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Entries from Austinist tagged with 'johnwaters'

August 9, 2007

Got reels? Dusty old boxes of family films? Long-untouched Super-8 or 16mm treasures? Home Movie Day wants you to bring your stash to the Carver Museum this Sunday. Not only can you see your (or your parents') films projected on the big screen at the swank Boyd Vance Theatre, but there will also be Home Movie Day elves on hand who will inspect and repair your films AND give pointers on proper storage and care......

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June 2, 2007

If there's anyone who typifies traditional Hollywood and all its paradoxes, it's Tab Hunter. Born Arthur Gelien, he was discovered in his teens, renamed by beefcake agent extraordinaire Henry Willson, and molded almost overnight into a smoldering, cornfed leading-man dreamboat. Frequently shirtless, tanned and broad-shouldered in early movies like Battle Cry and Island of Desire, Hunter oozed sex appeal opposite everyone from Natalie Wood to Lana Turner to Sophia Loren. Unbeknownst to millions of......

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May 1, 2007

9000 miles. 28 days. 11 different locales. 16 cinematic gems. That’s right folks, come July 18th it will be time to break out the adult diapers and the no-doze as you and your cinephiliac friends embark on an epic quest to obtain your next celluloid injection in the form of the Alamo Drafthouse’s third annual Rolling Roadshow Tour. Never mind that at today’s prices the entire circuit will set you back just under twenty five......

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February 12, 2007

Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we love you, our readers. Don't let it get to your heads, though. There are plenty of things we love, you included. Just be glad you're not amongst the things we hate. SFist saw their beloved mayor enter rehab, and they loved the......

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February 6, 2007

I'm not sure if today would be the day to go shopping at Waterloo or not, but if you do go, check out today's new releases: Bloc Party A Weekend In the City (Vice) The story of bands like Bloc Party is familiar, but still depends upon a sort of mystery to come to fruition. Whereas the huge fame and irrepressible buzz seemed to propel them into official stardom, the stress and anguish that......

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October 5, 2006

Boy Culture Drama, Dir. Q. Allan Brocka, 2006 Screens: Thursday, October 5th at 7pm "Let's just call him X, a well-seasoned gay hustler with a string of steady johns. X is all business on the outside, the consummate professional---he's good for anything that pays and anything that pays is good. But X is a romantic with his own secret dreams of enduring love, a secret that frustrates both him and his improvised family---roommates Andrew,......

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September 28, 2006

The Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (aGLIFF) runs from Friday, September 29th through October 8th. Check out the films that will be screening tomorrow night, below the jump. [aGLIFF Official Site] aGLIFF 19: "Say What?" Friday, September 29 – Sunday, October 8, 2006 Regal’s Arbor Cinema (9828 Great Hills Trail) [map] Tickets Available Now Photo from Eating Out 2......

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August 11, 2006

Home Movie Day is an international event that has finally arrived in Austin. The purpose of the day is to celebrate amateur filmmaking (read: home videos) and instruct people as to how to preserve their cherished celluloid memories. Don’t believe us? Well, we bet you wouldn’t doubt John Waters, would ya? “There’s no such thing as a bad home movie…Home Movie Day is an orgy of self-discovery, a chance for family memories to suddenly become......

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February 8, 2006

*Odam doing "Candy and Flowers?" Neh. Carly broke the internet at her house, so I am just posting it for her. As always, the views expressed in this column are those of the author's and do not represent Austinist as a whole.* -The Editors Valentine’s Day — it’s the holiday we (and by “we,” I mean “my single friends and I”) all love to hate. But, not everything about the bonanza of paper hearts......

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