Twentieth Century and Bringing Up Baby
Getting to the gist of screwball's golden age
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March 25, 2005 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez
After a Fashion
Stephen's date gets hit on, and, remarkably, there's no word of bloodshed. Read all about it.
"...legendary Karen Kuykendall in the role of Fraulein Schneider – a role of minimal importance in the movie that..."
June 18, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
After a Fashion
From whose necks are local faves Anthony Nak dripping
this week – or Fashion Week for that matter? Does
it matter? Sure. So much bold type, so little time!
"...Rivers on E! for her dreadful Zack Posen dress – and both fashion hags gasped, "But her earrings! Omigod!"..."
April 9, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
After a Fashion
Catch Stephen out schmoozing for a good cause or two. It's that time of year, folks. The social and fashion seasons are upon us.
"...the Four Seasons for the entire month of March – year after year, it seems that I wind up..."
March 26, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
After a Fashion
Stephen goes shopping with a friend to get ready for all the big to-do’s on the social horizon. Hide your credit cards.
"...restaurants, including Cafe Josie, Zoot, and Jeffrey's, was scrumptious – almost more so than all the divine evening gowns..."
March 12, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Luv Doc Recommends: The 3rd Annual Mr. Sinus Holiday Spectacular
Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Friday, December 19, 2003
"...Evil.” All are woven into the centerpiece of Frank Capra’s beloved 1946 classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but don’t..."
Dec. 19, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc
Lights Out
The Seventies represented the heyday for film programming at the University of Texas. Marjorie Baumgarten recollects the days of CinemaTexas and the Texas Union Theater.
"...classics by cinema stalwarts like Alfred Hitchcock and Frank Capra. Movies would generally rotate every couple of days and,..."
July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Eggheads
Eggheads pays fond tribute to the cinematic screwball comedies of the 1930s, and though the specific style of those comedies was old decades before the actors in Tongue and Groove Theatre's production were born, they breezed through it, cracking wise and slinging slang, as nimbly as Busby Berkeley chorines tapping down 42nd Street.
"...kind of comic romance familiar from the films of Capra, Hawks, and Sturges: Boy meets girl, boy argues with..."
June 27, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...Bush's Misunderestimated Résumé..."
April 25, 2003 Column
After a Fashion
"...8) Kelly & Jack Osbourne The portly little pagans pop off about..."
Jan. 3, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Page-Turners
"...There are also reams of rare European versions of Capra and Welles greats and even some "News on Parade"..."
Dec. 6, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Capitol Chronicle
Hopwood lawyer Steven Wayne Smith aspires to the Texas Supreme Court.
"...associations. But "Mr. Smith" remains a handy moniker in Capra-esque movies and Texas voting booths. There is every reason..."
Oct. 11, 2002 News Column by Michael King
Speaking for Lowell
Every playwright needs a mouthpiece, an actor to communicate his vision to an audience, and Lowell Bartholomee has his in Robert Fisher.
"...hopes and dreams, can be communicated to an audience. Capra had his Jimmy Stewart, Scorsese his Robert De Niro...."
July 26, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Strategic Air Command
In his seventh starring turn with noted alpha-male auteur Anthony Mann, Jimmy Stewart is aging third baseman "Dutch" Holland -- 152 RBI last season and a brand-new $70,000 contract, to boot -- whose country wants him back in the USAF.
"...in the rain (or, again, Stewart sporting the birds & bat). No, it's not his best work -- his..."
July 19, 2002 Screens Review by Shawn Badgley
Love Is a Battlefield
The Austin Film Society presents a new free series on screwball comedy.
"...for biting class commentary. The genre directors -- Lubitsch, Capra, Hawks, Cukor -- enjoyed some playful mockery of the..."
Jan. 11, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones
"Lunatics and Lovers" Schedule
"...You Can't Take It With You (1938) D: Frank Capra..."
Jan. 11, 2002 Screens Feature
Wintry Mix
The holiday film forecast
"...it continues apace with this Americanized version of Alejandro Amenábar's stunning 1997 feature Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes)...."
Nov. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
TV Eye
How to escape turkey afterburn and family overkill
"...airs at 10am followed by the Texas vs. Texas A&M game. The Nebraska-Colorado game follows, all on ABC. Tired..."
Nov. 23, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Christmas in July, Sullivan's Travels (1942), The Palm Beach Story
Christmas in July, Sullivan's Travels (1942), The Palm Beach Story
"...to like them without ever giving them a cloying Capra-esque feel. As fine as Powell and Drew are, Demarest..."
March 16, 2001 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw
After a Fashion
This week, join the Style Avatar for the second installment in a series about local fashion photographers.
"...Ian Moore, Rosie Flores, Tish Hinojosa, the Reivers, and 81é2 Souvenirs, among others, including all the visiting rock royalty..."
Feb. 16, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Letters at 3AM
They may not truthfully reflect the way we live, but sometimes the big and small screen present honest explorations of the way we dream. The year 2000 gave us some exceptionally fine works in this regard.
"...was on the small screen. The ghosts of Frank Capra and Howard Hawks haunt The West Wing, and that's..."
Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura
After a Fashion
Be there or Be Cher.
"...and News 8, as well as generous help from Capra & Cavelli and the Garden Room, the show "blew..."
Oct. 20, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
All the Gory Details
The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.
"...He still resides in his beloved Pittsburgh with his fiancée, daughter, and cat. The outgoing, engaging Savini is scheduled..."
March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw
Die Hockzeitskuh (The Wedding Cow)
Spotlight:
"...film ricochets with familiar romantic sentiments -- from Frank Capra's enchanting It Happened One Night to Howard Hawks' Bringing..."
March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
Pigs, Pimps, and Pornographers
A look at this prolific, political Japanese filmmaker
"...Burmese Harp, Fires on the Plain), the "Japanese Frank Capra," was a spokesperson for a cigarette company; Nagisa Oshima..."
Oct. 29, 1999 Screens Feature by Salvatore Botti
Iron Writer
"...Emanuel Levy of Variety, who made comparisons to Frank Capra (It's a Wonderful Life) and called the picture an..."
Aug. 6, 1999 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts
Video Box Sets
"...buy four titles from the categories of sci-fi, sword & sandal, jungle thrills, or horror for $59 postpaid, complete..."
Dec. 11, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw
Page Two
"...record player on it. On the TV is Frank Capra's Lost Horizon. I'm stuck, in the middle of the..."
Jan. 9, 1998 Column by Louis Black
Record Reviews
"..."I'll Be Home for Christmas" rewrites Al Green's "Love & Happiness," "Here Comes Santa Claus" becomes spare and reflective,..."
Dec. 26, 1997 Music Review
Mister Smarty Pants Knows
"...the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life...."
