Agnes and Alfred

A beautiful play that lightly traces the journey of two well-meaning, imperfect people

"...Agnes and AlfredThe Off Center, 2211-A Hidalgo www.physicalplant.org Through Oct. 27 Running..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Agnes & Alfred: A Relationship Forged in Fire

Steve Moore and Carlos Treviño's Physical Plant Theatre Returns

"...The play is called Agnes & Alfred, and there's no weird setting or alternate world to..."

Sept. 24, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

How I Got Hitched

Marc Savlov on how Hitchcock was a family affair

"...I have a tattoo of Alfred Hitchcock's weirdly accurate line drawing of himself on my..."

Oct. 15, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt are delightfully matched in this offbeat romantic comedy from the director of Chocolat.

"...desert into reality. To that end, she enlists resistant Alfred (McGregor), a sweater-vested pencil-pusher in the Department of Fisheries..."

March 30, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ken Paxton Blocks Payment to Formerly Incarcerated Man Declared Innocent

Declared innocent, Alfred Dewayne Brown has appealed for compensation due to unjust imprisonment

"...That's the latest wrinkle in the case of Houstonian Alfred Dewayne Brown, who spent more than 12 years in..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Hitchcock

Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren keep things interesting but there's more here about the marriage and partnership of Hitchcock and Alma Reville rather than a good backstage look at the making of Psycho.

"...Alfred Hitchcock, the undisputed master of movie suspense, is given..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Memoriam

Alfred King, one of Austin's greatest cultural benefactors and advocates, has died at age 89

"...the city's greatest cultural benefactors and advocates has died. Alfred King, of the King Ranch Kings, passed away Saturday,..."

March 31, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Kinsey

Kinsey enshrines the scientist at the expense of a more rigorous and more profound scrutiny.

"...isn’t something to her appraisal. Bill Condon’s biopic about Alfred Kinsey, the controversial sex researcher whose 1949 book, Sexual..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

History of the avant-garde jazz pioneers is surprisingly lacking in innovation

"...But of course there are Nazis, as Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff fled Germany to New York..."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Simple Favor

Anna Kendrick turns unlikely sleuth in this deliciously twisted romp

"...mixture of movie of the week, Diabolique, Peyton Place, Alfred Hitchcock, and The Thin Man. It may seem a..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Go behind the groundbreaking book of interviews; a must for cinephiles

"...French New Wave. The one in the hot seat, Alfred Hitchcock, then coming off the shooting of Psycho, had,..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

From the Vaults: Hitchcock in Rewind

Seven takes on Alfred Hitchcock in our series, 'How I Got Hitched'

"...when HBO debuted The Girl – the movie about Alfred Hitchcock's reported mistreatment of Tippi Hedron during the filming..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

How I Got Hitched

Marjorie Baumgarten on the trouble with Hitchcock

"...out of the way. It’s like that with Sir Alfred – he’s gone but he won’t stay put. He..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

How I Got Hitched

A twentysomething sees his first Hitchcock, and he likes what he sees

"...I had never seen an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Ever. Until now...."

Oct. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

How I Got Hitched

Richard Whittaker on Hitchcock when he was so very British

"...There are two Alfred Hitchcocks. There was the British export to Hollywood, the..."

Oct. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Broken Embraces

Penélope Cruz stars in Pedro Almodóvar's latest, which plays like the lost love child of Douglas Sirk and Alfred Hitchcock.

"...might be the love child of Douglas Sirk and Alfred Hitchcock, with its dramatic broad strokes, iconic reds, and..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The House of Sand

The House of Sand is a quintessentially moderate art film: panoramic and symbolic, epic in scope, technically accomplished, and miraculously acted by the mother-daughter team of Fernandas Montenegro and Torres in showy dual roles.

"...too stolid to be great, despite taking home the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize from Sundance...."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Funny Ha Ha

In his microbudget debut, writer/director Bujalski shows a superb knack for capturing real moments (the stuff that happens between all the big moments) and the residue of our half-fulfilled inclinations.

"...For the rest of us, it is genius. If Alfred Hitchcock’s movies are life with the boring bits cut..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

After the Sunset

Possibly the ideal film to more or less ignore while lounging poolside and sipping Jamaican rum, After the Sunset is 100-proof pap.

"...Rush Hour franchise proves that dropping sly nods in Alfred Hitchcock’s direction does not necessarily a fine caper make...."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Femme Fatale

A triumph of style over logic, this is still one of the best films from this period of De Palma's career.

"...criticize the director's imitative worship at the shrine of Alfred Hitchcock while failing to see the self-possessed pirouettes De..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Urban Legends: Final Cut

"...a film like this, with its knowing winks to Alfred Hitchcock (there's a tower scene reminiscent of the one..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bone Collector

"...Queen Latifah, Angelina Jolie and Denzel Washington. What if Alfred Hitchcock and David Fincher gave a party and nobody..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

For Ever Mozart

"...go to Sarajevo to put on a production of Alfred de Musset's One Must Not Play at Love. The..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Net

"...portrayed in The Net. Conceived as a kind of Alfred Hitchcock meets John Grisham thriller, The Net merely proves..."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography

"...after it was over was noting that none of Alfred Hitchcock's cinematographers were presented. It would have been nice..."

April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Volere, Volare

"...undress (ironically to the very same theme music as Alfred Hitchcock Presents); a wealthy couple who want her to..."

April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Rich in Love

"...into the ground. Producers Richard and Lili Zanuck, writer Alfred Uhry (who won an Oscar for his Miss Daisy..."

March 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cry of the Owl

"...me, but this alleged homage to the work of Alfred Hitchcock by Claude Chabrol acts as a textbook case..."

April 3, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Envisioning a More Flavorful Future With Emmer & Rye’s Fermentation Program

Chef Alfred Francese becomes a self-made flavor scientist

"...Natural tinkerer, microbe-whisperer, and flavor enthusiast Alfred Francese, sous chef and larder master of Emmer &..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

AFS Kicks Off Hitchcock Before Hollywood Series

April 4 film includes tea, vintage records, and themed photo booth

"...Alfred Hitchcock’s outsized persona – that mordant wit, the alchemy..."

April 2, 2019 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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