Ararat

Atom Egoyan's cri du coeur about the Armenian massacre of 1915 gets a fitting two-disc release, with interviews, featurettes about the genocide, and director's commentary that hardly pauses for a breath. Marrit Ingman offers her own commentary.

"...the music of the duduk). Egoyan (Exotic, The Sweet Hereafter) loves layered subplots and morally conflicted characters who twist..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Screens Review by Marrit Ingman

Life Worth Livin'

Looking for a way out with Jay, Jeff, and the gang

"...Uncle Tupelo's fixation with the hereafter proved prescient; once March 16-20 was released, they weren't..."

April 4, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Mr. Smarty Pants

"...Water," signifying the passage of the soul to the hereafter...."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...for this Easy Rider, appearing soon in The Sweet Hereafter."..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Column

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

There's more than a Depression-era dime's worth of hokum in this story of a country bumpkin who inherits millions, then has his worm bitten in the Big Bad Apple, but at least it's Capra-corn.

"...find the right follow-up, a near-miss with the great hereafter both delayed him further and determined the bootstrap-pulling Sicilian..."

June 28, 2002 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Invasion of the Amazing Colossal Artists

In the final days of October, Central Texas plays host to the winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature, Derek Walcott; winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Music, John Corigliano; and two-time finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN / Faulkner award, Russell Banks.

"...the novels Continental Drift, Affliction, Cloudsplitter, and The Sweet Hereafter and the recent short story collection The Angel on..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Twenty Flight Rock

Film Composers Talk About the Art, Craft, Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Writing for the Cinema

"...Violin), Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen), Mychael Danna (The Sweet Hereafter), Elmer Bernstein (To Kill A Mockingbird), Philip Glass (Powaqqatsi),..."

July 20, 2001 Books Feature by David Lynch

Jeremiah Johnson

For ex-Army soldier Jeremiah Johnson (Redford), the silent, rugged mountains function as the perfect environment in which to fulfill his enigmatic goal -- total secession from the human race.

"...determines a man's struggle between life and the icy hereafter. Jeremiah Johnson exists in a white-washed purgatory, much like..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Review by Marcel Meyer

SXSW Film Reviews

Like The Sweet Hereafter, red deer is a meditative tale of loss and redemption which seeks answers in the unexplained events of everyday life. Unlike that 1997 critics favorite, however, red deer lacks the visual appeal to sustain this slowgoing narrative.

"...Like The Sweet Hereafter, red deer is a meditative tale of loss and..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Barry Johnson

Rip Torn: All in the Family

"...to help Albert Brooks save his tush in the hereafter...."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

The Year in Film

The Best and Worst of the Movies of 2000

"...10s until the following January. To boot: The Sweet Hereafter topped half our critics' lists in 1998 -- almost..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Dancing About Architecture

Ritalin Kids sign a record deal; Steve Wertheimer gets wet all over.

"...Now comes word that the Austin American-Statesman's Chris Riemenschneider (hereafter referred to as "R" to save me from carpal..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Reservation Road

"...already covered this terrain -- Russell Banks' The Sweet Hereafter comes to mind...."

Feb. 11, 2000 Books Review by Dan Oko

Postscripts

Neal Barrett Jr.'s third book in as many months, Perpetuity Blues and Other Stories, is all previously published material but well worth the re-read.

"...a new novel, Interstate Dreams, out recently and The Hereafter Gang just reprinted (both works published by Mojo Press)...."

Feb. 4, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Homegrown Don Quixotes

Austin writer Neal Barrett Jr.'s latest mind-over-matter comic thriller, Interstate Dreams, "has an oddly disorienting effect," Chronicle reviewer Mike Shea writes.

"...paperbacks for science-ficionados through his literary cult novel The Hereafter Gang and his two Wiley Moss mysteries (Bad Eye..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Books Feature by Mike Shea

Postscripts

The truth behind why local romance writer and presiding municipal court judge Evelyn Palfrey signed a contract with Pocket Books, not "Popular Books," to reissue her series of self-published novels.

"...Dreams is brand-new (Mojo Press is re-issuing Barrett's The Hereafter Gang and publishing Interstate Dreams simultaneously. Both are in..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

October Previews

"...sister's wedding. Rising star Sarah Polley (Go, The Sweet Hereafter) headlines in this film that marks the directing debut..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Articulations

What's That Smell?

"...annual Big Stinkin' International Improv & Sketch Comedy Festival, hereafter known as BS4. The laugh trade extravaganza, which drew..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Do a Little Dance

"...as well as the luminous performance of The Sweet Hereafter's Sarah Polley. Another screenwriter-turned-director is Hampton Fancher (Blade Runner)..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

1998 Austin Theatrical Movie Openings

"...SUMMER OF THE MONKEYS Preview (M.B.) 10/30/98 THE SWEET HEREAFTER 4.5 (M.B.) 1/9/98 SWEPT FROM THE SEA 2.5 (R.S.)..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Exhibitionism

Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika: Feels Like Hope

"...Perestroika is filled with the white mist of the hereafter. As we move beyond the clouds, fog drifts in..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Arts Review

The Stink Is All Over

The BS Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Takes Over Austin

"...the buzz on this year's Big Stinkin' Festival – hereafter referred to in true festival coverage style (all-caps acronym)..."

April 17, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Short Cuts

"...haunting screen adaptation of Russell Banks' novel, The Sweet Hereafter, has been added this week to the SXSW Film..."

March 6, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Movies From the Mount

Sundance Film Festival

"...novel also provides the source material for The Sweet Hereafter, currently playing in theatres). Schrader wrote the screen adaptation..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Choice Cuts: a Neal Barrett Primer

"...The Hereafter Gang* (1991, Peter V. Ziesing) A rambunctious road novel..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Books Feature

The Big Bang

The Fragmentation of Austin's Underground

"...They Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (hereafter referred to for obvious reasons as "Trail of Dead")...."

July 11, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Casting Votes Against Development

"...in the end. Decisions with integrity will be noted hereafter by Austinites. We have been let down too many..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Column

The Guy Is Everywhere

Lloyd Maines

"...just something about documenting music for listeners in the hereafter that really appealed to me. I just kind of..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

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