Take Me to the River

Noodling 101 with filmmaker Bradley Beesley

"...When Bradley Beesley's hugely popular documentary Okie Noodling was released in..."

July 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

On the Sidelines With New Documentary Fathers of Football

Bradley Beesley throws out the playbook for his high school doc

"...In technical terms, Bradley Beesley could be called an ethnographic documentarian - filmmakers..."

April 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Okie Noodling

Noodling is the sport (some say art) of catching big ol' catfish with your bare hands. The practice is legal only in Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Okie Noodling is Beesley's affectionate, funny, and engaging look at the noodlers in his home state.

"...Directed by: Bradley Beesley. Noodling is the sport (some say art) of..."

Oct. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo

An engaging doc about the Oklahoma State Prison Rodeo.

"...Directed by: Bradley Beesley. "It's not a rodeo like you would go..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One in a Crowd: 'Calls to Okies'

Local documentarian Bradley Beesley hunts down prank callers

"...From Okie Noodling to Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo, Bradley Beesley is a familiar name around Austin's filmmaking community...."

Aug. 15, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: Fathers of Football

High school football doc keeps to the playbook

"...the new Kickstarter-funded documentary by Sooner State native-turned-Austin resident Bradley Beesley...."

Nov. 3, 2018 Screens Post by Julian DeBerry

Mama Was a Rodeo

Bradley Beesley's Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo debuts on Cinemax

"...In his previous films, Bradley Beesley has turned a camera on subjects who are..."

Sept. 16, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Watchmen

Three documentaries shine a light on playing to the audience

"...Bradley Beesley's film Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo follows the..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Fathers of Football

Oklahoma high school football documentary could have gone deeper

"...Directed by: Bradley Beesley...."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

These American Lives

Documentarians Bradley Beesley and Sarah Price root out characters in the Mississippi Delta, the streets of Milwaukee, and, soon, summer camp in Michigan.

"...guy's a real character." And that's exactly how filmmaker Bradley Beesley stumbled into his first feature documentary, 1999's Hill..."

March 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Behind Bars, But Bucking the System

Women inmates find redemption in the doc Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo

"...in suburban Oklahoma, Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo director Bradley Beesley had never been incarcerated or straddled a bucking..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Reviews

Okie Noodling is Bradley Beesley's affectionate, funny, and engaging look at the "noodlers" in his home state.

"...Okie NoodlingD: Bradley Beesley. (Video, 57 min.)..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Hollis Chacona

SXSW on KLRU

'Okie Noodling' kicks off festival showcase series

"...a rule book for good docs? If you missed Bradley Beesley's down-home classic Okie Noodling during its 2001 South..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Reviews

"...and received great acclaim across the country. That was Bradley Beesley's first film; perhaps you recognize the name from..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Austin Film Festival Snags Widows

High profile and local features fill out the schedule

"...Austin; Fathers of Football, the latest from Austin documentarian Bradley Beesley; another period drama, this time a family history..."

Sept. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave

New films star Melissa McCarthy, Frankie Muniz, Joel Edgerton

"...strong local component, with current and former Austinites like Bradley Beesley ("Calls to Okies," Okie Noodling, Sweethearts of the..."

Aug. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami

Cultural icon Grace Jones, caught raw and wondrous.

"...D. A. Pennebaker’s Bob Dylan: Don’t Look Back and Bradley Beesley’s Flaming Lips mindblower The Fearless Freaks. Happily, Fiennes'..."

April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thanks for the Memories

'Chronicle' staff past and present on 20 years of covering SXSW Film

"...juncture in one's career. I got to laugh with Bradley Beesley, Bob Byington, and the Duplass brothers. I got..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...Dolan 16) TV Room Geoff Marslett 17) Sculpture Garden Bradley Beesley 18) Les Amis at Night, Drive, Blue Bayou..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film News

It's raining cash for film in Texas ... but not a drop leftover for Waco

"...HBO Documentary Films has acquired Bradley Beesley's convict-cowgirls documentary Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo, which..."

June 5, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

SXSW Film Reviews

"...D: Bradley Beesley..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Page Two

SXSW Presents – a new series on KLRU that features beginning, independent documentaries – is the latest development in the vibrant Austin film scene

"...Friday, Sept. 10 – Okie Noodling. Bradley Beesley's renowned documentary on an Oklahoma "noodling" tournament. "Noodling"..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Film Winners

Winners of the SXSW 2001 Film Festival

"...Runners-Up: Okie Noodling (D: Bradley Beesley), Amato: A Love Affair With Opera (D: Sateven..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature

Further Reflections

"...Dir: Bradley Beesley; Prod: Andrew Mayer, Bradley Beesley...."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

When Hollywood Met Steve Collins

... and other Austin stories from the L.A. Film Festival

"...The Creek Runs Red (co-directed by former Austin resident Bradley Beesley) and A Place to Dance (from writer/director and..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Toddy Burton

SXSW Film

Interviews and reviews

"...Sarah Price (Caesar's Park and The Yes Men) and Bradley Beesley (the Austin-based helmer of SXSW favorites like Okie..."

March 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Fearless Freaks

Documentary about the band the Flaming Lips – the crazy/bizarre Oklahoma outfit that, despite itself, rose to national prominence.

"...Directed by: Bradley Beesley. If you see only one film this year..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film Flam

Can't stop noodling, festival news, & TX Film Hall of Fame

"...Bradley Beesley's documentary Okie Noodling, about competitive catfish hunting ("No..."

Feb. 6, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDnds

DVDnds

"...a grand success. "I felt healed," exclaims Wilson. Austinite Bradley Beesley's Flaming Lips time capsule, The Fearless Freaks (Shout..."

May 20, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Style! Cine! Swashbuckling!

Sampling the latest DVD has to offer

"...South by Southwest, sometime Flaming Lips-videographer and one-time Oklahoman Bradley Beesley (now an Austinite) has crafted a genuinely unique..."

March 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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