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Breaking
Tragic true-life drama attacks how the system fails military veterans
"...employee hostages (Beharie and Leyva) for anything like a ransom or extortion payment. Rather, the decorated former Marine with..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Duke
Jim Broadbent is charming in this socially minded true-crime comedy
"...here by the ever-affable Broadbent), who held it to ransom because of his infuriation that pensioners were forced to..."

May 6, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How to Celebrate Austin Museum Day 2020
In person and virtual events abound on the city' annual free museum day
"...for American History https://www.cah.utexas.edu/index.php The Contemporary Austin thecontemporaryaustin.org Harry Ransom Center..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Arts Post

Feedback
Trouble in the radio booth
"...kidnappers hold his daughter hostage for a very particular ransom...."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review

Knives Out
Cunning if slight murder mystery revives the whodunit
"...thin. Even Evans’ performance as the smarmy prodigal grandson, Ransom Drysdale, is pretty much summed up by his character’s..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Day Trips: Chisholm Trail Heritage Museum, Cuero
Chisholm Trail rides again
"...Americas" Tinker Collection on permanent loan from the Harry Ransom Center at UT. Most recently, the museum added an..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

In Memoriam: Rhoda Winter Russell
Movement therapy pioneer who knew the greats of dance has died
"...showdogs. She did donate several boxes to the Harry Ransom Center containing correspondence with Wigman, as well as fliers,..."

Aug. 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced
The Critics Table's picture-perfect year
"...“The City” at the Blanton Museum of Art; the Ransom Center exhibition “Vaudeville!”; and the Palace Theater in Georgetown..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Homes Tour: The Art of the Craftsman Style
John Ruskin's ghost will be nearby, eating breakfast tacos and smiling
"...about because of the current exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center, or is that just a happy coincidence?..."

April 24, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW 2019 Announces Art Programs
Seven installations and conference sessions on art scheduled
"...Arctic Passage Award-winning photographer and filmmaker, and Harry Ransom Center Research Fellow Louie Palu will call attention to..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

How Costume Designer Edith Head Changed the Look of Hollywood
AFS Cinema spotlights films featuring the Oscar-winner's designs
"...assistant for Costumes and Personal Effects at the Harry Ransom Center. AFS Cinema presents Edith Head’s Hollywood through Jan...."

Jan. 11, 2019 Screens Column by Jill Morena

Wayne Alan Brenner’s Top 10 Arts-Related Things I Enjoyed in 2018
Representational and digital art, plus theatre rooted in history proved especially mind-blowing this year
"...Room Theatre) The Hidden Room's Beth Burns and the Ransom Center's Eric Colleary collaborated to bring John Wilkes Booth's..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Melany Jean’s Top 10 Fine Art Moments of 2018
Unforgettably textured sculptures, unsettling exhibitions, and unusual spaces made for a memorable year in art
"...8) "ED RUSCHA: ARCHAEOLOGY AND ROMANCE" (Harry Ransom Center) A delve into the archives of an artist..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Melany Jean

Viper Club
Susan Sarandon and the murky world of paying kidnappers
"...does not negotiate with terrorists, much less cough up ransom money for journalists who “knew what [they] were getting..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lake|Flato's Impact on Austin
The firm behind the new library has changed our city's look
"...Harry Ransom Center (2003) When the Ransom Center's collection of art..."

Oct. 31, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Snatched
A mother/daughter vacation from hell
"...this unbecoming genre flick. It’s not worth paying the ransom for this one...."

May 12, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Sam Anderson-Ramos' Top 10 Takeaways From Austin's Gallery Scene in 2016
From making work to showing it, the visual art scene displayed commitments to risk, innovation, and community
"...THE ESTABLISHED SPACES Props to the Blanton and Harry Ransom Center, whose world-class exhibitions keep Austin artistically and culturally..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Gift Guide 2016: Coffeetable Books
Big books give heft to big success stories about women in business, Flatbed Press, UT’s collections, Pan Am, and the Spurs
"...Blanton Museum of Art or the internationally heralded Harry Ransom Center, then you know about their extensive collections. But..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hidden Room Theatre's Houdini Speaks to the Living
In this drama featuring Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle, a debate on the talking dead springs to dramatic life
"...Masonic Hall, 311 W. Seventh Through Oct. 30 Harry Ransom Center, 21st & Guadalupe, UT campus Oct. 31 www.hiddenroomtheatre.com..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Elementary, My Dear Hickey
Art critic Dave Hickey on being Watson to Ed Ruscha's Holmes
"...Wednesday night, the Harry Ransom Center and the Blanton Museum of Art will present..."

Jan. 19, 2016 Arts Post by Rod Machen

Top 10 Arts-Related Program Activities of 2015
The most memorable art of 2015 carved strange and brilliant new spaces out of familiar ones
"...the human psyche. 9) "Alice's Adventures in Wonder­land" (Harry Ransom Center)..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hidden Room Theatre Resurrects King Lear
The once-popular but now obscure revision of Shakespeare's play by Nahum Tate is revived, complete with happy ending
"...Colleary, curator of theatre and performance for the Harry Ransom Center, on a staging of Richard III using the..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Stephanie Carll

"Beyond Macondo"
AFS series spotlights contemporary Colombian cinema
"...Life and Legacy," to be hosted by UT Austin's Ransom Center and LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections,..."

Oct. 8, 2015 Screens Post by Jordan Buckley

A Touch of Stardust
Its peek behind the scenes of filming Gone With the Wind make this novel a delectable summer treat
"...For those still mourning the departure of the Harry Ransom Center's engrossing "The Making of Gone With the Wind"..."

June 12, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Art Par Excellence
The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Making of Gone With the Wind,” Steve Wilson, curator; Ransom Center..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

DVDanger: Vanish
Bryan Bockbrader takes the sealed-bottle drama on the road
"...a Mexican drug lord. They want a $5 million ransom, but soon find themselves on the run from the..."

Feb. 21, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Open Edition
PrintAustin enters its second year with startling growth in scale and scope
"...the University of Texas. See selected prints at the Ransom Center that morning, then head over to the Blanton..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

The Making of Gone With the Wind
This account of the cinematic epic's epic creation is as full of drama and memorable characters as the film itself
"...same chronological approach that he employed in curating the Ransom Center exhibition of the same name: following the project..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Table Banquet
The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Photographic Practice and the Archive," Lakes Were Rivers, curator; Ransom Center..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Closed Shutter
The Austin Center of Photography comes to an F stop
"...such organizations as the Contemporary Austin and the Harry Ransom Center, but with membership continuing to decline, this wasn't..."

March 19, 2014 Arts Post by Rod Machen

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