From the Vaults: Stewart Stern on Writing Rebel Without a Cause

In a story we ran in 2000, the screenwriter tells Chale Nafus all about it

"...News filtered out late last Friday that Stewart Stern, the screenwriter of Rebel..."

Feb. 10, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rebel Without a Cause

If you haven't ever seen this Nicholas Ray/James Dean classic in widescreen … trust me, you've never really seen it. It's been 40 years since James Dean essayed his quintessential role in as a troubled American teen and, along with co-stars Wood and Mineo, established an iconography of adolescence whose potency extends into the present. Ray, who told stories that were "bigger than life" and pulsing with "hot blood," was one of the most dynamic directors of the American screen and his capacity to tell a widescreen story was as articulate as his ability to pinpoint an individual stuck "in a lonely place."

"...Directed by: Nicholas Ray. Starring: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo and..."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paramount Summer Season Has a Giant Ending Lined Up

Wizards, restoration, and l'amour round out the classics

"...The 46th Annual Paramount Summer Classic Film Series, as the name implies,..."

July 21, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Closer Look at the Paramount Lineup

Spike Lee, Amy Heckerling to present films

"...May we direct your attention to the newly released slate..."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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."

"...Stewart Stern lay in the darkened end of his rented..."

June 16, 2000 Screens Feature by Chale Nafus

What's in a Name?

Cinema Club screens Bigger Than Life

"...When the credits rolled, they read "Nicholas Ray" – and in fact, he was born Raymond..."

March 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

'In a Lonely Place,' but Found a Good Home

Harry Ransom Center acquires Nicholas Ray's archives

"...In consecutive years, filmmaker Nicholas Ray hit his commercial peak with 1955's..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Reclaiming Texas History, One Home Movie at a Time

The missionary zeal of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image

"...Let me set the scene. On a perfectly sunny day in spring, two men square off..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

La La Land

This bittersweet musical will make your heart soar

"...Directed by: Damien Chazelle. Starring: Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, John Legend, Rosemarie..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Main Hoon Na

Hindi movie full of plot and song.

"...Directed by: Farah Khan. Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Sunil Shetty, Amrita Rao,..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

The legend of James Dean, and TNT's take on it

"...James Dean died four years before I was born, so..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Seed of Chucky

Over-the-top gore is the rule when Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their anatomically incorrect offspring.

"...Directed by: Don Mancini. Starring: Jennifer Tilly, Redman, John Waters and Hannah Spearritt...."

Nov. 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Memory of Dennis Hopper

'A walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction'

"..."He's a poet, he's a picker,..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Bigger Than Life

"...Directed by: Nicholas Ray. Starring: James Mason, Walter Matthau, Barbara Rush and..."

June 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gin And Condoms Everywhere

Memoirs of a Slam Poet

"...photograph by Bruce Dye The National Poetry Slam is basically..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature by Wammo

Losing It at the Movies

AFS Programming Director Chale Nafus on a life in film

"...Chale Nafus introduced me to my wife. When he allowed..."

July 24, 2015 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Everything, Everything

Another YA adaption of star-crossed lovers

"...Directed by: Stella Meghie. Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Nick Robinson, Anika Noni Rose,..."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Academy Award-Nominated Short Films 2004

A program of eight short films nominated for live-action and animated Academy Awards in 2004.

"...Directed by: Various. Relax. They’ve already been nominated for Oscars, so this..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Whatever

"...Directed by: Susan Skoog. Starring: Liza Weil, Chad Morgan, Frederic Forrest, Kathryn..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

This Shakespeare rendition is not so much a reconceptualization as a recontextualization of the 400-year-old play. This Romeo + Juliet is a rich visual feast, besotted with the fervor of its acrobatic camerawork and kinetic staging and its mind-bending aggregation of unrelated but resonant fragments of 20th century iconography. It is a Shakespearean work thoroughly conceived for the screen. DiCaprio and Danes again prove that they are two of the best actors of their generation. And William Shakespeare has once more demonstrated that he is a storyteller for all time.

"...Directed by: Baz Luhrmann. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, John..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How the Universe Sent Paul Newman to Ethan Hawke

The director discusses his HBO Max series and recent AFS screenings

"...Ethan Hawke wasn't expecting to spend several years of his..."

March 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Fun: Into the Mystic of High Road Pool

Plunging back in time with my iPod

"...In the winter when I miss swimming at High Road Pool, Dave Alvin rings in my ears:..."

May 13, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Postscripts

Rebel Without a Cause

"...Book columnists are human, too. We just want to be understood. And..."

May 22, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

From the Vaults: Angry Old Man

Before he was in 'Quartet,' Tom Courtenay was part of a much bigger club

"...In this week’s new release Quartet, Tom Courtenay plays a retired opera singer suddenly..."

Jan. 26, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Everything Went Black: 'Intro'

Marc Savlov has a weekly film column. Uh-oh

"...Heya, cabal, and welcome to the first communique in what..."

Aug. 22, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

We Can't Go Home Again

Piecing through Nicholas Ray's archive at the HRC

"..."Hopper, Hedda; Hopper, Dennis." So reads the handwritten scrawl of names..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...Myra Breckinridge Video stores killed the revival houses. Video and..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

'Dazed and Confused' and Together Again

After 20 years, the gang reunites for induction into the Texas Film Hall of Fame

"...It wasn't obvious when Dazed and Confused spun onto screen in..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

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

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