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

Thor

Marvel Comics' muscle-bound mook with delusions of demi-godhood is well-played by Chris Hemsworth.

"...half a century of catching up to do, you slacker, you.) This film version is one of Marvel's better..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Larger Than Life

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...Terms of Endearment, Texas has fostered voice-of-their-generation films like Slacker and Easy Rider, made music with State Fair and..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

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

"...year's fest: a 20th anniversary screening of Richard Linklater's Slacker. My, the time flies, doesn't it? Full competition slate,..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Moving Pictures

Alison Macor charts 30 years of Austin history, one film at a time

"...on the eve of the publication of Macor's Chainsaws, Slackers, and Spy Kids: 30 Years of Filmmaking in Austin,..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

When Is Tomorrow

This filmed-in-Austin movie about two former best friends moving in different directions is purposefully disheveled and expertly ramshackle.

"...of another independent film set in Austin, Richard Linklater’s Slacker: Without a penny to his name, or any apparent..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

512 + 1

Non-native filmmaker Kevin Ford got here as fast as he could

"...are going to die off," says Jake, the procrastinating, post-Slacker proto-Austin partier in Kevin Ford's bitingly smart, frequently funny,..."

May 9, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'My First Movie: Take Two' and 'Cinema of Obsession: Erotic Fixation and Love'

Take Two is the sequel to My First Movie, a collection of interviews with now-successful directors discussing their first feature films. Sexy subject aside, Cinema of Obsession barely even manages to simmer.

"...the winning formula and includes interviews with Richard Linklater (Slacker) and early-Aughties prodigy Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) along with..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

'Chronicle' Got It All Wrong

"...our markets by stating, "What I long for is Slackers Market for the performers and partyers in town, a..."

June 26, 2007 Postmarks

The Ex

Zach Braff and Amanda Peet play husband and wife who deal with a new child and an old flame in this featherweight comedy that never steps outside its comfort zone.

"...Scrubs-style comic persona here as the hapless Tom, a slacker who ends up working in a small-town Ohio ad..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Starter for 10

This British coming-of-age drama and romantic comedy is fairly predictable, although the charming actors manage to keep the story’s characters just this side of stereotype and mediocrity.

"...contestants. Obviously hoping for some John Hughes-for-the-college-set magic or Slacker-like momentum, Starter for 10 is short a Madonna Pap..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Scanner Darkly

As the title implies, there’s a certain opacity to A Scanner Darkly's cautionary drug tale, but at times Richard Linklater's film can be as naked as the lunch on the end of your fork.

"...if these chattering creatures have crept in from Linklater’s Slacker rather than this cutting-edge science-fiction work), but as a..."

July 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lake House

This tale of magical realism has potential for delightful originality, but the Sandra Bullock-Keanu Reeves love story lacks heat and the science fiction premise spirals into senselessness.

"...of all mankind (The Matrix) or an outrageously clueless slacker (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure), he’s just hard to..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Bad News Bears

This genial remake is Billy Bob Thornton’s game all the way.

"...his sublimely wild-carding career, ranging as it does from Slacker to The Newton Boys to Waking Life. That said,..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Remembrance of Things Weird

Nancy Higgins' 'Viva Les Amis'

"...the perfectly surly waitresses, or d) Rick Linklater shooting Slacker...."

April 29, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sahara

Based on the popular Clive Cussler book, Sahara may be asinine, but it’s also goofy, good fun.

"...keeps up with the proceedings, adding his patented half-mast slacker panache to a film already bursting at the seams..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Into Thin Air

The already under way adventures of Austinites at the Dances Sun and Slam, and what they might mean for the local scene

"...without a confirmed, up-from-below breakout on the order of Slacker, El Mariachi, or Beavis and Butt-head...."

Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

National Lampoon's Gold Diggers

"...Taylor. Not reviewed at press time. A couple of slacker guys marry two elderly sisters, with the intention of..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dear Pillow

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

"...prosumer digicam, Dear Pillow looks and sounds excellent. Like Slacker (another major Austin indie feature), Dear Pillow perfectly captures..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stage & Spectacle: Three Films by Jean Renoir

The Criterion connection, Renoir-style

"...Slacker (Criterion, Aug. 31): The unparalleled cinematic arthouse label does..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Before Sunset

Linklater summons up an affair to remember.

"...who has already experienced opening his first released film Slacker in 1991 against the powerhouse that was Terminator 2...."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...Richard LinklaterSlacker (1991); Dazed and Confused (1993); Before Sunrise (1995); SubUrbia..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Along Came Polly

Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston date and become more than just friends.

"...the globe from "Austin to Portland" and every other slacker haven in between, has developed a remarkable knack for..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The School of Rock

In Linklater's studio-financed comedy hit, Jack Black brings his rock & roll vibe to riff-needy prep students.

"...a film loaded with outsized characters. As far from Slacker as you could possibly get and still be using..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scorched

"...housemates is Doleman (Thomas), whose choice to end his slacker days and start working proves most timely when he..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

Richard Linklater looks to television, and a promotion for SXSW film man Matt Dentler. Dobie manager Keith Garcia departs for greener pastures.

"...Slacker: The Series Dept.: We're just surprised someone didn't think..."

May 2, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

It Runs in the Family

"...(Diana Douglas) puzzles over her e-mail, the goofy collegiate slacker (Cameron Douglas) woos an uptight classmate, attorney Alex (Michael..."

April 25, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

So Long, Slug

"...saddened to learn this week of the passing of Slacker cast member and former Austin scenester Charles Gunning, aka..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Never Grow Up

Austin is a town that brings out the "lost boy" in everyone.

"...as the model for the figure of "Oat Willie." Slacker director Rick Linklater has some Peter Pan in him,..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Margaret Moser

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