Bastion Standard Time

Austin theatre's 'enfant terrible' swapped his poison pen for a Poison Apple and still gets people talking

"...Playwright, actor, director, and onetime theatre critic Bastion Carboni has a weird sense of humor. He'll start..."

July 13, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Blue Like Jazz

Based on the bestseller by Donald Miller, this is the story of a Texas-raised Southern Baptist who finds maturity on the liberal campus of Reed College in Portland, Ore.

"...junior college to Reed College in Portland, Ore., a bastion of liberalism and student engagement. Miller's Christian faith has..."

April 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crazy Horse

Paris' famed erotic showcase at the Crazy Horse saloon is profiled in this Frederick Wiseman documentary.

"...been a rich and endlessly creative (professionally and artistically) bastion of pure French showmanship, and harbors a deep, Parisian..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Arzak Rhapsody

Arzak Rhapsody is a gorgeous and easily digested slice of Gallic animé by Heavy Metal magazine creator Moebius. American premiere.

"...indeed put one in mind of Heavy Metal’s long-ago bastion of sexualized weirdness. Moebius’ art has a simultaneously organic..."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dialogues With Madwomen

"...partner, the African-American who fell apart while attending that bastion of white male privilege Stanford Law School. These are..."

May 13, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

PCU

"...the members of the Pit, it's a multi-ethnic, multi-gender bastion of sanity in the midst of an overly-embattled collegiate..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Encino Man

"...little more than a feature-length vehicle for stand-up comedian/MTV host/bastion of mangled surfer syntax, Pauly Shore. His incessant riffing..."

May 22, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Of Scrolls, Swords, and Ponycorn Adventures

The year in gaming

"...6) Bastion (Warner Bros. Interactive) Voiceover narration can be a crutch,..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Strawberry Mansion

Dream logic becomes a winding path to a strange romance

"...Mansion, the financial exploitation and commercialization of the last bastion of unbridled freedom, are cleverly handled if a bit..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission

Latest anime outing for the heroes-in-training is loud but not much fun

"...Turn (Nakai) even has a dash of robot-human hybrid Bastion about him (look, I warned you about the nerdery)...."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beanpole

Post-war Russian drama reappraises the position of women veterans through a strange compact

"...in a visit to a countryside dacha, a last bastion of privileged gentility in a time of scars, inside..."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Gospel of Eureka

Restore your faith in humanity with this documentary about LGTBQ acceptance in the Ozarks

"...note the darker side of Eureka’s history: a long-ago bastion of the KKK, lynchings, a trans woman shot in..."

March 8, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Breaking In

Getting locked out of your house without keys has never been more dangerous

"...window coverings that make the house a near impenetrable bastion. The most gratifying moments in the film come when..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Novitiate

An original take on a crisis of faith

"...gradients above Torquemada, to be sure, but still a bastion of Catholic traditionalism. What makes her story arc so..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nowhere to Play

The Cost of Art, Part I: Austin's growth and rising rent take out theatre venues, one by one

"...nontraditional venues part of its artistic identity. Artistic Director Bastion Carboni says that the company has typically lost money..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

We Were Nothing

Poison Apple's latest, about a friendship affected by social media, provides little to engage with

"...both script and production treat them with contempt. Director Bastion Carboni has Newman and Zolman end their lines with..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Holier Than Thou

Poison Apple Initiative's show draws reality TV and religion together in a thoughtful, thought-provoking way

"..."holier than thou" tossed around to disparage hipsters. But Bastion Carboni really means it. His new play, a reprise..."

July 5, 2013 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

An Obviously Foggot

Bastion Carboni's new play is a confrontational mess, but it's vital in its commentary on bigotry within gay communities

"...angry theatre. That's not a surprise: Poison Apple Initiative's Bastion Carboni, who wrote, directed, and choreographed the performance, has..."

April 12, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Housebreaking

This drama of identity-switching may leave you feeling equally fascinated and repulsed

"...the dark secrets behind the family's fraught relationships. Under Bastion Carboni's meticulous direction, the production isn't stagy at all,..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Brand Upon the Brain

Art and advertising collide in the burgeoning genre of branded documentary

"...political tranquility, Tide has been there, a DayGlo orange-and-yellow bastion of consistency in a forever-changing world, manufacturing detergents and..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Woyzeck

Staged in a rough space, this poor man's tragedy is rough-edged as well

"...but segments – such as the songs sung by Bastion Carboni – suggest most clearly what Poison Apple strives..."

June 17, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake)

At times the play's quirky elements get in the way of its touching study of grief

"...the Blue Theatre was the right venue for Director Bastion Carboni's staging. When the action moves above for bit..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

'Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake)'

Ghostly celebs and a killer apartment make a holiday show for the rest of us

"...No, notes Bastion Carboni, artistic director for Poison Apple Initiative, which is..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Eurydice

The best way to describe Different Stages' retelling of the myth: beautiful

"...According to the Greek legend, Orpheus (Bastion Carboni) loses his bride, Eurydice (Nicole Swahn), right after..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Classics Comeback

Are the great dramas of yore reclaiming their place on Austin's stages?

"...say to us now than it did in 1664." Bastion Carboni, whose Poison Apple Initiative production of No Exit..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

FronteraFest Short Fringe, Week One

A night full of the unexpected surprises that make FronteraFest worth going to

"...could not have been more different from one another. Bastion Carboni's "A Cure for Boredom," which led off the..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Risk Immersion

Time again to sink deeply into FronteraFest's exhilarating experiments in performance

"..."A Cure for Boredom" by Bastion Carboni. A lighthearted buddy comedy – about suicide. A..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Marisol

Vestige Group has the pieces of an interesting puzzle, but most don't fit together

"...a shut-in with insight that belies his mental imbalance. Bastion Carboni impresses as a man literally falling apart, and..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Pan's Labyrinth

Pan’s Labyrinth catapults Guillermo del Toro to the top ranks of international filmmakers: His dark and fertile imagination appears to have no limit.

"...childlike) is a retreat into the imagination (the final bastion that the barbarians at the gate are unable to..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

The Fox News Channel's "fair and balanced " reporting is put to the test in this partisan documentary.

"..."fair and balanced" accurately summarizes Rupert Murdoch’s right-wing cable bastion is not only fooling themselves but looking mighty dull-witted..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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