Highlander
Highlander 1986, R, 111 min. D: Russell Mulcahy; with Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery. This story of an immortal being has a cult following that spawned a couple of sequels. Sean Connery plays a Scottish Yoda to Lambert’s immortal hero; director Mulcahy runs wild with the camera.
Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life 1959, NR, 125 min. Directed by Douglas Sirk, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Lana Turner, John Gavin, Susan Kohner, Sandra Dee, Juanita Moore. In this second Hollywood remake of the Fannie Hurst sob story, Turner and Moore each play husbandless women in New York raising daughters on their own. One…
Patriot
Patriot NR. Directed by , Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Not reviewed at press time.
Frank Matter: The Beauty of My Island
Frank Matter: The Beauty of My Island NR. Directed by Klaus Lutz, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . This film is said to be “reminiscent of Chaplin and Melies, his film tells the adventures of a little man in a strange and lonely world.” The film is created totally within the camera, using…
Revenge of the Creature From the Black Lagoon
Revenge of the Creature From the Black Lagoon NR, 82 min. Directed by Jack Arnold, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Nestor Paiva, John Broomfield, Lori Nelson, John Agar. Originally filmed in 3-D, this sequel transplants the gill-man from the Amazonian wilds to a Florida aquarium.
The Golem
This rarely screened silent film is based on the Jewish folktale of the golem. Remembered as a high point in German Expressionism, with dramatically painted sets and crowd scenes and stylized acting. The Golem is played by co-director Wegener, who also directed this story a couple of other times.
Blood, Sweat & Teeth: The Gauntlet Trials
Blood, Sweat & Teeth: The Gauntlet Trials NR. Directed by , Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . This locally produced documentary about ultimate fighting follows El Paso fighter Dave Rivera as he trains for his first No Holds Barred match in Austin and travels to Macon, Georgia, for the fight. Banned in most…
Brazil: The Director’s Cut
Brazil: The Director’s Cut 1985, R, 142 min. Directed by Terry Gilliam, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin. This modern cult classic is a triumphantly dark comedy directed by one of the film world’s truly original visionaries, Terry Gilliam.…
My Little Chickadee
My Little Chickadee 1940, NR, 83 min. Directed by Edward Cline, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring W.C. Fields, Mae West, Margaret Hamilton, Joseph Calleia. West and Fields collaborated on this screenplay that spoofs Westerns. It’s a good comedy, although a bit tepid, whether due to censorial caution or the awkward merger of the…
She Done Him Wrong
She Done Him Wrong 1933, NR, 66 min. Directed by Lowell Sherman, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Mae West, Cary Grant, Gilbert Roland, Louise Beavers, Rochelle Hudson, Rafaela Ottiano, Noah Beery. Young Cary Grant is invited by bawdy Mae West to come visit her sometime in this classic West work. In this, her…
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971, G, 117 min. Directed by Robert Stevenson, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe. Oscar-winning special effects and animation sequences by Ward Kimball make this musical fantasy a perennial favorite. The story tells of the triumph of a rookie witch and some foster…
Him Write Funny
“If somebody hates me,” David Sedaris confesses in an interview with Sarah Hepola, “I just go to pieces. I mean, it doesn’t really seem fair that I’ve made my career making fun of people, and if someone makes fun of me, I fall apart. But that’s the way it is.”
Toying With Tradition
Lots has changed of late at the Empanada Parlour, Rebecca Chastenet de Géry writes, but the restaurant’s festive little pockets stuffed with spirited meat, vegetable, and fruit blends are as delicious as ever, and continue to enjoy a dedicated local following.
A Matter of Trust
12 “Blind Man Square,” in which the blindfolded group must form an 80-foot rope into a square, encourages planning and communication.
