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Articles tagged: Texas film

giant, book review

by Andrew Roush

On Giant’s Shoulders: New Cinema History Dissects Texas Tropes

"Giant" was meant to confront certain ugly implications about Texas, chiefly that it is perpetually big, bigoted and booming.

Wed, Apr 18, 2018 |

In 1956, America was ascendant, and Texas was America. Eleven years after the end of World War II, the greasy machinery of capitalism had conquered the country ...Read More

by Josh Rosenblatt

In the Austin of Andrew Bujalski’s Results, Aimlessness is a Sin

Fri, Aug 7, 2015 |

Independent writer/director Andrew Bujalski's newest film, "Results," follows a modern-day love triangle of three imperfect people grasping not just for romance...Read More

by Josh Rosenblatt

Zellner Brothers’ Latest Film Explores Fact as Fiction

Tue, Jun 30, 2015 |

In their newest film, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter Austin filmmakers David and Nathan Zellner tell the tragic story of a troubled woman who mistakes the...Read More

Bob Byington

by Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Filmmaker Bob Byington Has Crafted a Universe of Comic Misanthropy

Wed, Apr 15, 2015 |

Filmmaker Bob Byington’s white, male, shaggy-headed hipsters live to provoke....Read More

Duplass brothers

by Josh Rosenblatt

Mike Judge and the Duplass Bros. Bring Texas to TV

Mon, Mar 2, 2015 |

Austin filmmakers who were outsiders 20 years ago are now insiders who have forced the world to adapt to them....Read More

A Tex-Centric Guide to the Austin Film Festival

by Josh Rosenblatt

Tue, Oct 22, 2013

Don’t be fooled by the marquee names and Oscar buzz. Don’t be dazzled by the presence of famous directors like the Coen Brothers and Steve McQueen, or the g...Read More

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra hold their trophies tight in 4 for Texas.

by Josh Rosenblatt

The Texas Misstep

Tue, Sep 24, 2013 |

4 for Texas proves that no one knew how to ruin a good thing better than the Rat Pack....Read More

All The Labor poster

Gourds on Film: All The Labor Documents Austin Band’s Rise and Thrall

Fri, Mar 8, 2013 |

A new documentary about The Gourds, explains how a fledgling Austin band hit the virtual big-time via the file-sharing of a larkish cover song....Read More

Will Film Commission ‘Machete’ Rodriguez’s New Film?

by Melissa del Bosque

Mon, May 24, 2010

Back in 2007, our esteemed Texas Legislature passed a law that allows the state to forbid tax incentives to any kind of film, TV or game project that contains &...Read More

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