Page Two: Roger Ebert Added a Star to His The Whole Shootin' Match Rating

Last Night at the Alamo restoration revives Eagle Pennell's early promise for posterity

"...As you read this, the 30th year of SXSW launches, and there is no..."

March 11, 2016 Column by Louis Black

'The Whole Shootin' Match' Screens Tonight

Cast and crew gather to remember the slain Lou Perryman

"...When local microcinema Screen Door Film programmed Eagle Pennell's The Whole Shootin' Match as part of its ongoing Texas..."

May 22, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Whole Shootin’ Match

This debut film by Pennell, the trailblazing Texas filmmaker, was recently restored. It remains a delightfully talky, slice-of-life comedy that focuses on two over-the-hill dreamers.

"...and Doris Hargrave. This debut film by Eagle Pennell, the Texas filmmaker who died last month, was made back..."

Aug. 26, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Second Shot at 'Shootin' Match'

On the eve of the pending DVD release and Friday night's premiere of the restored and remastered The Whole Shootin' Match, Sonny Carl Davis and Lou Perryman reminisce about the late Eagle Pennell and the films they made together

"...Certainly this publication has not been shy about trumpeting the discovery of a mint print of Eagle Pennell's 1978..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Page Two: Scratching the Surface

Festival films, the Austin Music Awards, and the truth about South by Southwest

"...To post and to blog is to be. The cacophony of voices available online is informative and refreshing,..."

March 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Now Streaming in Austin: "The Outfit"

Yen Tan's political comedy "The Outfit" asks if the clothes make the man

"...Do clothes make the man? That's the question underlying "The Outfit,"..."

June 7, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Sonny Carl Davis Faces the Death of Old Austin in Buck Alamo

Checking in with the lonesome cosmic cowboy

"...After 45 years in the film business, Austin filmmaking legend Sonny Carl Davis has..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music Review: Nine Mile Records & Touring Serves Up Tacos, Lone Stars, and Roots Galore at the Continental Club

Welcome to the Virtual Live Music Capital of the World

"...Matinees at the Continental Club blot out the sun to spotlight Austin..."

March 20, 2021 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Gauntlet

"...So I’m some 48 hours late posting for the end of the end of this year’s SXSW film..."

March 20, 2007 SXSW Post by Spencer Parsons

Last Night at the Alamo

"...Lou Perryman and Sonny Carl Davis. Pennell's follow-up to The Whole Shootin’ Match is another rough gem - kind..."

Aug. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: The Incredibles

SXSW Film lines 'em up

"...died in July 2002, a wake was organized at the Alamo Drafthouse, where his first classic indie feature, The..."

March 13, 2009 Column by Louis Black

The Texas Film Awards Class of 2014

"...With Luke Wilson acting as the master of ceremonies, the 14th annual Texas Film Awards..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cowboys vs. Hippies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtext

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reflects Austin's culture in 1974

"...A dead armadillo in the middle of the highway. One of the first images..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Slack to the Future

Slacker at 20

"..."Who's ever written a great work about the immense effort required in order not to create?"..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Rosey Times for the Texecutioners

Texas/Portland recap before this weekend's Texas Rollergirls bout

"...The Texas Rollergirls had a lot to celebrate for their..."

June 1, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

What Hath Eagle Wrought?

After the smoke cleared, 'The Whole Shootin' Match' helped give rise to the contemporary indie

"...The Whole Shootin' Match..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Watchmaker Films' Mark Rance on Lou Perryman

Watchmaker Films' Mark Rance discusses Lou Perryman

"...After we learned of the disturbing murder of beloved Austin character actor Lou Perryman..."

April 9, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Let's Get Lost

An invocation on the eve of South by Southwest

"...for nine days. This issue is devoted to film, the next to music. Starting on Thursday, March 15, for..."

March 9, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Larger Than Life

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...From the sweeping High Plains to the fertile Rio Grande Valley,..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Occupational Hazards

Close encounters of the clerking kind at Vulcan and I Luv Video

"..."You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension –..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Texas Film Awards for Young Guns, Old Lions

Here's the full list of inductees

"...There's no better way to warm up for SXSW Film..."

Jan. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Justified' Recap: 'This Bird has Flown'

Ladies have flown the coop and Raylan owns birds worth a goodly sum

"...is kind of an odd duck. It doesn’t advance the Where’s Waldo/Drew Thompson/Panamanian diplomatic pouch mystery plot at all..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Screens Post by Virginia B. Wood

Celebrate Texas Independents

A new touring program sends small films far and wide throughout the state

"...made your first film, you've screened it at SXSW, the Austin Film Festival, Sundance, and Tribeca, but – woe..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Festival 2006

Something for everyone. See www.sxsw.com/film for full schedule.

"...The SXSW Film Festival continues through Saturday with lots of..."

March 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Once Upon a Time in Austin

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

"...Film's local economic impact has been in the hundreds of millions of dollars during the past three..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

In Memoriam

Longtime friends and colleagues of Eagle Pennell remember the filmmaker.

"...in 1994, was full of promise. Unfortunately, it was the promise of a first-time effort from a novice filmmaker,..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Screens Feature

Two Guys Walk Into a Bar

Lou Perryman and Sonny Carl Davis drink, dish

"...On the eve of the pending DVD release (from Watchmaker Films)..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Last Call With Lou

Remembering actor Lou Perryman

"...You can spill a lot of kind words on the life and times of actor Lou Perryman, who was..."

April 10, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two

The City Council should negotiate the Stratus deal from a position of strength; we remember the tragic life and brilliant filmmaking of indie pioneer Eagle Pennell.

"...a friend's house. Reluctantly, I note that even at the end Eagle was a burden to his friends, creating..."

July 26, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Just Can't Get Enough

DVD year-end box sets

"...The Order of Myths (Cinema Guild, $29.95)..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature

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