Record Reviews
Ronnie EarlHealing Time (Telarc Blues) Has it really been that long since guitarslinger Ronnie Earl (Horvath) and his buddies in Roomful of Blues used to blow through the Antone’s up on Guadalupe, slaying all the local blues fans with their horn ‘n’ guitar-driven jump ‘n’ jive? Earl can still peel the paint off a Texas…
Naked City
Florita Bell Griffin is indicted for allegedly conspiring to profit from her position as a governing board member of the state housing agency.
Rachel, Rachel
Rachel, Rachel R, 101 min. Directed by Paul Newman, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Woodward turns in a stunning performance as a shy and repressed spinster in a small town. Husband Paul Newman directs, in his first outing behind the screen.
Book Reviews
Boss Cupid by Thom Gunn Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 118 pp., $22 The book jacket is a clue: the painting of a youth, head shaved, sleek in his almost military denim and Doc Martens. But his suspenders and laces are a cheery shade of red, and around his mouth there’s a certain gentleness, composure rather…
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood updates readers on Austin’s expanding Italian restaurants.
A Matter of Trust
13 Group members are lifted and rocked back and forth in a trust exercise, which is also how residents are honored on their last day in the program.
Record Reviews
Sue FoleyLove Comin’ Down (Shanachie) When a career has been built as steadily as Sue Foley’s, where each new album shows marked growth and forward movement, there comes a time to step off the fast track and let that experience simply be heard. Foley not only takes her place alongside Susan Tedeschi, Debbie Davis, Deborah…
Council Watch
Council reluctantly approves retail in the new city hall, with the stipulation that there be no gaudy storefronts on Second Street.
Sweet Smell of Success
Sweet Smell of Success 1957, NR, 96 min. D: Alexander Mackendrick; with Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis. Still remarkably pungent, this sordid tale about the entertainment business stars Lancaster as an all-powerful Broadway gossip columnist and Curtis as the smarmy publicity agent who will do anything to curry his favor. The script by Clifford Odets and…
Book Reviews
In the Name of Salomé: A Novel by Julia Alvarez Algonquin Books, 368 pp., $23.95 Some books demand reading all at once, books where extraordinary excursions through time and place, and odysseys of the heart capture from the first page, and day turns to night before the reader lifts her eyes from the book. Julia…
Mini-Review
Cafe Spiazzo 3663 Bee Caves Road, 328-4858 Sun-Thu, 11am-9pm; Fri-Sat, 11am-10pm This is a success story. More than 10 years ago, a small Italian cafe opened in the space vacated by another success story: Castle Hill Cafe. In that spot on Lamar Boulevard behind what was then Sound Warehouse, the restaurant featured a dining room…
The Kings of Monterrey
Hanging out in Monterrey with a passel of up-and-coming Mexican rockers
Record Reviews
Deborah ColemanSoft Place To Fall (Blind Pig) Deborah Coleman might not be what Muddy Waters had in mind when he rewrote Bo Diddley’s swaggering tribute to him, “I’m a Man,” into “Mannish Boy,” but ol’ McKinley Morganfield would’ve had this beautiful blueswoman sitting on his knee quicker than Van the Man could whistle “Baby Please…
Projecting an Image
In a city filled with artists and filmmakers, Luke Savisky is an original — an innovative projectionist whose unique art has graced the surfaces of buildings, rock stars, video screens, and more for over 15 years.
