Urban Cowboy
Only a couple years removed from his screen super-success in Saturday Night Fever, Travolta struts his way through Urban Cowboy’s modern-West parable about machismo, cowboy manqué, and mechanical bulls set among petrochemical workers in Pasadena, Texas.
The Return of Martin Guerre
The Return of Martin Guerre 1982, NR, 123 min. Directed by Daniel Vigne, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Gerard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Roger Planchon. Depardieu enacts this legend based on fact about a 16th-century peasant who returns to his wife and family as a much better man than he was when he left…
Cinemaker Co-Op & Rude Mechanicals
Cinemaker Co-Op & Rude Mechanicals NR. Directed by Various, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Off Center Screenings is a film and video series focusing on pivotal works of performance art and projects that examine the body in performance and the media. For more info call 476-7833 or see www.rudemechs.com.
Bringing it to You
Bringing it to You NR, 60 min. Directed by @tmark, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Bringing IT to YOU (NR, 60 min.) and Suicide Box (NR, 13 min.) are two videos that investigate corporate sabotage and the confused role of technology in contemporary culture. The ®TMark documentary reveals the philosphophy and tactics…
Suicide Box
Suicide Box NR, 60 min. Directed by @tmark, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Bringing IT to YOU (NR, 60 min.) and Suicide Box (NR, 13 min.) are two videos that investigate corporate sabotage and the confused role of technology in contemporary culture. The ®TMark documentary reveals the philosphophy and tactics of this…
Delirium: Episodes
Delirium: Episodes NR. Directed by Leonid A. Mandel, Andrew A. Fisher, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Delirium is a prospective cable television series that was created entirely through improvisation. Each episode was produced within the span of one month and is a humorous two-man show starring its creative producers Leonid A. Mandel…
Freaky Friday
Freaky Friday 1977, G, 97 min. D: Gary Nelson; with Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster, John Astin, Patsy Kelly. This minor Disney classic tells the story of one weird day in the lives of Ellen and Annabel Andrews, during which some serious cosmic mojo goes down and the mother and the daughter swap bodies. Harris (Nashville,…
Stranger With a Camera
Stranger With a Camera NR, 61 min. Directed by Elizabeth Barret, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . More than 30 years after the incident, Elizabeth Barret uses her camera to explore a killing that occurred in rural Kentucky. In 1967 a Canadian documentarian, Hugh O’Connor, was shot and killed by an Appalachian landowner…
Book Reviews
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon Random House, 736 pp., $26.95 Michael Chabon has won many trophy adjectives for his relatively short literary career. “Intelligent” he has been called many times, and “lyrical” and “beguiling.” With his expansive new novel, the author of Wonder Boys and Werewolves in Their Youths makes…
About AIDS
Discover who’s the B.O.S.S. at the Bad Dog Comedy Theatre this Wednesday.
People Have the Power?
Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 11
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Amnesty and Dignity Immigrant Rights March 4
American Caste
It’s About Class Texas Death Row is a striking portrait of our state’s underclass. The 220 men and two women executed by the state of Texas between 1974 and the summer of 1999 (111 white, 76 black, 33 Latino, and two listed as “other”) are virtually all from society’s social and economic lowlands — the…
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NEW WATERFORD GIRL D: Allan Moyle; with Laine Balaban, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Andrew McCarthy, Cathy Moriarty. Another retelling of the young-adult-trapped-in-a-small-town story, New Waterford Girl tries its hardest to capture the ironic claustrophobia of life among the icy shores of Nova Scotia, complete with crazy townsfolk, widespread teen angst, and dreary cinematography that paints the setting…
TV Eye
Critics say programs like Providence and Normal, Ohio play on the adult desire to recapture a happier time. But it’s shows like The West Wing and Gideon’s Crossing that really fill us with nostalgia.
