Remembering the Classics

Texas Film Hall of Famer Michael Barker reflects on Austin's film scene

"...Michael Barker would like to clarify a myth about himself...."

March 4, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Names for the Texas Film Hall of Fame

Who is the first Austin Chronicle Champion of the Arts?

"...special award to indie cinema industrialist and UT alum Michael Barker...."

Feb. 22, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2016 Texas Film Awards

"...Honoree Michael Barker, co-president and cofounder of Sony Pictures Classics, handpicked..."

March 11, 2016 Photo Gallery

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...decade for North by Northeast, run by my friend Michael Hollett. The publisher and editor of NOW Magazine, Toronto's..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

"...Bill Condon. Starring: Tony Todd, Veronica Cartwright, Kelly Rowan, Michael Bergeron, Caroline Barclay, William O'Leary and Bill Nunn. Taking..."

March 24, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Time It’s Personal

Michael Barker endows Ed Lowry Student Film Program at AFS

"...– same day and year of birth. Another friend, Michael Barker, who has endowed the Ed Lowry Student Film..."

Aug. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

Contemplating the devastating effects of redistricting on democracy and the transformational effects of knowing Ondine and Ed Lowry.

"...him, both the Chronicle's Marjorie Baumgarten and Sony Classics' Michael Barker offered that not a day went by that..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Oh, Death

Remembering the late Steve Levitan, and a long-ago afternoon with him boxing Wendell Crowley's comics collection

"...threw a little party at our home to honor Michael Barker, co-head of Sony Pictures Classics, a dear friend..."

March 25, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

It was 20 years ago today, Ed Lowry taught the gang to play.

"...him. Marge told me that for both herself and Michael Barker (indie and foreign film legend who is one..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Slacker

"...(including essays by John Pierson, Ron Rosenbaum, Chris Walters, Michael Barker, and Monte Hellman) that echoes the narrative tropes..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two

Even being in Slacker didn't prepare Chronicle Editor Louis Black for the film's eventual impact.

"...Pierson. One of the heads of Orion Classics was Michael Barker, an ex-Austinite and one of the best friends..."

June 29, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Northfork

"...Directed by: Michael Polish. Starring: James Woods, Nick Nolte, Claire Forlani, Duel..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Countdown to Open Carry

APD discusses their plans for open carry

"...the best interest of safety. Those situations, said Officer Michael Barker, get broken down into two police categorizations: "hot..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...Sea Tattoo Company about a block from our office (Michael Corcoran lived in the back storeroom). We had arranged..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Page Two: After the Flood

When everything is gone, there is love, and the memory of love

"...Lost, I called Michael Barker, co-head of Sony Pictures Classics, another Dallas high..."

July 8, 2016 Column by Louis Black

A Decade Under the Influence

10 Years of SXSW Film

"...Egoyan, Nancy Savoca, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh, Jonathan Demme, Michael Moore, D.A. Pennebaker, Penelope Spheeris, Peter Bogdanovich, Dennis Hopper,..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature

Page Two: Our area of the world here

"...(Safe, Poison, Swoon, Postcards from America,andI Shot Andy Warhol,), Michael Chambers (Kids), Dolly Hall (The Incredibly True Adventure of..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Column by Louis Black

Camp Shakespeare Documentary Says We Will Meet, And There We May Rehearse

PBS film Take Pains. Be Perfect. puts UT's theatre program center stage

"...John Rando (Broadway director and Tony Award winner) and Michael Barker (co-president of Sony Pictures Classics), both of whom..."

April 8, 2022 Screens Feature by Ellen Daly

Board Games and More

Announcements from the Austin Film Society

"...Meanwhile, joining the AFS Advisory Board will be Michael Barker, co-president and co-founder of Sony Pictures Classics; Tom..."

April 2, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Getting Schooled by Film’s Heavy Hitters

John Pierson’s Master Class airs tonight on KUT

"...Aug. 21: producer Art Linson Aug. 28: Michael Barker, co-president, Sony Pictures Classics (taped the day after..."

Aug. 21, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Reading Myself to Sleep

What's currently cluttering Brenner's bedroom, bookwise.

"...What have we got, among the ichor this week? Michael Chabon's Yiddish Policemen's Union, perhaps too recently mentioned in..."

May 13, 2008 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Changes in the Weather

As Burnt Orange cools down, UTFI heats up

"...was snatched up by Sony Pictures Classics (whose Co-President Michael Barker is a UT grad) and provided both a..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Lights Out

The Seventies represented the heyday for film programming at the University of Texas. Marjorie Baumgarten recollects the days of CinemaTexas and the Texas Union Theater.

"...Union Film Program alone. (One of its student-committee graduates, Michael Barker, works to this day in exhibition as the..."

July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

"...(Purgatory County, Plutonium Circus). Joining such distribution/exhibition/industry legends as Michael Barker (Sony Picture Classics co-president), author John Pierson (Spike,..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Column by Louis Black

Shortcuts

"...(subUrbia); SXSW alumni John Pierson (executive producer, Chasing Amy), Michael Barker (Sony Pictures Classics), George Ratliff (Purgatory County), and..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Screens Column

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...to be so magnificent). As Ryan's gruff, non-parental father Michael, Stephen Lang seems caught in a bad TV movie..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...to be so magnificent). As Ryan's gruff, non-parental father Michael, Stephen Lang seems caught in a bad TV movie..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...JEFFREYD: Christopher Ashley; with Steven Weber, Michael T. Weiss, Patrick Stewart, Bryan Batt, Sigourney Weaver, Olympia..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Wrapped and Ready

"...Streep, Brid Brennan, Catherine McCormack, Sophie Thompson, Kathy Burke, Michael Gambon...."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Out There

Reviews and reports from SXSW Film and Interactive 05

"...deal with the issues long faced by features, said Michael Barker, co-president of Sony Pictures Classics, who urged filmmakers..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

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