Double Agent 73
Double Agent 73 1974, R, 73 min. Directed by Doris Wishman, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Chesty Morgan, Frank Silvano. Chesty Morgan, the abundantly endowed star of many of Doris Wishman’s soft-core nudies, plays a secret agent who has 35mm cameras surgically implanted in her breasts. It’s over the top and makes little…
Jack the Giant Killer
Jack the Giant Killer 1962, NR, 94 min. D: Nathan Juran. Stop-action animation, blue-screen work, matte backgrounds, and a rollicking fantasy story make this one for the ages. Princes and princesses, warlocks and giants mix it up mightily and guess who come out the winners? The movie was also shot in fabulous Fantascope.
Comacho Homegrown Film Festival
Comacho Homegrown Film Festival NR. Directed by Various, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . East Austin youth (ages six to 14) put their imaginations and their mettle to the test by writing, shooting (on digital video cameras), editing, and acting in their own films. Their efforts, including shorts about killer monkeys and the…
God of Gamblers’ Return
God of Gamblers’ Return 1994, NR, 134 min. Directed by Jing Wong, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Wu Hsin-Kuo, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Chingmy Yau. This 1994 Hong Kong action/comedy amalgam is one of several sequels to Wong’s original God of Gamblers, which chronicled the otherworldly card-trickery of Chow’s Ko Chun.…
Readings
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath edited by Karen V. Kukil Anchor Books, 732 pp., $18 (paper) “I am made, crudely, for success,” modern literature’s most famous suicide wrote in 1958. Unfortunately, Sylvia Plath never got to enjoy her phenomenal literary fortune. Her second book of poetry, Ariel, became the bestselling book of poetry of…
Record Reviews
Don Rich & the BuckaroosCountry Pickin’: The Don Rich Anthology (Sundazed)Buck Owens and His BuckaroosLive at Carnegie Hall (Sundazed) Don Rich and Buck Owens began a musical collaboration in 1959 that, quite simply, produced some of the best country music of the next decade. Rich, 13 years the junior, was a fiddler when the two…
Renewing the Rainbow
A Preview of the Gay / Lesbian Right Lobby Agenda for the 77th Legislature
Video Reviews
Not too serious and never insulting, this is a subtle superhero film that relies more on themes than special effects.
Cautiously Optimistic
Ünloco Title: Healing Label: Maverick Release Date: March 20 Who?: “It’s one of those fairy tale stories,” admits frontman Joey Duenas. Last summer, Ünloco guitarist Brian Arthur stood outside Stubb’s to have his CD signed by Goldfinger. After getting the autographs, he also passed along a copy of Ünloco’s six-song EP. A few weeks later,…
The Amati Girls
The Amati Girls PG, 91 min. Directed by Anne Desalvo, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Mercedes Ruehl, Paul Sorvino, Cloris Leachman, Sean Young, Dinah Manoff, Lily Knight, Lee Grant, Mark Harmon, Jamey Sheridan. Not reviewed at press time. No advance press screenings were held for this film by first-time writer/director Anne DeSalvo, who…
Readings
When I’m Dead All This Will Be Yours: Joe Teller, a Portrait by His Kid, Teller by Teller Blast Books, 128 pp., $24.95 On the heels of family biographies like Margaret Salinger’s biography of her famous father, it should serve as at least some consolation that someone still loves and worships his parents. Take Teller,…
Record Reviews
New PornographersMass Romantic (Mint) The New Pornographers are a group of Vancouver scenesters with an interesting indie pop pedigree. On their debut, Mass Romantic, songwriters Carl Newman (Zumpano) and Daniel Bejar (Destroyer) are joined by filmmaker Blaine Thurier, John Collins (Evaporators), Kurt Dahle (Limblifter), and insurgent country star Neko Case for a full-on frolic through…
360 Degrees of Separation
The Austin 360 Summit returns sadder, and wiser, this year than it was in its two previous incarnations.