Twin Peaks (Episodes Ten-Twelve)
Twin Peaks (Episodes Ten-Twelve) NR. Directed by , Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . The Alamo is showing videos of Twin Peaks episodes 10-12 in the fourth edition of its Twin Peaks Extravaganza. Devotees of the show should appreciate the chance to see it again, and newcomers will get to see what all…
Book Reviews
All Tomorrow’s Parties by William Gibson Putnam, 277 pp., $24.95 All Tomorrow’s Parties is cyberpunk prognosticator William Gibson’s attempt to pierce the technofetishistic membrane of the new millennium and should be subtitled: It’s the End of the World as We Know It and Bill Gibson Wants Us All to Feel Fine. All Tomorrow’s Parties continues…
The Coffeehouse Chronicles
Neighborhood: East Austin Address/Phone: 1707 E. Sixth, 236-8634 Hours: Mon, 8am-5pm; Tue-Sat, 8am-10pm; Sun, 9am-3pm Munchables: A few sandwiches, assorted bakery items Standard Cup o’ Joe: $1.06 Bean Source: Texas Coffee Traders Crowd: undercaffeinated morning workers, quiet smoking poets Soundtrack: Thievery Corporation, Beastie Boys, 3 Penny Opera Bonus Points: Extreme leisure, railyard percussionThe Room: Fans…
By the Hand of the Father
Previewing Alejandro Escovedo’s new autobiographical play, By the Hand of the Father.
Record Reviews
Ute LemperPunishing Kiss (Decca) In the mood for a mystery? Try figuring out why MGM hired Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow, and Shirley Manson to sing the last three 007 themes and not Ute Lemper. Or why the Propellorheads picked Shirley Bassey for “History Repeating” on 1998’s Decksanddrumsandrockandroll over this throaty Teutonic siren who makes Blazing…
Writing Rebel
Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Stewart Stern remembers writing Rebel Without a Cause:”I was caught up in the same kind of fervency and speed that the characters were.”
Winter Sleepers
Winter Sleepers 1997, NR, 124 min. Directed by Nick Park, Peter Lord, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Jane Horrocks, Tony Hargarth, Lynn Ferguson, Phil Daniels, Miranda Richardson, Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson. German director Twyker, who last year made his stateside splash with the audacious, invigorating Run Lola Run, made…
Book Reviews
Big Kiss: One Actor’s Desperate Attempt to Claw His Way to the Top by Henry Alford Villard, 240 pp., $19.95 With Big Kiss, humorist Henry Alford joins a first-person tradition advanced recently by the likes of David Sedaris, Joe Queenan, and P.J. O’Rourke. The premise that this Vanity Fair writer (and ex-Spy staffer) decides upon?…
A Matter of Trust
Kenny Braun’s elegant photography has appeared in The Austin Chronicle for years. We are honored to share his photo essay on the Travis County Community Supervision & Corrections Department SMART Program. Originally an alcohol rehab service (SMART stands for “Supervision & Monitoring of Alcohol-Related Treatment”), the ropes challenge course has since evolved to meet the…
Dancing About Architecture
The Gourds weren’t Phishing for trouble when they covered “Gin and Juice”; the Meat Puppets have (probably) found a new home.
Record Reviews
Queens of the Stone AgeRated R (Interscope) Somebody notify K-Tel: There’s a new free-associative companion to R.E.M.’s “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” and Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” — Queens of the Stone Age’s “Feel Good Hit of the Summer.” It’s a bona fide…
Screenwriter Stewart Stern’s Filmography
Teresa (Fred Zinnemann, 1951) Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955) The Rack (1956), screen adaptation of a teleplay by Rod Serling The James Dean Story (Robert Altman, 1957) Thunder in the Sun (1959), co-written with director Russell Rouse The Outsider (Delbert Mann, 1961), co-written with William Bradford Huie The Ugly American (1963), screen adaptation…
Titan A.E.
Titan A.E. 2000, PG, 95 min. Directed by Gary Goldman, Don Bluth, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Alex D. Linz, Ron Perlman, John Leguizamo, Tone Loc, Janeane Garofalo, Nathan Lane, Bill Pullman, Drew Barrymore, Matt Damon. With five writers — among them Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Joss Whedon — it’s no wonder that…
Postscripts
Remembering Austin poet and musician Glen Alyn.
A Matter of Trust
1 The start of a new day: SMART program facilitator Greg Glover prepares the course for a “partnered climb” challenge, one of the exercises in Travis County’s ropes course, an alternative-sentencing program designed to teach probationers communication, planning, and goal-setting.
