Chick Flick

Who amongst ye could have conjured Mainer Janet Bonney's true chicken story? Mark Lewis' documentary The Natural History of Chickens, playing on Wednesday at the Alamo Drafthouse as part of the Texas Documentary Tour, features real-life stories of fowl play so strange they must be true.

"...Chicken. Nope, not something from National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, or Monty Python. Aussie filmmaker Mark Lewis -- the..."

April 6, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Screen Play

Austin Film Festival Reviews

"...Wes Craven in The American Nightmare, the Independent Film Channel-produced documentary about horror movies of the late Sixties and..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Screens Feature

TV Eye

Looking for something to watch this Easter? Try a little history lesson with George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire. Also, Antiques Roadshow comes to Austin; Great Writers, Great Cities premieres on PBS; no one takes the flap for Who Wants to Marry a Multi-millionaire.

"...of a Special Jury Award for documentary writing at Sundance, the three-hour documentary unfolds the personal and political life..."

April 21, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Readers react to last week's cover story on the murder of Lauryn Paige Fuller.

"...Marjorie Baumgarten (she, a so-called film critic) and her Sundance Festival report (it, of dubious scholarship, veracity, and savvy)..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column

The Kid's Got Moxie!

Man of the Century director Adam Abraham talks about old-style Hollywood panache, the precarious nature of a career in independent cinema, and a little film that could -- and did.

"...hosted by Robert Redford and more than one cable channel devoted to the craft. And yet, as theatregoers observing..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Short Cuts

"...'Tis the season of Sundance, Slamdance, Souldance, et al., so it's only right that..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

"...locally filmed A Slipping-Down Life, which is also a Sundance selection), Caroline Kaplan and Jonathan Sehring (Independent Film Channel),..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

10 in Focus

Alma

"...of historical documentaries you might find on themed cable channels, in which the viewer can be distanced from the..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature

Dancing About Architecture

¿Agua-Fest, Si?

"...Felching a Dead Horse, was featured on the music channel's news program in a short feature about the album..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...LEOPARD SON The Discovery Channel produced this feature documentary that follows the growth of..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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