Full-Gore Press

Mind the viscera: Austin's horror filmmaking scene is exploding

"...all manner of genre gigs, from the Coen brothers' True Grit and Brit director Simon Rumley's locally lensed Red..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings on

"...the week at Austin Studios, where the Coen brothers' True Grit is entrenched, not to mention Robert Rodriguez's Predators..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

'The Sporting Life': … or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving to Lose

"...raspy laugh taunts me. “Way too hard!”    And it’s true. The man is right. I’ve thrown the weight off..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology

Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology

"...take in some laughs from Molly Ivins' "Texas Women: True Grit and All the Rest," not to mention from..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Books Review by R.U. Steinberg

How the Universe Sent Paul Newman to Ethan Hawke

The director discusses his HBO Max series and recent AFS screenings

"...John Wayne." Yet even a good laugh at the True Grit star's expense was not enough to launch a..."

March 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...home to Hollywood productions before, like Miss Congeniality and True Grit. Robert Rodriguez has proved time and again that..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

DVDanger: Documenting Extremes

Behind the scenes at Studio Ghibli and Kink.com

"...in The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, that's literally true...."

Jan. 31, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Day Party: Hair of the Three-Legged Dog

‘Chronicle’ books another winner

"...which came complete with an audience back-and-forth and some true grit from guitarist and lead singer Curtis Roush on..."

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Changing Shape of Austin Studios

"...was used as production management space until 2010, when True Grit was filmed at the studios. Since then, it..."

May 10, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Reverberation Appreciation Society

"...a distorted mess of big-time rhythm and blues. Same's true for slack-jawed quartet Bad Indian, whose trailer park grunge..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Broadcasts Vol. 18

"...one-two to a capital city pair as tried and true as Austin City Limits: Joe Ely ("Midnight Train") and..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

New Report Highlights Austin Film Society’s Economic Impact

Study shows value of the creative industries in Austin

"...by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, the Coen Bros.' True Grit, and TV shows including The Lying Game,..."

Nov. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

So You Think You Know Austin Film History?

Play our multiple choice trivia game

"...B: True Grit..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

ATX TV Festival 2022: Walker: Independence

First look at the new CW spinoff in the Old West

"...seeks revenge" sub-brand of the genre. However, unlike a True Grit, Abigail's agency is absolutely central, and there's an..."

June 5, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From Dirty Sixth to the Texas Film Awards

Whether it's Barbie commercials or Booksmart, Kaitlyn Dever is a true rising star

"...drama, she played troubled Loretta McCready with enough charismatic grit to take the gig from its initial two-episode stint..."

March 6, 2020 Screens Feature by Shalavé Cawley

Star Wars Memories

In honor of Star Wars Day, Austin’s creatives talk about how the Force changed their lives

"...been seen in films as diverse as Machete and True Grit. Martin Thomas..."

May 4, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Getting to the Truth of Teen Life in The Edge of Seventeen

Producer James L. Brooks and director Kelly Fremon Craig talk about their acclaimed teen dramedy

"...the young heroine of the Coen Brothers' remake of True Grit) as Nadine, a socially maladapted teen. A nonconformist..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

El Rey Move Lights Up Austin Film Scene

Robert Rodriguez's network to use Austin as corporate HQ

"...math: A short shoot for even a Hollywood production like True Grit still means fewer paychecks and job opportunities than five..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam: El Rey Shines on Austin

Robert Rodriguez's TV channel to become permanent production fixture

"...term gigs. It's simple math: A short shoot for True Grit still means fewer pay checks and job opportunities..."

June 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Have Car, Will Travel for Film

John Wayne Film Festival

"...Berets, The Searchers, The Comancheros, Rio Bravo, The Alamo, True Grit, The Train Robbers, The War Wagon, and Red..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: Heaven and Hell and Scott H. Biram

Scott H. Biram gets bloody, UT gets KUT's music library, and Macaulay Culkin pisses me off

"...local one-man band discussed his fifth LP for Chicago's true grit indie Bloodshot Records – Feb. 4 extraction Nothin'..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Chaos in Tejas Live (Saturday): Metalcore Mohawk

Rotten Sound, Baroness, Kill the Client, and Coliseum rip

"...After a stupefyingly dull set by True Widow, grindcore four Rotten Sound couldn’t help but look..."

June 2, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Two Gorehounds Go West

Horror directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks tackle a period Western

"...the same wide street used in the Coen brothers' True Grit). The directors spent eight months perfecting their script..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Bring Beer

"...of the proverbial garage with a hoodlum's abandon. Packing true grit from some of the local underground's finest, that..."

May 25, 2012 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Let Me Paint You a Picture

Previewing the Paramount Summer Classics Film Series

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

As Clearly Stated in the Bible

"...2010] was the worst movie of the year and True Grit [Film Listings, Dec. 24, 2010] was the best,..."

Jan. 13, 2011 Postmarks

2010 Screens Top 10s

"...time in a Parisian prison makes for a gutsy, gritty new spin on Scarface's age-old immigrant-crime melodrama...."

Jan. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

They Are Going to Eat You!

The year in filmishness, 2010.

"...appeared in Crazy Heart, Tron: Legacy (two roles!), and True Grit is enough to mess with anyone's head. Talk..."

Jan. 6, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Newsgeist: 12/31/10

The spirit of the news

"...-Entertainment Weekly has your New Year's weekend film preview...."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Post by Eric Pickhartz

Life

Junkie chic achieves the ultimate high

"...throttlers ("We never forget a good hook"), but the true grit lies in defining moments such as his mother..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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