Butthole Surfers Meet John Hawkes in Super-8

John Hawkes' B'Hole Surfers movie

"...disturbing short film featuring the Surfers and Contagion star John Hawkes, circa 1988...."

Sept. 11, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

TXFHoF Adds Hawkes, Spoon to Lineup

John Hawkes, Spoon to be honored at Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...Veteran actor (and former Austinite) John Hawkes will receive the Rising Star Award at the..."

Feb. 21, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Too Late

Experimental neo-noir is held together by the magnificent John Hawkes

"...Directed by: Dennis Hauck. Starring: John Hawkes, Crystal Reed, Natalie Zea, Joanna Cassidy, Jeff Fahey,..."

March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Sessions

A sex therapist helps a man living in an iron lung experience human intimacy; John Hawkes and Helen Hunt keep things from becoming prurient.

"...Directed by: Ben Lewin. Starring: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, Annika..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Small Town Crime Is a Nasty Bit of Noir

The Nelms brothers and John Hawkes team up for trouble

"...At the sight of John Hawkes' wiry frame stumbling drunkenly out of bed in..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Small Town Crime

John Hawkes hits the bottle and the case as a modern day detective on the trail for redemption

"...Directed by: Eshom Helms and Ian Helms. Starring: John Hawkes, Octavia Spencer, Robert Forster, Anthony Anderson, Clifton Collins..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Roadracers

"...Directed by: Robert Rodriguez. Starring: David Arquette, Salma Hayek, John Hawkes, Jason Wiles, William Sadler, Mark Lowenthal and Johnny..."

July 22, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black

Low Down

John Hawkes plays junkie jazz musician Joe Albany in this film based on his daughter's memoirs.

"...Directed by: Jeff Preiss. Starring: John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Lena Headey, Flea, Peter..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Me and You and Everyone We Know

Performance artist Miranda July's feature-length debut is packed with arresting images, moments, and single lines of dialogue – enough to earn the film top awards at Sundance and Cannes.

"...Directed by: Miranda July. Starring: Miranda July, John Hawkes, Miles Thompson, Brandon Ratcliff, Carlie Westerman, Natasha Slayton,..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Contagion

Steven Soderbergh and an all-star cast remind us to be very afraid.

"...Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Marion Cotillard, Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Ehle, John Hawkes, Elliott Gould and Demetri Martin...."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Perfect Storm

"...Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen. Starring: Bob Gunton, John Hawkes, Allen Payne, John C. Reilly, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,..."

June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Frances McDormand gives a searing performance as vengeance personified

"...Sam Rockwell, Lucas Hedges, Peter Dinklage, Caleb Landry Jones, John Hawkes, Samara Weaving, Sandy Martin, Abbie Cornish, Kerry Condon,..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Martha Marcy May Marlene

A psychological thriller that's stripped of the usual Hollywood trappings, this film maintains a sense of oppressive threat throughout.

"...Directed by: Sean Durkin. Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, Brady Corbet and Hugh Dancy...."

Nov. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...quarter-century, A Quiet Place – the high-concept horror from John Krasinski – leads today's massive announcement as the opening..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Scary Movie Comes Back From the Grave

Austin's 1991 indie horror rises again

"...a masked murderer haunt Warren, played by a pre-Hollywood John Hawkes, who Erickson cast without an audition because of..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Charlene deGuzman Tackles Sex and Love Addiction in SXSW Film Unlovable

Love is sickness, not the cure in this anti-rom-com

"...Another erstwhile Austinite, John Hawkes, soon joined the cast as well, becoming pivotal..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

The Peanut Butter Falcon

This modern Huck Finn may not innovate, but you can't deny its heart

"...and Michael Schwartz. Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Zack Gottsagen, Dakota Johnson, John Hawkes, Thomas Haden Church, Bruce Dern, Jon Bernthal,..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Identity

"...Directed by: James Mangold. Starring: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Clea DuVall, John Hawkes,..."

April 25, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...joined several local artists -- Doug Dyer, Esther's Follies, John Henry Faulk, Terry Galloway, Deborah Hay, Joe Ely, and..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lincoln

Despite a monumental performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, Spielberg's film has a fussed-over theatricality that's hard to escape.

"...Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hal Holbrook, James Spader, John Hawkes, Gloria Reuben, Lee Pace, Tim Blake Nelson and..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Larger Than Life

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...Zellweger and actors Rip Torn and John Hawkes will receive awards this year for their acting...."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Deep in the Heart (Of Texas)

"...C.k. Mcfarland, Tim Mateer, Jo Carol Pierce, Karen Kuykendall, John Hawkes, Ameerah Tatum, Lou Perryman, Janelle Buchanan, Amparo Garcia,..."

May 8, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Sunny Side to Every Situation

Defending Ethan Hawke and the virtues of John Wayne in a wet shirt

"...Finally, of the “movies inspired by Shakespeare” variety, John Ford’s The Quiet Man deserves mention. It only very..."

Aug. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...her reclaim her life. Cast: Vera Farmiga, Joshua Leonard, John Hawkes, Dagmara Dominczyk, Norbert Leo Butz. Homework (Director and..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'The Art of Listening'

In her new book, choreographer Darla Johnson shares her secrets for making dance

"...By the time I had started collaborating with Darla Johnson, she had already been a member of New Movement..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Winter's Bone

Set in the Ozark Mountain backwoods of Missouri, this tense drama is an exceptionally good film.

"...Directed by: Debra Granik. Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Lauren Sweetser, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt,..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Slipping-Down Life

Lili Taylor and Guy Pearce star in this adaptation of an Anne Tyler story that was filmed in Austin several summers ago.

"...Directed by: Toni Kalem. Starring: Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, John Hawkes, Sara Rue, Irma P. Hall, Tom Bower, Shawnee..."

May 28, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

... And the 'West' is History

How Big State Productions' little monologue show changed Austin theatre

"...Rick Perkins' O. Henry's Will Porter: The Rolling Stone, John Hawkes' Nimrod Soul, Jo Carol Pierce's Bad Girls Upset..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film: Small Town Crime Red Carpet

"...Brad Johnson, Parisa Caviani and Mehrdad Elie..."

March 12, 2017 Photo Gallery

Donnybrook

Backwoods crime drama with a social conscience is gruelingly bleak

"...(and also the raw appeal of Jennifer Lawrence and John Hawkes at their best), but then it doesn't have..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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