That Fighting Spirit

TV Titan Phil Rosenthal chronicles his misadventures in Russia in Exporting Raymond

"...good-natured Rosenthal spoke happily about writing for a hit TV series, but when it came to being out of..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Rugrats Movie

The babies' first theatrical adventure is nonstop, but padded with lots of pop tunes.

"...at their beck and draw and a truly brilliant TV Passover special under their belts, it seemed as though..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Selena Gomez, Conan O’Brien, Sydney Sweeney Top SXSW’s Sixth Featured Speakers Announcement

Danny Brown, Nick Kroll, and Kirsten Dunst also announced

"...The stars have aligned for South by Southwest’s latest..."

Feb. 27, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...South by Southwest 2024's Film & TV Festival schedule is packed with big releases like The..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fireworks

Teen anime adds parallel timelines to a Romeo and Juliet plot.

"...The latest feature from veteran TV animation director Akiyuki Shimbô. Fireworks is an unlikely adaptation..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Way It Is and Isn't

Ben Rubin's art installation at UT shows the gap between TV news in Cronkite's time and now

"...window for learning what was happening in the world. TV could deliver later breaking news than the afternoon paper,..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Watching Outside the Box

How many industries do you know of that can capitalize on dated inventory while ringing up sales for "failed" merchandise?

"...seems to be a viable segment of the ever-expanding TV DVD market. If it's not a vintage series pulled..."

April 23, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Have You Ever Been to Carrascolendas?

The Bilingual Education Act in 1968 sparked an unprecedented number of bilingual television programs for children, and the Austin-produced children's series Carrascolendas, which premiered in 1970, was among the first.

"..."A decade ago, bilingualism on TV was nonexistent. [Today, it] has clearly found a niche..."

July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Real Cancun

"...race to become the first company to transfer the TV reality-show craze to the movie theatres. Rest assured, there..."

April 25, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fanning the Flames

Did TV News Reports Jeopardize Out Youth Austin's Partnership With AISD?

"...affiliate KVUE-24 and the most recent addition to Austin TV news, News 8 Austin. The gist of the two..."

March 24, 2000 News Feature by Suzy Spencer

One Big, Happy Family

Local TV News: There to Help You

"...For a media critic, local TV news presents a real puzzler. The easy road --..."

July 5, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

Shelf Life

"...November 22, 1963, a typical nuclear family is watching TV and, upon seeing JFK's assassination, become convinced that the..."

Nov. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Car 54, Where are You?

"...going with the current trend of transferring such vintage TV gems as The Addams Family and The Beverly Hillbillies..."

Feb. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

The Speed Racer Show

"...the script, were usually the best thing about this TV show. Created in Japan by comic-book artist Tatsuo Yoshia..."

Oct. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Emma & Elvis

"...quagmire, so she pursues him to the local access TV station where he works to lend his contemporary antipathy..."

May 14, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ATX Television Festival Takes on the Coronavirus

Virtual festival will tackle how the pandemic changes lives

"...is going virtual this year, but even as ATX TV... From the Couch!, the celebration of all things small..."

May 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Home Field Advantage

Sure, Austin can become a sustainable center for TV production. Just ask the Friday Night Lights gridiron gang.

"...by how many people that you don't see on TV are needed to shoot one small scene."..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

A Good Woman

Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan is here set among Jazz Age expatriates cold-chillin' on the Italian coast, and the result is not quite as dishy as one might hope.

"...Moore, Mark Umbers, Milena Vukotic and Tom Wilkinson. British TV veteran Barker and his screenwriter (novice Howard Himmelstein) set..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Pitch People

"...Directed by: Stanley Jacobs. If you grew up watching TV in the Seventies, as I did, then you doubtless..."

May 18, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Series 7: The Contenders

"...obvious: American culture is in the grip of reality TV. Furthermore, every armchair sociologist in the land has an..."

May 11, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pokémon: The First Movie

"...Japanese video game to trading cards, to an American TV series, and now, to a film franchise. (Rest assured,..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Channeling the News

Watchdog Group Grades Local TV Stations

"...the group has done a yearly "snapshot" of local TV newscasts: RMMW picks an "average" day of news, one..."

Aug. 21, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Resuming Normal Programming

TV Eye

"......"

July 31, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

An Easy Read

NPrint Brings Books to TV

"...This month, NPrint will begin appearing on about 100 TV stations across the country, reaching a total of some..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Screens Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

Austin Public Hits the Big Screen With Special Screening and Mixer

Cable access institution celebrates its 50th anniversary

"...TV was for stars. Household people in faraway cities. Respected..."

Oct. 4, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Moontower Comedian Lauren Lapkus, Tube Raider

The comedian and actress digs up the good, the bad, and the cheesy of pre-Y2K television in the podcast Raised by TV

"...isn't the only Eighties or Nineties kid raised by TV, but she might be the most charming. For proof,..."

April 20, 2018 Arts Feature by Ashley Moreno

Entourage

In this feature spin on the HBO show, it's still boys beings bros, only the screen is bigger

"...better or worse, the film plays like an extended TV episode, jumping from each character’s story arc to the..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Welcome to Me

Kristen Wiig stars in this odd comedy about a mentally unbalanced woman

"...and sinks her windfall into the production of a TV show called Welcome to Me. An Oprah fanatic who..."

May 8, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Language of a Broken Heart

Actor/writer/co-producer Juddy Talt fashions a tale about a romance writer who's unlucky in love, and filmed it largely in Dallas.

"...about love; of the rest of the cast, only TV vet Julie White (Go On, Law & Order: Special..."

March 29, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

ATX Television: Judy Greer Finds Her Voice

The star of 'Archer' and 'Love Monkey' hits the ATX Television Festival

"...Lives at Home.) But if you like really perverse TV, it's her voice you'll recognize...."

June 1, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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