Dances Made To Order

Anthropomorphism, upheaval, and memory in dance for the small screen

"...For dance on camera, creation means not just choreography, music, and costuming, but also filming and editing two-dimensional footage..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Where There’s a Willie…

Billy Bob documents Willie Nelson in The King of Luck

"...new Harmony Korine short, and a selection of short films from R.E.M.’s latest album, curated by Michael Stipe, who’ll..."

March 2, 2011 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Vengeance Trilogy

Park Chan-wook's masterful trilogy explores the true cost of revenge on the person who willfully engages in it

"...engaging even after multiple viewings. Like Sergio Leone's "Dollars" films, Park's feverish, upscaled genre mindbenders accrue a moral ambiguity..."

April 2, 2010 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

A Decade Under the Influence

The 'Chronicle' movie critics take a look back at what the Aughts wrought

"...While evaluating the films of the decade past, I discovered, to my amazement,..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Rubin's piece on Don Walser ["Song for My Father," Music, Sept. 29]. I propose that you pay Mark to..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Many Women Working on Films..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Column

Desert Island Films, Part II

Louis Black continues his ongoing list of "desert island" videos with films by Preston Sturges, Quentin Tarantino, and John Ford

"...("Video Reviews" wishes to thank Encore Movies & Music, I Luv Video, Vulcan Video, and Waterloo Video for..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

sex, lies, and videotape; King of the Hill; Out of Sight

"...("Video Reviews" wishes to thank Encore Movies & Music, I Video, Vulcan Video, and Waterloo Video for their..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Review by Louis Black

Scanlines

"...("Scanlines" wishes to thank Encore Movies & Music, I Luv Video, and Vulcan Video for their help..."

May 29, 1998 Screens Feature

Scanlines

"...("Scanlines" wishes to thank Encore Movies & Music, I Luv Video, and Vulcan Video for their help..."

March 6, 1998 Screens Feature

Books That Keep on Giving

Does It Come in Paperback?

"...Dunne/St. Martin's Press $22.99) might be her style; the box includes a custom illustrated 54-card deck and a book..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Plastic Butthole Band

"...their Austin audience after the debacle at the Austin Music Hall earlier this summer. "After all," says Ward, "they..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Column

Invasion of the Lit Flix

Literary Classics Rush the Screen

"...decidedly non-fluff items that went on to achieve successful box-office numbers. Of course, there are also the exceptions that..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021

Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup

"...all out of the way, let's talk about the films ......"

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post

Inside the 2019 Cine Las Americas Schedule

Talking different kinds of borders with Executive Director Jean Anne Lauer

"...often go ignored. "Finding visibility for Latinx and indigenous films can be tricky with the U.S., and finding a..."

May 3, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2015: Zinzana

How to make a nation's first genre film

"...years, cinema in the region was dominated by Egyptian films and Egyptian distributors. As the single biggest market, it..."

Sept. 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Endangered Species Conservation

'The Last Unicorn' takes a victory lap at the Alamo Drafthouse

"...dark and too quirky to be considered a good box-office risk at a time when many studios were backing..."

May 31, 2013 Screens Feature by Amy Gentry

We Have Met the Future, and It Is Us

Film on the Web, part II: the movies

"...Southwest, which this year is making trailers for its films available in three different file formats viewable on cell..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Page Two

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

"...his passion for John Ford, who shot so many films there, but to be with him in the most..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Dancing About Architecture

Death and rain come to CenTex

"...In our music community, we often forget the contributions of the many..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Short Cuts

To auteur or not to auteur, a fabulous gay movie awards ceremony, kraut-rock!, and now boarding for Lonesome Dove.

"...their own short film with queer content. Ten finalist films have since been selected and will be screened this..."

June 29, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Do-It-Yourself Girl Revolution

For the last two years Miranda July's work in fanzines, performance art, music, and movies have allowed her to support herself off her art. "No day job" - how many performance artists can say that?

"...exposing her own troubled heart and weird intellect through films and multimedia performance. Barely into her mid-20s, July is..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Ada Calhoun

Second Coming

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Definitive Director's Cut (1977)

"...course, so does Bonnie & Clyde or Reds -- films which reveal the strident, uncompromising thinker at the heart..."

July 30, 1999 Screens Feature

Shortcuts

"...of nine days, including some regional and world premiere films. One film making its world premiere is Traveller, starring..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Screens Column

Michael Jackson

"...To understand the cultural impact of Michael Jackson's music videos – or "short films," as he more accurately..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...between Italian serenades and subsequent vengeance-swearing, we talked about films. After I spent some time raving about Songwriter, a..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mighty Atom

Atomic City's Jim 'Prince' Hughes is punk rock daikaiju at a whole different level

"...or a marathon screening of Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse films. It's a defining character trait, an engaging gleam in..."

June 8, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Sensational Saga of Mr. Sinus

Picking up where Mystery Science Theater 3000 left off, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 skewers the movies of our childhood to sold-out crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...on. Three guys drinking beer and goofing on bad films -- couldn't we just do that in our own..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Wrapped and Ready

"...The Rugrats Movie climbing to the top of the box-office heap on its opening weekend and A Bug's Life..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Babadook Director Sings a Song of History With The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent honors a commitment to the Aboriginal people of Australia

"...have expected to tell. "I don't really like period films," she said. "I don't like that they have a..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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