. delegates – Mark Strama and Donna Howard – aren't advertising their choices, but conventional wisdom puts..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature by Amy Smith

Desert Island Films, Part II

Louis Black continues his ongoing list of "desert island" videos with films by Preston Sturges, Quentin Tarantino, and John Ford

"...in this issue), Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, and John Ford's cavalry trilogy. Still waiting to be reviewed, in no..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...May 25, 1916, Henry Ford: "History is more or less bunk." At the time..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Column

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...many film adaptations (with the chief target being Francis Ford CoppolaÕs overwrought 1992 version, and rightly so). While such..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Slay the Dragon

Hard-hitting political documentary shows the menace of gerrymandering is coming back

"...(Scottsboro: An American Tragedy) and Chris Durrance (Gerald R. Ford: A Test of Character). They don’t pretend that Republicans..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...that with The Beatles. We partnered with the Ron Howard movie. We partnered with Dave Grohl for the Sonic..."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Hacksaw Ridge

A pacifist goes to war in Mel Gibson's brutal film

"...someone has slipped in a reel from Sergeant York, Howard Hawks’ 1941 war drama about the real-life pacifist sharpshooter..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Outfest 2010: Like the Corners of My Mind

The GLBT film festival with the wide stance

"...term "queer film." The film premiered in the so-nice Ford Amphitheatre, with band member/matinee idol JD Samson present and..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Screens Post by Cindy Widner

Day Trips

The Terrill Antique Car Museum in De Leon makes up for its small size with some of the most unique specimens of automotive history

"...In the museum is a 1925 Ford Model T Touring Car, the first car that Terrill..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Radio, Radio

Satellite radio, the burgeoning technology that may ultimately shake up the broadcast world the most, is right around the corner.

"...never existed. Locally, FM talk station KJFK, home to Howard Stern, was unceremoniously yanked from the airwaves a few..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Postscripts

News on how to attend what is certain to be the dumbest book reading in Austin all year long.

"...see improvisational comedy troupe Monks' Night Out and Bill Crawford, author of Democrats Do the Dumbest Things and Republicans..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

October Previews

"...Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Monica Calhoun, Melissa DeSousa...."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Second Coming

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Definitive Director's Cut (1977)

"...D: John Ford; with James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien,..."

July 30, 1999 Screens Feature

Screamlines

"...D: Francis Ford Coppola (1992) w/Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Wynona Ryder, Keanu..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...meditation on media totalitarianism in The Truman Show, Robert Redford's intelligent reworking of romantic pulp fiction in The Horse..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

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