'Biography of Physical Sensation'

Which chair will be just right for you in Rubber Repertory's new show?

"...new show – Play? Piece? Let's say experience. – Biography of Physical Sensation, which opens Oct. 14 at Salvage..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Is That a Biography in Your Pocket...?

Film Folios and Screen Prints

"...On page 69 of Emily Wortis Leider's biography Becoming Mae West (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30 hard),..."

March 13, 1998 Books Review

Cowboy Song: The Authorized Biography of Thin Lizzy's Philip Lynott

"...this complicated, maddening, beautiful man. Cowboy Song: The Authorized Biography of Thin Lizzy’s Philip Lynottby Graeme Thomson Chicago Review..."

June 16, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

True Love Cast Out All Evil

New oral history explores the head and mysteries of Austin's psych pioneer

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Janis Joplin Biography Favors Love Over Sensationalism

Author Holly George-Warren shows the love in Janis: Her Life and Music

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

The Biography of Burnt Orange

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Feature

Books of a Lifetime

Dawn Powell: A Biography

"...print. Now, with the publication of Dawn Powell: A Biography, he has also provided the first full-length biography of..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Books Feature

Basquiat

"...O'Neal. Basquiat gives the appearance of being a film biography of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, the black American painter..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

"...Colm Feore. Structured by Bach's Goldberg Variations, this film biography offers 32 brief glimpses of the short life of..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wittgenstein

In his highly stylized fashion, Derek Jarman explores the mind of the 20th century Viennese philosopher.

"...about self-identity. Staged with wit and humor, this hypothetical biography is hardly the dry recitation of a philosopher's life...."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chaplin

Robert Downey Jr. received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor with this portrayal of the film-comedy pioneer in a biopic that focuses on the tragedy that haunted Chaplin's life and his battles with the U.S. government.

"...Miller, Kevin Kline and James Woods. A sprawling, somber biography of one of the greatest film comedians and artists..."

Jan. 15, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

A Brief History of Time

"...of science. Disappointingly, the movie is a pretty uninspired biography that sticks primarily to the story of one man's..."

Oct. 30, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kafka

"...Franz Kafka. The movie is not so much a biography but rather, a speculative depiction of Kafka's daily circumstances...."

Feb. 7, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Maudie

A Canadian folk artist falls for a fishmonger

"...The biography of the self-taught Canadian artist Maud Lewis is a..."

July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Full Franklin

It's been 60 years since a biograpy of Benjamin Franklin has been written; Austin author H.W. Brands' The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin makes up for lost time.

"...As Brands' biography, The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Betty Boyd Caroli on Lady Bird and Lyndon

Betty Boyd Caroli tells the First Lady's side of the story in Lady Bird and Lyndon

"...Very much. I always saw this book as a biography of her. I didn't see it as a marriage..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Elsa Schiaparelli: A Biography

Fashion takes a backseat in this biography of the storied designer, but it's an illuminating ride anyway

"...Elsa Schiaparelli: A Biographyby Meryle Secrest; Knopf. 400pp., $35..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Arts Feature by Brandon Watson

Books Gift Guide

A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years

"...Picasso remains valuable to artistic dialogue. Also recommended in Biography ......"

Dec. 14, 2007 Books Feature by Sofia Resnick

Charlotte

Calmly heartrending animated biography of artist Charlotte Salomon

"...work and its creation that anchors Charlotte, the animated biography of her life, loves, artistry, and suffering...."

May 13, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Banker

Controversial biopic about two bankers who helped build the African-American middle class

"...Not reviewed at press time. Delayed biography of Joe Morris (Jackson) and Bernard Garrett (Mackie), two..."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review

All Is True

"Who is it that can tell me who I am?" Not this Shakespeare biopic.

"...Is True nevertheless falls into the realm of speculative biography. (In this it reminds me of last year’s release..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Maria by Callas

The genius soprano's contentious career in her own words

"...place to look if you’re in search of a biography of the star. Using archival material, the filmmaker presents..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Peter Bogdanovich sketches the outlines of the life of Buster Keaton

"...It's most reminiscent of Adam Simon's sadly underseen biography of Sam Fuller, 1996's The Typewriter, the Rifle &..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mary Shelley

Biopic of Frankenstein's creator lacks spark.

"...While fudging some of the facts of her biography, Mary Shelley intends to give the author her due...."

June 22, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

America's favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers, revealed as even kinder than you hoped

"...and a lock for another nomination here, pulls together biography, psychology, and cultural history to probe Rogers’ mission to..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program A

Breaion King arrest doc heads up the Oscar short list

"...much as his unquestioning belief in Alper's own shifting biography lacks a certain incisiveness...."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Summer Reading: Sam Phillips

Digging into the landmark bio of rock & roll’s colonel

"...shows in Austin coincided with publication of a definitive biography on the man who discovered him. Sam Phillips: The..."

June 17, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Iris

In one of his final films, doc legend Albert Maysles profiles fashion maven Iris Apfel

"...A quick-hit biography is not so immediately gleaned from the film: It..."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Last of Robin Hood

Kevin Kline is Errol Flynn in this confused story of his late-life affair with 15-year-old Beverly Aadland.

"...Last Days of Robin Hood combines shredded bits of biography, scandal-sheet gossip-mongering, and philosophical retrospective into an unsightly and,..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Blood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Created Vegas Poker

This biography of the gambling, murdering Binion captures his wild character without trying to make him likable

"...Gangster Who Created Vegas Poker. Doug J. Swanson's new biography of Texas gambling kingpin Lester Ben "Benny" Binion starts..."

July 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

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