Some TEXAS MONTHLY Stories on Film
Gossip Boys »
Boy toys will be boy toys.
by Christopher Kelly [November 2008]
Everybody Must Get Stoned »
Politically motivated hit job or serious work of art? That’s the looming question about Oliver Stone’s W., his new movie about the life and presidency of George W. Bush. To answer it—or more accurately, to speculate about the answer—we convened a discussion between two Hollywood pros, an eminent historian, an ex-Bushie, and a film critic who learned all he knows about the Kennedy assassination from watching JFK .
[October 2008]
Minor Movie Star »
The Jessica Simpson oeuvre.
by Christopher Kelly [October 2008]
“W.”: Video Roundtable »
Douglas Brinkley and Matthew Dowd discuss the president and Oliver Stone.
[October 2008]
W. of Mass Destruction »
I attended the premiere of Oliver Stone’s "W." at the Austin Film Festival. Hopefully I can spare you the same fate.
by Eileen Smith [October 2008]
I Wish I Knew How To Depict You »
The gay cliché.
by Christopher Kelly [September 2008]
American Booty »
Alan Ball’s near-great teen sex flick.
by Christopher Kelly [August 2008]
Porn Yesterday »
A porn classic turns thirty.
by Christopher Kelly [July 2008]
Frozen Asset »
The best sitcom you may never get to see.
by Christopher Kelly [June 2008]
Urbane Cowboy »
Julian Schnabel’s metrosexual Texanness.
by Christopher Kelly [May 2008]
Bombing Iraq »
Hollywood loses the Iraq war.
by Christopher Kelly [April 2008]
Action Heroes »
Action Heroes 2008.
by Christopher Kelly [March 2008]
Tim and Karrie League »
Both 37, cinemaphiles, Austin
[February 2008]
All Your Movie Are Belong to Us »
Geeks from Austin will destroy American cinema.
by Christopher Kelly [February 2008]
Sorry, Charlie »
Charlie Wilson’s warts.
by Christopher Kelly [January 2008]
Crude Truth »
Paul Thomas Anderson drills a dry hole.
by Christopher Kelly [December 2007]
Blood Brothers »
The Coen brothers do Cormac.
by Christopher Kelly [November 2007]
Fatally Hip »
Hip-checking Wes Anderson.
by Christopher Kelly [October 2007]
Grounds for Suspicion »
Conspiring minds want to know …
by Christopher Kelly [September 2007]
Please Stop Directing »
An open letter to Ethan Hawke.
by Christopher Kelly [August 2007]
Tommy Lee Jones Is Not Acting »
On screen and off, his affect is that of someone who should not be disturbed: a crotchety, contentious, impatient, and thoroughly genuine West Texan. That’s what makes his characters—including his latest, the lead in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada— so believable.
by Skip Hollandsworth [February 2006]
Home Movies »
From Red River to Rushmore, the 25 best Texas films on DVD.
by John Bloom [February 2006]
Mr. Not-So-Nice Guy »
Executive editor Skip Hollandsworth on his most difficult interview, actor Tommy Lee Jones
Interview by Patricia Busa McConnico [February 2006]
They Came. They Sawed. »
And they most definitely conquered. The inside story of how a ragtag bunch of hippies made the wildest Texas movie ever (and spilled no more fake blood than was absolutely necessary).
by John Bloom [November 2004]
Heard the Buzz? »
Writer John Bloom, who wrote this month’s “They Came. They Sawed,” talks about slasher flicks and horror-movie audiences.
Interview by Kimberly Jeffries [November 2004]
Lost in Translation »
Hollywood often fumbles the sports movie—but it could get back in the game right here in Texas.
by Jason Cohen [June 2004]
Alamo Heights »
So much is at stake that we almost—almost—believe the release date of Disney's epic-to-be was delayed from Christmas Day to April for the reasons the studio claims. But given the way historical movies usually turn out, can you blame us for smirking?
by Don Graham [December 2003]
The Critic »
Writer-at-large Don Graham discusses this month's cover story, "Alamo Heights."
by [December 2003]
On Film »
Photographer Dan Winters talks about being on the set of the Disney movie The Alamo.
