For Greater Glory

This epic starring Andy Garcia about Mexico’s anticlerical Cristero War of the late 1920s is a plodding and poorly plotted tale.

"...Directed by: Dean Wright. Starring: Andy Garcia, Oscar Isaac, Rubén Blades, Santiago..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

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

"...Film roster has arrived, with big features like Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, the debut of Starz's American Gods adaptation,..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2014: The Full Party List

Among the 275 authors: Oates, Ellroy, Mosley, Lear, Dean

"...and a pair of Pulitzer Prize winners in Lawrence Wright and Héctor Tobar. Well, hold onto your bifocals, Bud,..."

Sept. 11, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

She's So Lovely

"...Directed by: Nick Cassavetes. Starring: Sean Penn, Robin Wright, John Travolta and Harry Dean Stanton. Ever notice how..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Manchurian Candidate

Is it Gulf War syndrome or justified paranoia? The Manchurian Candidate thrills again.

"...Liev Schreiber, Kimberly Elise, Jon Voight, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, Bruno Ganz, Ted Levine, Simon McBurney, Miguel Ferrer and..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: Taco Queen Upgrades

Maria Taco Xpress keeps up with South Lamar, Moistboyz debut Dean Ween in Austin, and SXSW footnotes

"...speed metal southern punk band with Mickey Melchiondo, aka Dean Ween. Their musical partnership was forged one night in..."

March 28, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Pledge

"...Directed by: Sean Penn. Starring: Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright, Aaron Eckhart, Benicio Del Toro, Vanessa Redgrave, Helen Mirren,..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Caught is the true story of Guy Clark, the dean of Texas songwriters, who struggles to write poetic, yet..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...The French playwright Beaumarchais (The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro)..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...guitarists Carla Olson and Kathy Valentine, and drummer Marilyn Dean – in back. They scored free tickets after a..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...while, or at least play off the inimitable straightman Dean Martin. Roth has no such off button: HeÕs on..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Pioneer Spirit

"...of directors at Phoenix House, substance abuse service org. Dean & Andrea McWilliams Austin Dean: spokesman for former Texas..."

July 30, 1999 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Joffe; with Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall, Joan Plowright, Amy Wright, Robert Prosky. If Roland Joffe's (The Killing..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...First Ya Gotta Shake the Gate. – Michael Toland Roger Dean..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Pleasure With the Payne

38th annual local theatre awards ceremony tonight

"...The questions went public when Juliana Wright posted a commentary on the Austin Live Theatre website's..."

Nov. 5, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...of the Green Revolution" Phillipines, U.S. Director and screenwriter: Dean Colin Marcial Producer: Armi Rae Cacanindin Cast: Annicka Dolonius,..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

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

"...Nonfiction? Check. Austin's favorite New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright (The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State)..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Res Publica

Citizen's calendar, Dec. 18-25

"...used books, CDs, and DVDs (especially in Spanish, Arabic, Chaldean, Urdu, Portuguese, and Creole); warm clothing; CD players; lotions..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...S: Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson; with Luke Wilson, Harry Dean Stanton, Owen Wilson, Eva Mendes..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Wise Blood

One of the last films in John Huston’s long career is this exceptional interpretation of Flannery O’Connor’s eccentric Southern tale of fringe fanatics.

"...by: John Huston. Starring: Brad Dourif, Daniel Shor, Amy Wright, Harry Dean Stanton, Ned Beatty, Mary Nell Santacroce and..."

Aug. 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...D: Wolfgang Petersen; with Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Dean Stockwell, Glenn Close...."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fall Film Previews

September

"...D: Dean Parisot; with Drew Barrymore, Catherine O'Hara, Luke Wilson, Jake..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Ray of Light... and Dark

"...this Friday. Ray had studied architecture under Frank Lloyd Wright and imaginatively applied it noir-ishly to the atmosphere of..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Gay Place: Back in Black

Gays, guerrillas lead the way to Halloween

"...HAPPY HOUR w/ MS. WRIGHT Old, young, hip, square, straight, LGBTQ, red-yellow-black-white-and-brown, and everybody,..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Twinkle!

Stargayzer busts the queer music doors wide open

"...Belo Center for New Media, Rm. 5.102, 300 W. Dean Keeton. www.fb.com/utcwgs...."

Oct. 16, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Diva Dish

Just another "average" week in sparkly, spangly Gay Town in the A-town.

"...HAPPY HOUR W/ MS. WRIGHT Enjoy the warm twinkling glow of legendary piano wild..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Column

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...Chloe Perrin, Kurt Carley, Patrick Fischler, Wilmer Calderon, Tom Wright, Laura Margolis (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...life. Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...Autry advancing the argument that he's an old cowhand, Dean Martin crooning "Besame Mucho," and Bobby Goldsboro's truly awful..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...Dean Corso (Depp), a kind of Indiana Jones who raids..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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