Book Reviews
Al Gore: A User’s Manual by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair Verso, 284 pp., $23 Inventing Al Gore by Bill Turque Houghton Mifflin, 448 pp., $23 Quick: Which major party presidential candidate supports the following position on welfare reform? “It [should allow] faith-based organizations to provide basic welfare services. They can do so with…
The New Nuevo Leon
The new Nuevo Leon more than doubles the previous Nuevo Leon’s space at 8,000 square feet. But it took quite a bit of work for the Davila family, the Nuevo Leon owners, to get there.
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 12
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Amnesty and Dignity Immigrant Rights March 5
American Caste
The Camera Lies Try this. Take your driver’s license photograph and enlarge it with a black-and-white photocopy machine to approximately 2 by 2 3é4 inches. Trim the copy, place it over one of the prisoner photographs in Texas Death Row, and ask yourself if that person deserves to live. It helps if you print TEXAS,…
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THE POOR AND HUNGRY D: Craig Brewer; with Eric Tate, Lindsey Roberts, Lake Latimer, John Still. Searing even in black-and-white digital video, The Poor and Hungry stands as proof that writer/director Craig Brewer could helm a full-scale film production. But somehow this down-and-out tale seems to fit best within the low-budget immediacy of its format.…
Beautiful
Beautiful 2000, PG-13, 113 min. Directed by Sally Field, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Minnie Driver, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Joey Lauren Adams, Kathleen Turner. America may really, really like Sally Field, but her directing debut is a tone-deaf dramedy whose need to please is a pain in the neck. The script, by Ringmaster…
Book Reviews
Writing & Other Blood Sports by Charles Willeford Dennis McMillan Publications, 350 pp., $30 Charles Willeford published 18 novels, many of which were highly literary works that passed under the fence as pulp fiction, others under the guise of contemporary crime fiction. Another way of summarizing his unusual output (which also included poetry, screenplays, and…
Mini-Review
Zen Japanese Food Fast 2900 W. Anderson Ln. #250, 451-4811 Mon-Sat, 11am-9pm; Sun, 11:30am-8pm Heading to a movie at the Village the other night, I decided to pop into Zen, the Japanese fast food shop next to SteinMart on Anderson Road. Zen is a “pop in” kind of place. There’s nothing particularly comfortable about it,…
People Have the Power?
Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 13
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Death Penalty Moratorium March 1
American Caste
Off the Record Based entirely on information compiled by the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, Texas Death Row is about as interesting and enlightening as one would expect from a book that was written, for all practical purposes, by the Texas prison system. The book claims to present the “factual record” preserved by the Texas…
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STATE AND MAIN D: David Mamet; with Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alec Baldwin, David Paymer, Charles Durning, Julia Stiles. The corner of State and Main is the center of a sleepy little town in Vermont turned upside down by a visiting movie crew. As the cast and crew…
Bedazzled
Bedazzled 2000, PG-13, 90 min. Directed by Harold Ramis, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O’Connor, Orlando Jones, Miriam Shor, Paul Adelstein, Toby Huss. Why mess with a good thing? That’s the resounding question raised by this Hollywood remake of the 1967 Dudley Moore-Peter Cook British comedy gem. All…
Book Reviews
Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science by Ronald R. Thomas Cambridge University Press, 341 pp., $59.95 Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science is one of those tomes that surfs through the musty origins of a popular art form — in this instance, the 19th-century detective tale — and uncovers fresh gems…
Mini-Review
Magnolia Cafe South 1920 S. Congress, 445-0000 Daily, 24 hours “Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity!” “The Grand Slam Breakfast!” These dubious monikers (do you really want a “tooty” breakfast?) are given to various meals at the familiar pancake house chain with the blue roof. What they are touting are substantial, homestyle breakfasts at reasonable prices.…
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 14
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Death Penalty Moratorium March 2
American Caste
A Prosecutor’s Perspective As a historical perspective, Texas Death Row is interesting — an accurate chronological perspective. And the factual records of the two cases that I have in there were accurate: Thomas Barefoot, who was the fourth one in the book, was one I did. And Jerry “the Animal” McFadden was another one. So…
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TEN HUNDRED KINGS D: D.W. Maze; with Bill Camp, Elizabeth Marvel, Malachy McCourt. The meaning of the title eludes me; in fact, I suggest the alternate moniker, 10 Hundred Issues. The story of a blind woman and her crumbling marriage, 10 Hundred Kings is a “problem” movie: problems with drugs, emotional inaccessibility, the premature death…
The Ballad of Ramblin’ Jack
The Ballad of Ramblin’ Jack 2000, NR, 107 min. Directed by Aiyana Elliott, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . With equal effectiveness on both counts Ramblin’ Jack Elliott’s daughter seeks to convince us that her famous dad is (a) a great musician, and (b) a sorry excuse for a parent. The first point…
Book Reviews
Day Equals Night by Valeria Narbikova translated by Seth Graham Ardis Publishers, 160 pp., $32 In the Here & There by Valeria Narbikova translated by Masha Gesser Ardis Publishers, 200 pp., $32 During the Soviet era there were always a few Russian authors who managed to learn about their own modernists and keep abreast of…
Food-o-File
The details behind several local bakers’ plans to create their own workforce.
