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Bottle Rocket Screens Thursday, Hosted by Observer Alumn Matt Zoller Seitz

By Andrew Welch
Nov 6, 2013

Before Wes Anderson became the director of quirky, mannered films like Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and last year's Moonrise Kingdom, he was a University of Texas graduate sharing an apartment with brothers Luke and Owen Wilson. Before Matt Zoller Seitz became TV critic for New York magazine and Vulture.com, plus...
A Stunning New Book on Wes Anderson Drops Today, Written by a Former Observer Film Critic

By Andrew Welch
Oct 8, 2013

The Wes Anderson Collection, an artful and comprehensive new coffee table book released today, sheds light on the popular auteur's films. Featuring a generous spread of rare, behind-the-scenes photos, an introduction by novelist Michael Chabon, critical essays and much more, the book is a must for Anderson fans. The book's...
Blue Caprice, The Story Behind the Beltway Sniper Attacks, Screens this Weekend at Texas Theatre

By Andrew Welch
Oct 4, 2013

Blue Caprice looks for sense in what, to all other appearances, was a senseless moment in recent history. Over the course of three weeks in October 2002, John Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized citizens of the Washington D.C. area, and America as a whole, by randomly sniping at least...
Filmmaker David Lowery on Ain't Them Bodies Saints and the Influence of Texas vs. Taxes

By Andrew Welch
Aug 15, 2013

The first thing you see in David Lowery's Ain't Them Bodies Saints, after the IFC logo, are the words, "This was all in Texas." What observant viewers will notice in the end credits, though, is that, for a movie set in Texas, a lot of it was made elsewhere, specifically...
Alamo Drafthouse Is Going to Change the Way Dallas Does Movies

By Andrew Welch
Aug 6, 2013

In June 2011, Austin's Alamo Drafthouse theater chain boldly transformed a customer complaint into a provocative piece of advertising. The ad in question became one of the no talking-no texting PSAs the chain runs before movies, and it features a profanity-laden rant from a female customer who was asked to...

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