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The 27th season of the doc series 'POV' begins tonight on KLRU
"...Tonight brings the premiere of the 27th season of PBS’ award-winning documentary series POV. The series (aired locally at..."
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June 23, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten
Julia Child Centennial Celebrations
August 15 is the 100th anniversary of the cook's birth
"...weeks at the National Museum of American History, and PBS is sponsoring a 10-day, multi-platform initiative with public interaction...."
Aug. 14, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood
Strange Wilderness
When a popular wildlife TV show starts slipping in the ratings, the clueless hosts go off to the Andes in search of Bigfoot and big ratings. Big mistake.
"...Hill to take on an accent lifted wholesale from PBS's gone-but-not-forgotten Cajun Chef. Director/co-writer Wolf and co-writer Peter Gaulke..."
Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Casanova
Hallström’s latest is fine but unambitious, content with what it is – an arthouse trifle with tricorner hats, corsets, and powdered wigs.
"...parlor farce thingies. Aspects of the production are awfully PBS, and Hallström’s direction is as sunny and bland as..."
Jan. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Clifford's Really Big Movie
The big red animated dog runs away and joins the circus.
"...to chomp one in half. Adapted from the now-canceled PBS cartoon series, Clifford’s Really Big Movie brings the lovable..."
Feb. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis
TV Eye
PBS delivers the goods.
"...of View), the extraordinary and, dare I say, essential PBS series that brings the world to viewers' feet by..."
Aug. 24, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Notting Hill
Love blossoms between a London bookstore owner and beautiful movie star. Can this relationship survive the obvious hindrances?
"...small screen each week as Alice in the British PBS comedy, Vicar of Dibley) is hilariously discomfiting as Honey,..."
May 28, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona
Bean
"...old news by the time they first aired on PBS...."
Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Sunday
"...best known as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot in the PBS teleplays) and Harrow (The Last Days of Chez Nous)..."
Oct. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
"...star machinery, this 1994 documentary, which originally aired on PBS' P.O.V. series, serves up images from the dark side..."
Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
"...magazine founder Hugh Hefner feels more like an errant PBS special than full-fledged cinematic documentary: despite its larger-than-life subject,..."
Feb. 19, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Empire of the Air
"...Directed by: Ken Burns. The director of the acclaimed PBS series The Civil War here tackles the history of..."
Oct. 18, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Camp Shakespeare Documentary Says We Will Meet, And There We May Rehearse
PBS film Take Pains. Be Perfect. puts UT's theatre program center stage
"...premieres on Friday, April 8, at 9pm on Austin PBS HDTV...."
April 8, 2022 Screens Feature by Ellen Daly
AFF On Story Takes The Shape of Water
Season begins with co-writer of Oscar-winning fairy tale
"...of the scriptwriter's art, On Story, which returns to PBS stations across the US this month...."
April 5, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Children of Giant Speak
Children of Giant tells new stories about the film classic
"...Galán, whose Children of Giant debuts tonight on the PBS series Voces...."
April 17, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten
Christopher Kimball's Recipe for Success
'America's Test Kitchen' host visits Austin next week
"...Christopher Kimball founded Cook's Illustrated magazine and the popular PBS cooking show America's Test Kitchen to provide American home..."
Aug. 6, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood
July Is Crime Month: 'Texas Servant Girl Murders'
PBS's 'History Detectives' tackle Austin's biggest mystery: the unsolved string of killings in 1885
"...provenance of objects from America's past have been entertaining PBS viewers for a decade. In the current season, their..."
July 11, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Put Down Roots
Austin woman among those to be featured on PBS' 'Genealogy Roadshow'
"...such passed down through family history. Earlier this year, PBS created an American version of Genealogy Roadshow and filmed..."
Oct. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by R.U. Steinberg
DVD Watch: 'The Bletchley Circle'
Four British women, one dangerous serial killer
"...Circle, which aired this spring as a miniseries on PBS and which today hit shelves in DVD form, is..."
May 14, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese
Funny How Time Slips Away
ACL staff members reflect on their first memories of Studio 6A
"...Like most patrons of the beloved PBS program, Lyle Lovett first visited Austin City Limits as..."
Nov. 11, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell
Got God?
A short look at PBS's God In America
"...the U.S. does so tediously. The painstaking approach of PBS's God In America is not what bothers as much..."
Oct. 5, 2010 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta
Enola 'Gay', as in 'Homosexual'
The outrage over Ken Burns' The War has not yet hit the queer community. Why?
"...I'm in a PBS K-hole! Help. Man oh man, I love public broadcasting,..."
Sept. 24, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell
TV Eye
War and Remembrance: Part II
"...the film. Several groups and individuals have met with PBS President Paula Kerger, asking that the film not be..."
April 6, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Tackling Texas Truisms
Filmmaker Don Howard and the Texas Documentary Tour
"...His documentary Letter From Waco (which aired nationally on PBS in September) took preconceived notions of one of Texas'..."
Dec. 5, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Longtime General Manager Tom Gimbel Departs Austin City Limits Television
ACL brand ambassador launches artists management agency in NYC
"...producer of the Austin City Limits television show, Austin PBS (KLRU-TV). Those efforts included the launch of ACL Radio,..."
March 31, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman
Visit 'Detropia'
Festival favorite doc premieres on PBS tonight
"...by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, premieres tonight on PBS, and it's a perfect introduction to that Midwestern city...."
May 27, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese
Do Not Miss This Deeply Inspiring Documentary
'Half the Sky' circles the globe to look at women's rights
"...based on the book during its world premiere on PBS...."
Oct. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Jessi Cape
TV Eye
War and Remembrance: Part III
"...The new word from PBS regarding The War and how to quell the outrage..."
April 13, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
TV Eye
First they came for Bob. Then, they came for Buster.
Who's next? But, more importantly, when
will this witch hunt end?
"...character. Buster is an animated bunny from the popular PBS series Arthur, whose "Postcards From Buster" segments feature Buster..."
Feb. 11, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Stop Interrupting My Regular Programming (Please)
Why does PBS play so much crap during its pledge drive?
"...So listen, PBS, we need to talk. First of all – you..."
