Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

"...exhaustive documentary on the life of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner feels more like an errant PBS special than..."

Feb. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The People vs. Larry Flynt

"...by the film’s glorification (of sorts) of its white-trash Hugh Hefner – there’s nothing airbrushed about Larry Flynt –..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gotta Get Up

Harry Nilsson, the Pussy Cat who roared

"...the look on his face suggests a poor man's Hugh Hefner. Inside, however, the voice is rich and heavy,..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Luv Doc: Thanks, SCOTUS

Americans should be highly suspicious of people walking around in robes

"...whirs over to try to untangle you. Unless you’re Hugh Fucking Hefner, robes make no goddamned sense at all...."

July 4, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Miss March

Two-fifths of the Whitest Kids U'Know comedy troupe wrote, star in, and co-directed this nubile sex romp about a road trip to the Playboy mansion.

"...Cregger, Trevor Moore, Raquel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Craig Robinson, Hugh Hefner, Carla Jimenez and Cedric Yarbrough. Six months ago,..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

TV Eye

A new series charts the evolution of sex

"...couple of really wonderful clips. One features a young Hugh Hefner getting slammed by feminist Susan Brownmiller on The..."

May 9, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Film About a Father Who

Documentarian Lynne Sachs comes to terms with her complicated father

"...complicated relationship with his daughter. She jokes he’s the “Hugh Hefner of Park City,” which is as playful as..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Hop

Some films are saccharine, but Hop is pure sugar – processed sugar.

"...bunny jokes that peak with a voiceover cameo from Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion, that well-known bunny flophouse...."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Inside Deep Throat

This documentary about the heady days of porn – when "deep throat" became a household expression and everyone viewed the movie Deep Throat as a breath of fresh air – is informative yet lacking historical rigor.

"...Helen Gurley Brown, Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Erica Jong, Hugh Hefner, Camille Paglia, John Waters, and more. Few provide..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Who's in bed with Hugh Hefner? A couple of lefty Austin journalists: Syndicated columnist..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Human Nature

"...name this shaggy manimal, to everyone's detriment) becoming a Hugh Hefner-styled man about town (echoes of Peter Boyle's monster..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beefcake

"...gay Shangri La presided over by a doting Ward Cleaver/Hugh Hefner hybrid turned into a more accurate view of..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Star 80

The brief life and sordid death of Playboy Playmate and budding screen actress Dorothy Stratten at the hand of her unbalanced husband is the subject of this infamous incident and much-storied film.

"...of the dominant men in her life – Snider, Hugh Hefner, and director Peter Bogdanovich (who is carefully fictionalized..."

Feb. 10, 1984 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The AggreGAYtor: August 22

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...but the kid in me is still tickled that Hugh Hefner supports gay rights...."

Aug. 22, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Playboy Interviews: The Directors

Cinematic storytelling and technique naturally get plenty of play, but all these long-form interviews roam through detours and diversions that lend a tremendous sense of character

"...the volume a prize. Conducted during postproduction on the Hugh Hefner-financed Macbeth and just two years after the Manson..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Review by Spencer Parsons

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The FBI maintained records on Playboy magazine and Publisher Hugh Hefner from 1955 to 1980. They characterized the magazine..."

May 23, 2003 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Deep Six

"...absent from that day's edition was any news on Hugh Hefner, Bob Guccione, or Larry Flynt...."

Feb. 2, 1996 News Column

Who Do You Love?

Jennifer Weiner returns with what might be her best love story yet

"...the Rabbit Hole. I can tell you all about Hugh Hefner’s sex life. It’s disgusting. And then you have..."

Aug. 18, 2015 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Gazing Back at Other Worlds Austin

Time Lapse dominates Cthulhie awards, plus festival highlights

"...creative scale, there's a special kind of home movie. Hugh Hefner did it. Andy Warhol did it. Seth Green's..."

Dec. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Docs To Watch

"...survey includes interviews from family and colleagues (Gay Talese, Hugh Hefner), as well as reams of archival footage and..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Hugh Hefner's bunny, Fred Flintstone's mustache, and more

"...Hugh Hefner has a species of rabbit named after him:..."

July 1, 2011 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Before launching Playboy, Hugh Hefner worked as a circulation manager for a children's..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Sold on the Cool

The Blanton's 'Birth of the Cool' is midcentury modernism made sexy

"...The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, and Playboy's Penthouse, Hugh Hefner's first venture into the television variety/talk show, with..."

March 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

ee-through frogs, Hugh Hefner's peacocks and spider monkeys, and more

"...Hugh Hefner has a zoo license. He owns peacocks and..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Last Word

The Harry Ransom Center opens Norman Mailer's archives

"...times – from Truman Capote and Charles Mingus to Hugh Hefner, The Mike Douglas Show, and the famed Manhattan..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Pandora's Box

Louise Brooks. Berlin. The Twenties.

"...bit too "new age" in parts), second-disc offerings (a Hugh Hefner-produced documentary on Brooks, plus a rare interview from..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Screens Review by Audra Schroeder

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Keeping Ronald Reagan moving

"...Hugh Hefner wears a pair of Homer Simpson slippers.Twinkies were..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Zupan on Impact

'Murderball' and the making of a celebrity

"...way to facilitate the first shoot." Subsequent financiers, including Hugh Hefner's foundation, had gotten them this far on a..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Cricket fights, cousins, and birds

"...removed. Kerry is a ninth cousin, once removed of Hugh Hefner and Marilyn Monroe, while Bush is a ninth..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Smokey Joe's Cafe

Dave Steakley's version of Smokey Joe's Cafe at the Zachary Scott Theatre Center sets ablaze dozens of familiar hits from the musical catalog of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller by shifting the setting to a Playboy Club circa 1962 and rekindling the flames of desire that burn in the team's songs.

"...that gives the show its title to one of Hugh Hefner's Playboy clubs of the early Sixties. It's an..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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