Record Reviews
Billy Bragg & WilcoMermaid Avenue Vol. II (Elektra)’Til We Outnumber ‘Em: The Songs of Woody Guthrie (Righteous Babe) Even though they’re nowhere to be found on these latest paeans to the Oklahoma-born populist poet, it’s worth pointing out that Rage Against the Machine would be nothing without Woody Guthrie. It was Guthrie who more or…
Record Reviews
Nashville PussyHigh as Hell (TVT) The Nashpuss has always been equal parts schtick and blistering rock & roll, scabby trailer-park trappings and Gibson prowess, courtesy of lead singer Blaine and wife Ruyter, so it’s no surprise High as Hell finds the band headed equally in both directions at once. Blaine’s kerosene-throat vocals are as scabrous…
Short Cuts
Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.
Croupier
Croupier 1998, NR, 89 min. Directed by Mike Hodges, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Clive Owen, Kate Hardie, Alex Kingston, Gina McKee, Nicholas Ball, Kate Fenwick, Nick Reding. “A wave of emotion came over him. He was hooked again: watching people lose.” That’s how Jack Manfred (Owen), the titular croupier, views himself and…
Off the Bookshelf
This Is Blythe by Gina Garan Chronicle Books, 96 pp., $12.95 (paper) Except for her comeback as Karen Carpenter in Todd Haynes’ cult hit film Superstar, Barbie has sunk far from grace. Luckily, the plastic-idol power-vacuum caused by her descent has been filled by photographer Gina Garan. In This Is Blythe, a cute little collection…
A Matter of Trust
2 Program participants build trust by being responsible for each other’s safety.
Record Reviews
Johnny CashLove, God, Murder (Columbia/Legacy) The songs of Johnny Cash have been anthologized many times and in a variety of different configurations, but this 3-CD set is very different from the many greatest-hits that precede it. This career-spanning collection is so distinctive, in fact, simultaneously celebrating Cash’s unique artistry and providing a delightful overview of…
Big River
How healthy is Austin’s Colorado River?
Video Reviews
Mosquito aka Blood Fever, Nightswarm D: Gary Jones (1995); with Gunnar Hansen, Ron Asheton, John Reneaud, Margaret Gomoll, Josh Becker. Get the Deep-Woods Off! It’s a mosquito the size of a German Shepherd, armed with a proboscis as big around as a carrot, which it jabs into various eye sockets, chests, thighs, and even butt…
Shaft
Shaft 2000, R, 98 min. Directed by John Singleton, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Mekhi Phifer, Pat Hingle, Philip Bosco, Lynne Thigpen, Josef Sommer, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Roundtree, Toni Collette, Dan Hedaya, Busta Rhymes, Christian Bale, Jeffrey Wright, Vanessa Williams, Samuel L. Jackson. John Shaft is back … and he’s still the man,…
Off the Bookshelf
ESPN: The Uncensored History by Michael Freeman Taylor, 286 pp., $24.95 Is ESPN: The Uncensored History the first critical analysis of the popular sports network — as its publisher claims — or is it the work of a rebuffed job-seeker who may have an axe to grind? Yes. New York Times sports reporter Michael Freeman…
A Matter of Trust
3 “Greeters” assist a resident after the “Leap of Faith” jumping exercise. Serving as a greeter teaches a resident healthy, appropriate touching and social skills.