TV Eye
A look at four new reality-based series trying to beat Survivor 2: Australian Outback to the punch. Good luck. Also, the latest twists on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Cautiously Optimistic
Double Trouble Title: Been a Long Time Label: Tone-Cool Release Date: February 6 These Guys Sound Familiar: After local supergroup Storyville split in 1998, Texas’ best-known rhythm section, bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton, wanted a vehicle for songs they’d written themselves. By the time they’d enlisted nearly two dozen friends to help record…
Readings
Guess Again: Short Stories by Bernard Cooper Simon & Schuster, 208 pp., $21 Two characters from one of the stories in Bernard Cooper’s collection, Guess Again, engage in the following exchange at a tempestuous dinner party: “Things come together in ways you’d never expect,” one says, to which the other replies, “And fall apart in…
Record Reviews
Geddy LeeMy Favorite Headache (Atlantic) You guessed it. It sounds like a Rush album. Of course, since Geddy Lee is the voice of the seemingly immortal Canadian power trio, it’s tough to imagine that his solo debut wouldn’t bear an uncanny resemblance to said band. To be specific, My Favorite Headache most sounds like a…
Big Ideas
The Austin Idea Network, the social-action collective of tech leaders spawned by last year’s 360.00 Summit, rolled out details of its first four projects at this year’s event. They are: Affordable Housing and Neighborhoods The Network has “adopted” East Austin’s Chestnut neighborhood and will, with the support of its corporate and individual sponsors, help Chestnut…
A Comparison of Professional Culinary Programs in Austin
ACC Austin Community College Culinary Arts Program Prerequisites: High school diploma or equivalent Program started: 1999 Tuition: AAS degree: $11,000; Culinary Arts certificate: $5,000. Scholarship opportunities: yes Approx. number of students: 150 Faculty: 3 full time, 5 adjuncts Student/teacher ratio: Classroom: up to 30/1; Lab/hands-on: 12/1 Student profile: Average age: 26; Age range: 19-65 Externship:…
Cautiously Optimistic
Patty Griffin Title: Silver Bells Label: A&M Release Date: Spring What To Expect: If Patty Griffin’s fans are divided between those who like the sparseness of the local singer-songwriter’s Living With Ghosts from 1996 and supporters of 1998’s decidedly more rock-oriented Flaming Red, the forthcoming Silver Bells might just unite them. If it does, Griffin…
Local Bestsellers
Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.
Record Reviews
Wu-Tang ClanThe W (Loud) Turn your back on the Wu-Tang Clan and they’ll snap your neck like a twig. This should’ve been obvious, but the first half of the Clan’s third CD The W is just spotty enough to lull listeners into believing the Staten Island Shao-Lin masters’ kung-fu has taken one too many kicks…
Off the Desk
Hate crimes legislation, Rick Perry, Senfronia Thompson, and the Governor’s ex-lobbyist staff members.
A Reading List for Aspiring Chefs
Becoming a Chef, With Recipes and Reflections From America’s Leading Chefs by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 352 pp., $29.95 paper) Based on interviews with 60 top American chefs, this now-classic volume describes career stories and provides advice to those starting on a professional culinary path.Careers for Gourmets and Others Who Relish…
Cautiously Optimistic
Dynamite Hack Title: TBA Label: Farmclub/Universal Release Date: Late summer What to Expect: Since last year’s bestselling Austin release Superfast was recorded independently on a small budget, Dynamite Hack sees this album as their proper major-label debut. “We finally have cash and time,” says guitarist/singer Mark Morris. “The other records were made so fast because…
Page Two
Looking ahead to SXSW, an appreciation of Sandra Bullock’s underrated comic talent, and a goodbye to Advertising Director Pattie Moon.
Record Reviews
Jello BiafraBecome the Media — Spoken Word Album #6 (Alternative Tentacles) If you ever wonder how the average rock star would do as an orator, tune in to an awards show and watch how most stumble over the most rudimentary quips even with the aid of a teleprompter. Former Dead Kennedys frontman-cum-raconteur Jello Biafra is…
Naked City
The Austin City Council is back from their winter break, and they have a full schedule ahead of them.
