Film & TV
April 30, 1998
Behind the Screens
From location scouts to production designers, the most important people you’ve never heard of.
Richard Linklater
Film & TV
April 30, 1998
Hooray for Hollywood, Texas
The players. The stories. A special report on our booming film business.
Film & TV
April 30, 1998
The Boosters—Nancy Schafer, Barbara Morgan, and Marsha Milam
Their film festivals are one of the state’s feature presentations.
Guides
April 1, 1998
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDsThis month Texas music shines on the silver screen. The soundtrack for The Horse Whisperer (MCA) not only features cuts from Don Walser, George Strait, and Steve Earle but also a Butch Hancock—Joe Ely— Jimmie Dale Gilmore reunion (long removed from Lubbock, they are now called the Hill Country
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1997
Lights! Camera! No Action!
GEORGE W. BUSH may have the most power in the Capitol, but when it comes to power over the Capitol, he’s just number two. In one of the strangest rivalries of a contentious legislative session, the Texas Film Commission, an arm of the governor’s office, squared off against the State
Film & TV
February 1, 1996
Johnny Angel
His recent performances in Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty have been simply divine, but for his most heavenly role yet, John Travolta heads to Texas—his first time back since Urban Cowboy. In Michael, co-written and directed by Nora Ephron, Travolta plays a real live angel, while William Hurt and Andie
Film & TV
August 31, 1995
Texas Twenty: Richard Linklater
Hollywood’s busiest slacker.
Film & TV
September 30, 1992
Take Two
Made on a shoestring, Slacker was a hit. Now fans wonder if Hollywood money will change Rick Linklater’s style.