Record Reviews
Down to the Promised Land: Five Years of Bloodshot Records (Bloodshot) Has it really been five years since Bloodshot loosed their brand of honky-skronk on an unsuspecting world? From high atop the Bloodshot World Headquarters in midtown Chicago, the label started with a scant 7-inch from Moonshine Willy, followed by releases from the Waco Brothers…
Bullish on Protection
The Colorado River may stand as one of the last bastions of fresh river water in Central Texas, but one need look no further than the urban creeks and springs that feed the Colorado to understand just what the threats are to Austin’s water supply. Like the much-publicized fight to preserve Barton Creek in the…
Video Reviews
Red Line D: John Sjogren (1996); Chad McQueen, Julie Strain, Michael Madsen, Dom DeLuise, Corey Feldman, Jan-Michael Vincent, Roxana Zal, Chuck Zito. What would you have to say about a movie from the mid-Nineties that corrals Chad McQueen, Julie Strain, Michael Madsen, Dom DeLuise, Corey Feldman, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Roxana Zal? You might say: a)…
Pop & Me
Pop & Me 1999, NR, 90 min. Directed by Chris Roe, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . The idea’s catchy enough: Father and son travel the world together for six months, interviewing other fathers and sons in an attempt to demystify the tricky blood bond. And considering the timing of its release (Father’s…
Local Bestsellers
Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.
A Matter of Trust
4 Residents warm up before exercises begin.
Record Reviews
The Johnny Staats ProjectWires & Wood (Giant) A UPS driver by day and coon-hunter by night, Johnny Staat’s virtuosity on the mandolin has swooned a millionaire into volunteering to be his roadie and a pet-store owner into dropping his business to be his manager. It seems that everyone from common strangers to country hat acts…
What’s on Tap?
It may be difficult to forecast what the future holds for the Colorado River, but a recent report card on Austin released by Texas Clean Water Action indicates that the city’s water system is one of the safest among major metropolitan water supply systems in the state. CWA program director Sparky Anderson explains that the…
Video Reviews
Primary ColorsD: Mike Nichols (1998); with John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Adrian Lester, Maura Tierney, Larry Hagman, Diane Ladd. I was talking politics with a bunch of filmmakers recently when one grandly stated, “That’s why Primary Colors is the best political film ever.” I gave a start; I thought it was…
Second Helpings: Wedding Venues
Chronicle Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood surveys local wedding venues.
Page Two
Reflecting on Alternatives
A Matter of Trust
5 Residents are shown how to put on the climbing belt before an exercise only once; they learn to listen to instructions and to trust their fellow participants, who check belts for safety.
Record Reviews
Knife in the WaterRed River (Overcoat) Austin quintet Knife in the Water caught a good many ears with their debut, Plays One Sound and Others, and have proven themselves worthy of the attention and accolades they’ve piled up touring since that album’s release with a strong second effort, Red River. Their music has the world-weary…
Room at the Inn
Case Marianella homeless shelter provides a badly needed haven for homeless Spanish-speaking immigrants.
TV Eye
With PBS’ Point of View (POV) documentary series, columnist Belinda Acosta has found a place where her ideals about the medium collide with reality.
Six Degrees of Ron Berry
With another acting job in a new play, his own new theatre about to open, his own stage company that champions theatre as something fun as well as substantive, and a lot of friends to help him make “good stuff” onstage, is Ron Berry the Happiest Man in Austin?
Public Notice
This week, to celebrate Father’s Day, “Public Notice” makes room for daddies and implores dykes to check their boobies.
A Matter of Trust
6 As they make their way across the high-element, multiwire exercise, residents communicate what they need from their belay team below.
