Zach Theatre's Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill

A fierce portrait of Billie Holiday painted in blood and pain

"...talent at the end of a long skid downhill finally hit bottom and self-destruct, it wouldn't be much of..."

June 23, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Playhouse's Death of a Salesman

Marc Pouhé creates a powerful and sympathetic portrait of Willy Loman in a production starring African-American actors

"...and his adult sons, Happy and Biff, witness the final stages of Willy's decline. At 63, he is too..."

March 3, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Fantastic Fest Review: Helmut Berger, Actor

The lines get blurry in this documentary on an aging screen legend

"...of a plot or direction to Andreas Horvath’s Dalian portrait of actor, Austrian film icon and Luchino Visconti muse/lover..."

Sept. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Kahron Spearman

Fantastic Fest Adds Terry Gilliam And Metallica

Final round of films includes surprise big names

"...initial film lineup, now Fantastic Fest has unleashed its final selection, with the latest movies from Kung Fu Hustle..."

Sept. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trailer Park: SXSW Film Day 8

Three picks (and clips) from today's screenings

"...more trick up its sleeve. You can plan your final SXSW weekend – and, in fact, here are a..."

March 15, 2013 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

Fantastic Fest: 'Nevermore'

One-man Poe show closes festival

"...Technically, Fantastic Fest ended on Thursday: But the final curtain did not fall until Saturday and the last..."

Oct. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...by section and with synopsis descriptions, follows below. The final panel and conference lineup as well as the short..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...ending, with a special screening from the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery, the first original show..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...farewell, kween, with a special screening of the season finale of Broad City, as the comedy blockbuster heads to..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Macneill, Clay McLeod Chapman THE BOY is an intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath's growing fascination with death. Cast:..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Out of Commission

The curious saga of 20 portraits of British literary greats that UT paid Feliks Topolski to paint, then didn't show for decades

"...improbable as lizard-skin boots on Victoria Regina: 20 oil portraits of leading figures from the British literary scene at..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Deerskin

Wrong director goes, well, wrong in this film-making spoof

"...a small Swiss village, with only two friends: Denise (Portrait of a Lady on Fire's Haenel), a bartender and..."

April 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Lost City

Andy Garcia’s film is a Cuban exile’s lament – more a dirge for what has vanished than a celebration of the past.

"...most to lose from the revolution, though its unromanticized portrait of Castro’s compadre, Che Guevara, as a brutish thug..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...means that Christopher - a slick, oversexed attorney - finally finds true love with book editor Stewart and -..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

The life, passions, and shattering death of the traveler

"...Through archival footage and talking heads, Neville paints a portrait of Bourdain’s sincerity. Roadrunner celebrates his groundbreaking career, how..."

July 16, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Revealing Poses

How the Victorians presented themselves to the camera explains a lot about them – and us

"...current exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center, "Dress Up: Portrait and Performance in Victorian Photography" (closing at the end..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

The Souvenir Part II

Second part of Joanna Hogg's chronicle of loss

"...he let his heroin addiction wreck their relationship, and finally take his life...."

Nov. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life Revealed at Austin Film Festival

Kasi Lemmons' Harriet Tubman biopic also joins lineup

"...entirely divorced from that reality. Yet, Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait reveals a fascinating way of life tied uniquely to..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Studio Visit: Ben Ruggiero

Asking questions about photography in the commercial studio

"...isn't really about Ruggiero's studio, however, but rather the portrait studio of an undisclosed department store. Wal-Mart, Target, Sears,..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...the Last Director/Writer: Joe Swanberg A sensual and intimate portrait of a young marriage. Focusing on an artistic young..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Zen and the Art of Winning Championships

Richard Linklater profiles living legend Augie Garrido in Inning by Inning

"...in Richard Linklater's newest film, Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach, would argue – greatest coach ever...."

May 30, 2008 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

The Huntress Captured by the Game

"...haven't yet made it into paper but remain definitive portraits of the princess who would never be queen...."

Aug. 27, 1999 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Books of a Lifetime

Dawn Powell: A Biography

"...As with any engaging writer, the best portrait of Powell emerges from her own work. Nobody can..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Books Feature

Maria

Angelina Jolie stars in this biopic of the divine one, opera's Maria Callas

"...Famous Women in Distress biopics (Jackie, Spencer) with this portrait of the legendary opera singer Maria Callas (Jolie) in..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Movie Review

The Exorcism

A troubled actor begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror

"...and referentiality seems to sit at odds with a final act that makes a definitive decision about whether the..."

June 21, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Challengers

Luca Guadagnino’s silly romance may turn you off sex and tennis both

"...from William Klein’s masterful The French to Barney Douglas’ portrait of the tortured superbrat, McEnroe. But when it comes..."

April 26, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Anselm

Two postwar German masters: one in front, one behind the camera

"...crimes. His extraordinary photographic project, "Occupation," a series of self-portraits of him dressed in his father's Wehrmacht uniform, performing..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Nr. 10

Danish stage-set dark drama descends into disappointing silliness

"...his life: a jealous cast mate (Bokma, a fine portrait of a middling talent whose career is slipping away),..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Duke

Jim Broadbent is charming in this socially minded true-crime comedy

"...and it’s somehow echoed sweetly in The Duke, his final narrative feature completed before his death in 2021 (a..."

May 6, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Metacomedy makes Nic Cage the last true movie star

"...are played by … Nicolas Cage in a not-always-flattering self-portrait, with hallucinations of the blazing young artist berating the..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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