The Out-of-Print VHS Titles You might never find on DVD

"...Come Back to the Five & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean: Here's betting this one pops up on..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Tristan & Isolde

This new version of the timeless love story is a dopey, mopey, all-around bore.

"...Directed by: Kevin Reynolds. Starring: James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell, David O’Hara, Henry Cavill,..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Short Cuts

With Screaming Black Yak Day upon us, Marc Savlov kindly gives out some kudos and guidance.

"...Austinites were up for the hideously prestigious Roy W. Dean Writing/Research Grant competition. Well, the two in question --..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Sunshine State

"...King, Richard Edson, Gordon Clapp, Bill Cobbs, Mary Steenburgen, James McDaniel, Timothy Hutton, Mary Alice, Ralph Waite, Angela Bassett..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Nutty Professor

"...Directed by: Tom Shadyac. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle and John Ales. Shadyac's..."

June 28, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...played by an all-star cast that includes Jeff Daniels, James Spader, Danny Aiello, Eric Stoltz, Teri Hatcher, and others,..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Return to Sin City

Gram Parsons, back in a big way even if he never left

"...recording of GP, a solo record that features guitarist James Burton and other members of Elvis Presley's band. The..."

June 30, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Stories, Operas, and Meet-Cutes: The Week in Arts

Brett Goldstein brings the laughs, Zach Theatre conjures a comet, and more arty events

"...about two Portland hustlers. River Phoenix – Gen X’s James Dean, achingly vulnerable – plays a narcoleptic who falls..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by Kat McNevins

Persecuted

In this Christian-based thriller with a better-than-average cast, an evangelist is framed for murder by the government.

"...Directed by: Daniel Lusko. Starring: James Remar, Dean Stockwell, Raoul Trujillo, Bruce Davison, Fred Dalton..."

July 25, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 12-18

"...Actor Elizabeth Taylor described her odd rhythm with actor James Dean. Occasionally, they'd stay awake till 3am as he..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Playback

Neil Young premieres his director's cut of Human Highway at SXSW, while Graham Reynolds brings Marfa to the Festival

"...a 1995 VHS release, stars members of Devo, co-writer/director Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Russ Tamblyn, and Young as the..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Live Shot: Lolawolf

Star child leaves ’em wanting more

"...a suffocating set from Brooklyn’s one-woman psych contingent, Idgy Dean, at the site of the original Emo’s – branded..."

March 18, 2015 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

AFF2012: 'Vampira and Me'

Love bites

"...life, Nurmi recounts her deep and abiding friendship with James Dean, her relevance to the 1950s teenage rebellion that..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Martin & Lewis Collection: Volume One

"We don't need writers"

"...$49.99 "We don't need writers," crowed Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin once or twice to the press, which was..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

Reheated

Welcome to the 14th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival.

"...think of Tex-Mex as outlaw cuisine, the stuff that James Dean ate. (In fact, while Giant was being shot..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Food Feature by Robb Walsh

Live Through This!

The Semi-Annual Rock & Roll Round-up

"...Sid's grown into the public face of punk, a James Dean-style poster on teenage bedroom walls who's sold more..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature

Letters at 3AM: Musicians of Behavior

Actors are musicians of behavior

"...bravura virtuosos: Marlon Brando, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, James Dean, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Day-Lewis, Katharine Hepburn, Helen Mirren,..."

May 2, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Taking Woodstock

The director of Brokeback Mountain looks for peace and love in another decade and finds it at the legendary festival through the story of one key participant.

"...Eugene Levy, Liev Schreiber, Emile Hirsch, Mamie Gummer, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dan Fogler, Paul Dano and Kelli Garner. Four..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Can Lazarus Rise Again?

Gary Bradley faces bankruptcy, and Austin wonders if he'll survive and thrive one more time.

"...with $100 million in loans that he and partner James Gressett secured from Gibraltar Savings Association in 1985 to..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Letters at 3am

Learning about "manhood" from the movies.

"...admired. Knight-errant gunfighters walking tall. Streetwise noir anti-heroes. And James Dean/Marlon Brando/Elvis Presley rebels, who seemed as confused as..."

May 31, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

After a Fashion

It's perfect outside for staying in with a good book ... especially one loaded with lots of pretty pictures ... of semi-nude men ...

"...Black and White Men: Images by James Spada is a departure for author/photographer Spada. Mr. Spada's..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...Derby Don Graham – Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM: Dead and Alive on the Fourth of July

A eulogy spoken over the coffin of our empire

"...Humphrey Bogart, alas, is dead. James Dean, doubly alas, is not...."

July 2, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Keene Prize, Kudos to George Brant

"..."If an undergraduate ever wins, I vow to read James A. Michener's "Tales of the South Pacific" aloud, in..."

July 1, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Rock & Roll Books

Gift guide

"...(the winking amicus brief to Broadside), Lester Bangs, Clive James, Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Lethem, Anne Waldman (the startling..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Shawn Badgley

Austin in the Big Apple

If Texas food can make it here, it can make it anywhere. MM Pack explains.

"...Post, the Associated Press, CBS, Condé Nast Traveler, the James Beard Foundation, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes,..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

Letters at 3AM

Technological progress is altering fundamental issues of identity.

"...accurately than any previous software. The Times quoted one James R. Fruchterman, who has tested the believability of Natural..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

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.

"...members have taken other work; most notably, former freak James Franco was recently cast as James Dean in a..."

July 14, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Pen-Ultimate Fest

Austin Heart of Film Screenwriting Conference & Festival

"...of captivating yarns about experiences with the likes of James Dean, legendary acting guru Lee Strasberg, and John Wayne...."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"...onstage to the tune of "You Can't Sing," a James Brown-style groove that featured him bellowing tunelessly on top...."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

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