The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...39th animated feature, The Emperor's New Groove, about the adventures of a young emperor who is turned into a..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Red Planet

Nov. 17, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The JFKonspiracy

Kathy McCarty wants to know "Why?" Why is wanting to know more about the Kennedy Assassination such social suicide?

"...what they have to say, especially if it is really over-the-top Nutbag stuff.")..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Articulations

The project that director Vicky Boone and playwright David Hancock took to the Sundance Theatre Laboratory in 1999 -- or at least a form of it -- shows up onstage this week.

"...them to explore directions in the gigantic script and really begin shaping it. In the time since, Hancock and..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Little Vampire

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gut Girls

The title characters in Sarah Daniels' play Gut Girls are brash, foul-mouthed, beer-swilling cockneys, carving their lots from life at the slaughterhouse, and the UT Department of Theatre & Dance production's colorful design work, solid direction, and vivid performances put us inside their greasy, tough world.

Oct. 20, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Dancing About Architecture

Microradio back in Austin, Fortune 500 gone.

"...Garfunkel), Bob Seger (because we'd rather listen to some real old-time rock & roll), and Steely Dan (huh?), and..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

A Chorus Line

The performers in Austin Musical Theatre’s revival of A Chorus Line dance and sing and act, well, like they have been doing this on Broadway stages all their careers. But poor tech and dated writing make this once-groundbreaking musical appear to be languishing in its former glory.

"...by Scott Thompson, this two-hour, intermission-less production is a real museum piece; what you see is exactly what you..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Highlander: Endgame

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Out and About

13th Annual Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival

"...like -- smart, awkward, and with a kind of real-life roundness you don't see much in Hollywood. Here she..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

July 21, 2000 Books Column

TV Eye

Is there anything worse than that long stretch before the start of the fall season? Thank God for cable.

June 2, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...to America, where he had a series of extraordinary adventures. For a time in New York he had worked..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

Will Travel for Food

Texas Restaurants Worth Visiting on the Road This Summer

"...keep the sunburned crowds happy. The food is what really shines here, and oddly enough for a city by..."

May 26, 2000 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters

"...-- however loud, violent, or noxious this maiden performance really was -- at least one thing is certain: "Saturday..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

Austin leaves Ken Lieck homeless and fuming.

"...having to come in contact with us filthy, tie-less, real Austinites. Last week, The Austin Business Journal ran a..."

April 28, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The University of Houston

"...same members in the workshop," Haven said, "and we've really guided each other through what for most of us..."

April 21, 2000 Books Feature by Lissa Richardson

Postscripts

Texas -- not just the place, but the idea -- is always being celebrated in some way, it seems. But Texas writers are often behind the scenes, which is why last week's spate of events celebrating Texas writers has seemed so odd, and compelling.

April 21, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Final Destination

March 24, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Golden Arm Symphony

Unraveling the budding symphonic genius of Graham Reynolds

"...Abbott to Keith's Costello -- appearing taller than he really is thanks to his lanky frame and long, brown..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postscripts

Neal Barrett Jr.'s third book in as many months, Perpetuity Blues and Other Stories, is all previously published material but well worth the re-read.

Feb. 4, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

Jan. 28, 2000 Books Column

Long Fringe @ the Off Center

"...which leads into a series of vignettes, stories, and adventures working in the framework of The Odyssey. Homer tackles..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

1999 Austin Film Releases

A complete list of all films released for theatrical runs in Austin in the calendar year 1999 and eligible for consideration in the Top Ten.

"...TitleRatingReviewerIssue Date THE ACID HOUSE2.0(M.S.)10/1/99 THE ADVENTURES OF ELMO IN GROUCHLAND3.0(M.S.)10/8/99 AFFLICTION4.5(R.S.)2/19/99 AFTER LIFE4.0(M.B.)8/13/99 ALL THE..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature

The Source

"...the Sixties and early Seventies. Yet The Source never really delves too deeply into the reassessment of the Beats..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tales of Badmen, Bad Women, and Bad Places: Four Centuries of Texas Outlawry

Dec. 3, 1999 Books Review by Elizabeth Skadden

Blow Harder

The use of horns in local rock & roll bands

"...I didn't have any better taste, I might be really screwed up right now," says Lipkin. "I mean, if..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Splendor

"...The Doom Generation, and Nowhere), along with the shocking surrealist violence and bare-breasted Rose McGowan and sexily androgynous James..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within

"...of this letter, we will only address those that really deserve an explanation...."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column

Condo Clash

The Gotham Has Neighbors Up in Arms

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

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