Writing Rebel

Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Stewart Stern remembers writing Rebel Without a Cause:"I was caught up in the same kind of fervency and speed that the characters were."

"...words written in green ink across the top -- Rebel Without a Cause. The rest of the page had..."

June 16, 2000 Screens Feature by Chale Nafus

Salvage Vanguard Theater: The rebel sets down roots

After 13 years of staging shows in bars and other companies' theatres, Salvage Vanguard Theater is opening its own all-purpose arts space in a 9,600-square-foot warehouse on Manor Road

"...its time in bars. That is, that's where the rebel company produced all its shows, the better to tap..."

June 8, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Zilker Theatre Productions' All Shook Up

Take Elvis at his silliest, mix in Twelfth Night, stir playfully, and you have the latest Zilker Summer Musical

"...Taking his cue from the script, Zilker Theatre Productions Artistic Director J. Robert Moore makes playful this..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...to conjure dread in the heart of a poor theatregoer. It suggests self-proclaimed artistes in black turtlenecks spewing stream-of-consciousness..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

Austin Power and Light

A guide to 10 new companies that are charging up Austin's theatre scene

"...influx of new small arts groups that re-energize the theatre scene. The early and mid-Nineties saw the arrival of..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Roadracers

"...drive-in exploitation movie). A wild, hot-rod-driving, guitar-playing, black jacket-wearing rebel named Dude (Arquette) is being harassed by the town's..."

July 22, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black

Drive, He Said

In its 13th year, Jason Neulander shifts Salvage Vanguard Theater into overdrive

"...a home of its own. We'll have a 100-seat theatre, rehearsal space, artist studios, a costume shop, a scene..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Last Circus

Two generations of circus clowns, set against the bloody backdrop of Franco's Spain.

"...but also ripping the knob off and setting the theatre on fire. It's, well, fantastic...."

Sept. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Decade on the Vanguard

No. 10 looks like the best Salvage Vanguard birthday ever!

"...from Brown showed up in town, proclaimed themselves a theatre company, and aimed to prove it by staging some..."

March 26, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bachelorette

This comedy about four female friends on the eve of one’s nuptials is at times dangerously funny.

"...Directed by: Leslye Headland. Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Rebel Wilson, Lizzy Caplan, Isla Fisher, James Marsden, Adam Scott,..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live Feed

Jason Phelps turns to his theatrical past to nourish the present with a Feast of My Heart

"...See, Phelps came to town when theatre here was undergoing a generational shift. In the early..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Main Hoon Na

Hindi movie full of plot and song.

"...the school’s hippest student, Lucky (Zayed Khan), a fun-loving rebel without a cause. Meanwhile, Major Ram has learned from..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

La La Land

This bittersweet musical will make your heart soar

"...toes is about all we’re allowed in the movie theatre these days. That’s a shame considering movies as an..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Beasts of No Nation

Idris Elba co-stars in this Netflix drama about child soldiers in Africa

"...unnamed country beset by perpetual war between government and rebel forces. Although the area’s politics remain purposefully sketchy, the..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

House of Flying Daggers

The swooning visuals, the expert choreography, the teasing love story, and the puzzle-piece plot all combine to provide this martial arts movie with the spirit of a star-cross'd swashbuckler.

"...title sounds like more fun. It refers to a rebel outfit during the Tang Dynasty of the ninth century,..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Playboys

"...until two or three hours after you've left the theatre. Then you find yourself recalling the subtle, rich images..."

May 8, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Instant Classic

Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Series

"...The Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Classics Su 5/21..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Feature

Instant Classic

Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Series

"...REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wandering Preachers, Holy Fools

What best describes the modern playwright? Itinerant preacher? Holy fool? Several artists with an intimate knowledge of the playwriting life offer their views in this roundtable discussion.

"...their messages proclaimed in the grand temples of the theatre. They are playwrights who do not have a home..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bigger Than Life

Paramount Theatre plays host to two summer film series

"...in any other form. If you've caught Nicholas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause on your home television (and in..."

May 31, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Music List No. 7

Pussy Riot Theatre, Kano, Bilal, and 137 more

"...lineup this morning, adding 140 acts including Pussy Riot Theatre, jazzed-out soul vocalist Bilal, and British MC Kano...."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Still Burnin' Down the House

Salvage Vanguard Theater and the Rude Mechs party on

"...In the early Nineties, a generation of new theatre troupes lighted a fire under local theatre with works..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From the Vaults: Robert Rodriguez's Early Years

"Ismael Jones and the Eyes of the Devil" debuts and "El Mariachi" at 20

"...Network threw a little party down at the Paramount Theatre last Thursday night. It was one of those special..."

Sept. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fuse Box: Now with more electricity

The newly expanded Fuse Box Festival continues to shower sparks across Austin, with the second week packing in even more new dance, theatre, screenings, bands, and art

"...the second week packing in even more new dance, theatre, screenings, site-specific performances, bands, and art showings by outstanding..."

April 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Instant Classic

Paramount Theatre's annual feast of over 80 classic films proves there actually is a cure for the summertime blues.

"...For over three months, the Paramount Theatre will run more than 80 classic movies in the..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

SXSW Gets Mesmerized by First Look at Robert Rodriguez's Hypnotic

The Austin filmmaker blows the roof off the Paramount

"...The Paramount Theatre played host to many packed and exuberant screenings throughout..."

March 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: Youth in Oregon

Family dramedy suffers from unnecessary subplots

"...handed out to patrons as they departed the Paramount Theatre had everyone ending the fest on a sweet note...."

Oct. 22, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Art and the Arduousness

Daniel Kliewer's hypnotic moving paintings

"...points at Justine's as you are to find a rebel theatre troupe plotting the death of Shakespeare via fire-dancing..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Road to Degradation Is Painted Gold

"...reverence born, I think, out of a desire to rebel against the strict proper-usage regime I had been raised..."

Oct. 14, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Sing Me Back Home

Merel Haggard at the Paramount

"...might think a Merle Haggard show at the Paramount Theatre would be a classy affair, but thankfully you’d be..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

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