Where Some Austin Chefs Attended Culinary School
Alma Alcocer-Thomas (Jeffrey’s): Cordon Bleu, Paris Stuart Scruggs (Brio Vista): Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Roberto Santibanez (Fonda San Miguel): Cordon Bleu Wm. Emmett Fox (ASTI): CIA Will Packwood (Emilia’s): CIA Marion Gilchrist (La Traviata): California Culinary Academy Harvey Harris (Siena): Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners Jean-Luc Salles (Jean-Luc’s Bistro): Culinary Institute of Talence, Bordeaux…
Cautiously Optimistic
Bob Schneider Title: Lonelyland Label: Universal Release Date: March 13 Him Again?: Thirteen months ago, Bob Schneider delivered his Lonelyland album to one store, in one city: Waterloo Records. Nearly 15,000 copies and three KGSR singles later, Universal Records will re-release the album in March to many stores in many cities. “When I brought the…
Second Helpings: Catfish Hunter
You like catfish? Do your friends know you as “the one who eats catfish”? Have we got a “Second Helpings” for you.
Public Notice
This week, “Public Notice” travels far and wide across gender limits and the Kalahari to bring you’re the best in Austin community events.
Record Reviews
The OffspringConspiracy of One (Columbia) Finding a distinctive sound and distinguishing pace is no crime; the Ramones and ABBA made whole careers of it. Except the Offspring don’t have the universal appeal of ABBA, or the stamina of the Ramones, and their musically spare, testosterone-driven latest release, Conspiracy of One, is naked proof. They’re smart,…
Naked City
The Downtown Austin Alliance presented its annual Impact Awards to groups and individuals responsible for “revitalizing” the Central Business District, but not everyone is happy with what they consider downtown gentrification.
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood corrects a mistake she made in a previous column and uncovers some news in the process.
Cautiously Optimistic
Schatzi Title: TBA Label: TBA Release Date: TBA Who?: Dual Schatzi frontmen Monty and Chris have been playing together since a 1991 meeting in Oklahoma City, performing locally as Schatzi since 1996. After earning a small but consistent local following, they recorded their second full-length last year with producer Ed Rose (Get Up Kids, Ultimate…
A Question of Beauty
The function of beauty is to connect our innermost being to the world.
Lines in the Sand
A preview of the Austin delegation agenda for the 77th Legislature
Naked City
Bill Clinton signs an executive order allowing government officials to lobby right after leaving office — showing, his critics say, a deep cynicism.
Cautiously Optimistic
Look who’s releasing records this year!
Dancing About Architecture
Jimmie Vaughan skips Dubya’s inaugural ball, while the Austin Music Network gets a reprieve from the city as the SIMS Foundation tries to spend $62,000 and fast.
Putting It Together
Impish and powerful. To watch Austin Symphony maestro Peter Bay at work on the podium is to see a conductor leading musicians as if he were the music itself — his body swaying, soaring, as he cajoles and rouses the notes from his orchestra. But when the music is over, and it is time to…
After a Fashion
What was up with that tacky television coverage of Austin’s local New Year’s Eve celebration? Find out inside!
Lines in the Sand
Sen. Jeff Wentworth District 25 (San Antonio) Capitol Office: CAP 1E.09 Capitol Phone: 512/463-0125 District Address: 1250 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 720 San Antonio, TX 78209 District Phone: 210/826-7800 Jeff Wentworth understands personally the importance of redistricting. In 1991, he was a state rep from San Antonio, and had designs on the Senate seat about…
The Hightower Lowdown
Sweat It Out; Old School
Cautiously Optimistic
Damnations Title: TBA Label: Sire Release Date: April/May Why the Delay: The Damnations’ Half Mad Moon was released in 1998, and a merger between Sire and London the following year is said to be largely to blame for the holdup. “[Sire President] Seymour Stein was on our side the whole time,” says singer Deborah Kelly,…
Record Reviews
Jimmy SmithDot Com Blues (Blue Thumb) The name Jimmy Smith has been synonymous with the funky sounds of the Hammond B-3 organ ever since he exploded onto the national scene in the mid-Fifties to turn the jazz world on its ear. After 45 years of being the pre-eminent musician on his instrument, there’s hardly a…
Articulations
Requiem for the founder of the St. Edward’s University theatre program and co-founder of Washington, D.C.’s Arena Stage, Edward Magnum
Mr. Smarty Pants
A few more toys for your attic.
