Locke

In this bravura movie, Tom Hardy plays a man who tries to mend the unraveling threads of his life while behind the wheel of a car for 85 minutes.

"...dad. Hardy has a field day with them, ghosting Richard Burton’s melodious Welsh accent and percolating rage, but it’s..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fiction Favorites

From postapocalyptic islands to mining camps in Nevada, these novels will rock your world

"...from a Louis Menand piece in The New Yorker: "Burton, fifty-four at the time, and already a beautiful ruin..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature

New in Print

Three recent releases go behind the scenes for Hollywood reads

"...or be swatted away, including the super-agent Swifty Lazar, Richard Burton, and Jack Lemmon...."

July 12, 2013 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Exiled From Main Street

Can Austin's stock of affordable housing keep pace with high-speed growth?

"...hand, he says, Au­stin has become "the manifestation of Richard Florida's The Rise of the Creative Class," the book..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

DVD Watch: Snitch

Director Ric Roman Waugh makes the Rock into an everyman

"...the biggest name directors and producers – Tony Scott, Richard Donner, Katherine Bigelow, John McTiernan and Steven Spielberg –..."

June 11, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: ‘Life Is Sweet’

What a gorgeous ensemble of oddballs and misfits

"...ballooning budget and affair between stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton is celebrated in a two-disc release with a..."

May 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

From the Vaults: Angry Old Man

Before he was in 'Quartet,' Tom Courtenay was part of a much bigger club

"...discontentment in the British Midlands of the 1950s. Tony Richardson turned it into a film in 1959 with Richard..."

Jan. 26, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVD Watch: 'Sleep Tight'

Spanish shocker puts a real monster under the bed

"...Frankenweenie (Disney) Tim Burton was politely shown the door from Disney for the..."

Jan. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Notable Film Books

New collections from critics David Thomson and David Denby, Richard Burton's candid journaling, and more

"...the movie theatre for that essential big-screen experience. The Richard Burton Diariesby Richard Burton Yale University Press, 704 pp.,..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Liberal Arts

When a Manhattanite returns for a visit to his old liberal arts college, he falls hard for a student 15 years his junior.

"...Directed by: Josh Radnor. Starring: Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, Allison Janney, Elizabeth Reaser and Kate Burton...."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

2 Days in New York

This ebullient domestic comedy by Julie Delpy, in which she co-stars with Chris Rock, is a follow-up to 2007’s 2 Days in Paris.

"...Chris Rock, Albert Delpy, Alexia Landeau, Alexandre Nahon, Kate Burton, Dylan Baker, Talen Ruth Riley, Owen Shipman and Malinda..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Second Fiddle Takes a Bow

Scene stealers at the Paramount Summer Film Classic Series

"...Llewelyn wasn't the first Q. Technically, that was Peter Burton in Dr. No, appearing as MI6 armorer Major Boothroyd...."

May 25, 2012 Screens Feature

Then There's This: Skid Marks

The mayor's race takes a sharp turn in the final lap

"... • Richard Suttle, a longtime developer attorney at Armbrust & Brown..."

May 11, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Sports Top 10

The year in sports veered from the horrifying to the sublime

"...7) Every Hall of Famer My friend Summer Anne Burton started her blog Every Hall of Famer in early..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Submarine

This British film is a bracingly deadpan coming-of-age story that proudly wears its Wes Anderson influences on its sleeve.

"...Directed by: Richard Ayoade. Starring: Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Noah Taylor, Sally..."

June 17, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor

Turner Classic Movies offers 24 hours of Liz

"...(1958), with Paul Newman and Burl Ives; directed by Richard Brooks...."

March 23, 2011 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye: Sample Wisdom

Austin Film Festival now accepting pilot submissions; returning shows; and TCM talks Oscar

"...year (Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Feb. 2 and 3) or to films that..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

ACL Music Fest Saturday Listings

ACL Saturday by the blurb

"...a jaunt with Kevin Devine as Bad Books. – Richard Whittaker Black Lips..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature

Lone Stars in Good Company

Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards 2010

"...worked with such directors as Woody Allen and Tim Burton and has just completed work on Christopher Nolan's forthcoming..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Election Results

State and local tallies

"...Ronnie Earle205,05734.6%25,20268.4% Linda Chavez-Thompson314,72553.1%8,53023.1% General Land Office Commissioner Bill Burton273,03448.3%11,55435.6% Hector Uribe292,48651.7%20,86364.4% Agriculture Commissioner Hank Gilbert310,76252.3%22,87163.7% Richard “Kinky” Friedman283,24947.7%13,05036.3%..."

March 5, 2010 News Feature

The Primary Candidates

Local and statewide candidates hit the campaign trail

"...D: Hector Uribe, Bill Burton..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature

Primary Filings: The Democrats

Breaking down the election filings for the Dems

"...between former Henderson County Justice of the Peace Bill Burton and ex-state senator Hector Uribe, while Jeff Weems is..."

Jan. 5, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Doors

"...Richard Burton on a bender, that's how we remember Jim..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

12 Rounds

WWE superstar wrestler John Cena teams with once-exciting action director Renny Harlin for this New Orleans-set action film.

"...at acting, which make Jean-Claude Van Damme look like Richard Burton; and you can scorn his World Wrestling Entertainment..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Lights, Camera, Senate Resolution!

Movie luminaries watch Texas Senate makes March 4 Moving Image Industry Day

"...Development MPS Studios Meredith Stephens, and some guy called Richard Linklater.)..."

March 4, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Republic of Indie in a Netflix Nation

How Austin's homegrown video stores are faring against the big red giant

"...(the final laser disc released in the U.S.? Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow). Like most supercool technological gadgetry, the laser..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Clink Clink, Swampy!

Hey. Homo. This one's for you.

"...it's basically a fictional version of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's real-life marriage. Hilarious and horrifying, this film will..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

The Spy Who Came In From the Cold

"I've got the last good lay in an aging whore!" said Martin Ritts of his famously troubled star, Richard Burton

"...so, in fact, as the film reunited Morris with Richard Burton and Claire Bloom, all of whom worked previously..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Screens Review by John Davidson

You Are Here

Postcards from the 2008 Texas Book Festival

Nov. 7, 2008 Books Feature

Happenings

"...AFFAIRS FORUM: THE MISSING HONEY BEES A presentation from Richard Sommer of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 11:30am-12:30pm. First..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature

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