Ben Marcus at BookPeople

He reads from The Flame Alphabet Tuesday night

"...Ben Marcus' The Flame Alphabet is certainly on the tip..."

Jan. 23, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Sudan Archives, Ben Kweller, and More Highlights From Saturday at ACL Fest

Texans Angel White, Blakchyl stood out under an annular eclipse

"...handpicked a run of performances by Austin acts in Ben Kweller, Blakchyl, and Rattlesnake Milk. Dallas-launched Angel White’s cowboy..."

Oct. 15, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

So Fab

New Fiction Confab snags Ben Marcus, Heidi Julavits, and more

"...to talk it out. This year’s just-announced lineup includes Ben Marcus, Heidi Julavits, Walter Kirn, and Peter Orner...."

March 28, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Notable American Women

"...Notable American Womenby Ben Marcus..."

April 19, 2002 Books Review by Roger Gathman

The Collection

This follow-up to the horror/torture film The Collector seeks to mold a new franchise.

"...Directed by: Marcus Dunstan. Starring: Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick, Randall Archer, Christopher..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Indignation

Philip Roth's 2008 novel is hauntingly translated to the screen

"...Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts, Linda Emond, Danny Burstein, Ben Rosenfield, Pico Alexander, Philip Ettinger and Noah Robbins...."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postscripts

What's happening in Austin's literary life for the upcoming week

"...The Michener Center is bringing Ben Marcus, an assistant professor of creative writing at Columbia,..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Lone Survivor

A SEAL team mission in Afghanistan goes very wrong in this intense combat film with a bang-up cast.

"...Directed by: Peter Berg. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Taylor Kitsch and Eric Bana...."

Jan. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Post No Williams: A Vivid Section of the Human Animal

A tripartite view of The Collected Stories of Diane Williams

"...accrued – buckets! – and eventually the floor buckles beneath their combined weight, and the infrastructure itself and all..."

Dec. 24, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Absolutely Confabulous

Austin Public Library's New Fiction Confab focuses on buzz over brawn

"...MacArthur Foundation (Ethiopian-born Dinaw Mengestu, 2011); the Guggenheim Foundation (Ben Marcus, 2012); and the American Academy of Arts and..."

April 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Walter Kirn Revisits 'Up in the Air'

On Clooney's star turn and how to wield a Blackberry in bed

"...literary fest, the New Fiction Confab, alongside Heidi Julavits, Ben Marcus, and Peter Orner; check out the schedule here...."

April 20, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

American Short Fiction's Long To-Do List

Contests, classes, and Ben Marcus at BookPeople

"...things first, there is a deadline just around the bend – as in tomorrow – for ASF's annual short..."

Jan. 5, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Gift Guide

"...trying to sneak a cigarette? Haruki Murakami's beer preference? Ben Marcus dissing Jonathan Safran Foer again? It's all here,..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Books Feature by Jess Sauer

Bob Marley: One Love

Jamaican reggae pioneer gets the biopic treatment

"...Directed by: Reinaldo Marcus Green. Starring: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Lashana Lynch, James Norton, Tosin..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Carys Anderson

Reflections

SXSW Film Festival and Conference

"...BEN JOHNSON: THIRD COWBOY ON THE RIGHT..."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...Accountant 2, the unexpected sequel to 2016'sThe Accountant starring Ben Affleck as an accountant who (fortunately for the action..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Head of the Class

With Senioritis, the conclusion to his quartet of plays set at a Catholic high school in Houston, solo performer Rob Nash is all set to graduate -- to Off-Broadway, says Robi Polgar.

"..."I based the adventures of Ben, George, and Johnny on me and two of my..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Friday the 13th

The latest coming of Our Man in the Hockey Mask was filmed in Austin.

"...Directed by: Marcus Nispel. Starring: Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti, Travis..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...role of Christopher Bedford with a hint of vulnerability beneath a steely exterior. - Claiborne Smith..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...the Week "I'm Vince Young, and it's halftime." – Ben Bentzin, Republican candidate for state House District 48, predicting..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...relationship. Cast: Lauren Lapkus, Nick Rutherford, Lucy Hale, Beck Bennett, Dree Hemingway, Beverly D'Angelo, John Kapelos, Maya Kazan, Darrell..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Season of Risk

What can be done to stop the rising rate of HIV in Austin?

"...decreases significantly. "Efficacy for PrEP is just fantastic," says Ben Walker, the executive director of the newly certified nonprofit..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Two Gorehounds Go West

Horror directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks tackle a period Western

"...Ben Ploughman, special effects makeup wizard, removes his hand from..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Hatchet

The terrifically retro maniac in this horror film recalls the heyday of Eighties gore films with gleeful abandon.

"...an instant sense of homey, if gooey, familiarity. Buddies Ben (Moore) and Marcus (Richmond), celebrating Mardi Gras in New..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Five Celebrations of the Cinematic Diaspora at the Austin Jewish Film Festival

From dissections of comedy to the complexities of history

"...Who Are the Marcuses?..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

This holiday season is filled with fun, queer activities

"...from our fave local artists including Drew Riley and Marcus Cruz Sanchez. Come Sunday, we highly recommend OUTsider's Seventies-style..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Fancy); Padma Lakshmi (The Encyclopedia of Spices and Herbs); Marcus Samuelsson (Red Rooster Cookbook)...."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...non-profit B. Iden Payne Awards Council, are named after Ben Iden Payne, the English actor, director, and teacher whose..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music: Second Band List of 2016

Tommy Stinson, Thee Oh Sees, Mercury Rev, and 212 more

"...rare trip to the States. So does Gotye collaborator Ben Abraham from Australia. If a Japanese-Americana band (Pirates Canoe)..."

Nov. 17, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Shoot Or Be Shot

"...by: J. Randall Argue. Starring: Johanna Stein, Tony Perija, Marcus Ashley, James Healy Jr., Julianne Christie, Scott Rinker, Harry..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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