Lines in the Sand
Rep. Terry Keel, R-Austin House District 47 (Austin) Capitol Office: E2.208 Capitol Phone: 512/463-0652 The former deputy sheriff often focuses on criminal justice issues and transportation — with a particular interest in Capital Metro. He has openly discussed the necessity of redrawing district lines in a way that would move Republicans out of his strongly…
Che Bella
The Austin Film Society’s series is called “Che Bella: Italy in the 60s,” but the story really begins — as does all of modern cinema — in the streets of Rome, in May of 1944. Nick Barbaro looks at Italian neorealism and the movies it inspired.
Cautiously Optimistic
Kacy Crowley Title: Boys in the Attic Label: Atlantic Release Date: May/June Her Assessment: “It’s Cat Stevens meets Earth, Wind & Fire,” says Crowley of an album recorded last year in Venice, Calif., with producer Fred Maher (Luna, Matthew Sweet, Nada Surf). “Actually, I don’t know that it sounds anything like that, but it’s not…
Record Reviews
John Scofield Works for Me (Verve) Considering the participants on this date, alto saxman Kenny Garrett, pianist Brad Meldau, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Billy Higgins — all but Meldau considered hard-driving musicians — this is a surprisingly laid-back and relaxed date. Leader John Scofield, among jazz’s premier fusion guitarists, wrote all of the compositions,…
Exhibitionism
The Austin Lyric Opera production of Cold Sassy Tree, Carlisle Floyd’s sweet, simple opera of blooming love between a small-town Georgia shopkeeper and a much younger woman, featured a fine ensemble giving heartwarming performances, but their efforts were repeatedly wrecked by poorly executed set changes that brought the show to a halt.
Day Trips
Vintage hotrods and muscle cars at the Marshall Car Museum and Showroom.
Lines in the Sand
Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin House District 50 (Austin) Capitol Office: E2.808 Capitol Phone: 512/463-0506 Dukes represents East Austin, perhaps the safest seat in the district, and she readily mentioned redrawing lines in a way that will help to Travis Co. Democrats. “I will work to help my brothers Naishtat and Maxey,” she said. (She did…
The Schedule
All shows are free at the Arbor Cinema, 10000 Research, Tuesdays at 7:30pm. For more info, call AFS at 322-0145. Jan 23: Red Desert (1964, Michelangelo Antonioni) Jan 30: Mamma Roma (1962, Pier Paolo Pasolini) Feb 6: Rocco and His Brothers (1960, Luchino Visconti) Feb 13: Accatone (1961, Pier Paolo Pasolini) Feb 20: 8 1/2…
Cautiously Optimistic
Charlie Robison Title: Step Right Up Label: Columbia/Lucky Dog Release Date: April 10 His Assessment: “There’s one that’s really folksy, a couple that are funny, another that’s almost way too country, and an Irish-style song I wrote. In other words, it’s not a concept record.” More to the point, Robison says it’s not drastically different…
Kent Oscar, P.i.
Kent Oscar, P.i. NR. Directed by Kenneth Austin, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Rick Bartlett, Chris Dannenberg, Mike Gerecke, Lisa Mackenzie, Michael Austin. Not reviewed at press time. Round Rock resident Kenneth Austin shot this detective film in various Austin locations. The first-timer’s film is a noir-styled murder mystery about a private eye…
Exhibitionism
In her new script A Name for a Ghost to Mutter, playwright Cyndi Williams uses the fuel for great drama: colorful writing, focus on relationships, big climax, tidy resolution. But while all the hard parts are accounted for, all the right moves taken, the play stops just short of smoking.
About AIDS
Marijuana gets stealthy.
