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DVDanger: Advice to Young Journalists
What cinema tells us about what we expect from the news
"...This all came as #adviceforyoungjournalists trended, as seasoned reporters..."

Feb. 14, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Time It’s Personal
Michael Barker endows Ed Lowry Student Film Program at AFS
"...at their relatively new location at the Marchesa Hall & Theatre, there exists no better one-stop shop in this..."

Aug. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Why Can't We Bee Friends?
Gala raises awareness and funds for Central Texas Bee Rescue
"...and the W Hotel hosted the second annual Black & Yellow Gala and Fashion Show yesterday, using the open-air..."

April 18, 2014 Chronolog Post by Claire Gordon

Veronica Mars
Although this isn't a reinvention of the wheel, the beloved TV show gets a spirited spin in this feature.
"...Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Krysten Ritter, Ryan Hansen, Francis Capra, Percy Daggs III, Gaby Hoffmann, Chris Lowell, Tina Majorino,..."

March 14, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film: 'Veronica Mars'
March 8, 2014. 14 photos.
"...Francis Capra..."

March 9, 2014 Photo Gallery

South by Southwest Drops Opening Night Film
Jon Favreau's 'Chef' kicks off 21st annual festival
"...Chef (World Premiere) Director: Jon Favreau, Screenplay & Story: Jon Favreau When Chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau)..."

Jan. 9, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

This Wonderful Life
Martin Burke's solo performance of 'It's a Wonderful Life' is a tour de force, but also an act of faith
"...Clarence, and some three dozen other characters in Frank Capra's now-canonized yuletide tale all by himself, he does so..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Arts Review by Robert Faires

'Justified' Recap: 'This Bird has Flown'
Ladies have flown the coop and Raylan owns birds worth a goodly sum
"...make that jive with Jimmy Stewart’s character in Frank Capra's immortal Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. Internet research revealed..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Screens Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Fearless James Hong
Star of 'Big Trouble in Little China' revives the raunch
"...disgusting neighbor Dustin) wrote Jim Carrey's tribute to Frank Capra, The Majestic, while Perry Lang (Carol's horndog boyfriend) is..."

Jan. 24, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lubitsch's Last Hurrah
New AFS Essential Cinema series covers the 'Touch' from pre-war to 'Cluny Brown'
"...That – "and then he said something better" – that's moviedom's..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rampart
Woody Harrelson reunites with the director of The Messenger to create this portrait of a very dirty cop.
"...Sigourney Weaver, Ben Foster, Brie Larson, Audra McDonald, Francis Capra and Steve Buscemi...."

Feb. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Daniel Catán
Renowned opera composer dies while in residence at the Butler School of Music
"...ended sadly on Saturday, April 9, when composer Daniel Catán passed away in his sleep here in Austin. He..."

April 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

sxsw: Get Your Shop on! No Badge Required!
Style X debuts pop-up shop for 2011
"...Tradition BLACKMAIL BOWS AND ARROW BUY DEFINITION BY GEORGE CAPRA & CAVELLI CJANE CREATURES COMPLETE CLOTHING DOWNSTAIRS DUO ELIZA..."

March 17, 2011 Design Post by Anne Harris

Bumpy Ride
Is Carnival Magic the weirdest movie ever made for kids?
"...the largest independent film copyright library in the world – including such non-42nd Street fare as Frank Capra's Meet..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM: The Dragon on Sennett's Hill
Hollywood is an electric dragon
"...messes on the floor: spotlights, broken chairs, thick wires – all dusty. (It soon became a parking lot.) Twentieth..."

March 12, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Occupational Hazards
Close encounters of the clerking kind at Vulcan and I Luv Video
"...the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension – a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

That Thing They Do
The Paramount Summer Film Classics' season of stars
"...intro in which Newman's down-on-his-luck detective does just that –gets up in the morning. He kills the alarm clock...."

May 22, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Looking Up
Along the path back to wonder
"...different political beliefs, and to find malevolent corruption everywhere – especially in anything that might pass for an act..."

May 22, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Food-o-File
Join in for another Artz Rib House fundraiser, and get involved in making Fat Tuesday official
"...René Britt told me the public response to the impromptu..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Page Two: The Best of Austin
A concept in search of an author; characters in search of a form; memory in search of meaning
"...on, a hum insisting it be fed by content – content to be decided on, thought about, researched, written,..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Dream of Life
SXSW celebrates the best of what I am and what I believe
"...everything is going right, it is an unbelievable feeling – the peak experience in a life that has always..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Event Menu
May 11-20
"...Contribute to the nation's largest food drive – Stamp Out Hunger – by helping the National Association..."

May 11, 2007 Food Column

Rob Nash: Bedford Falls, by way of Television City
Austin solo performer Rob Nash is moving to Los Angeles, and as a parting Christmas gift, he's created a holiday special that never was:It's a Wonderful Life, 70s Christmas Special, Starring the Fonz
"...the biggest sitcom star from the Seventies. It's the Capra classic, but it's a lot campier; it's sillier. When..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Page Two: Seasons Change, and So Do We
Our sports blog commences, 'SXSW Presents' continues, and Priest unmasks the past
"...Chronicle's anachronistic ways. Finally we may be leaving some – many, if not all – of them behind. There..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Clips From 'Mars'
"...the street might have a calculus exam in five – make it four – hours and she can't leave..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

New Year, Old Films
Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I
"...so I realized there were scores of extraordinary films – screwball comedies, dramas, and noir (as well as softer..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

My Favorite Year
In an extraordinary season of four premieres, playwright Robert Schenkkan brings UT, his old school, a new screwball comedy
"...Los Angeles; and a dramatic adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benét's The Devil and Daniel Webster, which Seattle Children's Theatre..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From the Source
"...It Happened One Night (1934) D: Frank Capra; scr: by Robert Riskin; with Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature

Tiffany & Stephen Go Shopping!
Come along as Your Style Avatar Stephen Moser guides his niece through the wild and wooly world of Austin fashion
"...my last nerve. You might remember dear little Tiffany – my brother's conniving little 19-year-old who tried to usurp..."

June 3, 2005 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion
Who is the Best Fashion Writer? Just ask the Saxon Pub! See inside for more details.
"..."We will own that Beatles catalog in no time." – Quoted from a Bank of America executive in Ted..."

April 1, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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