Record Reviews
Belle & SebastianFold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant (Matador) Five minutes into Belle & Sebastian’s Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, it’s clear this elusive Scottish septet knows its formula. Famous for their maddeningly wry lyrics and chief vocalist Stuart Murdoch’s reedlike, wispy croon, Belle & Sebastian have achieved…
Left Out in the Cold
On the morning of May 19, Honduran worker Jose Israel Lopez Guerrero, 26, was beaten to death in front of witnesses under the bridge at Springdale Road near Boggy Creek. The assailants — whom police believe live in the neighborhood — ran away on foot. The murder is still unsolved. The bridge under which Guerrero…
House Party
House Party 1990, R, 100 min. Directed by Reginald Hudlin, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Robin Harris, Tisha Campbell, A.J. Johnson, Martin Lawrence. The Hudlin brothers filmmaking team and the jokester duo Kid ’n’ Play all broke out of the pack with this “urban” teen comedy that spawned a…
The Butcher’s Daughter
Jennifer Haley has run a mini-marathon with her play The Butcher’s Daughter. “I started writing this play about 3 1/2 years ago,” says the playwright, “about the time I went to Seattle, because basically I didn’t know anyone and had nothing better to do than sit around in the dreary weather.” Haley, who has roots…
After a Fashion
GETTING INTO THERAPY “Does it have to be today?” she said in a voice pleading for mercy. “I’m a wreck; Channel 8 is coming to film a photo exhibition that we’ve just hung, and I haven’t slept in 24 hours.” “Yes,” I said pitilessly, “Today. I need a new column, and you’re it.” And with…
A Matter of Trust
7 “Australian trolleys”: Ten residents are challenged to walk in sync for 100 yards without knocking each other off, at the same time avoiding “obstacles,” which represent criminal behaviors they want to abstain from. They can also pick up “power pellets,” which represent future strength in the community, along the way.
Record Reviews
Bedhead Loved MachaMacha Loved Bedhead (Jetset) Who would’ve thought a one-off, long-distance collaboration between two bands could result in some of the most compelling material either band ever recorded? Having grown up together in Wichita Falls, Bedhead’s Matt and Bubba Kadane always wanted to work with Macha’s Joshua and Mischo McKay, but the former operated…
Naked City
University of Texas employees will be staging a sickout to protest low pay and benefits; citizen planners in the East Cesar Chavez Neighborhood Planning Team are honored for their work; the Dawson Neighborhood Association tries to reach a compromise to keep Southwestern Bell from tearing down homes in their neighborhood; The Save Our Springs Alliance…
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
A Time to Love and a Time to Die NR, 133 min. Directed by Douglas Sirk, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Filmed in Germany and in CinemaScope, this story is based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel A Time to Live and a Time to Die. Changing “Live” to “Love” in true…
Articulations
More cultural philanthropy and a disturbing Statesman report on same.
Day Trips
Texas Hills Vineyards brings a little bit of the southern European charm to the Texas Hill Country. From the Mediterranean architecture of the winery’s tasting room entrance to the flavor and style of the wines, a visit to the vineyards outside of Johnson City is reminiscent of a journey to the Italian countryside. “Italian-style wines…
A Matter of Trust
8 In the “Leap of Faith,” residents climb atop a 35-foot pole and tell the group why they’re jumping and what they want to leave behind, then jump for the bar. The exercise helps reinforce goals and provides a sense of accomplishment.
Record Reviews
Dirty ThreeWhatever You Love, You Are (Touch & Go) Definition of a good song? Answers are as numerous as the stars. Still, one criterion has to be a sense of wanting more. The same feeling one gets from “Lullabye for Christine,” the closing track of Whatever You Love, You Are, the fifth album from Australians…
Naked City
CAMPO adopts a 25-year plan that calls for bigger, longer roads and full funding for Austin’s transportation plans, a stipulation that will require some creative funding solutions.
Grease
Grease 1978, PG, 112 min. D: Randal Kleiser; with Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta. What’s four decades old and keeps on ticking? Or should that be sliding? The answer is Grease, the multigenerational phenomenon and one of the most widely seen movie musicals on the planet.
Exhibitionism
She was Pop before Andy silkscreened soup cans or Oldenburg piled up erasers, and the Blanton Museum of Art’s new exhibition “From Zero to Infinity: Yayoi Kusama in Context” shows her pioneering influence in a survey of Pop Art that is freakin’ amazing.
