The Revenant

Iñárritu’s Western loses the forest for the trees, but oh, what trees

"...way, shape, or form raped by the animal). Captain Henry (Gleeson), the organizer of the trapping party, whose numbers..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Exhibitionism

Dickens' a Tale of Two Cities: Immediate, Raw Storytelling

"...managing the scores of characters that fill the stage. Henry V. Fitzgerald Jr. has a compelling energy as coachman..."

March 5, 1999 Arts Review

Exhibitionism

God's Trombones: Say Amen, Somebody

"...the cynical sidekick and spy, Hark (John "Ash" Bowie). Henry Fitzgerald, Charlotte Christe, and Mary Ellen Baca LaVoie complete..."

May 28, 1999 Arts Review

Texas Film Hall of Fame 2013 Goes Extra-Terrestrial

Elliott, Buttercup, Ma Kent, and Ned. Ned! join roster

"...heroes to Oscar nominees and beloved character actors. Actors Henry Thomas, Robin Wright, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Annette O'Toole all..."

Jan. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Scarlet Letter

The Vortex Repertory Company's retelling of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter feels like it's coming from a fitful, troubled sleep, a hazy dreamscape in which director Michelle Fowler and her cast create a society of suffocating morality and the cruel reprisals that await any who violate its rigid rules of conduct.

"...antique/modern outfits for Hester, Hibbins, Bellingham, Chillingworth, and even Henry Fitzgerald's affable Master Brackett. Only Pearl, dressed by Perkins..."

March 21, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre Critics' Table Nominations 1998

"...Brooks, The Piano Lesson Tom Byrne, Angels in America Henry Fitzgerald, Juno and the Paycock Jim Grisham, A Few..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Feature

Letters at 3AM

America's ideal of liberty shaped the country's finest authors

"...F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) wrote one century after Poe. He sought romance,..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Last Days of Disco, Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight, Henry Jaglom's Déjà Vu, Hal Hartley's Henry Fool, Tom DiCillo's..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Letters at 3AM: So Big Deal, Hemingway

Will Huck Finn be a valuable and immortal American archetype in the future?

"...Take this parenthesis I wrote last year: "(And hey: Henry Miller, Willa Cather, and Mark Twain are the only..."

July 25, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...The End Of Us Directors/Screenwriters: Henry Loevner, Steven Kanter, Producers: Claudia Restrepo, Henry Loevner, Steven..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

I Capture the Castle

"...by: Tim Fywell. Starring: Romola Garais, Rose Byrne, Tara Fitzgerald, Henry Thomas, Marc Blucas, Bill Nighy, Sinéad Cusack and..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Uncle Vanya: Finding Humor in Wasted Lives

Skipper Chong Warson examines Different Stages' new take on Uncle Vanya.

"...cackling. That's the way it is." The pairing of Henry V. Fitzgerald Jr., as the guitar-strumming survivor Waffles, and..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...D: Thom Fitzgerald; with Daniel MacIvor, Joshua Peace, Carroll Godsman, Jonathan Torrens...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM: The Lincolns of Hollywood

It is dangerous to view history through the eyes of sentimentality

"...In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon (1941), Hollywood mogul Monroe Stahr escorts..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Aristocrats

"...her son, the notorious and dashing Irish revolutionary, Edward Fitzgerald, was executed for the murder of a British soldier...."

Dec. 10, 1999 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Rants on the Writing of Novels

Letters at 3AM

"...A test for your professors. Quote them F. Scott Fitzgerald's line, "If you're strong enough, there are no precedents."..."

April 11, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Record Reviews

"...comes in a spray of mixed messages. Singer-songwriter Warren Fitzgerald can't seem to make up his mind, defending his..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Music Review

scanlines

Gabriel Over the White House

"...Cava; with Walter Huston, Karen Morley, Franchot Tone, C. Henry Gordon. VHS Home Video Vulcan Video, 609 W. 29th..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Screens Feature

A Revolutionary Letter to Artists

Someone waved

"...still lay when he died. I think of Zelda Fitzgerald writing Save Me the Waltz in a mental hospital,..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Column

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...interviews with Ian MacKaye, Damian Kulash of OK Go, Henry Rollins, Janeane Garofalo, John Perry Barlow among others. (World..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Letters at 3AM

Freedom is beautiful and dangerous: That has been the theme of American writers since the beginning

"...to write without an English accent. After Twain, only Henry James would sound English. America's English had become a..."

May 11, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Henry Butler..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...Jim Jarmusch; with Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva, Isaach De Bankole, Tricia Vessey...."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...Henry V. Fitzgerald, Jr...."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer

"...decades after his death. Like F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Nathanael West, Zora Neale Hurston, Jack Kerouac, Jim Thompson,..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...The Family Circus Director/Screenwriter: Andrew Fitzgerald, Producer: Josh Cohen A Vietnamese-American family's plan to cover..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

La Doña, Wet Leg, Wolf Eyes, and Chris Patrick Added to SXSW’s 2022 Music Ranks

… along with 302 other acts from around the world

"...(Houston TX) Hannah Jadagu (Mesquite TX) Harleighblu (Nottingham UK-ENGLAND) Henry Hall (Los Angeles CA) HINO (Tepic MEXICO) Holy Boy..."

Jan. 26, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crime Month: A Chron "… and Punishment" Playlist

Songs answering the musical question, "Does crime pay?" No.

"...“Henry Lee,” Nick Cave and PJ Harvey A memento of..."

July 17, 2019 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

Top Books of 2018 for American Road Tripping

Two novels set on the open road and two accounts of life in Trump's White House all made for journeys deep into America today

"...Wolff's Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House (Henry Holt and Co.) and Bob Woodward's more recent Fear:..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...Duhamel, Famke Janssen, Giancarlo Esposito, Sarah Wayne Callies, Caitlin Fitzgerald, James Franco (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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