Down We Go

Revisiting Renaissance man Robert Thom's prolific and hellish Hollywood visions

"...way to introduce the film but also its maker, Robert Thom, who wrote and directed. If it were all..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Page Two: Spin and Cinema

An understanding of the U.S. Constitution by way of Robert Thom

"...– Robert Thom, "FOUR: MARCH 18, 1977: Dinner at Eight and..."

May 16, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

"...Some thoughts on Roger Corman and Robert Thom... Next week the Austin Film Society is showing..."

May 16, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Madness in General

A film review and recommendation for this blur of a year

"...for the work of Yale graduate and award-winning poet Robert Thom, who was responsible for the screenplays for some..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: A Cheating Top 10

An introduction, then a list of lots of cool things, shoved into 10 slots, that are not necessarily related to 2008

"...of the lesser-known hard-boiled or tough-guy writers, including Jim Thompson, Paul Cain, David Goodis, and even Horace McCoy. Still,..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

"...Directed by: Randal Kleiser. Starring: Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri, Daniel & Joshua Shalikar and Lloyd Bridges. Take..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Death Race 2050

Plus jungle Sacrifice! and street punk Parasites

"...something that neither has the aggressive political satire of Robert Thom's script for the original (read our 2007 interview..."

Feb. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wild in the Streets

Crazed screenwriter Robert Thom penned this AIP exploitation picture about what happens when the voting age is lowered to 14 and the new electorate votes in a fascist pop idol.

"...Ed Begley, Richard Pryor and Bert Freed. Crazed screenwriter Robert Thom (Death Race 2000, Bloody Mama) penned this AIP..."

Jan. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Death Race 2000

"...Directed by: Paul Bartel. Starring: Fred Grandy, Don Steele, Roberta Collins, Mary Woronov, Louisa Moritz, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth..."

Oct. 14, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...movies and shows, with new films from Olivia Wilde, Robert Rodriguez, Christopher Morris, and more...."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Ten Districts, Many Visions

Dialing for Dollars

"...Ballot OrderMatt Lamon Bill Worsham Tina Cannon Margie Burciaga Robert Thomas Sheri Gallo Mandy Dealey Jason Meeker..."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Page Two: Work and Splendor

R.I.P., Harvey Pekar

"...Comic art legend Robert Crumb, his friend since 1962, has written, "Harvey was..."

July 16, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Funding Balance

Some Austin politicos think qualified candidates of average means are deterred from running due to low contribution limits

"...own campaign, prevailed over two opponents, Mandy Dealey and Robert Thom­as, who put big bucks into their own war..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature by Jack Craver

Can Dems Flip the Suburbs?

Democratic challengers target two vulnerable Central Texas House districts

"...being defended by Democratic Rep. Donna How­ard against Republican Robert Thom­as and Libertarian Joe Edgar, now includes most of..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Counting to 10

Lynd Ward, Blaze Foley, and the impossibility of a simple list

"...stars Mabel Normand and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle; 7) screenwriter Robert Thom; 8) the book Living in the Woods in..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

"...geared-up for Sam Fuller's White Dog and the Roger Corman/Robert Thom collaboration, Bloody Mama, which I raved about in..."

May 23, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Beer Convenience

Finding great craft brew selections in unlikely places

"...Sprites A box of tampons, some Salem Lights – Robert Earl Keen, "Merry Christmas From the Family"..."

June 24, 2011 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

Boss Cupid

"...Boss Cupidby Thom Gunn..."

June 16, 2000 Books Review by Craig Arnold

Critic's Picks

Architecture & Lodging

"...Best Place to Try Out Community-Centered City PlanningRobert Mueller Airport..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Best of Austin Feature

Hyde Park Theatre's Wakey, Wakey

This production of Will Eno's solo show puts us at ease with our mortality through a captivating talk from a dying man

"...as a sister piece to Eno's 2004 solo show Thom Pain (based on nothing), produced at HPT in 2007..."

March 9, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Rachel Koper (visual arts), Nikki Moore (visual arts), and Robert Faires (arts). The Critics Table will present the awards..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Mary Sheridan, Judson Mills, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Johnny Strong, Thom Rachford, Sandra Tucker, Victor Raider-Wexler, Geraldine Allen...."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Reflections

SXSW Film Festival and Conference

"...with Andy Kallok, Don Yanan, Al Schuermann, Julian Ott, Robert Blumenthal...."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

Further Reflections

"...Griffin, Jason Priestley, Peter Berg, Henry Winkler, Dana Gould, Robert Wagner...."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Despite Prosecutor's Deal With Snitch, Cobb Loses Appeals

Despite prosecutor's deal with snitch, Cobb loses appeals

"...of his trial to impeach a jailhouse witness. William Thomsen testified that while in jail awaiting trial Cobb bragged..."

April 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Slow Dying of Johnston High

State accountability standards may close a school on the edge of survival

"...Principal Celina Estrada-Thomas – already burdened with the knowledge that more than..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

All My Love

C-Side Records' family values

"...with the iconoclastic golden locks and hedonistic wail of Robert Plant nor the guitar-god gifts of Jimmy Page. He..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Culture Flash!

The Blanton unloads some prints, 'Keepin' It Weird' gets the eye from CBS, and Zach's Little Elf ain't so little anymore

"...some 125 original works on paper, including prints by Robert Rauschenberg, Red Grooms, Marguerite Kumm, and Frank Klepper, among..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Bibliomania

Books We Love and a Few Books We Don't

"...Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories by Thom Jones 10. The Workshop: Seven Decades of the Iowa..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Books Feature

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