Friends to the End (of the World)

Ric Roman Waugh and Gerard Butler reunite in Greenland

"...Austin-based filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh has found that kind of creative pairing with Gerard Butler, and he appreciates what..."

Dec. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Of Family Heirlooms and Industrial Films

The Texas Archive of the Moving Image preserves the state's cinematic roads less traveled

"...such an occasion as a time to screen some of the commonly acknowledged benchmarks of Texas cinema – The..."

May 27, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Festival of Lite

Arts writer Robi Polgar finds the true meaning of Chanukah, if not the true spelling ...

"..."Chanukah is that time of year between Christmas and Misgiving when all the bestest..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Robi Polgar

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Planet Theatre: Tomorrowland..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

The Spirit of Mid-Season

"...premieres, nearly 40 televised award shows, and the expansion of networks from the old standbys to new ones like..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

A Life of His Own

Diving right in with Tab Hunter

"...surf, firing an M-1 carbine in the cordite haze of a back-lot Guadalcanal hell or doing Tennessee Williams so..."

June 1, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Least of These

UT professor Horace Newcomb reflects on the segregation South on the release of his friend and colleague Paul Stekler's documentary George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire.

"...Sometime in the fall of 1963 a psychology professor fell into step beside me..."

March 10, 2000 Features Feature by Horace Newcomb

Frontier Television

The Territory 2003 season schedule

"...Even after hundreds of films, emerging technologies, and increased competition, Mary Lampe remains..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Out of the Shadow

Which new scary-programming cable channel will longtime Austin access host Joseph Fotinos choose?

"...by a shambling thing in tatty bandages with a profile like a postmortem Ernie Kovacs minus the stogie. He..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Variations on Carol of the Bells

Mermen, movies, and Whitney pulled me under for Christmas

"...Whitney Houston as the titular spouse makes mincemeat out of the film’s music segments. Her live, gospel-rock performances ascend..."

Dec. 24, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Top 10 Technology Stories of 1999

"...commerce is a hit! People started buying a lot of their stuff online this year. E-commerce looks more and..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

More Than a Pair of Jokers

While she was growing up, Anne S. Lewis thought of Randy and Jason Sklar as just her crazy twin cousins. But now, after an MTV sitcom and success on the comedy club circuit, she's thinking her relatives may be more than just a pair of jokers in her family deck.

"...gig at the Capitol City Comedy Club. For me, of course, this is nothing short of amazing. True, they..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...Scott Glenn is explaining to Debra Winger the intricacies of worm swallowing. "Mess-kins say eatin' the worm'll give you..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...Edgar Varèse, in the liner notes for The Mothers of Invention album Freak Out!..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

The New Rites of Spring

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

"...It's an overly romanticized notion, the idea of every generation having some sort of defining musical moment,..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

TV Eye

At the SXSW Interactive 2000 Festival, columnist Belinda Acosta takes a peek at the television of the future; also, director Kevin Smith fumes over the television version of his indie hit Clerks, and the Emmys announce a change in voting procedure.

"...I still have fond memories of my eight-track player. (Yes, this is still a column..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Everything That Rises Must Converge

SXSW 2000 Interactive Festival

"...Television of TomorrowMod: Gregory Kallenberg (Austin American-Statesman)..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Raising the Dead

Actor Joseph Fotinos Wants to Resurrect Local Television

"...Most of us keep our monsters hidden under our beds. Not..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Another 'Special Session'

Political series returns to PBS in February.

"...We knew something good had to come out of the Lege's return, aside from a bunch of dead..."

Jan. 24, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Other Worlds Austin Adds Owen Egerton's Latest

Plus sci-fi fest's closing night title, and shorts

"...adds Austin author-turned-scriptwriter Owen Egerton's latest, The Axe Murders of Villisca...."

Nov. 28, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Dinner Guest Lecturer

Food historian Andrew F. Smith brings 'The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America' to Austin

"..."The story of Thanksgiving is all made up, you know; it was..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Food Feature by MM Pack

It's Gonna Get Pitch Black at Other Worlds

David Twohy named this year's Defender of the Universe

"...Battlestar Galactica director Alan J. Levi. Wrath of Khan mastermind Nicholas Meyer. The Black Hole explorer Gary..."

Nov. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Staging Mr. Burns, a post-electric play With Zero Waste

A UT student production of Anne Washburn’s play shows how to make theatre the sustainable way

"...culture, the Simpsons were ubiquitous – the First Family of Television. Homer feasts on doughnuts at his job as..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Arts Feature by M. Brianna Stallings

Super-8's Super Fans

The Cinemaker Co-op preserves the art of the littlest of motion picture formats -- Super-8 -- and trains tomorrow's filmmakers along the way.

"...a kid growing up in a dinky little suburb of Rochester, New York, I vividly recall stumbling across a..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Now What?

Mediamakers consider what happens when traditional media meets its maker

"...starters. Now, thanks in part to the infinite boundaries of the Internet splintering attention spans and advertising opportunities into..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

Oldboy

This 2003 revenger from Korean upstart Chan-wook Park is a multilayered, intensely performed, shockingly violent, and viscerally visual tour de force.

"...(It’s also being remade by Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow) for Universal, so catch this original before it gets..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Radio, Radio

Satellite radio, the burgeoning technology that may ultimately shake up the broadcast world the most, is right around the corner.

"...Think about the history of radio as a medium. It has defined entire generations,..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Motoramas in Pink Pajamas

And Other Illusions From When Life Was Mighty Swell

"...Our Secret Century: Archival Films From the Darker Side of the American Dream..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

'Where Soldiers Come From' on POV

Heather Courtney doc debuts on KLRU Thursday night

"...month? You're in luck then – it's coming to television tomorrow...."

Nov. 9, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Good Lord Bird Swoops in for ATX TV Fest ... From the Couch!

Ethan Hawke series to headline Saturday: Plus The Mandalorian

"...days like we're all still dealing with the fallout of the Civil War and the fight against slavery, then..."

June 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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