Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Love is never having to say "I erased you."

"...The doctor’s strange technicians come to Joel’s apartment to hook him up to the machinery and erase his memories..."

March 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Something More Than Just Cerebral

This is a different Kaufman, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind marks a different kind of picture for the writer

"...of the script, Kaufman constantly battled to make the hook – the memory-erasing premise – something more than a..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Interactive 04

Exclusive Web-only 'Austin Chronicle' coverage of the wonks, the weekend, and the wilder side of cyberspace

"...the first roll of a 20-sided die, I was hooked," he said...."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Articulations

Leading off the new year with good news: an arts success story from the Paradox Players and grants for Austin artists from the NEA.

"...by a double bill premiere, Head Over Heels and Hook, Line, and Sinker, by Artistic Director Paullette MacDougal. For..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Obscene Calling

Law enforcement crosses capitol politics, and the Rangers get burned

"...caller appeared to simply leave the phone off the hook for a period of time," the Rangers noted as..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Uptown Girls

"...long for anything – even an impossible-to-get-out-of-your-head Billy Joel hook – to make the time pass. Murphy plays grownup..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Together Again

Reuniting the team behind Teatro, Willie Nelson and Daniel Lanois

"...DL: If we hook up again, I still have that guitar...."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Between Round Rock and a Hard Place

Northridge Acres can't find water, water anywhere.

"...them. All of the pipes are too small and hooked to too many houses...."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature by Walter Howerton Jr

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...George W. Thinks He's Off the Hook..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

The Banger Sisters

"...the core, Suzette sets out for Santa Fe to hook up with her old friend, Vinnie (Sarandon), the other..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Juwanna Mann

"...to the winos. Their addiction gets them off the hook, moral culpability-wise and, say what you will about binge..."

June 28, 2002 Movie Review by Russell Smith

New Order

Record Review

"...is the most immediate song on the album. Peter Hook wastes no time setting down the type of melodic,..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Wet Hot American Summer

Spoof of old summer-camp sexcapades is performed by a sprawling cast of comedic hams, largely culled from comedy troupe the State.

"...could be. The fault, I think, lies within the hook itself. Director/co-writer Wain and co-writer/star Showalter, both of the..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jurassic Park III

"...sound so real (and a possible homage to Spielberg's Hook) that you'll be shushing your neighbors before you realize..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

"...of Jude Law's sex robot Gigolo Joe. The pair hook up and join forces in a way so vague..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"..."Where I Come From," a couple of good Mystic hook-ups, and the primed "Active." Kamnesia is re-occurring… Ladies know..."

April 27, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Faithless

"...despair ensue. “Duh,” repeats that little voice. The movie's hook is the manner in which it unfolds. Over the..."

March 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rebels With a Cause

Compelling documentary about the Sixties" Students for a Democratic Society includes commentary from such leaders as Tom Hayden and Austin's Alice Embree and Jeff Shero Nightbyrd.

"...lets Garvy and the 20-plus other interviewees off the hook. At the very least, Garvy covers all her bases,..."

March 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lies

"...neo-neo-realistic approach to storytelling gets it off the porno hook, though -- there's more going on than simple bedroom..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wes Craven Presents: Dracula

"...is, and right then you almost fall for him, hook, line, and crucifix. But, alas, like Vlad's unquenchable love..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joy Division, New Order

"...clearly and dramatically heading for a not-so-happy resolution. Peter Hook's stark bass lines and Stephen Morris' staccato beats form..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Review by Michael Chamy

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Although some critics have assumed, from Jacques Barzun's criticisms of modern culture, that he is a conservative ideologue, in reality he has always followed his own, pragmatic vision of things.

"...the times, and it is easy to see the hook here: Little Big Man as a New York intellectual,..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Point and Shoot

Without looking Matt knows the deer is dead.

"...At the farm they hoist the doe onto a hook in the doorway of the shed. Kevin stands back..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Bonnie West

Girlfight

"...scenarios: impoverished life in the housing projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn; lack of sufficient parental affection; and resentment of..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Better Living Through Porno

... or What I Learned as an Adult Industry Worker

"...employed at this particular business. The money was the hook, the overtime hours unlimited. Besides, hadn't I had enough..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Features Feature by Kelly Petrash

Scary Movie

Keenen Ivory Wayans' broad spoof of the horror/comedy Scream series.

"...Electra and Shannon Elizabeth. Andrew McCarthy, you're off the hook. A word of explanation: Seven years ago, I tagged..."

July 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hi-Line

"...is impossible to fathom just what. Vera, however, falls hook, line, and sinker, so stultified is she by her..."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postscripts

The kind of ghosts the first writer-in-residence at the Katherine Anne Porter House hopes to encounter and details on how to sign up for the Austin Public Library's Summer Reading Program.

"...but still, they thought it might be useful to hook up a trailer behind the house "hoping to be..."

June 2, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Rails Under My Back: A Novel

"...the family, finds his new purpose, are nicknamed Red Hook, a circle of hell that is only reachable by..."

May 5, 2000 Books Review by Lissa Richardson

D'Angelo, Paramount Theater, Oakland, Calif., April 5

"...followed all the more surreal. "Shit is off the hook!" exclaimed a convert, one row back from the local-living..."

April 21, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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