People Have the Power?
Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 15
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Death Penalty Moratorium March 3
Texas Justice
If you live in Texas this October, you no longer have to wait until the very end of the month to get spooked. All you have to do is spend a bit of time with Texas Death Row: Executions in the Modern Era. This chillingly conceived and perfectly presented guidebook to every inmate executed in…
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THE TESTIMONY OF TALIESIN JONES D: Martin Duffy; with Jonathan Pryce, Ian Bannen, John-Paul Macleod. Kudos to the filmmakers of The Testimony of Taliesin Jones for crafting a well-meaning film that explores the nature of religious faith without ever lapsing into moments of Hollywood-induced cynicism. Shame on them, too, for replacing true conflict with a…
Pay It Forward
Pay It Forward 2000, PG-13, 122 min. Directed by Mimi Leder, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Kevin Spacey, Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt, James Caviezel, Shawn Pyrom, Jeanetta Arnette, Jon Bon Jovi, Angie Dickinson, Jay Mohr. The fact that Pay It Forward is already generating some Oscar buzz from pre-screening film critics only…
Postscripts
Book news, signings, and author appearances this week.
Stacked in Her Favor
The small town of Lockhart was thrust into the media glare last Monday, as locals gathered by the dozens to witness neighbor and director of library services Rose Aleta Laurell scale to the top of the Dr. Eugene Clark Library. Her purpose? To take up residence atop its dome and stay there until a $20,000…
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 16
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Death Penalty Moratorium March 4
Texas Death Row Reviewed
Texas Death Row: Executions in the Modern Era by the editors of the SunRiver Cartel Longstreet Press, 246 pp., $15.95 (paper) A reader who begins this book on page one will notice, by the time he reaches somewhere around page 30, that a particular rhythm is manifesting itself in his head. It’s the monotone dirge…
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UP SYNDROME D: Duane Graves In the documentary Up Syndrome, UT film student Graves forges a tender and touching character study of childhood playmate and lasting companion Rene Moreno. While some might say that 24-year-old Moreno “suffers” from Down Syndrome, that’s not the way Graves portrays it. Moreno makes due with his condition, hardly even…
Lost Souls
Lost Souls 2000, R, 97 min. Directed by Janusz Kaminski, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, Philip Baker Hall, Elias Koteas, Sarah Wynter, John Beasley, Victor Slezak, John Diehl, John Hurt. The directorial debut of longtime Spielberg cinematographer and two-time Oscar winner (for Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan) Kaminski…
Off the Bookshelf
Pobby and Dingan by Ben Rice Knopf, 80 pp., $16 Ben Rice’s debut novel is a sweet but not gooey tale of two children growing up in Lightning Ridge, the “opal capital” of Australia. Ashmol Williamson narrates the tale of his sister, Kellyanne, and her two imaginary friends, Pobby and Dingan. So vivid is her…
People Have the Power?
