John Carpenter's Escape From L.A.

"...Directed by: John Carpenter. Starring: Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Peter..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wild Combination of Arthur Russell

An avant icon gets another look

"...for my birthday that included a song by Arthur Russell. I wasn’t familiar with Russell, but “That’s Us/Wild Combination”..."

May 2, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

John Carpenter Lit Up By El Rey

Legendary director first guest in "The Director's Chair"

"...Don't ask John Carpenter to pick his favorite movies from his own..."

May 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

John Carpenter, Rock Star

Filmmaker as synth-pop pioneer horrifies the Moody Theater June 23

"...Howard Hawks, one of John Carpenter’s muses – ghost director of 1951’s The Thing..."

June 15, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Gospel of John

The last years of Jesus are presented with more realism than pageantry.

"...Philip Saville. Starring: Henry Ian Cusick, Daniel Kash, Steven Russell, Richard Lintern, Scott Handy, Stuart Bunce and Lynsey Baxter...."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: John Doe Moves to Austin

X's John Doe moves to Austin, Adam Nurre celebrates his late bandmates, and The Shopkeeper takes Congress House Studio to the movies

"..."I'm a man of the world," declares John Doe, singer/bassist of seminal Los Angeles punk band X...."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Leon Russell & the Bob Dylan Rumor

Outlaw era deejay Woody Roberts helped produce Willie Nelson's first Fourth of July picnic in this excerpt from his new memoir Horse Racing & Rock 'N' Roll

"..."Not listed on the poster, but Willie added Leon Russell."..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Woody Roberts

Russell's Is Actually Quite Good

"...printed the letter violently attacking the cupcakes, etc., at Russell's Bakery in Northwest Austin ["Postmarks," Jan. 7]. While disgruntled..."

Jan. 12, 2005 Postmarks

Powell St. John at the Webb Gallery

Austin legend, Waxahachie show, psychedelic art

"...Masons, Oddfellows, Rosicrucians, et al., came about because Domy’s Russell Etchen, always savvy about the aesthetically odd and compelling,..."

March 4, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

I Love You Phillip Morris

Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor star in this tale of Texas con man Steven Russell, which walks an unsteady line between outright farce and redemptive gay love story.

"...Directed by: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Starring: Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Three Kings

This modern classic is a war movie with a conscience, an action movie with a funny bone, a caper movie with a shifting agenda.

"...Directed by: David O. Russell. Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze,..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets

"...Directed by: John-Paul Davidson. Starring: Alan Bates, Theresa Russell, Sting, Trudie Styler,..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Shadow

"...Directed by: Russell Mulcahy. Starring: Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller,..."

July 8, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Bone Tomahawk

Hybrid Western/horror film starring Kurt Russell is a brutal delight

"...Directed by: S. Craig Zahler. Starring: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, Lili Simmons, Evan..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hateful Eight

Tarantino's latest opus screens in 70mm this week at two Austin venues

"...Directed by: Quentin Tarantino. Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demian Bichir, Tim Roth,..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wittgenstein

In his highly stylized fashion, Derek Jarman explores the mind of the 20th century Viennese philosopher.

"...Directed by: Derek Jarman. Starring: Karl Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Michael Gough, Clancy Chassnay and John Quentin...."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Thirteenth Warrior

"...Directed by: John Mctiernan. Starring: Asbjorn Riis, Turid Balke, Omar Sharif, Clive..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Amsterdam

David O. Russell's madcap murder-mystery is a misfire

"...Directed by: David O. Russell. Starring: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Robert..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Following January’s tease of six titles, SXSW Film has..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Thing

Functioning as a prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing, this film answers questions even though there's little mystery.

"...It's not exactly a secret that this update of John Carpenter's The Thing is, in fact, not a remake..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Mutual Respect

Russell Lee's documentary photographs of the Great Depression helped fashion our collective visual memory of that era, but his greatest achievement may have been the trust he engendered in his subjects.

"...I wish I had known Russell Lee in the Sixties, when he taught photography at..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Silver Linings Playbook

David O. Russell finds finds another family in distress; Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence kept it consistently fun.

"...Directed by: David O. Russell. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mission: Impossible III

It's all poppycock, of course, but done with great vim, vigor, and flair.

"...by: J.J. Abrams. Starring: Tom Cruise, Michelle Monaghan, Keri Russell, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Simon Pegg, Laurence Fishburne, Billy Crudup..."

May 5, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eraser

"...Directed by: Charles Russell. Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, James Coburn..."

June 28, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Sky High

An adolescent superhero can't find his niche.

"...Directed by: Mike Mitchell. Starring: Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Michael Angarano, Danielle Panabaker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead,..."

July 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Soldier

"...Directed by: Paul Anderson. Starring: Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen, Michael Chiklis and Gary..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Car 54, Where are You?

"...Directed by: Bill Fishman. Starring: David Johansen, John C. McGinley, Fran Drescher, Nipsey Russell, Rosie O'Donnell, Al..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Counterculture Time Capsule

Forty years later, Les Blank's Leon Russell rock doc sees the light of day

"...the music writer Peter Guralnick or folk music collector/scholars John and Alan Lomax. Though he made all kinds of..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Lars Nilsen

New Akins Principal: Running from Ysleta?

Ysleta ISD board apologizes for actions of former Bel Air High School Principal Daniel Girard, who is coming here to head Akins High School

"...Former teacher John Russell said the harassment pushed him to resign. In..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

Uncovered: The War on Iraq

The filmmaker, who is also responsible for the recent documentary Outfoxed, argues that intelligence data have been manipulated by this administration to justify the decision to go to war.

"...of the speakers – like Stansfield Turner, Scott Ritter, John Dean, Richard Clarke, David Kay, Joseph Wilson – will..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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