Robert Rodriguez Brings Big Dad Energy to We Can Be Heroes

Sharkboy and Lavagirl return to pass the torch to a younger generation of heroes

"...world of the Spy Kids than he has in Sin City...."

Dec. 25, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Robert Rodriguez Directing in Season 2 of The Mandalorian

Austin director now best buds with Baby Yoda

"...is no stranger to franchises, having built multiple himself (Sin City, Grindhouse, and Spy Kids), and dabbling in others..."

May 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Paging Through the "Page Two" Archive

A look back at Louis Black's long-running column now at the end of its run

"...about the subjects that most inflame him: film, music, city politics, the state of the nation, his friends and..."

Sept. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Dames, Turtles, and More

The dog days of summer meet the heat of Austin film news

"...the Texas premiere of Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, the followup to..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Represents on Indiewire Influencers List

From Alamo to Tugg, ATX film industry favorites make the cut

"...among the eight honorees in the shapeshifters category. His Sin City sequel may have been bumped back to 2014,..."

June 18, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

There Will Be Food

Austin's film catering gurus learn how to make do in a changing industry. Spoiler alert: The answer is never pizza.

"...Nelson's semi-neglected old Western film set, Luck Ranch. The single-street town comes complete with three-dimensional facades of a saloon,..."

June 14, 2013 Screens Feature by Jeff Winkler

Autobots! Transform and Roll Camera

'Transformers' sequel, 'Parkland' prep 2013 productions in Austin

"...swept Dallas the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Parkland is the unknown but all-too-true story of ordinary..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Rodriguez confirms latest Austin shoot for June

Speaking at SXSW, Robert Rodriguez confirmed he'll be shooting a new film here in June, about the time his film Shorts hits theaters. Sin City 2? Not so much. But Mr. R. is finally a college graduate!

"...What about that Sin City sequel? “I always say Sin City 2 is..."

March 16, 2009 SXSW Post by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Remakes and revisitings from Austin's cine-making kings

"...presume. Oh, he also said Frank Miller has a Sin City 2 script in the can but gave no..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Tuna Does Vegas

Taking the Tuna crew to Sin City was a huge gamble, but we end up bigger winners than losers

"...inspiration to make the townsfolk of Tuna fish-out-of-water in Sin City...."

Nov. 2, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

300

Both Frank Miller's comic about the legendary battle of Thermopylae and Zack Snyder's cinematic adaptation are bloodthirsty affairs, awash in spectacle.

"...adapting the graphic novel 300 by not-so-funny-pager Frank Miller (Sin City, DC Comic's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns). Miller's..."

March 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Running Scared

Wayne Kramer's follow-up to his crime drama The Cooler has no moral compass, and swings wildly out of control while blanketed in hyper-violent digital gore effects and a thick, black nausea of the soul.

"...attaché Joey Gazelle (Walker) and his search for the missing chrome-plated revolver he was supposed to have dumped in..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D

Robert Rodriguez adds a dimension with this kids fantasy movie, but only in the most literal sense – 3-D.

"...Cannes where he showed his other 2005 release – Sin City – in competition, has come a long way..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film News

Summer shoots, Senate bills, and a few film festivals you should know about; plus, Bob Ivy plays with dolls

"...The film has been floating around in development limbo since 1996. Meanwhile, will the delayed Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel..."

April 15, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Updates on Robert's and Rick's adaptations, Texas on TV, and 'Dot' plays L.A.; plus, have you ever considered a double bill of 'Tarnation' and 'Mrs. Doubtfire'?

"...has created an amazing reproduction of Frank Miller's noirish Sin City comic book world. It's all black-and-white smudges with..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Robert Rodriguez and the come-hither look of 'Rambo 4'

"...Over, so speculation that Rodriguez will follow his currently lensing The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl with..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Short Cuts

Fridays with Forrie

"...was then taped out in California. Basically I'm just using the voice track and then I'm going to put..."

April 9, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Will McDonald's be part of our post-SXSW, prehibernation meal?

"...the first screening at the Paramount got too much publicity, and that got back to the distributors in New..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Tributes

"...-- embroidered with marijuana leaves and roses. What every hellraisin' No Depression band worth its copy of George Jones..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature

Books on Wheels

In Austin, bookmobiles aren't just a thing of the past; they're the literary wave of the future

"...totally get that," says Patrick McMahon. His wife and business partner Sukyi McMahon agrees: "You just can't bottle or..."

July 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Gay Place

Thanks, MonkeyWrench!

"...Sign. And here's a tip: You are a great singer. Don't you dare not share. Fridays, 8pm-12mid. Bernadette's, 2039..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

Flying Burrito Brothers Hot Burritos! The Flying Burrito Brothers Anthology (A&M)

Reissues

"...which places him right in line with many modern singer-songwriters. Parsons' reputation is predicated mainly on the Burritos and..."

May 19, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

There Can Be Only One

Fronting and posting at B-Boy City 16

"...April 24-26, when it's on like Tron with B-Boy City 16: The Reunion, an international hip-hop festival...."

April 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...has an agenda, but few have a workable plan ["City Hall's Bumpy Road," May 23]. We fail to realize..."

May 30, 2003 Column

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

City Hall's M.O. and the sins of Vision Village

"...enabled by chance and discouraged by design. If the sins of Vision Village now justify Austin's pulling back from..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Rock en Tijuana

The border city of Tijuana gives birth to the bastard genre of Norteño and Electronica, Nortec.

"...hole in the high metal wall that divides their city, Tijuana, from the United States. On the U.S. side,..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

Postmarks

City Centerpiece

"...week's article about the future of Palmer Auditorium, the City Coliseum, and parkland along Town Lake ["Power Play," Vol.17,..."

July 31, 1998 Column

Austin at Large: We’re Not Making More Land

Showdown at the Batcave Part 3: What’s the return on this $277 million investment?

"...growing pains that are unique to us as the City That Never, Ever Shrinks, the fastest-growing major U.S. metro..."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Off the Record

A curated survival guide to the Austin City Limits Music Festival

"...Even before breaking ground, the new Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater had been certified..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Billionaire Wants His Own Town, Go Figure

Musk Town headed for Bastrop isn't "paradise" Elon proposed, either

"...Elon Musk has been espousing his vision to create a “utopia” in Texas for..."

March 9, 2023 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

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