What if the Austin Police Department and the Travis County Sheriff’s Office threw a riot and nobody came? Perhaps in light of fears that protests against the visiting Fortune 500 conference would turn into another Seattle — where pockets of violence turned otherwise peaceful rallies ugly at last year’s meeting of the World Trade Organization…
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 17
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Death Penalty Moratorium March 5
Naked City
George W.Bush passage in second debate should have voters worried. Jim Lehrer’s performance in all three debates was poor. Hightower Radio goes off the air|
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WE ALL FALL DOWN D: Martin Cummins; with Darcy Belsher, Martin Cummins, Francoise Robinson, Helen Shaver, Nicholas Campbell. In every big-city Bohemia there’s a cultural divide, not readily visible to the naked eye, between the lifers and those who are just passing through on their way to some other station in society. The latter aren’t…
Off the Bookshelf
Is Our Children Learning? The Case Against George W. Bush by Paul Begala Simon & Schuster, 160 pp., $12 (paper) Begala is Jim Hightower without the charm but with twice the folksy twang. He’s also one of President Clinton’s consultants and ardent defenders, so his new book — a tired collection of mostly borrowed anecdotes…
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 2 APD officer with tear-gas canister on his back
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 18
Jailbird
My name is Preston Hubbard. From 1984-94, I played bass for the platinum-selling, multi-Grammy award-nominated Fabulous Thunderbirds. Besides recording five albums as a T-Bird, I played and recorded with Roomful of Blues and on Bonnie Raitt’s Nick of Time, Big Joe Turner’s last album, Toni Price’s Swim Away, Duke Robillard’s Swing Time, and Ministry’s Filth…
Naked City
In a truncated meeting the Austin City Council votes to allow the Austin Film Society to use hangars at the disused Mueller airport as film production space.
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THE YARDS D: James Gray; with Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, James Caan, Faye Dunaway, Ellen Burstyn, Charlize Theron. Remnants of Goodfellas linger in James Gray’s gritty family crime saga The Yards, though comparisons to Sidney Lumet’s underrated Night Falls on Manhattan are more apt for this wobbly tale of inner-city corruption and its effects on…
Off the Bookshelf
Quitting the Nairobi Trio by Jim Knipfel J.P. Tarcher, 285 pp., $23.95 You know the moment: a dinner party, a drag on a cigarette, a guest too comfortable begins, “I had the most fascinating dream last night …” And you think, “Oh no. Oh please.” Jim Knipfel is that guest. Knipfel (Slackjaw) spent six months…
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 3 Theresa Gorman from Austin CopWatch asks an anonymous cop to identify himself, and why his badge is not on display.
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 19
Fabulous Thunderbirds Reviewed
The Fabulous ThunderbirdsGirls Go Wild! (Benchmark)The Fabulous ThunderbirdsWhat’s the Word? (Benchmark)The Fabulous ThunderbirdsButt Rockin’ (Benchmark)The Fabulous ThunderbirdsT-Bird Rhythm (Benchmark) Like a lot of people, I moved to Austin after the Fabulous Thunderbirds were pretty much confined to the garage, and harbor no nostalgia for thousands-strong Riverfest crowds or seeing them back up Muddy Waters at…
Naked City
What if the police threw a riot and nobody came?
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Austin Film Festival Winners Screenplay CompetitionAdult Category, CheckMate, written by Frank Reilly ($4,000) Comedy Category, you down with OCD?, written by Stephen Falk ($1,000) Family Category, On Top of the World, Nancy Hendrickson ($4,000)Feature Film WinnerThe Testimony of Taliesin Jones, Maureen Tilyou (writer), Martin Duffy (director)Short Film Winner”In God We Trust,” Jason Reitman (writer/director)Student Short…
Second Helpings: Thai One On
Everything you could possibly want to know about Austin’s Thai restaurants.
