Actual Lives

David Dauber on how he came to direct the company defined as 'crip theatre with attitude'

"...Ask David Dauber how he became involved with Actual Lives, Austin's award-winning ensemble that makes "crip theatre with..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

Actual Innocence

Austinite wrongfully convicted for a decade-old school prank hopes to clear his name

"...In Texas over the past decade, during which "actual innocence" has become a prominent legal concept, there have..."

July 29, 2011 News Feature by Caitlin Meredith

Where Comedy Lives

Austin stand-ups have a complex – and it's called the Sandstone Apartments

"...In the heart, of course, that's where comedy truly lives: in the frequently complex, sometimes substance-enhanced, occasionally bitter heart..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Elvis Lives!

Detective and Then Some...

"...His novel is set in an Austin that may actually exist, if only you can believe that an owl-like..."

July 25, 1997 Books Feature

Lizzie

Lizzie Borden's murders awkwardly rebuilt as a #metoo metaphor

"...honest re-enactment. Such versions feel oddly disrespectful, like the actual lives of the victims are something to be played..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Dog’s Purpose

Reincarnated dog film is full of cliches

"...damage control. Clear that from your mind, because the actual movie? This thing we call A Dog’s Purpose? Well,..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Our Bodies, Our Selves

An unusual convergence of dramas dealing with women and disabilities prompts a conversation among four actors about what playwrights are trying to say through characters who are disabled, and how actors approach playing a disability.

"...way to cope; she's created a world that she lives in...."

March 22, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice

The winter holiday season is comin' in like a lion, train, and gangbusters, and don't you think for a minute that your pals at "Public Notice" aren't ready for the onslaught!

"...Day, Thursday, Nov. 23, 7:30am. The early time is actually registration time, with the run/walk starting at 9am. It..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Some Fish Can Fly

"...the havoc it wreaks on a pair of intercontinental lives. Kevin (Causey) is a NYC-based writer drifting through his..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

World and Time Enough

"...small representations of cathedrals to an obsession with his actual building a real cathedral as a monument to his..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Here Comes the Boom

Kevin James plays a biology teacher who moonlights as a mixed martial-arts fighter; Salma Hayek is his love interest.

"...– taught by Scott’s elderly wise-guy pal Marty (Winkler, actually turning in the best performance in the picture) –..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Darkness

Agnieszka Holland, the director of Europa Europa, creates a blood-quickening Holocaust drama about Poles who were hidden in the sewers.

"...Based on actual events, this claustrophobic epic is as emotional as they..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Station Agent

Award-winning indie favorite shows how human beings form emotional connections – despite their best efforts not to.

"...fit to shore up sagging plot lines than as actual actors. Caustic and small and storming around like some..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gretel & Hansel

The woods are dark and deep, but far from lovely ...

"...previous decade. Meanwhile, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House is a neu-tragic take on the..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Grey Zone

"...often hard to watch, this well-meaning film based on actual events tells the story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando. One..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Apple

"...the real-life experiences of twin Iranian 12-year-old girls whose lives had been spent locked in their house by their..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch Two

"...woods, they end up with several hours of their lives missing and no real clue regarding what happened except..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Public Notice

"Public Notice" notes a few great ways to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday weekend by helping a good cause.

"...pull energy out of the resistant actress. And in actuality, what the Rude Mech mentors are doing is offering..."

June 30, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Onegin

"...loses its hold on both of the characters' inner lives, making the final tearful confrontation between them more expositional..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Bryan Poyser

The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

"...Adamson comes to mind). But Wood, however meek his actual talents, had the lofty aspirations of an Orson Welles,..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beyond Rangoon

"...real-life protester and heroine). When a crackdown threatens the lives of Kyi's supporters, Laura finds herself on the run..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

The origins of the iconic Amazon princess

"...Kinsey and co.) something deeper than merely their private lives behind the bedroom door and the contributions they made..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Disappointments Room

Kate Beckinsale moves into a haunted house

"...know going in that a “disappointment room” is an actual thing that exists outside of, say, H.P. Lovecraft’s ichthyopocene..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nerve

An online game of "Truth or Dare" turns dangerous

"...game. Until its heady but hard-to-swallow resolution, this heart-thumper lives up to its name. For filmgoers over a certain..."

July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Tickled

Doc goes beneath the surface of competitive endurance tickling

"...news story and ends with a chronicle of many lives ruined...."

July 8, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Words

As an examination of the writer's world, this film offers nothing new; as a romance it's not half bad.

"...(Cooper), which is almost always a stumbling block for actual, real-world writers. I can think of only a handful..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kick-Ass

Everyone's a superhero these days, and this film based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s comic book series takes that concept to the Nth degree.

"...otherwise – and the roles they play in our lives, but Kick-Ass never really bothers to explore its own..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Baadasssss!

Melvin Van Peebles' son Mario pays tribute to his groundbreaking film Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song, and also settles a few old Oedipal scores along the way.

"...appearances from Melvin VP’s negative self personified – an actual counter-arguer and self-deprecator. The film also uses old movie..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

House of the Dead

Students are stranded on an island of zombies; viewers are stranded by the filmmakers.

"...fact, the sooner we can get on with our lives." Amen to that. The teens take refuge in the..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Under the Skin

"...liked the elder Rose more. Whether this is an actual fact or merely the fretful pangs of normal maturation..."

June 12, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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