Playing With the Big Boys

Teen filmmakers Rusty Kelley and Duncan Knappen land second HBO Family gig with "French Restaurant."

"...The first thing Rusty Kelley says to me when I walk in the..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dear Pillow

Provocative Austin-made feature pushes sexual buttons meant to arouse and provoke, but never satisfy.

"...Directed by: Bryan Poyser. Starring: Rusty Kelley, Gary Chason, Viviane Vives, Cory Criswell and John..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Small Wonders

They just nabbed two festival awards, next up is HBO, and Ed Wood is their greatest influence. Meet Austin's most successful 12-year-old filmmakers.

"...of one mom and one dad. Duncan Knappen and Rusty Kelley, both 12, are the creative team behind the..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Kids Stay in the Pictures

When the Cinemaker Co-op and the Center for Young Cinema combined to make the Motion Media Arts Center, at least one thing stayed the same: the importance of kids

"...films on the disc feature local 16-year-old master thespian Rusty Kelley, of Bryan Poyser/Jake Vaughn Slamdancer Dear Pillow fame...."

June 25, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

In Development

From Cinemaker to the Austin School of Film

"...• Kantor's punk rock tweener protégés Rusty Kelley and Duncan Knappen win the Creative Excellence Award..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Screens Feature

Me Talk Dirty One Day

Bryan Poyser and Jacob Vaughan come clean on their 'Dear Pillow'

"...in Dear Pillow, but how did you find high-schooler Rusty Kelley – and where's his guardian?..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Screens Feature by John Pierson

'If the Kids Are United ...'

The filmmaking wunderkinder of Center for Young Cinema talk shop

"...group of eight Center for Young Cinema kids, including Rusty Kelley, 16; Natalie Aston, 18; Charles Heidrick, 17; Carleton..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Temperatures Rising

Dumped and disowned, Cabin Fever 2 gets a one-off screening to benefit the Austin School of Film

"...(returning from Roth's original), Marc Senter, Noah Segan, and Rusty Kelley (Dear Pillow) and producer Lauren Moews – all..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Desk Set

Its inaugural class – equipped with cameras, computers, and expert instruction – wades into a sea of possibility

"...nods going to, among other CYC alumni, Dear Pillow's Rusty Kelley, whose mom, Anne Goetzmann Kelley, arrived in 2001..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...Phone Call & Police Spencer Parsons 3) Coffee Shop Rusty Kelley/Austin School of Film 4) Been on Moon Berndt..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Feed an Artist, Nourish the World

Austin School of Film underground and avant-garde shorts

"...Austin filmmakers – Noah Bissett, Danielle Goldfarb, Samantha Gore, Rusty Kelley, Faiza Kracheni, Nicole Licea, Sam Phillips, Bryan Taylor,..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The House of the Devil

This retro horror film is the freakiest and most unnerving shocker in theatres this season.

"...by others. (It should be noted that Austin actor Rusty Kelley has a role in Cabin Fever 2.) I..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Party at Pedazo, Access granted awards, and 'Dear Pillow' living the dream: Read all about it all!

"...2004 Atlanta Film Festival. The film, which coincidentally stars Rusty Kelley, of last issue's "The Kids Stay in the..."

July 2, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

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

"...kid's film showcase featuring local kidfilmmakers Duncan Knappen and Rusty Kelley. The pair's short film "Toy Car" (which won..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Kids do the darndest things when armed with Super-8 cameras.

"...sooner do I hang with junior punk rawk film-geeks-in-the-making Rusty Kelley and Duncan Knappen of "Toy Car" fame (and..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

From the Vaults: Dear Pillow

John Pierson interviews filmmakers Bryan Poyser and Jacob Vaughan

"...complexes and unrequited longing … the film follows Wes (Kelley), a young kid desperate to lose his virginity, and..."

June 10, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Total Abuse

SXSW showcase reviews

"...of thrash, punk, and sternum-rattling noise, along with singer Rusty Kelley's wild-eyed bark, make for something harsh, modern, and..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

The Future May Finally Be Brightening for Texas Film Incentives

The sequel to film rebates?

"...example, has hired the prestigious lobby firm of Blackridge Rusty Kelley). However, according to Austin Film Commission Director Brian..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Adios, Karl Anderson!

Karl Anderson departs ASoF

"...played dead and all messed up in Dear Pillow-star Rusty Kelley's upcoming end-of-days-in-Marfa epic Shores of a Distant Sea...."

July 3, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Dear Pillow

An 85-minute tribute to erotic confusion, the locally made Dear Pillow is both fascinated by and hostile to the absurdities of our culture's Puritanism and takes obvious joy in poking holes in them

"...the painful misadventures of Wes (former Austin high schooler Rusty Kelley), an awkward 17-year-old with a giant protective mop..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Image Formed

Previewing the 12th Austin Film Festival

"...and around Austin – note the consistently up-and-coming local Rusty Kelley as Matt's younger brother and a walk-on by..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Film News

Pull the film loop tighter; plus, how to give Harry Knowles a heart attack

"...from Knowles, Pathogen filmmaker Emily Hagins, Dear Pillow star Rusty Kelley (he's also about to make his own horror..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Touchdown! Cue the band and fireworks or whatever; plus, all 'Quiet' on the Burnt Orange front, and more

"...wants to make short film "Best Birthday Ever" starring Rusty Kelley, of Poyser's provocative Dear Pillow, and Joe Swanberg,..."

June 9, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund Grant Recipients

$77,000 to 27 projects

"...Shores of Another Sea, Rusty Kelley, Natalie Aston, Charles Heidrich, Carleton Ranney, Eva Billingsley,..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Screens Feature

Intimacy Issues

'Dear Pillow'

"...for the readers of the titular magazine, and Wes (Rusty Kelley) makes do with the frustratingly limited sexual outlets..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Down and Dirty

Pasty people vs. pretty people, low budget vs. big budget, Peter Biskind vs. Robert Redford: the 20th annual Sundance!

"...by Bryan Poyser, produced by Jacob Vaughan, and starring Rusty Kelley, Gary Chason, Viviane Vives, and John Erler, wowed..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Snow Days

Austin filmmakers return from the dances Sun and Slam

"...Poyser's comic feature with Gary Chason and Rusty Kelley has been earning raves locally, but Park City..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...it's also far more interesting much of the time... Rusty Kelley and Duncan Knappen, young filmmakers and HBO Kidflicks..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

South by Southwest announces attendees, the Texas Hall of Fame releases names of first honorees, and other news and events of interest to the local film community.

"...sent word that local kidfilm gurus Duncan Knappen and Rusty Kelley have had their short "Toy Car" (profiled in..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

News from the Cinemaker Co-op, the Austin Film Society, Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Landmark Theatres, and SXSW 2000.

"...wake of a pair of his previous students -- Rusty Kelley and Duncan Kappen -- nailing the Creative Excellence..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

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