2003 Texas Book Festival Preview

An interview with Don Graham, editor of Lone Star Literature.

"...Literature: From the Red River to the Rio Grande (Norton, $29.95) has been published just in time for the..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature by Dick Holland

TV Eye

Could Paris Hilton or Jonathan Antin teach Dubya a thing or two about how to work it?

"...The Graham Norton Effect: The outrageous BBC talk show host brings..."

June 18, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Making Porn

Ronnie Larsen's play Making Porn dramatizes the making of Cops, a gay porn movie, from casting calls to the spin-off calendar, and in Naughty Austin's production, director Blake Yelavich realizes the comic potential of the script and the world of porn. But a tragic subplot undermines the show's success as a satire on the adult movie industry.

"...scenes. Jody Lanclos is suitably camp, and so is Graham Norton as Jamie's true love Ricky, who dreams of..."

July 5, 2002 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Likkers Are Lekker

Have a lick, won't you?

"...these tasty treats on a old repeat of the Graham Norton Anthology on Logo. Likkers apply within. Also available..."

Sept. 10, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...achieved some celebrity in Britain thanks to popular comedian Graham Norton, who has featured Busy Marquee on his BBC..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Red Dragon

"...Mary-Louise Parker, Emily Watson, Harvey Keitel, Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton and Anthony Hopkins. There's a scene in Red Dragon..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology

Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology

"...edited by Don Graham..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Books Review by R.U. Steinberg

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...D: Edward Norton; with Norton, Ben Stiller, Jenna Elfman, Kryss Anderson, Anne..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off, Liz Lochhead's award-winning dramatization of the bonnie queen's reign, is an ambitious first production for Renaissance Austin Theatre Company, but producer Lorella Loftus prevails by enticing some of Austin's finest actors from the Shakespearean courts to the realm of the experimental.

"...founder of the Scottish Presbyterian Church, John Knox (Paul Norton). Narrator La Corbie (the crow, Ann Marshall) hints at..."

April 19, 2002 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Fall Film Previews

September

"...D: John Dahl; with Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich, Martin Landau, Famke..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

The Aeronauts

Ballooning adventure never drops its baffling meet-cute ballast

"...women balloonists of the time, like the pioneering Margaret Graham or Sophie Blanchard, upon whom Amelia is clearly based...."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Winter Harvest

Digging up the roots of Free Week

"...for local bands and local people," says Transmission Entertainment's Graham Williams...."

Jan. 11, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Last Castle

"...Contender), working from a script by David Scarpa and Graham Yost, parcels out information about the steely, iconic protagonist..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...with a massive voice cast (including Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, Yoko Ono, and dozens more) in this..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Boyhood Nominated for Six Oscars

Academy singles out Linklater, Adair, Arquette, Hawke

"...Robert Duvall, The Judge Ethan Hawke, Boyhood Edward Norton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Mark Ruffalo,..."

Jan. 15, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...SHAGGED ME D: Jay Roach; with Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Elizabeth Hurley, Robert Wagner, Michael York, Rob Lowe, Gia..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...ride. Cast List: Britt Rentschler, Michael Tennant, JJ Nolan, Graham Outerbridge, Charlotte Ubben, Alex Klein, Clayton Froning, Katrina Hughes,..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Revs Up With Ford v Ferrari

Honey Boy, Motherless Brooklyn in feature lineup

"...being talked about as a career best, while Edward Norton sets out to revive the American crime epic with..."

Sept. 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Paul Norton, Twelfth Night..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

In 2002, cinema has been the healthiest of our arts. The movies' range and variety relieve what has otherwise been a bleak time for our culture and our Constitution.

"...I saw in 2002 was Phillip Noyce's depiction of Graham Greene's The Quiet American, set in 1950s Vietnam, when..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...Paul Norton, Hamlet/Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...hording on his two releases for L.A. indie Emperor Norton. Spinning Brazilian bossa nova, French pop, and American Moog,..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Articulations

On the Funding Front

"...at UT, has just been awarded a 1997 Peter Norton Family Foundation Curator's Grant. This program from the Norton..."

July 25, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Saturday Picks and Sleepers

Saturday night SXSW blurbs

"...next month for Sub Pop offshoot Hardly Art.Austin Powell Graham Reynolds/Golden Arm Trio..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004

The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Paul Norton, The Woman in Black..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art, as presented during its annual ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...MotherBone, Graham Reynolds..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pills, Thrills, and Bellyaches

Irvine Welsh's first novel 'Trainspotting' is one of the most successful first novels in recent history, but in this interview with Chronicle writer Marc Savlov, Welsh, whose new novel 'Glue' brings him to BookPeople on Monday, June 18, at 7pm, admits to thinking that "you had to be a bit strange to be a writer, to sit in your room, spending all this time with people that don't actually exist, you know?"

"...The Chronicle spoke with Welsh about Glue (Norton, $14.95), the pitfalls of fame, and why its best..."

June 15, 2001 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Book Review: The Big Goodbye

The making of Chinatown gets its full due in Wasson's chronicle

"...by director David Fincher and Towne, shout-outs from Ed Norton about it being the inspiration for his Motherless Brooklyn,..."

Feb. 25, 2020 Arts Post by David Gaines

Shakespeare's Songbook

Singing Shakespeare tunes around the campfire

"...W. W. Norton, 528 pp., $49.95..."

May 30, 2014 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Lebanon Calling

The Lebanese connection: ACL booker Charles Attal's bond with Zilker Park

"...Joseph's 10 children: Eddie Joseph, Jennie Emmett, and Cecilia Norton. Their father told them that, besides giving him a..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

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