Pride of the Eastside

The movers and shakers behind El Gallo want you to rethink how movies get made

"...Wherever you look, change is in the air, flitting across countries and cultures, morphing the masses..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The More You Learn About God, the Further Away from Him You Move

mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss likes a good question, but finds some answers easier than others

"...Aaron Weiss is a man of God. Not because the mewithoutYou frontman sings about Judeo-Christian matters throughout the Philadelphia..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Film Prof's Drunk, and the Kids Are Not All Right

Zombie auteur George Romero delivers another state of the union

"...Perhaps it's prankishly appropriate in the time of viral video "2 Girls 1 Cup" that..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

We Have Met the Future, and It Is Us

Film on the Web, part II: the movies

"...Jean-Luc Godard: [I]n the movies it is different. You can be with other..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

The Slow Burn

Waco: The Rules of Engagement

"...is believing. But it's our lying eyes that become the background and text of a documentary, Waco: The Rules..."

May 2, 1997 Screens Feature by Dick J. Reavis

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Amazon-ification of Whole Foods

Local producers struggle to keep the attention of the Goliath of global efficiency

"...Whole Foods in August for $13.7 billion, scrutiny about the consequences of implementing the distribution giant's model over that..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

The Community Turns Its Camera On

KLRU's Docubloggers mixes new media and old

"...It didn't take Internet entrepreneurs long to capitalize on the hilarity of home movies, and it took even less..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Changing Channel 15: Who's Got the Remote?

The AMN/AMP/ACTV saga goes down to the wire

"...Not only is the saga of Channel 15 a soap opera, now it's..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Actors of the World, Unite

"...26, 1913, in response to centuries of exploitation at the hands of unscrupulous producers. Until Equity came along, theatrical..."

June 9, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

The Last Texas Ranger

They don't make 'Rangers' like Walker anymore.

"...bumped into me in a hallway in downtown Austin. The middle-aged lawman didn't at all fit the Western ideal...."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The ABCs of Death

Horror anthology does it down to the letter.

"...good concept yields scattershot results in this horror-film anthology. The film’s producers lined up 26 directors and assigned each..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Race Is to the Swift

In Texas, livestock are better vaccinated than children.

"...A privately chartered jet arrived in the U.S. from England last October, carrying 34 immigrants of..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...Johnny Winter on the outdoor stage at Stubb's Saturday, March 21 photograph by..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

The Zinophiles

The Zinfandel Advocates and Producers Come to Austin

"...In the old days of Austin's food scene, circa 1975, Bob..."

April 20, 2001 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Ghost of Peter Sellers

The tale of the comedy genius' lost film, and how he shredded it

"...to have your career sabotaged by a genius? That's the question that filmmaker Peter Medak asks of himself in..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Primer on the Texas Guidelines for Film Production in a Pandemic

The ABCs of lockdown filmmaking

"...OSHA: The national federal workplace safety body is issuing constant updates...."

July 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Condemned

Steve Austin stars in this WWE-produced movie about a death row convict who is brought to a remote island to fight nine other killers to the death for a televised bout.

"...by one Hollywood slimeball (Mammone). Millions tune in. Two others: a crazy Special Forces motherfucker (Jones) and the high-minded..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Hit Parade

Documentarian Jamie Meltzer pokes under the rock of the music industry in Off the Charts: The Song/Poem Story.

"...In Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story, Jamie Meltzer takes an intimate..."

March 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

The Jigsaw Is Family: Saw X Producers Explain What Makes a Saw Movie

Mark Burg and Oren Koules look to the future of the franchise

"...Saw X may have been the least secret Fantastic Fest secret screening ever, but it..."

Oct. 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Eyeing the Niche

Local filmmakers head to Sundance with "The Send-Off"

"...a refinery town of just under 6,000 people on the shores of Lake Okeechobee, is known to some as..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

The Great Invisible

Doc looks at the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the lives of residents in the Gulf area.

"...A documentary with an agenda, The Great Invisible solemnly recounts the catastrophic consequences of the..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Maze Runner

Of all the dystopian teen fables, this one based on James Dashner’s popular novel is one of the best.

"...Success begets success, or so movie studios hope as they chase after the next potentially lucrative teen magnet. For..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Bringing Down the House

"...Some fine comedy performances bolster this thinly plotted film (the script is by first-timer Jason Filardi). Queen Latifah, who..."

March 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Omega Code

"...Directed by: Robert Marcarelli. Starring: Catherine Oxenberg, Michael Ironside, Michael York and Casper Van Dien...."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"..."Lester's Last Stand: Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas" is an..."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

The Jerky Boys

"...William Hickey, Suzanne Shepherd, Alan North and James Lorinz. The dumbing down of America has picked up steam recently,..."

Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Buck Stops Here

"...To the Editor, Before we even began to thaw out from..."

Feb. 21, 2021 Postmarks

The Faces Behind the Beats

Thursday’s Flamingo Cantina Beat Battle puts mugs to the thuds

"...Hip-hop protocol pairs two individuals (and their posses) in a studio: the rapper and the producer...."

April 30, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

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