California Typewriter

An ode to the analog

"...affectionate documentary embraces the siren call of the manual typewriter and those who have always preferred to use them..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wordy Wranglers of Typewriter Rodeo

The whole country's saddling up with Austin's vaqueros of verse

"...locus of live, literary creation among the mingling crowds: Typewriter Rodeo...."

Oct. 7, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ruby Sparks

Ruby Sparks tries hard, and though it's a likable film she never completely sparks.

"...Weir-Fields (Dano) sits in front of his old Olympia typewriter, amid the stark white walls and clean lines of..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney puts the famed journalist, icon, and myth Hunter S. Thompson before his lens and comes away with a telling portrait of the man and his era.

"...with guns, drugs, booze, a cigarette holder, and a typewriter; the self-proclaimed and self-invented “Gonzo journalist” – Thompson tells..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Halfmoon

"...his Tangiers apartment tapping away at an old manual typewriter. The first story, Merkala Beach, is introduced by Bowles..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bad Behavior

"...behind when she became a mother returns to the typewriter, a flirtation takes place at an office copier. But..."

Nov. 12, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

La Machinista

Honorable mention

"...to Clara were only vaguely familiar. It was a typewriter – a shiny, new, black Smith Corona. As fate..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Lisa Carroll-Lee

Sorting the Family's Dirty Laundry

AFS Documentary Tour revisits Alan Berliner's 1991 film Intimate Stranger

"...and the punctuating clack and ring of a manual typewriter – signature Berliner devices all – his grandson takes..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Emotion Pictures

Toward a Fuller Understanding of Sam

"...the British Film Insititute, the documentary is called The Typewriter, The Rifle and the Movie Camera. It premiered on..."

June 28, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters @ 3AM

Like everybody else, I’ve come to take the computer’s marvels for granted. I’ve even come to take for granted that, roughly every two years, I’ve got to shell out for a new model.

"...were still built to last. It's a Smith-Corona portable typewriter. It does nothing but type. Cared for, it can..."

March 2, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Moreno Veloso + 2 / Caetano Veloso

"...Moreno Veloso + 2Music Typewriter (Hannibal)Caetano VelosoNoites do Norte (Nonesuch) No surprise 27-year-old Moreno..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Q&A Hole: Can Money Buy Happiness?

With Edmo, Carina Magyar, and … Gloria Steinem? Yes, and more.

"...Sean Petrie of Typewriter Rodeo: Yes, if it’s buying Nutella. Really, though, money..."

Oct. 18, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texan Typists Unite

'The Typewriter (in the 21st Century)' gets a Texas premiere

"...The Typewriter (in the 21st Century) is a documentary about typewriters..."

April 18, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Letters at 3AM

Learning to listen to your soul in all aspects of your life.

"...idea who you are 10 feet away from a typewriter?"..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Great Austin Gift Ideas for College Graduation

Local bites, books, apparel, and ease the transition to the real world

"...the heart (or someone else’s, but still) with a Typewriter Rodeo poem. You send in the information you’d like..."

May 15, 2019 Events Post by Caitlin Davis

By Any Means Necessary

Suzan-Lori Parks works it – and helps you work it, too

"...jazz solo with the keys of a cherry-red Olivetti typewriter. Occasionally, the rhythmic clickety-clack drops out while she lifts..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rants of a Technological Primitive

Letters at 3am

"...that same realm of life. A computer and a typewriter are different forms of life, and foster different modes..."

May 15, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Volunteering, Drag, Birthdays, and More Recommended Events

Let us help you plan your weekend

"...collab activity, type out a love note with Austin Typewriter Ink, or sing a duet at the Blanton’s karaoke..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

The 50-year relationship between a legendary writer and his editor

"...was by the film in total, from those first typewriter keys banging away to Chet Baker hitting the thematic..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Loving Highsmith

Documentary about the acclaimed American novelist explores her past loves

"...the solitary act of creation, clack-clack-clacking on a manual typewriter as the words spring from her fingertips, is one..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mothering Sunday

Literary adaptation charts doomed romance between classes

"...on the blank page with the stroke of a typewriter key or the flourish of a pencil in a..."

April 8, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Truffle Hunters

Snuffling about with irascible old men and adorable dogs

"...for irascible Angelo, pecking furiously (and erratically) on his typewriter. Angelo has given up the hunt. Things have changed..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

How To Build a Girl

Booksmart's Beanie Feldstein keeps this rock critic biopic rolling

"...building of an identity sometimes involves props – a typewriter, in the case of young Johanna Morrigan (Feldstein), a..."

May 8, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Onion’s Scott Dikkers Headlines Austin’s Worded Funny

Area event showcases written comedy, local literary laughmongers

"...featured in the night’s starry lineup: filmmaker Marissa Macy, Typewriter Rodeo’s Kari Anne Holt, and of course Shruti Saran..."

Jan. 13, 2020 Arts Post

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Peter Bogdanovich sketches the outlines of the life of Buster Keaton

"...Simon's sadly underseen biography of Sam Fuller, 1996's The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera, which had an..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Amanda & Jack Go Glamping

A couple try to reignite their marriage

"...dated, albeit in a purposefully pretentious way – a typewriter and vintage Polaroid camera are part of the furnishings..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Texas Book Festival 2017: Tom Hanks
in Conversation With Lawrence Wright

When writing, the Oscar winner seeks moments of serendipity

"...So the adorable Tom Hanks has a thing for typewriters. He loves to talk about them, write about them,..."

Nov. 6, 2017 Arts Post by Elizabeth Banicki

Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry

A look into the world of the farmer and activist

"...words being spit out, letter by letter, on a typewriter that has a failing ribbon, which obscures portions of..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hanging Out With the Dream King

Mathias Svalina delivers slivers from the oneiroi to your front door

"...of charm that’s what, in part, makes Austin’s own Typewriter Rodeo such a popular project...."

March 1, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

By the Sea

Angelina and Brad topline this modern-day arthouse relic by Jolie Pitt

"...fastidious state of ennui, and Ernest Hemingway at the typewriter, slamming out little spurts of devastating dialogue and existential..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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