Interview by Casey Wilson [December 2003]
The Spirit of '76 »
How Matthew McConaughey got discovered, why Renée Zellweger's part is so small, why some of the actresses can't eat ketchup to this day, and everything else you didn't know about the making of the classic high school flick Dazed and Confused.
by John Spong [October 2003]
The Rookie »
Miguel Salas talks about his role as a Big Lake Owl baseball player in the film The Rookie.
Interview by Gina Petrelli [May 2002]
Bill Broyles, as Ever, at War »
Baytown wunderkind. Officer in Vietnam. Founding editor of this magazine. A-list screen writer. With a resume this stellar, you'd think he'd be satisfied. Not even close.
by Gary Cartwright [March 2002]
Mission: Impossible »
Rumor has it that director Ron Howard and screenwriter John Sayles are coming to Austin this spring to make a $100 million movie about the Alamo. It may be too much to ask that they get Texas' defining battle right (since no one knows what really happened), but I've got my fingers crossed—and a few friendly words of advice.
by Don Graham [February 2002]
Grand Royal »
Director Wes Anderson's new movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, deals with death, despair, and other dark subjects. And—what do you know—it's hysterically funny.
by Pamela Colloff [January 2002]
Screen Gems »
Mexican movies were muy caliente in the middle of the past century, and Harlingen's Rogelio Agrasanchez, Jr. has the posters to prove it.
by Katy Vine [October 2001]
The Talented Mr. Wittliff »
Can a savvy Hollywood dealmaker also be as down-home and unassuming as an old shoe? He can if he's Austin's Bill Wittliff, an award-winning screenwriter, an accomplished photographer, a collector with a passion for the past—in short, the nicest Renaissance man you'll ever meet.
by Skip Hollandsworth [February 2001]
Easy Writer »
In Rosanky, Texas (pop: 210), far from the pressures of Hollywood, screenwriter-director Tim McCanlies thrives.
by Alison Macor [July 2000]
Madeleine in the Hill Country »
As long as she spends most of her free time on a ranch outside Fredericksburg, Madeleine Stowe may never become, by Hollywood’s definition, a successful actress. And that’s fine with her.
by Alison Macor [June 1999]
Not Happy »
The faking of Happy, Texas.
by Beth Pinsker [March 1999]
Picture Perfect »
Why Peter Bogdanovich filmed in black and white, who discovered Cybill Shepherd, which onetime soap opera diva read for the role of Jacy, and other secrets of the making of The Last Picture Show.
by Don Graham [February 1999]
The Man Who Wasn’t There »
Who gives a hoot about an owlish auteur with nary a directing credit in twenty years? All of Hollywood, that’s who—which is why Austinite Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line is the most anticipated film of the season.
by Helen Thorpe [December 1998]
Folk Hero »
He’s one of the most influential men in American music. So why haven’t you heard of Alan Lomax?
by John Morthland [November 1998]
FILM • Jennifer Love Hewitt »
Teen screen queen.
by Jason Cohen [September 1998]
Truckin’ »
A filmmaker’s long view of Longview
by Michael W. Jones [July 1998]
Dove Shoot »
Ten years after the filming of the miniseries Lonesome Dove, screenwriter Bill Wittliff shares his photographic memories of life on the set.
by Anne Dingus [June 1998]
Glory Days »
Texas high school football may be in decline, but filmmakers still want to play.
by Jan Reid [May 1998]
Filminism »
I thought it would be hard to make movies in this macho state, but we’ve come a long way, baby.
by Lynda Obst [May 1998]
We Are the World »
Want to see Kuwait, Iowa, and Washington, D.C.? Go to El Paso, Austin, and Houston.
by Paul Burka [May 1998]
Unreality Bites »
As ever, Texas looms large in the movies’ imagination—large and largely inaccurate.
by Don Graham [May 1998]
Outtakes »
[May 1998]
45 Years (Sat Nov 22 at 5:28 PM)
Can You Spare Some Change I Can Believe In? (Sat Nov 22 at 4:10 PM)
Even Worse, They're Cutting Back on Monocles (Fri Nov 21 at 8:39 AM)