Lines in the Sand
Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos District 14 (Austin) Capitol Office: 1E.09 Capitol Phone: 512/463-0114 “My agenda has got to remain somewhat fluid,” says Barrientos, “but it will include teachers, kids, and state employees.” Indeed, he’s become the teachers’ go-to guy in the Senate, and he’ll be working the education beat again this session. “Teachers in Texas are…
A History of Collaboration
Some day, someone will put together a family tree of Italian cinema, but for now, let’s just look at some of the career highlights of the directors featured in this AFS series: Federico Fellini got his start as a writer and assistant director on Open City, then on Rossellini’s next film, Paisan. He also wrote…
Cautiously Optimistic
Abra Moore Title: TBA Label: J Records Release Date: TBA What Took So Long?: “I’ve been takin’ care of business,” says Moore of the follow-up to 1997’s Strangest Places. For starters, she’s followed Arista founder Clive Davis to the “instant major label” he formed last August, J Records. “It’s been an interesting transitional time, both…
Snatch
Ritchie’s second feature is part broad comic farce and part grisly charnel house humor.
Exhibitionism
For the debut of his new Austin Playhouse company, Don Toner provides a time-travel trip back to 1948 with old Moss Hart and his play about putting on a play, Light Up the Sky. And the trip is one sure to leave a smile.
Coach’s Corner
This year’s NFL playoffs aren’t exactly measuring up to the classics of all time.
Lines in the Sand
Rep. Rick Green, R-Dripping Springs House District 46 (Dripping Springs) Capitol Office: Room E2.314 Capitol Phone: 512/463-0498 If Naishtat and Maxey represent the left of the delegation, Rick Green defines the ideological right. “I’ve filed several cleanup bills,” Green said, “mainly involving some additional requirements for a diploma. I want the state to require an…
Suggested Viewing
No guarantees, but I believe each of these films is available from at least one of Austin’s finer video rental stores. The Essential Neorealism Open City (1945, Roberto Rossellini) A communist, a prostitute, and a Catholic priest walk into a war… Paisan (1946, Rossellini) Fellini co-scripted this rather quaint episodic film: six vignettes about life…
Cautiously Optimistic
Spoon Title: Girls Can Tell Label: Merge Release Date: February 20 His Assessment: “It’s the best Spoon album by far,” says Britt Daniel of the trio’s first LP since its 1998 parting with Elektra. “It’s got the best songs, best lyrics, and best playing. It’s a lot more emotional. People that have heard it say…
Social Studies
James Hynes’ satires of academia allow the author to say funny things about serious people.
Culinary Studies
In the early Nineties, in the throes of one of my serial midlife crises, I conceived the notion that I wanted to go to cooking school. Information wonk that I was (am), I scoured the data options available at the time — at the public library, in the backs of food magazines, and on that…
Lines in the Sand
Rep. Ann Kitchen, D-Austin House District 48 (Austin) Capitol Office: E1.208 Capitol Phone: 512/463-0700 Former assistant attorney general Ann Kitchen easily defeated Jill Warren in November and replaces retired Dem Sherri Greenberg in the House. Kitchen, who is in the process of moving into the Capitol complex, said she’ll be working on transportation issues, and…
Blood Feast
Shadow of the Vampire isn’t just an imaginative riff on the making of F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu. “It is an allegory of an aspect of what cinema is at its heart,” says director E. Elias Merhige. “It’s this dangerous, mad kind of science.”
Cautiously Optimistic
Riddlin’ Kids Title: Hurry Up and Wait Label: Aware/Columbia Release Date: March/April Who?: Formed in 1997 under the more lawsuit-friendly Ritalin Kids moniker, they’re a fourpiece playing what guitarist/vocalist Clint Baker calls “straight-ahead pop-punk.” The Kids’ 1998 indie EP earned them a solid following in Austin punk circles, but their break from obscurity followed last…
James Hynes Reviewed
The Lecturer’s Tale: A Novel by James Hynes Picador USA, 388 pp., $25 Nelson Humboldt lost a finger. The event was more absurd than tragic. He stumbled while walking across the campus quad at the University of the Midwest in Hamilton Groves (Minnesota) where he was a lecturer (though only minutes before he had been…
Record Reviews
Drums & Tuba Vinyl Killer (Righteous Babe) Former Austinites and current New Yorkers, Drums & Tuba have always cut a wide experimental swath. On the hourlong Vinyl Killer, their debut on folk-punk singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe label, the band charts a more melodically melancholic and less frenetically freakish path. “Topolino” suggests the trio –…
Lines in the Sand
Rep. Mike Krusee, R-Round Rock House District 52 (Round Rock) Capitol Office: E2.204 Capitol Phone: 512/463-0670 District Address: 316 North Main Street, Taylor TX 76574 District Phone: 512/365-8341 Asked what’s at the top of his legislative agenda for this session, Mike Krusee pulls no punches. “Fair redistricting across the state of Texas,” he said. “Travis…
As Max Schreck, Willem Dafoe Sinks His Teeth In
Dafoe has given some of the most riveting performances of the last couple of decades. With Shadow of the Vampire, he adds one mre to the list.