Mr. Smarty Pants
Eleven percent of families with children have one or more parents with a disability.Pica is an eating disorder in which people compulsively eat non-food items such as clay, talcum powder, charcoal, and cigarette ash. Eating dirt, also known as geophagia, is described by many as an irresistible craving.The Austin American-Statesman’s e-mail system automatically trashes any…
A Matter of Trust
9 Moments after coming back down to earth from an exercise
Record Reviews
Bobo StensonSerenity (ECM) Since the late 1960s, Bobo Stenson has been a major jazz pianist not well known in the States, because he’s based in Sweden. His work is reminiscent of Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, but he developed a unique style decades ago. This exquisite 2-CD set with bassist Anders Jormin and drummer Jan…
Naked City
CAMPO backs SH 130 but doesn’t vote on an alignment, the most contentious issue surrounding the proposed I-35 bypass.
Film Action IV
Film Action IV NR. Directed by Luke Savisky, Golden Arm Trio, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Film Action IV by Luke Savisky and the Golden Arm Trio is a combined presentation of Savisky’s unique film collages and light projections with the music of local soundscape artists, Golden Arm Trio. Savisky’s multiprojector film/installation/performance…
Exhibitionism
In his latest script, playwright Kirk Lynn sends the Rude Mechanicals off to War, and the result is another Rude Mechs show that is conceptual and cryptic, literary and obscure, but also very funny, with the company managing to make genuinely original observations on conflict and escapism in the energetic realm of absurdist comedy.
Coach’s Corner
Ray Lewis may not have committed murder, but he’s hardly the wronged innocent that the media are now making him out to be.
A Matter of Trust
10 After exercises, residents discuss their challenges, make analogies, and learn to apply lessons and skills to everyday life.
Record Reviews
Matthew Shipp QuartetPastoral Composure (Thirsty Ear)Matthew Shipp Duo with Mat ManeriGravitational Systems (hatOLOGY)Other Dimensions in Music Special Quintet w/Matthew Shipp Time Is of the Essence Is Beyond Time (AUM Fidelity) A common suspicion of “outside” artists permeates both the art and music world. Are these individuals different because it’s all they can be? Throughout history,…
Naked City
CAMPO’s 25-year transportation plan, which calls for pretty much every road in the Austin area to get bigger and longer, is based on projections that predict the Austin metro population will double, and the Williamson County population quadruple, by 2025. In the list below, metro sub-areas are ranked by amount of forecasted growth, configured as…
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry 1960, NR, 145 min. Directed by Richard Brooks, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons. This screenplay (which won an Oscar for writer-director Brooks) is definitely a Hollywoodized version of the original novel by Sinclair Lewis. Nevertheless, Lancaster and Simmons are scorching as the con artist and the evangelist…
Exhibitionism
Second Stone Theatre’s A Mid-Indian Summer Night’s Dream takes the play out of Athens and sets it in Austin (kind of), but while the idea is striking, the production doesn’t make the transition as completely as it could.
About AIDS
Join some of Austin’s finest performers as they honor fathers and daddies with respect, humor, and thoughtfulness. Folktales, family stories, monologues and selected readings explore and describe a variety of fathering experiences any Dad – or anyone who has had one – can identify with and enjoy. All proceeds benefit the Uganda Children’s Charity Fund,…
A Matter of Trust
11 Shortly after two climbers have made their way across, a dove perches peacefully on a two-line bridge.
Record Reviews
Terence BlanchardWandering Moon (Sony Classical) After parting ways with Columbia following 1996’s misguided lark to Brazil, The Heart Speaks, Crescent City son Terence Blanchard killed a few years blowing Spike Lee joints before going all cinematic on last year’s B-movie comeback of sorts Jazz in Film. Having settled into a handsome home at the free-thinking…
Naked City
Mayor Kirk Watson announces a transportation plan with something for everyone.
Manhattan
Manhattan 1979, R, 96 min. Directed by Woody Allen, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep. Allen’s stunning use of black-and-white cinematography (by Gordon Willis) and music score by Gershwin makes this meditation on love and life in New York one of his most memorable…
