Blue Starlite Shines at Austin Studios

Summer schedule of 'Giant,' 'Grindhouse,' and wild men

"...plus a double header of School of Rock and Waking Life) and Robert Rodriguez (Planet Terror for the grown-ups..."

June 13, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What To Expect When You're Expecting

The gamut of the modern babymaking experience is explored by a small batallion of entertainers.

"...bad picture you might have anticipated. Director Kirk Jones (Waking Ned Devine) gets good work from his small battalion..."

May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1

With this new entry, the series officially marks a transition from relatively harmless Victorian-minded trash to something flatly pernicious.

"...back together, and homeboy couldn’t even heavy pet without waking the vampire within. But she’s 18 now, and all..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Game Changer

How Austin's indie gaming scene got cooking as Juegos Rancheros

"...Style Games, which showed off part-action game, part-planet-reviving simulator Waking Mars. In a well-attended meet-up, the creator of Cartoon..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Never Let Me Go

The children in this story are born into a system that values them for their disposable body parts, not their discrete personalities.

"...largely uncommunicative characters, but it’s Knightley, with her slow waking to bitterness, who stuns in a secondary role.) Much..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Decade Under the Influence

The 'Chronicle' movie critics take a look back at what the Aughts wrought

"...the intellectually invigorating and potently life-affirming dream world of Waking Life, which premiered roughly eight months prior to 9/11,..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Decade Under the Influence

The 'Chronicle' movie critics take a look back at what the Aughts wrought

"...I have a mind like a sieve. I confuse waking conversations with ones in my dream life. I've lost..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"..."Day-waking revenants and hell-raising Dread/Knives crossing gullets, shotguns to the..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Steven Prince: 30 Years After

Tommy Pallotta's film, "American Prince," is available for download.

"...acting and other things (he appears in Richard Linklater's Waking Life and, most famously, plays the gun dealer in..."

June 12, 2009 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Express

The story of Ernie Davis, the first African-American Heisman Trophy winner, is full of heart-pumping stadium heroics and quiet acts of dignity.

"...stubborn soul in a fedora and NASA-issued horn-rimmed glasses waking up slowly to the realities and possibilities of a..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

In Dreams

Camera in hand, D'Ette Cole makes images to bridge the gaps between night and day

"...realized that I was living too much in my waking life and not participating as fully as I should..."

July 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

When Something Wonderful Ends

Sherry Kramer's play is heavy-handed when discussing America and oil but funny and moving when discussing her late mother

"...energy. "The hardest thing about the American dream is waking up from it." Cheap oil is certainly a dream..."

May 23, 2008 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

Street Kings

This new crime drama starring Keanu Reeves is directed by the screenwriter of Training Day and based on a story by crackerjack crime novelist James Ellroy.

"...us to Ludlow, whose first order of business upon waking up in the morning is to throw up, next..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters @ 3AM

Jo Carol Pierce's music says: Go the distance, baby, and find out – find you

"...carnival girls have had to put themselves into a waking sleep to keep their wedding vows? Jo Carol's song..."

March 14, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Jade Day

"...Jade DayOf Waking ......"

Nov. 16, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Life Changing!

"...alarms on my cell. Yea I slept to that waking up by the internal clock at 8:22am. I popped..."

Oct. 23, 2007 Promotions Post

Happy Days

With standout work by Katherine Catmull, Beckett's 'happy' play gets a revival to be grateful for

"...– to pass the time between the "bell for waking and the bell for sleep." Immobile beneath a blistering..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

2 Days in Paris

Julie Delpy debuts as a feature-film director with this smart and funny romantic comedy.

"...her performances in Linklater's Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Waking Life, has been paying attention while on the sets..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Scanner Darkly

As the title implies, there’s a certain opacity to A Scanner Darkly's cautionary drug tale, but at times Richard Linklater's film can be as naked as the lunch on the end of your fork.

"...that Linklater and company used to animate his film Waking Life...."

July 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Realms of Inspiration

Erik Hokkanen, Finnish and fiddling in Austin

"...Lumisudet, the evocatively titled In the Heart of a Waking Dream. His longtime awareness of native influences was acute..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Thumbsucker

The plot realistically mimics a teenager’s adriftness and tendency toward hairpin-turn mood shifts as it bounds from the wonderfully affecting to the decidedly idiosyncratic to the occasionally absurd.

"...me in its clutches, but it was revelatory, like waking up one morning and realizing the nice boy next..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bad News Bears

This genial remake is Billy Bob Thornton’s game all the way.

"...it does from Slacker to The Newton Boys to Waking Life. That said, The Bad News Bears is Thornton’s..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D

Robert Rodriguez adds a dimension with this kids fantasy movie, but only in the most literal sense – 3-D.

"...curious that Austin filmmakers Rodriguez and Richard Linklater in Waking Life both have now made movies about dream life.)..."

June 10, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Animation Show 2005

This second incarnation of the Mike Judge- and Don Hertzfeldt-produced animation anthology is, if anything, even better than the first.

"...vigilant they may be. Austin’s Jen Drummond, a former Waking Life animator, uses Bob Sabiston’s proprietary rotoscoping software to..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saturday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...steel, drums, organ, strings, and piano. – David LynchTHE WAKING EYES1am, Momos Not only is Canada churning out great..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Saw

Saw is indeed a horror movie, but not necessarily in the manner the filmmakers intended.

"...men, medical doctor Lawrence (Elwes) and mysterious Adam (Whannell) waking up together in a filthy storage room of the..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Seducing Doctor Lewis

A tiny French Canadian fishing village tries to woo a doctor to take up permanent residence.

"...Lewis also owes a few debts to films like Waking Ned Devine, in which an entire village is the..."

July 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Arzak Rhapsody

Arzak Rhapsody is a gorgeous and easily digested slice of Gallic animé by Heavy Metal magazine creator Moebius. American premiere.

"...soothing, and existing somewhere on the periphery between the waking world and the unrecalled avenues of dreams...."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Down and Dirty

Pasty people vs. pretty people, low budget vs. big budget, Peter Biskind vs. Robert Redford: the 20th annual Sundance!

"...year of existence. In addition to the aforementioned Imelda, Waking Life animation genius Bob Sabiston had two films screening..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

Austin film -- top 10 with a bullet

"...8) Jason Archer and Paul Beck -- Former Waking Life animators win Latin Grammy, MTVla Video of the..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

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