Off the Bookshelf
Ali and Nino A Love Story by Kurban Said translated by Jenia Graman Anchor Books, 277 pp., $13 (paper) War is terrifying, brutal, banal, and senseless, but it almost always serves a good love story, influencing and bringing into sharp relief the thrilling tale of love in a world gone suddenly cold with hate. Ali…
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 4 Travis County Sheriff’s Department holds it down at Sixth & Congress, a locus of area business, which saw no protest action.
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 20
Dancing About Architecture
Microradio back in Austin, Fortune 500 gone.
Naked City
Travis County D.A. Ronnie Earle has the edge in contributions over D.A. contender Shane Phelps
His Films, His Way
True story: CinemaTexas has a table set up on the UT’s West Mall publicizing their festival. A guy, a student, and obviously interested in film, sidles off-course and strikes up a conversation with the young woman at the CT table. “So who’s coming?” he asks. “Well, we’ve got a lot of really cool short films…
Forced From Home
Life in exile. To you, that phrase may sound vaguely romantic — suggestive of some Hollywood version of the noble dissident, driven from his homeland by political repression, stoically enduring a lonely existence on foreign soil — but to Tim Miller, the phrase has a cold and bitter ring. See, the nationally recognized creator of…
Local Bestsellers
Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.
People Have the Power?
Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 5 Facsimiles of “America Inc.” flags, where fields of stars were replaced by corporate logos, burn in the street.
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 21
Live Shots
At the Drive-InEmo’s, October 9 On a brisk, wintery night, they came seeking vindication. An industrial-strength firestarter. A voice of protest and empowerment against the current status-quo election process. A raucous, visceral blast back to the unkind, ungentle early days of Emo’s. On disc and in the papers, At the Drive-In is all of this,…
Naked City
The anti-Longhorn Pipeline contingent rallies in the wake of a preliminary approval of the pipeline.
Not Your Average Child’s Play
CinemaTexas unveils CinemaKids, a two-part program of movies created by kids and inspired by them.
Articulations
After a long wait — some 17 years — the Austin Museum of Art has a final design for its new downtown facility. And it’s a good thing.
Public Notice
Our weekly calendar of activist and volunteer events and fundraisers.
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 6 A group calling themselves “Billionaires for Bush or Gore” poke fun at Fortune 500 convention goers.
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 22
Live Shots
Yo-Yo MaHogg Auditorium, October 11 An audience with the master. Bluehairs out in force at sold-out Hogg Auditorium, strategically positioned greenery adorning the stage, and a single chair at dead center. A few minutes after 8pm, the world’s greatest cellist strode out, graciously thanking everyone for coming as he took his seat. Seconds later, the…
Naked City
The protests fizzled, and the speeches were a snooze: an overview of last week’s Fortune 500 Conference.
Outside the Box
The evolving idea of what it means to be experimental in this oh-so-traditional world is explored by filmmakers like Garcia Crow and Schiesari in the 25th season of The Territory, a television series showcasing the best short experimental works by film and video artists from Texas and around the world
Exhibitionism
While its Sixties-era script gives Sam Shepard’s early, kooky drama Back Bog Beast Bait a hallucinogenic clunkiness, the look and feel of the Tongue and Groove Theatre production is impressively atmospheric and its company of performers have a terrific time.
After a Fashion
Be there or Be Cher.
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 7 A legion of marchers waves a banner reminding people that the preamble of the U.S. Constitution reads: “We the People …”
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 23
Live Shots
Los Lobos, Damnations TXStubb’s, October 13 A full moon on Friday the 13th may be an eerie portent for those who believe in such things, but Los Lobos never acknowledged that they were playing the prime day for lunatics. Although there was a fair share of howling during their long, high-energy, and musically diverse set,…
The Hightower Lowdown
Gov. Bush suffers a legal defeat in trying to stifle protesters outside the Governor’s Mansion; Congress passes a bill to import cheap foreign labor into the high tech industry.
