Telling His Own Story Fearlessly

With his theatrical memoir "I'm Not Lying," Jaston Williams proves there is more to the man than Tuna.

"...in the hospital with his elderly mother during the final hours of her life. There is the father just..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...meeting to meeting, all for legitimate reasons. Everyone expected final votes to take place in February. All members were..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Column

Written on the Wind

Pure camp, with a capital C.

"...even more scandal to be had, ending with that final delicious shot: Marylee, now the queen of Hadley Oil,..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

True West

Boys will be boys -- especially if they're brothers and they're written by Sam Shepard. And this offering of True West from 4th &1 does a damned fine job of showing us what that means.

"...brings this out with skillful nonchalance, acting up a portrait of learned mildness. Lee's the violent one, the predator..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cine Las Americas Schedule

"...myth and reality come together to create a new portrait of Mexican revolutionary, Emiliano Zapata. (ADD, 7pm)..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...another essay, "This Is Palestine Calling," Hamzeh paints a portrait of mass genocide in the territories: "This is just..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Column

For Your Consideration ...

Austin Film Festival Preview

"...Set in California's Camp Pendleton during the final year of the Vietnam war, Linh Bui's film examines..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature

ROYGBIV 2001

In ROYGBIV 2001: A Human Odyssey, ONE Theatre Company sets out to chronicle the universal passages of human existence through an Everyman figure that they follow from birth to death. But the show itself seems to be in the midst of adolescence: Full of big dreams, idealistic, and ready to take on the world, but still a little awkward in its own body.

"...political corruption, the feebleness of old age, and the final exit with an expression of bafflement that never fades...."

May 18, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Se7en

David Fincher's stunning directorial debut about a psychopath who uses the seven deadly sins as a model for his grotesque murders

"...on closer inspection, deadly sins. Fincher paints a captivating portrait of the dark side of man, with shots that..."

April 13, 2001 Screens Review by Eli Kooris

The People vs. Mike Sheffield

The new APD oversight agreement is a first for Austin -- but will it do what it's supposed to do?

"...Radicals might balk at the portrait, but Sheffield is a convincing enough Officer Friendly to..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Still Life

Whether it is the coterie around the world's most famous photographer or a group of cowboys on a West Texas ranch, Laura Wilson, who peeked inside a reclusive Christian sect for her new photography book Hutterites of Montana, has an instinct for penetrating insular, tightly knit societies.

"...a couple of drafts," Laura Wilson now recalls. The final draft must have been persuasive, because Avedon called her..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Postmarks

Kudos for the Lost Austin issue, and much environmental ado.

"...his heart broken by the disaster in Vietnam. The portrait was a masterpiece of delicate tones and shadings, light..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column

American Caste

"...Texas Death Row is a striking portrait of our state's underclass. The 220 men and two..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Ricardo Ainslie

Outside the Box

The evolving idea of what it means to be experimental in this oh-so-traditional world is explored by filmmakers like Garcia Crow and Schiesari in the 25th season of The Territory, a television series showcasing the best short experimental works by film and video artists from Texas and around the world

"...beginning October 20. Ranging in subject from a video portrait of Barton Springs through the changing seasons ("Springs Symphony"..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Feature by David Garza

After a Fashion

New shop Chimera is spotlighted and Therapy's spooky exhibits elicit a few kudos, too.

"...and Jane Doe. Sleek and chic dupionni pants by Portrait are $95, and the ostrich-patterned PVC pants from Follies..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

In Person

Who's dumber: Republicans or Democrats? The official results are in.

"...that make up, if not a history, an irreverent portrait of two parties that have produced at least as..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Books Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Moon and Sixpence

"...at that. Inspired by the life of Gauguin, Maugham's portrait of a man tormented by his genius continues to..."

July 28, 2000 Books Review by Mark Berman

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...is firm on one point: "You can't take that final action and sum up Sims' life. It was more..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

America Gone Awry

Philip Roth's strength as a novelist, Tom Grimes says, is that he never writes as if he's finally reached a point of permanent self-definition. He's always searching for that definition, as a writer, as a Jew, and now, through the aging, reclusive Nathan Zuckerman, as an American.

"...novelist is that he never writes as if he's finally reached a point of permanent self-definition. He's always searching..."

June 23, 2000 Books Feature by Tom Grimes

Boss Cupid

"...old tabby." But Boss Cupid shows us otherwise. The self-portrait that emerges is the King David of the book's..."

June 16, 2000 Books Review by Craig Arnold

Let It Rock

Rock & Roll Books Spring 2000

"...to his native Welsh tongue, Cale sketches a poignant portrait of a simple working-class childhood in Wales in which..."

March 17, 2000 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Sister Revolutions: French Lightning, American Light

"...sometimes crude arguments. Thus Dunn imparts a decidedly incomplete portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who remains among the best and..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Books Review by John H. Summers

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

"...a coffinmaker who offers ironic comment -- "So you finally figured it out" -- to Garrett as the lawman..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Feature by Kathleen Murphy

Short Cuts

The Alamo Drafthouse's Cannibal Film Festival: It's People!

"...At, which, of course, didn't end up making the final cut anyway. I think the powers that be thought..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

November Previews

"...Satan, who is searching for a bride in the final countdown to 2000. (Nov. 24)..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Book Reviews

"...why she didn't, as she usually did, say the final good-bye right after his." Also, his wife is chronically..."

July 30, 1999 Books Review

Exhibitionism

Sandbox: Young at Heart

"...sensitivity and expression. Dirk Van Allen provides a skillful portrait of a man forced to confront the life he..."

July 16, 1999 Arts Review

Under-Stated

"...before Jones' Trilogy landed); still, it raised up a portrait of Lone Star lives in bold colors and a..."

July 2, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Platters

Jimmy Lafave

"...and so potentially Grace Slick? Those dumb-shit, smart-ass lyrics finally make sense! And who knew that axe-queens Shannon Wade..."

April 23, 1999 Music Feature

Personal Effects

"...construction workers were all constructivists."). Here, a dissolute British portrait painter is stalked by his 6'7" black doorman because..."

April 16, 1999 Books Feature by Stacy Bush

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