Ken Harrison

Blogs
September 18, 2011
Thirty Years Later, The History of Western Swing in 26 Minutes as Told by Johnny Gimble
Via.Johnny Gimble and Bob Wills, circa '64What you'll find after the jump was posted to Vimeo only a few hours ago: a cleaned-up version version of Ken Harrison's 1981 doc on Western Swing fiddle-playing legend Johnny Gimble titled, simply, Gimble's Swing. The film, made for the Tennessee Folklor ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2011
Sometimes I Direct: A Talk With Blaine Dunlap, Who Once Captured Dallas Better Than Anyone
Blaine DunlapIn March we screened one of the greatest films made in or about Dallas, director Blaine Dunlap's 1973 Sometimes I Run, about Stanley Maupin, who worked for the city's Public Works Department flushing downtown's streets in the wee small hours of the morning. Some Friends of Unfair Par ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2009
Life During Dinnertime
David Byrne, last seen eating on Maple Avenue last nightThe missus's mother is in town and, last night, offered to take the 5-year-old who lives in our house back to her hotel, awful nice of her. Which left us ill-prepared and sans plans for a Saturday night. "David Byrne at the Majestic" was the fi ... More >>
Blogs
May 21, 2009
Prince Albert Hunt in the Can
Not long ago I found my VHS copy of Ninth Life, director Ken Harrison's made-in-Deep Ellum noir-thriller that -- hey, quite the coincidence -- celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. We really oughta have a celebratory screening and invite some of the stars, among them Kim Pendleton and Matthew P ... More >>
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October 24, 1996
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December 15, 1994
Rough cut
NEA cuts send Texas filmmakers reeling