The Territory Schedule
Each program is a half-hour long and airs every Friday night in Austin on KLRU-TV (channel 18/cable 9) at 10pm (barring any last-minute programming changes). www.swamp.org. OCTOBER 20 “My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts” (Torill Kove, Canada, 10:35 min., 1999) This animated comedy interweaves histories of the artist’s family and the Norwegian throne. “The Day…
Exhibitionism
On a Mary Moody Northen Theatre stage painted with splashy autumn colors evoking fallen leaves, Melba Martinez and Michael Massey, co-directors/designers of this production of Death of a Salesman, take their audience on a trip through the dying world of Willy Loman, and a powerful trip it is.
Mr. Smarty Pants
Takin’ care of business in a hot flash.
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 8
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Amnesty and Dignity Immigrant Rights March 1
Live Shots
Jon HendricksOne World Theatre, October 14 In a world-class venue like the One World Theatre, which makes Bee Caves feel like the Mediterranean, a one-third-full house is a bad omen, especially since it only holds 300 people to begin with. Since nearly every seat has a view like the TV from your living-room couch, the…
That’s a Wrap
Notes and reviews from the Austin Film Festival and Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference
Short Cuts
150 Days of Sodom Dept.: That dull roar you hear in the background is the sound of fans of access cable rejoicing: This coming Sunday, Oct. 22, 10:30pm, on cable channel 10, sees the reappearance of Charlie Sotelo’s The Show With No Name, which was suspended way back in mid-June over the airing of a…
Exhibitionism
The title characters in Sarah Daniels’ play Gut Girls are brash, foul-mouthed, beer-swilling cockneys, carving their lots from life at the slaughterhouse, and the UT Department of Theatre & Dance production’s colorful design work, solid direction, and vivid performances put us inside their greasy, tough world.
Coach’s Corner
Coach weighs in on a couple of sports-related lawsuits, and the presidential race.
People Have the Power?
Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 9
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Amnesty and Dignity Immigrant Rights March 2
Endorsements
Capital Metro Proposition 1 Yes Remember, you’re not voting on a specific Capital Metro light rail plan, going down these streets and costing this much. You’re simply voting to give Cap Met permission to build some kind of rail system. The details, for which Austin claims to be clamoring, don’t exist, because contrary to anti-Cap…
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ALONG FOR THE RIDE D: Bryan W. Simon; with Dylan Haggerty, Randall Batinkoff, J.E. Freeman, Jenny Gago. Even if Along for the Ride fails to win any of the conventional AFF awards, it at the very least deserves some kind of special Degree of Difficulty citation. Shot in 13 days of 110ö desert heat on…
Video Reviews
Cruising D: William Friedkin (1980); with Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Powers Boothe. Friedkin is no doubt enjoying the renaissance of his classic, The Exorcist, despite critics’ blasting the extra and unnecessary 11 minutes of drivel. That particular film challenges audiences spiritually and psychologically. Its two-hour ride through hell and back, complete with vomit…
Day Trips
The first Lone Star Legacy Weekend allows daytrippers free access to state parks.
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Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 9 Protest of the Fortune 500 Forum 10
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Amnesty and Dignity Immigrant Rights March 3
American Caste
Seven authors react to the photos and documentation in Rich Crawford’s Texas Death Row.
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BLACK MILK D: Nicholas Triandafyllidis; with Michail Marmarinos, Leroklis Michailidis, Tania Nasibian, Christos Stergioglou, Myrto Alikaki. Triandafyllidis, a Chicago-born director of Greek ancestry, is a guy I’d love to treat to lunch some day. In my book, anyone clever enough to fuse influences as wildly disparate as Fellini, Almodovar, Buñuel, and Fifties-Sixties rock & roll…
Video Reviews
ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW D: Robert Wise (1959); with Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Ed Begley Sr., Shelley Winters, Gloria Grahame. Disgraced ex-cop Dave Burke (Begley) has his eye on a bank job and needs to recruit some help to pull it off. He winds up with sometime jazz singer and vibes player Johnny Ingram (Belafonte) and…
