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An imposter substitute teacher, and local laughingstock rocker, instructs a class of grade-schoolers in What He Knows: rock-and-roll, history and practice.

Dina Flores' two-year search for a new home for her bilingual day care on Congress Avenue, Escuelita del Alma, is over.

THE PARK, FULL OF KIDS AND CARS, is drenched in moonlight. This bitchy high school junior has just traded words with an incoming freshman, who ignores her.

“I've been a huge fan and supporter of SXSW Film since its inception. I'm thrilled now to take on the challenge of continuing its exciting growth.”

This BIG NEWS just in: Janet Pierson is taking the place of Matt Dentler as the producer of the SXSW Film Festival and Conference. via The Austin American-Statesman

Punk is essentially a meaningless term. It embraces everyone from straight-edge Christians who volunteer at the local hospice to Sid Vicious-worshiping nihilists who only want to get violent and crazy. via DVD Verdict

“There's too much similarities between the two.”

The Celebrity September 11 Conspiracy Club. It's an exclusive group that's free to join, but membership comes with some baggage. via The Washington Times

“Slacker", directed by Linklater 1988 First credit as 1st assistant camera on "DOA”

This director of photography is best known for his work with "Gen-X" director Richard Linklater. via Hollywood.com

“Elizabeth') with Nair, who apprenticed in documentaries stateside. He did his Kusturica interview during a terrifying ride through the country ('He may be fast, but he's very safe”

AS we know from decades of both anecdotes and common sense, film directing is a uniquely challenging art form. via Los Angeles Times

Two new books, Stephen Lowenstein's My First Movie: Take Two and Cinema of Obsession by Dominique Mainon and James Ursini, set out to explore the age-old connection between art and fixation. via The Austin Chronicle

Sicko Slacker MICHAEL MOORE MAY HAVE A LOT of detractors, but the purpose of his latest film Sicko, in which he sets his polemical eye on the American healthcare system , is so fundamentally sound it's hard to ... via Scotsman.com Living

RICHARD LINKLATER'S beloved 1991 comedy casts an affectionate eye over a group of disenchanted, disillusioned and dispossessed people living in a close-knit community in Austin, Texas. via The Daily Record

Metrodome have announced several UK Region 2 DVD releases for 26th December 2007. via DVD Times

Certainly this publication has not been shy about trumpeting the discovery of a mint print of Eagle Pennell's 1978 independent regional feature, The Whole Shootin' Match. via The Austin Chronicle

'THE Whole Shootin' Match," the once-lost film that Robert Redford said inspired him to start the Sundance Institute, has been found and restored and is unreeling through Wednesday at Lincoln Center's Walter ... via New York Post

“No, I mean do you have change for the machine.”

If you remember Richard Linklater's SLACKER, there is a scene with "Happy Go Lucky Guy". This is the man who goes to the diner and has the encounter with the Looney Tunes quoting lady. via Talking Moviezzz

Alternative Views #536: SLACKERS ALL: AN INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD LINKLATER An interview with Austin's Richard Linklater who made three very successful films: "Slacker," "Dazed and Confused," and "Before ... via Internet Archive