Cautiously Optimistic
Davíd Garza Title: TBA Label: Lava/Atlantic Release Date: TBA Why the Delay: “Why the delay? I’m putting this out on a major label,” says Davíd Garza, noting that the blessing and curse of being on Atlantic imprint Lava is that it’s a small label with big stars (Kid Rock, Matchbox 20). In truth, Garza says…
Excerpt From The Lecturer’s Tale
In The Lecturer’s Tale, “mild-mannered liberal pluralist” Nelson Humboldt appears to be a sheep among wolves in the factional English Department at Midwest University. Having grown up on a steady diet of canonical authors, Nelson is working on becoming a literary scholar but finds himself more than a little confused by his colleagues, “the New…
Record Reviews
Aix Em Klemm (Kranky) The Pilot ShipsThe Limits of Painting and Poetry (BlueSanct) Before splintering off to Chicago a couple of years ago, Stars of the Lid turned lots of local heads toward the floor, regularly conjuring a druggy, somnolent hum-from-the-ether at the Electric Lounge and other supine-friendly establishments. Liddites Adam Wiltzie and Brian McBride…
Lines in the Sand
Rep. Glen Maxey, D-Austin House District 51 (Austin) Capitol Office: E1.420 Capitol Phone: 512/463-0552 South Austin Democrat Glen Maxey routinely passes more bills than the three Republican members of the regional delegation file, and this year will be no exception. Maxey had 37 bills pre-filed before the session opened, and says more are in the…
Short Cuts
The low-down on SXSW Film 2001, upcoming filmmaking classes, and who’s going to Park City next week.
Cautiously Optimistic
Shawn Colvin Title: TBA Label: Columbia Release Date: March 27 Why the Delay?: Shawn Colvin’s last studio album, 1996’s A Few Small Repairs, earned Record of the Year and Song of the Year Grammys for “Sunny Came Home.” The Austin-based singer-songwriter spent three years on the road, and then another year crafting this record. “A…
The Wind Will Carry Us
The Wind Will Carry Us 1999, NR, 118 min. Directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Behzad Dourani, Farzad Sohrabi. As he arrives at his modest guest quarters in Siah Dareh, a village nestled like a honeycomb into the sun-bleached hills of rural Iran, the Engineer (Dourani) shrugs, “Small things have…
Postscripts
Upcoming events in Austin’s literary life.
Record Reviews
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Mercury) The music to the new Coen Brothers movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? is so integral to the story, the film could almost be called a musical. The soundtrack to O Brother is a collection of “old time” music, though to some ears the collection of folk songs, bluegrass,…
Lines in the Sand
Rep. Elliott Naishtat, D-Austin House District 49 (Austin) Capitol Office: E1.506 Capitol Phone: 512/463-0668 When he was appointed chair of the Human Services Committee last session, Naishtat was caught between the 100 bills he had filed and the chairmanship of a committee about to undertake, among other issues, the “welfare reform” that Gov. Bush wanted…
Video Reviews
Another wildly inventive crime thriller from a criminally underappreciated director.
Cautiously Optimistic
Alejandro Escovedo Title: A Man Under the Influence Label: Bloodshot Release Date: April 17 His Assessment: “It’s better. It’s greater. It’s grander and more profound that any other record I’ve ever made or you’ve probably heard in your life,” says Escovedo only half-jokingly of his first album of new material in four years, recorded last…
The Gift
The Gift 2000, R, 112 min. Directed by Sam Raimi, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank, Katie Holmes, Michael Jeter, Kim Dickens, Gary Cole, J.K. Simmons, Chelcie Ross. The cabin that serves as one of the central locations in The Gift looks as though…
