Barbara Smith Conrad

A week of celebration for the great mezzo where her career was launched against all odds

"...like for them a half-century ago, ask Barbara Smith Conrad. She lived it. And right here in our town...."

Jan. 30, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Black Angels Reviewed

"...The Black AngelsDirections to See a Ghost (Light in the Attic)..."

May 9, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Black Metal, Gray Skies, Red-Hot Love

Sex, love, and nostalgia – recapping Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015

"..."Welcome to Hell. Welcome to Texas," growled Conrad "Cronos" Lant, staring over a fearsome mosh pit where..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Wild Wild West

"...Jim West (played on the small screen by Robert Conrad and here by Smith) and inventor-cum-master of disguise Artemus..."

July 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Longhorns Face the Horror of Leach-less Tech

In search of …

"...beginning of an interminable parody. My guide was Joe Conrad, a scruffy Brit who nattered on in a vaguely..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

What We Talk About When We Talk About Debt

Jennifer Baichwal adapts to screen Margaret Atwood's ideas about indebtedness

"...and religion scholars. We even hear from media mogul Conrad Black, reading his own words about paying his debt..."

June 8, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

King Kong

Jackson's remake is a corker of an action/monster movie: part RKO serial; part square-jawed, manly romp; and part classic journey into the unknown that recalls and references Heart of Darkness.

"...Directed by: Peter Jackson. Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis, Thomas Kretschmann, Jamie Bell, Colin..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Game

"...who is given a mysterious birthday gift by his black sheep brother Conrad (Penn). The gift in question is..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thunder Soul

Thunder Soul tells the story of the Kashmere Stage Band, and before the film is through this high school band you’ve never heard of will have earned a top spot on your personal hit parade.

"...Japan to perform it. The band was led by Conrad O. Johnson Sr. (whom everyone calls Prof), a jazz..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Report

No Child Left Behind leaves the funding behind; and Richard Perle bungles on the battlefield and in the boardroom

"...The Jerusalem Post. The head honcho of Hollinger, Lord Conrad Black, now stands accused of having looted some $400..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Employee of the Month

Assorted workers vie for the coveted title of "Employee of the Month."

"...lately? It's like William Castle's Mr. Sardonicus crossbred with Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs. Talk about King..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...and documentaries on subjects from the Grateful Dead to Black Lives Matter...."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Media Watch: 'Statesman' to Go Platinum?

Equity firm specializing in 'distressed' properties looking at Austin daily

"...Platinum is known to be working with David Black, head of Black Press, a Canadian news­paper company that..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Riddick

In this third outing, the science-fiction antihero played by Vin Diesel is stranded on an inhospitable planet.

"...Woodbine, Dave Bautista, Raoul Trujillo, Nolan Gerard Funk and Conrad Pla...."

Sept. 13, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Often cited as the first true horror movie and one of the first films to tell its story through the eyes of a delirious madman, the techniques of this film milestone are rarely imitated. Eschewing naturalism, the movie's sets are all painted in hallucinatory black-and-white designs and the acting, as well, follows Expressionistic techniques popular in Germany at the time.

"...Directed by: Robert Weine. Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher and Lil Dagover. No mere presentation..."

July 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Michael & Us

Canadian filmmakers Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine set out to celebrate a lion of the left. They ended up with something a little different.

"...Michael Moore," because we'd just done this film about Conrad Black, who is a right-wing press baron who owns..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Promotion

Forgettably bland, this comic film features Seann William Scott and John C. Reilly vying for the same job promotion.

"...Directed by: Steve Conrad. Starring: Seann William Scott, John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer,..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Book Reviews

"...the most remarkable productions performed in America, should be black, partly because he thought they'd be able to enunciate..."

April 2, 1999 Books Review

Exhibitionism

"...poignant issues finds a perfect backdrop in Eeka Beeka's tar-black walls. It's perfect timing for the show, too, since..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Arts Review

Beside The Point

Council approves contract for design of Water Treatment Plant No. 4, despite lingering endangered-species questions

"...this week) in the form of a one Willy Conrad. At the Austin Water Utility, Conrad is point man..."

Aug. 4, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...My Fellow Americans, Scream, The Crucible, Sling Blade, Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Thank you Mr. Black for using some common sense when writing about the..."

April 21, 2006 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...fellow Beantown rapper Akrobatik as the Perceptionists for 05's Black Dialogue (Definitive Jux) with fierce admonishments lobbed at the..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Fear & Loathing

Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine

"...million, the agency's employees killed almost 77,000 coyotes, 407 black bears, more than 21,000 beavers, 997 bobcats, 3,803 foxes,..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

SXSW Music List No. 9

Spoon, Atmosphere, Charles Bradley, and 243 more added

"...the stellar AMA house band (Charlie Sexton, Michael Ramos, Conrad Choucroun, George Reiff); Ian McLagan Tribute all-stars Alejandro Escovedo,..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Checking In: Tara Bhattacharya Stages Interference Fest – Women Making Noise 2020

Sound artist and festival curator promotes the creative class

"...response to police brutality and the non-stop violence against Black men and women across this country. The power to..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Asteroid City

Wes Anderson is at his most enigmatic in a UFO tale within a tale

"...introducing a production of Asteroid City, a play by Conrad Earp (Norton). Shot in black & white and resembling..."

June 23, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Babylon

Star-studded, bittersweet love letter to the golden age of Hollywood is cinema maximus

"...somebody. She's climbing the mountain atop which sits Jack Conrad (Pitt at his dissolute best), the perfect swaggering star..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

2014-15 Austin Music Awards

"...Viva La Diva: (l-r) Charlie Sexton, Gina Chavez, Conrad Choucroun, and George Reiff..."

March 19, 2015 Photo Gallery

A Republic of Indie in a Netflix Nation

How Austin's homegrown video stores are faring against the big red giant

"...working: If you need a Deicide hoodie for your black metal offspring or a CD compilation of the best..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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