Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

"...Joe's Apartment) takes the network's most popular animated stars and, uh, makes them bigger. And louder. And, yes, funnier...."

Dec. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

History According to Butt-Head and Beavis

"...am a disabled American with not many days left, and it saddens me when I look at how we..."

July 18, 2005 Postmarks

Salt Lick and Jester King Team Up

Today's Austin food news

"...goes to school, the Townsend gets a new chef, and more in your afternoon food news...."

Oct. 28, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

The Austin Film Society Is Hosting a Conversation With Don Hertzfeldt and Mike Judge

Hertzfeldt will present his new short film "Me"

"...since genius animator Don Hertzfeldt has released new material, and it's gonna be some more minutes yet. But now..."

Feb. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Big Hair, Big Stars, and a Mechanical Bull

Previewing the 2008 Texas Film Hall of Fame

"..."balance." As Evan Smith, editor of Texas Monthly magazine and co-founder of this 8-year-old event, explains, "Every year we..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

And a Happy New Year!

"...from readers. Correspondence with readers is always a pleasure, and I took a perverse joy in finding company with..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

And Then a Step to the Right

TV Eye

"...programmers, an excuse to trot out all those Seventies and Eighties slasher films, to show the Hallowe'en episodes of..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Cassady, Kerouac, and Other Dharma Bums Back Beats by Jennifer Scoville and Dave Cook

"...all we have in common: The Beats were taunted and written off by the older generation as mindless and..."

May 26, 1995 Books Feature

Connie and Carla

Witnessing a mob hit can be a real drag.

"...Vardalos, Toni Collette, Stephen Spinella, Dash Mihok, David Duchovny and Alec Mapa. It takes a certain ballsiness to remake..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ray of Light... and Dark

"...Do we really need to see Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) or is it just an excuse..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Here Comes the Judge

Beavis and Butt-head's Hollywood Score

"...wonder that Austinite Mike Judge's stuttering, onanistically inclined whackmasters Beavis and Butt-head ended up on the air at all...."

Dec. 20, 1996 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Forever Dumb

Beavis and Butt-Head are back

"...to forget that Mike Judge's current career started with Beavis and Butt-Head, MTV's Nineties series (and later movie) that..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Idiocracy

Mike Judge's underrated comedy Idiocracy is the story of a man who awakes 500 years in the future to find a society so dumbed-down that he instantly becomes the smartest person alive.

"...Dax Shepard, Terry Alan Crews, Sara Rue, David Herman and Brad "Scarface" Jordan. Ironically, Judge's latest film, which has..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Twenty-Fourth International Tournee of Animation

"...to be losing steam these past few years, with substandard material creeping in left and right (that first Beavis..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Animation Show

Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt inaugurate a new annual series of animation collections.

"...hail. There’s a new animation show making the rounds, and it’s such a delight it makes you wonder why..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

"...on the strength of its merits alone. The first Beavis and Butt-Head saga to hit the big screen, series..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

S.F.W.

"...Stephen Dorff, Reese Witherspoon, Jake Busey, Joey Lauren Adams and John Roarke. Never have I heard the word “fuck”..."

Jan. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Best of the New York Underground

"...cinema of transgression auteurs as Richard Kern, Lydia Lunch, and Clint Ruin is beyond me, and, if you're going..."

July 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Call It a Draw

Last year's eye-catching Earthlink commercials imitated local animator Bob Sabiston's -- and his software's -- style. A little too much, in his opinion.

"...lives, you get the feeling he means it. Sabiston and his company Flat Black Films are the creative force..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Varsity Blues

"...Paul Walker, Thomas F. Duffy, Scott Caan, Jon Voight and James Van Der Beek. MTV, which has almost entirely..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

Watch and prepare for your Oscar pool

"...style of animation – CG, woodcut, traditional cel – and storytelling they employ. All are representative of animators working..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Extract

Mike Judge, the writer/director of Office Space, mines the workplace for more satiric comedy.

"...Clifton Collins Jr., David Koechner, Dustin Milligan, Beth Grant and Gene Simmons. Finally, one of Judge’s live-action movies is..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2005

Spike & Mike has always been a hit-or-miss program, and this year is no different, with a few genuinely brilliant pieces surrounded by examples of puerile fun and juvenile humor.

"...it really been 15 years since Craig "Spike" Decker and the late Mike Gribble initiated this surprisingly durable cavalcade..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

House of 1000 Corpses

"...Bannon, Sid Haig, William Bassett, Karen Black, Bill Moseley and Michael J. Pollard. It’s like I told my mom:..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2000

"...Lange, Alan Cumming, Colm Feore, James Frain, Laura Fraser and Harry J. Lennix. Going on 10 years and still..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Office Space

White-collar prisoners of the corporate office will recognize themselves in this very funny, Austin-lensed movie.

"...Ajay Naidu, David Herman, Diedrich Bader, John C. McGinley and Paul Willson. A frightening number of people are going..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

XBRMNT's Top 10 for the Week of Dec. 1

Buttheads, boots, bullies, and Dykes help make up this week's Top 10.

"...Oh I got stuffed for Thanksgiving! And dinner was good, too! ;-) Dandy and I stopped..."

Dec. 2, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

Migrating North

As the Texas and national film industry feels the burn of runaway production, many agree with one directive: Blame Canada.

"...a homegrown, multibillion dollar, all-American industry suddenly turns around and finds itself a shadow of its former glory, dependent..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Office Spaced in Austin

Mike Judge and cast celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the release of Office Space

"...the sidewalk sacrifice, but the sound of smashing metal and punctured plastic was unmistakable. Co-sponsored by the Fantastic Fest..."

Feb. 11, 2009 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Panel Recap: Dungeons & Dragons in the Writer's Room

Is playing role-playing games the best training for writers? Maybe.

"...Seventies as an excuse to get together with friends and escape to another world far from the daily grind...."

March 17, 2018 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

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