Now Streaming in Austin: AFS on Slacker at the Dobie

Linklater explains the breakout run of his classic

"...in line to catch the first public screening of Slacker. Or maybe The Brave Little Toaster...."

July 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Slacker' @ 20 Screening and Party

Celebrate the anniversary at Austin Studios on June 22

"...finest filmmakers hitting the pavement, re-creating scenes from 1991's Slacker in service of the homage feature that premieres in..."

June 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Restyling 'Slacker'

Local filmmakers join forces to reshoot the Austin classic

"...freshest homegrown talent, and a very good cause indeed? Slacker 2011...."

April 29, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Help Find the Missing Slacker Cast and Crew

Austin, you can help connect the team with cash!

"...Were you part of the cast or crew of Slacker, or do you know where they've gone? Then Richard..."

Nov. 26, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Slacker: A Ten-Year Reunion

"...Starring: A Cast Of Hundreds. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of Slacker, all the old cast..."

June 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Slacker 2011' Trailer Debuts

Film will premiere Aug. 31 at the Paramount

"...At last night's 20th anniversary screening of Slacker at Austin Studios, the trailer for..."

June 23, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Page Two

Even being in Slacker didn't prepare Chronicle Editor Louis Black for the film's eventual impact.

"...The first time I figured out that Slacker was about something substantive was when I read Chris..."

June 29, 2001 Column by Louis Black

Slack Where We Started

Richard Linklater and John Pierson Ponder 'Slacker' and Its Aftermath

"...the movie that was eventually to become known as Slacker, a film that has over the years earned a..."

June 29, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

More 'Slack'

The Chronicle's 20-year love affair with Slacker

"...On the occasion of Slacker's 20th anniversary year (profiled in this week's issue), we..."

Jan. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'El Mariachi' to Perform Sundance Encore

Robert Rodriguez's 1993 debut to be honored with a Sundance screening

"...on the heels of the festival's commemorative screening of Slacker in 2011...."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Slack to the Future

Slacker at 20

"...– "Dostoyevsky Wannabe," Slacker..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

From the Vaults: 'Viewers Like Us'

It's always time to celebrate Austin's community television

"...been around quite that long (we'll mark our 32nd anniversary next month), we were around in 1998 when the..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Criterion Gets Candid

Slacker's Polaroid family album

"...More fresh meat for the Slacker nostalgia meal we've been happily snacking on all year:..."

Aug. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Short Cuts

Slacker turns 10, Cinemaker Co-op is feted, the Alamo Drafthouse heads north, and Bob Sabiston has "it."

"...years since the release of Richard Linklater's indie masterwork Slacker?" the answer was an irrefutable "oh yeah, baby" at..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Jump on 'The Band Wagon'

George Morris recommends that you see 'The Band Wagon'

"...a friend and teacher of Richard Linklater, who dedicated Slacker to his memory. George Morris died of AIDS in..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

How to Get an Education in Film

Austin Film Society Projections

"...in Austin, another milestone is being celebrated: the 10th anniversary of the Austin Film Society...."

Oct. 27, 1995 Screens Feature

From the Vaults: 'Bernie' Kills

Linklater's latest delivers his biggest opening weekend

"...editor Louis Black, who appears in Linklater's first film, Slacker, wrote a history of the paper's early relationship with..."

April 29, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: Rogue Waves

Ghosts of SXSW and the Chronicle past

"...This year marks not only the 25th anniversary of SXSW but also the 30th anniversary of The..."

March 11, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Dancing About Architecture

Tosca are no Slackers, Pong bounces back, the Dicks still hate the police, and Ken Lieck finds a new journalist pal in this week's "Dancing."

"...With the 10th anniversary of Slacker behind him, it's time for director Richard..."

July 6, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Short Cuts

A Slacker reunion and a Waking Life sale top Linklater's agenda; entry deadlines announced for Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund grants, Austin Film Festival and Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference submissions, and new Cinemaker Co-op fest; and Jon Favreau comes to Austin.

"...heels of the Chronicle's recent story about the 10-year anniversary of Richard Linklater's Slacker (well, warm on the heels,..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

The JFKonspiracy

Kathy McCarty wants to know "Why?" Why is wanting to know more about the Kennedy Assassination such social suicide?

"...actually monikered by the CIA) was that guy in Slacker. I was in Slacker, too (Who wasn't? ha ha),..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Behind the Scenes at the Centre Pompidou's Tribute to Richard Linklater

An American in Paris

"...films that both defined American cinema in films like Slacker and Boyhood while breaking open multiplexes with Bad News..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

30 Things

The highs, the lows, the lists

"..."Things are speeding up here near the end." – Slacker (1991)..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Features Feature

Searching for Once Upon a Time

Why Monument Valley – again part of the Netflix / Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow this summer – is such a magnetic place for me

"...but in light of the 1956 movie's upcoming 50th anniversary, Warner Bros. planned to celebrate by striking new prints..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Post Office

Austin's indie A/V boutique Stuck On On gets movies across the finish line

"...7), which is showing on PBS' POV next month; Slacker 2011, the Austin Film Society's remake of/tribute to the..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Still Working It

Actor Brian O'Halloran on the enduring appeal of Clerks

"...whine, summing up the existential angst of every minimum-wage slacker. On Aug. 4, Brian O'Halloran swaps the New York..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Do a Little 'Dance

Austinites past and present converge on Park City

"...David Lowery's "Pioneer," which stars Will Oldham, both screened. Slacker, the film that has come to define Austin filmmaking,..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...20-30. Also notable at this year's fest: a 20th anniversary screening of Richard Linklater's Slacker. My, the time flies,..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

More Than a Pair of Jokers

While she was growing up, Anne S. Lewis thought of Randy and Jason Sklar as just her crazy twin cousins. But now, after an MTV sitcom and success on the comedy club circuit, she's thinking her relatives may be more than just a pair of jokers in her family deck.

"...might make it into the sequel to the movie Slacker -- Slacker 2: Electric Boogaloo. The camera follows around..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur

The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground

"...included a small role in the Richard Linklater homage Slacker 2011, but the paragon of Chad Holt onscreen is..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

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