Film News

Making 'Room' for Kyle Henry in Cannes; plus, 'August Evening,' 'Everything in Between,' and 'Dallas'

"...all on Richard Linklater and the Austin Film Society. "Slacker probably is why half the people came to the..."

April 29, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Bob Ray on 'Rock Opera'

"...Opera's target audience has always been those in the slacker, stoner, musician mode. Austinites, really, but the demo-graphic exists..."

April 29, 2005 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Film News

Action: The state Senate and House incentive bills are in committee; a 'Scanner' delay; plus, Marc English, Joe Conway, and Sandra Bullock

"...punkish design for the Criterion Collection release of Linklater's Slacker with the Criterion version of Gus Van Sant's My..."

April 1, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Ate Days a Week

How much more food and music can you ask for in this town around this time and after?

"...that, despite the appearance of being an Austin old-time slacker, he's a formidable power in the realm of getting..."

March 18, 2005 Food Feature

Page Two

Advice for artists, inspired during the whirlwind of SXSW 2005

"...didn't have other resources. They went out and made Slacker...."

March 11, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Bright Eyes

Record review

"...orchestral anguish has ramped down and revealed a too-mortal slacker romantic more conventional than compelling. Moments, ideas, turns of..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

DVDs

Gift guide

"...gotten the deluxe Criterion treatment that Linklater's indie landmark Slacker received this summer. Where, for instance, is footage from..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The 'Observer' Celebrates 50

'The Texas Observer' marks its 50th Anniversary with a symposium on politics and media

"...Upon a Time in Mexico), and filmmakers Richard Linklater (Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise), Laura Dunn (Green, Become..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Luv Doc Recommends: Texas State Footbag Championships

Barton and Jaycee Fields, Saturday, November 13, 2004

"...dance on the bus for that cute but scruffy-looking slacker who was too cool to notice. You washed your..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Short Cuts

This week: Burnt Orange, Blood Shots, and 'Slacker'; plus, Travis the Dancin' Fool

"..."the only film that matters" (to paraphrase the Clash), Slacker. Hyperbole aside, it's by far one of Criterion's most..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

For those who like their comedy spiked, raw, and still kicking, Trio unleashes a wickedly delicious treat

"...weariness from his real-life experience as the "Holiday Inn Slacker." As the star of the hotel chain's most successful..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Short Cuts

Austin ups its indie status by an icon; Moore misses out on his own party, kind of; and Jesus is a film fanatic

"...Have It to Clerks, from Roger & Me to Slacker, has sworn to keep fighting the good fight, this..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Mr. Dynamite

"...This is a story of a punk-rock slacker well past his prime and one big blown chance...."

July 16, 2004 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

Sheet Music

"...phenomenon turned into a real outfit actually underscores the "slacker band" tag that Jovanovic tries steadfastly to refute. The..."

May 28, 2004 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

2004 Paramount Theatre Summer Film Series

Clip and save

"...Slacker (1991): 7/1, 7:30pm; 7/2, 9:35pm..."

May 21, 2004 Screens Feature

Let's Go, While We're Young ...

Drafthouse does Ultimate 'Caddyshack'

"...of the corporate structure is one that the lazy, slacker layabouts of this town need to hear," insists Drafthouse..."

April 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Second Helpings: Bakeries

"...does its part to carry on the spirit of slacker-era Austin. It is a great place to luxuriate over..."

March 19, 2004 Food Feature

Second Helpings: Downtown Coffee Shops

"...Their war against corporate coffee is endearing to the slacker-types who haven't yet been priced out of town, but..."

March 19, 2004 Food Feature

After a Fashion

Stephen goes shopping with a friend to get ready for all the big to-do’s on the social horizon. Hide your credit cards.

"...be charming and completely the opposite of Kerbey Lane's slacker service. Their soups and appetizers are great and they..."

March 12, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

What Is Strangest Is Inseparable

'Dreams of Her'

"...in particular the thoughtful, rambling meditations of Richard Linklater's Slacker), Dreams of Her is as Austin as they come...."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

deEP end

deEP end

"...ex-Zulu as Konos... Also off the deEP end are slacker-twang stalwarts Li'l Cap'n Travis. Their new To All the..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Music Review by Michael Chamy

The Dandy Warhols

"...trio of releases that merged VU's trippier moments with slacker-pop guitar punch and Zia McCabe's 10-fingers-no-thumbs keyboard/bass switcheroos, the..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...Striking a responsive chord with the preslacker longhairs who dug their mentors and cohorts Commander Cody..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

TCB

Hepatitis C and the damage done.

"...of friends and acquaintances. "You can't call Al a slacker because he worked," says Bryson, "but he was there..."

June 20, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...for her film work as the Sidewalk Psychic in Slacker, Lalli prefers the stage and is still active on..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Most Likely to Endure

With the exception of the era-specific music, what the kids like in Dazed and Confused is pretty much the same thing kids like now, which goes a long way in explaining why, 10 years later, the video's a staple in college dorms, owned by kids who weren't conceived yet in the Seventies and couldn't buy a ticket to the R-rated movie when it came out in the Nineties.

"...it was Linklater's first film after the sleeper hit Slacker, and his first big budget. There were expectations. There..."

May 30, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

This Is Electroclash

Eighties retro-synth bands like the Faint, Fischerspooner, and Austin's This Microwave World prove that the best way to move forward is to look back first.

"...suffered through grunge and then the rise of the slacker are suddenly discovering how much fun it is to..."

April 25, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Book Reviews

James McWilliams reviews Hugh Thomson's The White Rock.

"...in the towel, gathers up a few of his slacker mates, and sets out to explore the Incan ruins..."

March 14, 2003 Books Feature by James McWilliams

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...Roald Von," this Amsterdam trio specializes in "garage pop slacker anthems," according to their press. According to their Excelsior..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Live From SXSW's Screening Room

"...the preposterously unwieldy title seems a blueprint for the Slacker-to-be, with the director himself cast as a taciturn wanderer..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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