So 'Wrong,' but So Right

Quentin Dupieux on plots, puzzles, and police

"...plots, my movies sound stupid. But I think my scripts are cool to read and funny. Even if the..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Flies on the Wall With Attitude

Cinéma vérité pioneer Robert Drew, coming to town this Wednesday for the Texas Documentary Tour, speaks about the films he has made and the film style he helped create.

"...the subject of the film. You have something like Cops, which is a trashy subject matter, but it's great..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

"...in live sex shows. Unfortunately for him, some white cops need a black suspect to round out a lineup,..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Review by Mike Emery

The Well

"...the town and is dragged in by the small-town cops. Despite the police's relentless interrogation, though, Packard maintains that..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Dancing About Architecture

All Things Must Pass

"...referring to the guy who bought the True Stories script I found in a dumpster from Fringeware for $50...."

March 26, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Scanlines

"...killed for not paying off the town's racist white cops. Duke sends for some buddies (including a pre-Rocky Weathers)..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature

Scanlines

Disney's Animated Storybook: Disney's 101 Dalmatians

"...Lo protect and comfort each other while dodging the cops they assume are searching for them. When they hit..."

May 30, 1997 Screens Feature

Reflections

SXSW Film Festival and Conference

"...Although clearly set in present-day Vegas, these righteous, pistol-packing, scripture merchants might as well have come out of Cali..."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

Markets, Matheson, and More Recommended Events

Fill your weekend with arts, culture, and a bit of capitalism

"...flick – there are two wolves. One is a script by the then-unknown Peter Lenkov, who pondered how a..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Under the Skin: Brandon Cronenberg on Possessor Uncut

Behind the flesh of the bodyswap hitman horror

"...then kills themselves or gets taken down by the cops, just as the mental murderer removes their consciousness. Colin..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Live Shot: Hi, How Are You Day

Mental health considered in 78% superb Daniel Johnston tribute

"...caveman acoustic guitar under strange lyrics like: “And the cops are trying to pull you over/ But you’re not..."

Jan. 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: Three Holiday Horrors

A trio of chillers, but which do you want in your stocking?

"...Yet the script by Gavin Williams has a much more baroque and..."

Dec. 23, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Filmmakers’ Waking Nightmares

They're just making a movie. What could possibly go wrong?

"...rained out, and on certain days I revised the script on my laptop in the middle of a field,..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Midnighters Go Into the Woods With The Ranger

Jenn Wexler pits punks against nature

"...Never trust authority figures, be they cops, parents, motel managers, or really just anyone who tells..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bank Robbers and Texas Rangers Clash in Hell or High Water

West Texas noir

"...That script, by Sicario writer Taylor Sheridan, is a gestalt of..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2014: Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau

Hollywood studios are the real monsters in this warts and all doc

"...Unfortunately, with big bucks riding high on Moreau, his script, storyboards, and main story were quickly quashed – three..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Trailer Park Is Action-Packed

Not the heroes you deserve, but the heroes you need right now

"......"

April 19, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Letters at 3AM: Katniss Everdeen's Grandmothers

Katniss Everdeen's Grandmothers

"...(1956), but those pictures pale beside Forty Guns. Fuller's script turned traditional definitions of women upside down, and Stanwyck's..."

May 4, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Securing the Substance

Richard Linklater on his adaptation of A Scanner Darkly

"...RL: Right. And that would never pass a Hollywood script committee meeting. It's digressive; it doesn't push the story..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

SXSW entry deadlines, more classes, congratulations, and a whiff of debauchery

"...Shea O'Brien Foley, 30, who was popped by the cops in Burbank. Lucas is known to have been miffed..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...really need to turn a film review into a script from Beavis and Butthead, snickering at every opportunity for..."

July 26, 2002 Column

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...horror film also stars Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino and the script has been polished by none other than John Sayles..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...Dogs A smart script and fun performances drive this screwball comedy written and..."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

Glen Powell to Enter Texas Film Hall of Fame

Actor to be honored ahead of Austin premiere of Hit Man

"...The script for Hit Man – written by Linklater and Powell..."

March 27, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Deadland

Border drama adds supernatural tension to the politics

"...remove from the good-old-boy brutality of some old schools cops who turn up from Internal Affairs. They're sniffing around..."

March 20, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Riverboat Gamblers, USA/Mexico, Damian Garcia Quintet, Honky-Tonk Holidaze, and more recommended shows for your week

"...bong hits into the circuitry, it'd churn out a script with half the humorous heart of Honky-Tonk Holidaze. The..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Music Column by Mars Salazar

Review: Alchemy Theatre’s Mack & Mabel

Intimate staging bests Broadway’s Hollywood tragedy

"...Herman (Mame, La Cage aux Folles, Hello Dolly!) and script writer Michael Stewart (Bye Bye Birdie). According to reviews,..."

May 26, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Fantasia Review: What Josiah Saw

Southern Gothic horror-noir binds and dooms a shattered family

"...visible, at the edges of Robert Alan Dilts' startling script: divine vengeance, ghosts, madness, curses, omens, a deranged act..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Police Funding Restored; Is It Too Much, or Not Enough?

The 2020 city budget finds itself coming full circle

"...APD funding go? In this year's budget season, the script has been flipped back to what was asked in..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Danny Kiranos Finds Moral Ground in the Murder Folk of Amigo the Devil

Visceral songwriter mines darkness in the human condition

"...his victim Grace Budd snags Albert Fish before the cops do and he gets revenge for his daughter?"..."

April 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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