The People Person

Peter Hedges' Pieces of April brings the novelist-screenwriter out of the quiet and into the filmmaking fray.

"...penned the screenplay for his first novel, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, for director Lasse Hallström, netting an Oscar nomination..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Light It Up

"...Forest Whitaker, Rosario Dawson, Robert Ri'Chard, Fredo Starr, Sara Gilbert and Vanessa L. Williams. Judd Nelson is finally back..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Desert Blue

"...Starring: Brendan Sexton III, Kate Hudson, Christina Ricci, Sara Gilbert, Casey Affleck, Lucinda Jenney, John Heard, Isidra Vega, Ethan..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...English musical fare (roughly 1880-1980), from Broadway classics to Gilbert & Sullivan. Includes members from the Gilbert and Sullivan..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Anime, Activism, and Aerodynamics in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture abound!

"...Thursday 3 - Friday 4 & Sunday 6, AFS Cinema..."

April 4, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Hard Truths

Mike Leigh returns with another finely observed family drama

"...in filmmaking, Leigh has mounted ambitious historical pieces –1999’s Gilbert & Sullivan romp Topsy-Turvy, 2004’s abortionist drama Vera Drake,..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Fusebox, Alejandro Escovedo, alexalone, and the Ballinger brothers lead our recommendations

"...feat. Thelma & the Sleaze, Dorian Wood, SKLOSSVarious Locations, through Sunday 16..."

April 14, 2023 Music Column by Genevieve Wood

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

"...New Order - Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, and Gillian Gilbert - will look back at their genre-bending/defining career as..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 20-26

"...AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian poet Jack Gilbert devoted himself to soulful beauty. I swooned when I..."

May 20, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 6-12

"...AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian poet Jack Gilbert wrote, "I lie in the dark wondering if this..."

May 6, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 7-13

"...because I gave something else up," wrote author Elizabeth Gilbert. That has often been true for me. For example,..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Trumpeting Victories

"...Dear Editor, Hello, My name is Gilbert Elorreaga and I am the current and former teacher..."

May 24, 2021 Postmarks

Anger at Pease Elementary as AISD Revokes Transfers

Transfer requests were for schools that had already reached maximum enrollment capacity

"...In a statement, AISD's associate superintendent overseeing elementary schools, Gilbert Hicks, said, "We are working with families on a..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Song of Names

Holocaust drama about a missing musical prodigy never finds its rhythm

"...elite are in attendance when Dovidl’s guardian and benefactor Gilbert Simmonds (Townsend) announces that the concert will be canceled..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trial by Fire

Cameron Todd Willingham story deserves a better retelling that trusts the evidence

"...While the introduction of pen pal cum advocate Elizabeth Gilbert (Dern) halfway through the film nicely humanizes Willingham, the..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Austin ISD Begins to Move Eastside High Schools

New Eastside Memorial campus breaks ground, and more school shuffling

"...Anderson (founding principal of what is now Prairie View A&M) and then for his brother L.C. Anderson (first principal..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Personal Stories Behind Ben Is Back

Writer/director Peter Hedges on family, alcoholism, and going home

"...1990s during the filming of his book What's Eating Gilbert Grape?), he's been back regularly, particularly at Austin Film..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF Review: Wild Nights With Emily

If only all poetry lessons were this hilarious and fun

"...comes from her romance with her childhood friend Susan Gilbert (Susan Ziegler). However, Gilbert ends up marrying Emily’s brother,..."

Sept. 10, 2018 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Handcuffed

Is this what the African-American Achievement Plan looks like at AISD?

"...among measured demographics were between African-American and white students. Gilbert Hicks, AISD's lead for the plan, said that to..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Five Arty Things To Do In Austin This Weekend

Arty, yeah. You know: Creativity actually happening in our city.

"...THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE This is Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic opera, of course – from which..."

June 16, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Letters to the Editor: Classic Cuts

35 years of "keeping it weird"

"...the Hole in the Wall and Handful at Gaby & Mo's. Clearly a case of "conflicting interests." Cancel my..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Features Feature by Danielle White

Hornography

Strong fills in the gaps

"...tenuous, upon the hire of then-Tulsa Offensive Coordinator Sterlin Gilbert, who takes over as lead play-caller...."

Feb. 19, 2016 Sports Column by Kahron Spearman

Hornography: Top 10s

Top 10 moments in UT sports

"...9) The Gilbert Situation Somehow, some way – and with a lot..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Sports Column by Kahron Spearman

Amy

Doc about the life of Amy Winehouse is revelatory, amusing, and deeply devastating

"...the day. The friends – Juliette Ashby and Lauren Gilbert – paint a picture of the young singer as..."

July 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

iHeartRadio Country Festival Review

Mainstream country owns Austin for one night only

"...Plane” and nearly everything from Tyler Farr and Brantley Gilbert...."

May 4, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman

iHeartRadio Country Festival

"...Brantley Gilbert..."

May 4, 2015 Photo Gallery

Mr. Turner

Mike Leigh delivers a fascinating, period-rich portrait of the latter years of the painter J.M.W. Turner.

"...wonderful 1999 film Topsy-Turvy, a film about the artists Gilbert and Sullivan composing The Mikado. Like Topsy-Turvy, Mr. Turner..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hornography

"...Brown's flameout got accelerated when his prized pig, Garrett Gilbert, wasn't able to perform at the level Brown had..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Sports Column by Eric Sollenberger

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Seth MacFarlane furthers his Hollywood onslaught with this Western spoof in which he's no longer strictly a voice talent but is now playing the onscreen lead.

"...the one-joke cameos by the likes of Christopher Lloyd, Gilbert Gottfried, Ewan McGregor, and Bill Maher. The film’s modern..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Butler School of Music

Two concerts – one by Harvey Pittel, one for the late Rose Taylor – pay tribute to 'living in a song'

"...and her repertoire ranged from Bach to Mendelssohn to Gilbert & Sullivan to Ligeti, with plenty of songs and..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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