The Luv Doc: Doing the Legwork for Love

The mighty oak begins with a tiny acorn

"..."It's the little things," wrote the regionally canonized troubadour..."

April 12, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

2016 SXSW Film Venue Guide

Where to go, how to get there, and what that line’s going to be like

"...Theatre has flirted with many identities over the years: music venue, pool hall, adult theatre, punk rock club. But..."

March 7, 2016 Screens Post

DVDanger: The Larry Fessenden Collection

Horror's underappreciated auteur on existential terror

"...Land), and Mickey Keating (Pod, Darling) all have released films under the watchful gaze of Fessenden's Glass Eye Pix...."

Oct. 20, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Slack to the Future

Slacker at 20

"...5, 1991, by Orion Classics, after having proved its box office viability (in Austin, anyway) via a run at..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

UT filmmakers get Guggenheims, spots at Cannes, and more. Plus: SXSW is never over.

"...artist can receive short of ending up on a box of Wheaties. Panov, who has taught film production at..."

April 30, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Hiiiiiiiii-Yah!

Austin foley artist Buzz Moran strips the sound out of a forgotten kung fu flick and redubs it live at the Drafthouse. The result? Something to chop about it.

"...new genre of Alamo Drafthouse programs that combine screened films and live performance, often for the benefit of a..."

May 17, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

The Naked Truth

Legendary exploitation producer Dave Friedman comes to town to present Mau Mau Sex Sex, the documentary of his career with Dan Sonney.

"...By today's sensibilities, the nudie films of the late Fifties and early Sixties seem incredibly..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...This reminded me of the early Nineties when "real music fans" snubbed Nirvana because they were successful while overlooking..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Column

Transforming Herself

Sissy Spacek's Most Memorable Movies

"...After being referenced and spoofed in dozens of other films, Carrie holds up as a camp classic 25 years..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Life's Enriched Pageant

Good design, like good air, helps you breathe a little easier, and here are a few Austinites who are helping us all breathe easier through their work as graphic designers.

"...years, after high school, attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston and playing in a series of low-impact..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Short Cuts

"...Mr. Ripley, Chuck and Valli at Encore Movies and Music. You've no idea how few films you have on..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...its due here in Austin. Although The Sound of Music recently played in a regular screening as part of..."

July 14, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"..."I started out making films the normal way, with a camera," says indie/underground Ithaca..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...own or accompanying various ventures in art, film, and music. His work with Bill Daniel at the weekly Funhouse..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

How the West Was Sung

The Newton Boys Soundtrack: An Oral History

"...Keith Fletcher: Music supervisor, associate producer..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Gay Place Guide to a Kweer SX

LGBTQIA SXSW and why queering SXSW is a big f-ing deal

"...queer fashion; plus loads of DIY and official LGBTQIA musical showcases, this certainly feels like the year we kweer’d..."

March 9, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

I Live My Broken Dreams

This year's rock docs examine the 'outsider myth' and more among the likes of Daniel Johnston, Townes Van Zandt, and Wild Man Fischer

"...his own physical well-being, even the success of his musical career – seems to often have been characterized by..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Animation Revelation

Charging toward a movie, TV, or computer screen near you: HorseBack Salad Entertainment

"...film geeks; and some of the most impressive animated music videos you're likely to ever see. And there are..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW News

"...first of the Chronicle's SXSW 02 dailies, the Austin Music Awards are just beginning, fittingly enough, at the Austin..."

March 15, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Bohemian Rhapsody

'Moulin Rouge' Director Baz Luhrmann Loves Love

"...the VCR; I think I liked the flashy blue box. And flashy certainly is the word for the Australian..."

June 1, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...As befits their standing as Austin's most popular band,..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Mule Conversations

"...beyond, the songwriter's myriad compositions are filled with otherworldly music and universal guttural utterances that seem to come from..."

April 23, 1999 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Why I Moved Back

Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be

"...graduation from high school. Supposedly Austin had a good music scene. Upon exiting I-35 onto Sixth Street and seeing..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Gretchen Phillips

Qmmunity: Hot & Spicy Homoscopes

Pride Month predictions for what queer events you'll end up enjoying

"...VIRGO 4th Annual Pride in Local Music The Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce brings you this..."

June 23, 2023 Column by James Scott

Day Trips

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts hosts current-day musicians while the Woodstock museum keeps alive the spirit of the '60s fest

"...for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y., hosts internationally known musicians and performers. The center is located at the top..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Wild Rides

UT students pack bigger, better New Works Festival with more thrills than a carnival midway

"...that, we can catch the experimental dance collaborations by musicians, visual artists, dancers, and actors. Then we can finish..."

April 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...[Sound Exchange], you relegate our closing to a small box (complete with a baffling reference to Buffalo Exchange), and..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column

Born on the Fourth of July

Explosions in the Sky are blowing up. (Sorry, we resisted the pun as long as we could.)

"...deep obsession with life's countless moments that defines the music of Explosions in the Sky, a series of wordless,..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Dream of a New Circus

In the two decades it has taken for Cirque du Soleil to reach Austin for the first time, this Montreal-based troupe has not only reinvented circus as performance art but grown into one of the most unexpected and unlikely of entertainment empires.

"...smell the smoke. With stunning sets, outrageous costumes, modern music, and an attention to art in every aspect of..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Feature by Michael Point

Dancing About Architecture

An ode to Waylon Jennings, even as SXSW O2 builds to a boil.

"...that applied "should've heard something by now," says the music fest's Creative Director Brent Grulke. That "something" might be..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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