My Best Fiend

"...The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, and Nosferatu are the best remembered of them -- but Kinski's oeuvre includes 150..."

March 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

You Got Your Interwebs in My Idiot Tube

Studying WWE's playbook for social TV domination

"...numbers to prove it. The WWE holds its annual Slammy Awards during its flagship show, Monday Night Raw. Last..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Amongst Fiends

Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski's Colorful Relationship

"...possible to drop the "r" and still remain the best of fiends. Director Werner Herzog demonstrates something of this..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bring It

'Soldier of Cinema' Werner Herzog unloads on the state of short film and the ancient Greek drama that is WWF

"...documentaries such as Little Dieter Needs to Fly and My Best Fiend, an exploration of his work with the..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

From the Vaults: Herzog's Ecstasy of Truth

Werner Herzog on documentary filmmaking

"...Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. In "Amongst Fiends" (2000), I discussed with Herzog his movie My Best..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aguirre: The Wrath of God

Herzog's film is an impossible, epic vision of death and despair and hideous beauty in a faraway place, and one of the most visceral depictions of self-manufactured doom ever seen.

"...at times almost homicidal creativity (documented in Herzog's film My Best Fiend), his unshakeable conviction that art and life..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

What Would Werner Do?

New to home viewing: A feast of Herzog, ‘Zero Charisma’

"...Wrath Of God. The first of Herzog’s collaborations with “best fiend” Klaus Kinski, Aguirre tracks a Spanish conquistador leading..."

April 8, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Short Cuts

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

"...or less -- with the impending Austin release of My Best Friend, Herzog's new documentary on the late actor/bon..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Crawlspace/Sightseers

This week's horror lesson: Can't stay home, don't dare risk leaving

"...recounts his diary of a Nazi lineage. "I am my own god, my own jury, my own executioner. Heil..."

Dec. 14, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Herzog: The Collection

$119.99, www.shoutfactory.com

"...reptile. So we will vanish. There's no doubt in my heart." Hold that thought, grizzly man, boutique/pop-culture label Shout!..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Conquest of the Useless: Reflections From the Making of 'Fitzcarraldo'

The filming of Werner Herzog's 1982 epic, Fitzcarraldo, in the Amazonian depths of Peru seemed mythically doomed from its inception

"...epic, Fitzcarraldo, in the Amazonian depths of Peru seemed mythically doomed from its inception, something chronicled that same year..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Screens Review by Audra Schroeder

Look Ma, No Wrapping

DVD boxed sets, no assembly required

"...Verde, as well as the poignant and disturbing documentary My Best Fiend. Each disc is graced with separated audio..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Real World: Documentaries

"...MY BEST FIEND..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Sports Retirements 2010

From 'The Big Unit' to 'The Big Hurt'

"...it’s over, kaput, lights out. Moonlighting as a dancing fiend and making up for lost time with family is..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

The Whole Package

With Margaret Wiley, you didn’t have a one-trick pony; you had a multitude of talents and personalities in one big and big-hearted woman. Wiley’s friends and colleagues at Esther’s Follies offer their memories of this exceptional Austin comedian who died November 2.

"...With the writer, that bawdy satirist who could skewer Tammy Faye Bakker with songs by The Who and deliver..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

We Learned It by Watching Movies

A film primer for the best in wicked entertainment

"...split the difference, Altman eases the viewer through the grimy filters of his own life as a heavy gambler,..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Your Mouth Wants a Biscuit Like This Biscuit

Because, we suggest, the toppings are downright Pre-Raphaelite.

"...the simplest things in the world that are the best...."

Dec. 2, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Barge to Hell, Part 1

HeadCrusher’s seven seas of ‘metal brotherhood’

"...Seldom does my inner Swamp Thing rear its head over shows I..."

Jan. 9, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Austin Chronicle Guide to the Mission: Impossible Movies

Your mission, if you choose to accept it ...

"...Dun-dun-duh-dun, dun-dun-DUH-dun! Oh, Lalo Schifrin, you fiend, creating one of the all-time great TV themes -..."

July 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...last sentence again: "jet-pack-wearing stags!" Our minds are all squirmy in anticipation...."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Reissues

"...he absorbed ideas from Coltrane. It's one of Mobley's best, containing four fifths of the 1957 Messengers: Hank, drummer..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Postmarks

They Got Nothing on Lacresha

"...Every day, while I'm driving my car to work (too far away from home to..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Column

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...conclusions she draws from her curious journey are as mysterious as the individual lessons along the way. This fuzzy..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...or cold-hearted people; they're merely parents who want the best for their children. Meanwhile, her acting auditions get her..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Keep Calm and Party On

Everything you need to know to navigate SXSW Film

"...but I don’t know Austin or the venues, and my inner GPS only knows how to point me toward..."

March 4, 2013 Screens Post

Death Valley Nights

BÖC's Spectres reissue brings out the ghosts

"...ever-present BÖC concert tee, repeated the lyric, heavy metal mysticism firing his blue eyes...."

Feb. 16, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

Readers' last gasps on light rail.

"...a decent light rail system, then I could leave my car at home and forget about MoPac. Indeed, over..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Column

Websites from Hell

It's 4am -- Do You Know Where Your Monitor Is?

"...modern life towards the state of "slack," which can best be described as "an absence of crap." A history..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...BEST OF THE YEAR..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...Express) and last year's Joe Henry production, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise (Anti-). A recent Austin gig..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

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