American Mary

The plastic surgery performed in this horror film gives real meaning to going under the knife.

"...to expect: blood, guts, and more blood and guts. American Mary, however, communicates nothing along those lines. In fact,..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

DVDanger: 'American Mary'/'Ninja III: The Domination'

The changing POV of the female revenge flick

"...potboiler Ninja III: The Domination and Canadian psycho-surgical creeper American Mary, she has finally started to control her own..."

June 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

FF2012: How Fantastic Fest Got Twisted Up By 'American Mary'

Jen and Sylvia Soska are the new twins of evil

"...the latest film from the Canadian film making duo, American Mary, deals with body modification, their dentine difference is..."

Oct. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

American Psycho

"...Directed by: Mary Harron. Starring: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese..."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

HBO Premiered 'Mary and Martha' in Time for World Malaria Day

Hilary Swank and Brenda Blethyn star

"...of global poverty are glaringly apparent when an upper-class American on holiday to Africa suffers the loss of her..."

April 22, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Fantasia Review: The Last Thing Mary Saw

A nightmare in nineteenth century New York

"...That there was little pure about American's Puritan roots is a narrative strain that has grown..."

Aug. 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Citizen Mary

A Profile of Mary Arnold, Advocate for Austin

"...Mary Arnold is the model of what people in the..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

American Cyborg: Steel Warrior

"...Starring: Joe Lara, Nicole Hansen and John Ryan. With American Cyborg, Yoram Globus and his new company Global Pictures..."

Jan. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

An American Carol

Michael Moore and left-leaning Hollywood are the subjects of this spoof that's missing only one thing: comedy.

"...new spoof of Michael Moore and left-wing Hollywood. An American Carol demonstrates that Zucker is still on a downward..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stella Adler and the American Theater

UT's Harry Ransom Center, which acquired the complete archive of Stella Adler, celebrates her impact on American acting in the symposium Stella Adler and the American Theater

"...and you have much of the last century in American cinema...."

Feb. 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Ley Line, Geto Gala, Indoor Creature, & Van Mary Heat Up Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

Support the Central Texas Food Bank Sept. 12 at Far Out Lounge

"...of Ley Line, Geto Gala, Indoor Creature, and Van Mary, along with a DJ set by McPullish, results. Tickets..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Mary Moody Northen Theatre's Violet

In this moving production, a young woman learns the nature of true beauty and true love

"...It's 1964 in the American Southland, and Violet is on an Emerald-City-scope mission. Her..."

April 20, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Mary Moody Northen Theatre's ANON(ymous)

At St. Edward's, this reworking of Homer's Odyssey gives names to the nameless in today's immigrant crisis

"...of companions and adversaries, fights to survive in the American underbelly, a place with few rules and fewer kindnesses...."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Mary Moody Northen Theatre's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

This gangster spectacle based on Hitler's rise feels more than timely in the current election year

"...with this play than the tommy gun-toting thugs of American cinema. Writing it in 1941, he was explicitly taking..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

An American in Paris (1951)

"...Caron, Oscar Levant, Nina Foch, Georges Guetary, Madge Blake, Mary Young, Ann Codee, Hayden Rorke...."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

'American Fiesta': Big Apple in a Fiestaware bowl

That buzz last summer about an off-Broadway run for Steven Tomlinson's American Fiesta? Consider it confirmed: The show opens in New York on April 26.

"...Tomlinson will begin a run of his award-winning monologue American Fiesta at the Vineyard Theatre, 108 E. 15th. The..."

March 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

American Exceptionalism Is History With Blinders On

"...the curriculum. Several spoke about promoting the theory of American exceptionalism. This nationalist propaganda declares that the U.S. is..."

Jan. 26, 2010 Postmarks

The Bad American

Bill Maher comes out on drink, drugs, and God

"...AC: Why are Americans so militantly religious? Like, a third of Missourians describe..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Life After Death

A new life for almost-forgotten author Mary Gavell

"...Mary Gavell became a published writer in the spring of..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Homesman

Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones point their wagon east while confronting the myths of the Old West.

"...same time providing freedom and prosperity to others. The American frontier welcomed those looking for opportunities and fresh starts,..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Governess

"...known for always playing the “best-guy's gal” in such American movies as Sleepers, Grosse Pointe Blank, and Good Will..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Sound of One Psycho Cracking

John Cale talks abut composing the original soundtrack for American Psycho

"...American Psycho, which opens nationwide this week, is a movie..."

April 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live at the Lege

The Chronicle counts down to sine die

"...the paper for a breakdown of the weekend, and Mary Tuma's Twitter feed for more from the anti-SB 4..."

May 29, 2017 News Post by the News Staff

Marc Savlov's Top 10 List

"...7. American Mary The Soska sisters took Fantastic Fest 2012 by..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Much like the title character Precious, this rough-hewn movie overcomes the unlikely odds for its success.

"...Precious – a sexually, emotionally, and physically abused 16-year-old African-American girl who is functionally illiterate, morbidly obese, and pregnant..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Say it Isn't So

"...film is “from the makers of There's Something About Mary,” the Brothers Farrelly are involved only as producers. A..."

March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Memoriam: Rhoda Winter Russell

Movement therapy pioneer who knew the greats of dance has died

"...of influential choreographers and dance teachers – most notably Mary Wigman. Then, Russell went on to become a pioneering..."

Aug. 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Dance of the Century

Rhoda Winter Russell reflects on a historic life in dance and the Mary Wigman connection

"..."Rrho-DA" is how Rhoda Winter Russell remembers Mary Wigman addressing her, rolling the "r" and lowering the..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

People Get Ready

Excerpt from Kevin Phinney's 'Souled American'

"...From Souled American: How Black Music Transformed White Culture by Kevin Phinney...."

Oct. 7, 2005 Music Feature by Kevin Phinney

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

"...Starring: Tyler Christopher, Sanaa Lathan, Kieu Chinh, Lauren Tom, Mary Alice, Paul Winfield and Chi Muoi Lo. All of..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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