RoboCop 3

"...Directed by: Fred Dekker. Starring: Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Rip Torn, John Castle, Jill..."

Nov. 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stephen King's Thinner

"...Directed by: Tom Holland. Starring: Robert John Burke, Lucinda Jenney, Howard Erskine, Joe Mantegna, Jeff..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fall Film Previews

September

"...D: Jesse Peretz; with Natasha Gregson Wagner, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert John Burke, Jeannetta Arnette...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...of their isolating grief. Cast: Wendy Moniz, Trevor St. John, Oona Laurence, Jeremy Shinder, Sonya Harum, Mike Faist, Rachel..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fled

"...Kevin Hooks. Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton, Robert John Burke, Salma Hayak and Rupaul. Where's Charlie Sheen?..."

July 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Safe

The (Jason) Stathamization of action filmmaking continues with the star's latest.

"...Boaz Yakin. Starring: Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon, Robert John Burke, Reggie Lee, Danny Hoch, James Hong, Joseph..."

April 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

True Story

A writer meets the murderer who stole his identity

"...Starring: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, Ethan Suplee, Robert John Burke and Gretchen Mol...."

April 17, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2 Guns

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg let the bullets fly in this intricate action puzzle.

"...Paxton, James Marsden, Fred Ward, Edward James Olmos and Robert John Burke...."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

First Love, Last Rites

"...by: Jesse Peretz. Starring: Natasha Gregson Wagner, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert John Burke, Jeannetta Arnette, Donal Logue and Eli Marienthal...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

If Lucy Fell

"...Parker, Eric Schaeffer, Ben Stiller, Elle Macpherson, James Rebhorn, Robert John Burke and David Thornton. Reality Bites redux. Well,..."

March 8, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drive Angry

Nicolas Cage plays a parent on a mission to avenge the murder of his daughter and granddaughter.

"...Lussier. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, Christa Campbell, Charlotte Ross, David Morse, Tom Atkins and..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Faculty

Co-written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson and George Huang (Swimming With Sharks), The Faculty is pure Robert Rodriguez: jam-packed with action, suspense, humor, horror, and plenty of cinematic homages.

"...Directed by: Robert Rodriguez. Starring: Elijah Wood, Jordana Brewster, Clea Duvall, Josh..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Book Festival

Photos by John Anderson

"...where elected officials make laws. The opening hoopla honored John Graves, whose Goodbye to a River is basically the..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...to be executed for a Klan-related murder; original author John Grisham has disassociated himself from this screen adaptation. (Oct...."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Prairie Home Companion

It's been a very long time since any Robert Altman film has been as enjoyable as A Prairie Home Companion.

"...Directed by: Robert Altman. Starring: Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Garrison Keillor, Woody..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coal Hard Cash

Alcoa has applied for a mining application in Elgin, near Austin.

"...to a study commissioned by the interested parties. But John Burke, who manages Aqua Water Supply Corporation, a nonprofit..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature

Chicago Remixes Chicago

Founding keyboardist Robert Lamm’s gym kismet

"...Against this background, I spoke to founding Chicago keyboardist Robert Lamm by phone from Vancouver last month. The interview..."

July 16, 2015 Music Post by Greg Beets

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

"...star studded to date, with Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton, Oscar-nominees Robert Downey Jr. and Paul Giamatti, and electronic pioneers New..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Further Reflections

"...the EDtv premiere at the Paramount Theatre. photograph by John Anderson Included here are reviews of some of the..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Wrapped and Ready

"...this year Miramax brings us the Christmas-day release of Robert Rodriguez's The Faculty, written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Exhibitionism

"...that fine line between cute and cloying. Seeing Martin Burke schlep around in the Santaland "work clothes" -- his..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Arts Review

Elvis Lives!

Detective and Then Some...

"...his best- selling Elvis Cole series, Angeleno detective novelist Robert Crais returns to the early form that had readers..."

July 25, 1997 Books Feature

Top Books

Hard-Boiled Top Ten

"...James Ellroy's latest * John Wesley Hardin: Dark Angel of Texas by Leon C...."

Jan. 10, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...and Wine) will present a 45th anniversary screening of John Huston's hard-hitting boxing drama Fat City...."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin and the Academy

'Tree of Life,' 'Bullhead' score Oscar nominations

"...Direction "The Artist" 
Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"..."

Jan. 24, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...provocative meditation on media totalitarianism in The Truman Show, Robert Redford's intelligent reworking of romantic pulp fiction in The..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Austin Theatre Critics' Table Nominations 1998

"...Hanks, Austin American-Statesman; Jerry Conn, West Austin News; and Robert Faires, Adrienne Martini, and Sarah Hepola, The Austin Chronicle..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Feature

Odds Against Tomorrow

"...ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW D: Robert Wise (1959); with Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Ed Begley..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Dramatic Turn

Actress Meredith McCall is about much more than musicals

"...her Best Actor/Actress (along with co-star and friend Martin Burke) while she was triumphantly leading that hymn to tippling..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...Meters and Neville Brothers, Irma Thomas, Marcia Ball, Dr. John, Henry Butler, the Subdudes, and many more. – Jim..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

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