(Backroom) Journeys With George (and James)

Revisiting The War Room -- the electrifying '92 campaign documentary starring the Lone Ranger and Tonto (Stephanopoulos and Carville) -- with executive producer R.J. Cutler.

"...10 years have passed since Gov. Bill Clinton swept George Sr. out of the White House to the chorus..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...and Flamin' Hot, the directorial debut of Eva Longoria, with Jesse Garcia as Richard Montanez, the man who revolutionized..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Disarming Dubya

First-time director Alexandra Pelosi discusses Journeys With George, her surprising and fascinating documentary on George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign, viewed from the back of the press plane.

"...The world awaits with bated breath the SXSW unveiling of Journeys With George,..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Disarming Dubya

First-time director Alexandra Pelosi discusses Journeys With George, her surprising and fascinating documentary on George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign, viewed from the back of the press plane.

"...The world awaits with bated breath the SXSW unveiling of Journeys With George,..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Next Party

SXSW Film gets political.

"...South by Southwest films this year, including Alexandra Pelosi's Journeys With George, which goes behind the scenes of George..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bush's Brain

Bush's so-called brain is Karl Rove, whose mastery of dirty tricks deserves clearer scrutiny than it gets in this documentary.

"...and public awareness. Suddenly docs got, well, kinda sexy, with provocative, galvanizing turns from genre stalwarts Michael Moore and..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Sanitized for your protection

"...up after when the sources provided to challenge President George W. Bush's service in the National Guard turned out..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Telling It Like It is

UT and SXSW host an all-day documentary summit.

"...Friday, March 8, the University of Texas (in conjunction with the South by Southwest Film Festival) will host a..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Short Cuts

It wouldn't be a film festival without the deals, steals, and rash of black turtlenecks.

"...What About Iron Giant 2: The Metal Years? Dept: With South By Southwest Film 2002 already half over and..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film 2002 News

"...a banner year for SXSW Film 2002 (March 8-17), with both badges and wristbands now available. Film badges, which..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Recommended

"...new book Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush (HarperCollins, $23.95). You can also catch the..."

March 15, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

SXSW Film Reviews

"...JOURNEYS WITH GEORGED: Alexandra Pelosi...."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael King

Page Two

A cornucopia of delights await you at the South by Southwest Film and Music Festivals and Austin Music Awards this year.

"...all its manifestations, is about creative control, personal vision with an awareness of commercial reality. It's important not only..."

March 8, 2002 Column by Louis Black

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...Nationalist Movement rally at the state Capitol, she asks, with only a soupçon of condescension, if it's "even possible"..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

TV Eye

Could Paris Hilton or Jonathan Antin teach Dubya a thing or two about how to work it?

"...Dubya a thing or two about how to deal with plain folk in a way that makes us believe..."

June 18, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Off the Shelf

Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky's Horns and Halos isn't so much about Bush, but rather the book about the Bush that Bush didn't want you to know.

"...When Journeys With George arrived in 2002 to great acclaim, Alexandra..."

March 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Page Two

It’s five weeks until SXSW season, which kicks off with SXSW Film presenting Peter Bogdanovich and his new film. If that weren’t enough, the Texas Film Hall of Fame will feature Sissy Spacek inducting Terrence Malick, along with presenters and inductees Marcia Gay Harden, Cyd Charisse, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Dan Rather, Bill Broyles, Bill Wittliff, Jack Valenti, Cheech Marin, and Dennis Hopper.

"...interests upset your stomach, stop here, because I’m lousy with them...."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column by Louis Black

TV Eye

Who needs enemies?

"...films and the very short-lived reality series she produced with her husband, David Arquette, I was eager to see..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The People's "Party'

Rebecca Chaiklin & Donovan Leitch

"...an interesting companion piece to Alexander Pelosi's festival favorite Journeys With George, a documentary made by and made up..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Page Two

Even a lot of memorializing would not have been enough to pay tribute to Waylon Jennings, who had a profound and spiritual impact on Austin and its music; the Austin Music Awards will feature a salute to Ray Benson; our preview coverage of SXSW Interactive and Film gets under way with a tech-centric meditation by Bruce Sterling and an interview with Journeys With George director Alexandra Pelosi.

"...album, got me listening to contemporary country music and, without hesitation, I still regard its marriage of Billy Joe..."

March 1, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The agony and the ecstasy of SXSW 2002

"...about 50% or less. Consequently, I'm taking more time with choosing and ordering letters (those we don't print end..."

March 22, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Dancing About Architecture

Steamboat returns, SXSW looms closer.

"...running around at a frenzied pace to provide you with as much SXSW news as possible, both in this..."

March 15, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Middle Men

Middle Men journeys backward in Internet history to 1995 when two coked-up ne'er-do-wells created the first dial-up, porn-on-demand website.

"...Directed by: George Gallo. Starring: Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi, James Caan, Gabriel..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Warlock: The Armageddon

"...seriously missed the mark), returns to the director's chair with yet another exercise in how to make muck of..."

Oct. 1, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...will present the awards in their usual fashion – with drinks in hand – in an informal ceremony on..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Aristocrats

The gleefully profane The Aristocrats provides a survey of some of the best comic minds in the business.

"...individual paths taken to arrive at the payoff. The journeys are as various as the individuals who tell the..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

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

"...the Paramount to save all you indoor-loving film fans, with the announcement of the 2017 Summer Classic Film Series...."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Not So Red

A "blue state" reporter journeys through the multi-colored regions of the Lone Star State

"...and feel of states that overwhelmingly voted for President George W. Bush and are largely ignored or dismissed by..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Rose Aguilar

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...nights. In fact, it's safe to say that starting with Wednesday night and continuing through Sunday's showcases, there will..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...virtual fest is still worthy of the big screen, with the announcement that new documentary The Capone Tapes is..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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