The Trial of Joan of Arc

"...Roger Honorat. Perhaps Bresson’s most famous film, The Trial of Joan of Arc is shot entirely in medium shots..."

Sept. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

"...Richar Didings, Tcheky Karyo, Vincent Cassel, Pascal Gregory, Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, John Malkovich and Milla Jovovich. As the..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paper Chairs' The Repentance of Saint Joan

Patrick Shaw’s new play is less a tale of Joan of Arc’s life than a divine meditation on love lost

"...From beginning to end, The Repentance of Saint Joan is an exploration of loss. In this..."

April 6, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

SXSW Music: First Band List of 2016

Initial names for (154) and days remaining until (146) March madness

"...start thinking about South by Southwest. The music arm of the local mega-conference, scheduled for March 15-20, revealed 154..."

Oct. 20, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Echoes of Innocence

Earnest and well-intentioned Dallas-based cast and crew have created a puzzling and inauthentic youth drama that promotes teenage sexual abstinence.

"...Vodvarka. The earnest and well-intentioned Dallas-based cast and crew of this puzzling youth drama have labored to create a..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Resurrection of Gavin Stone

A former actor finds faith in his hometown

"...Carl Theodor Dreyer’s boundlessly soulful 1928 masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc were released today, it would scorch..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Women of Mystery

Investigating the latest "persons of interest" in Texas' literary crime scene

"...Murder, She Read: What Hooked Us on Women of Mystery..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Molly Odnitz

Larry & Joe Bring Songs of Deliverance to Carrie Rodriguez’s Laboratorio

North Carolina duo play Paramount Stateside on April 30

"...Every day, the edges of America are crossed by thousands of desperate people from..."

April 14, 2023 Music Post by John Job

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...film. Now Wes Anderson's new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be the top to its tail as..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Jarrott Productions’ Mother of the Maid

Joan of Arc's life takes path less traveled but the production gets lost

"...There’s a sizable body of plays told from the perspective of a secondary character..."

April 26, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

All is Grace: The Films of Robert Bresson

"...Robert Bresson. I remember watching introductions to the films of French filmmaker Robert Bresson in which the speaker would..."

Aug. 31, 2000 Movie Review

Day of Wrath

Made during the German occupation of Denmark, Dreyer's film explores the power of the supernatural to annihilate the foundations of society, although the story is set in the remote period of the witch hunts of the 17th-century. His first film since making Vampyr in 1932, Day of Wrath still shows Dreyer to be a master imagist.

"...The Austin Chronicle. Excepted here is Morris' original review of this film by the peerless Danish stylist Carl Dreyer...."

July 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Review: Jarrott Productions’ Mother of the Maid

Joan of Arc's life takes path less traveled but the production gets lost

May 5, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

New Districts Set the Stage for the Politics of the 2020s

The city and state begin to show their work

"...After a prolonged wait, the committees of lawmakers and (in Austin) extraordinary citizens in charge of..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured

Kathryn Harrison's look at Joan of Arc and her cultural legacy seeks to redefine this heroine for a new generation

"...Joan of Arc: A Life Transfiguredby Kathryn Harrison Doubleday, 400pp.,..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Arts Feature by Anne Harris

Your Weekend in Film

Choose your battle

"...Take some time off your fight for net neutrality with, well, these four..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Angel-A

Luc Besson delivers a gorgeous-looking but ill-conceived mash note to the city of Paris that stars a petty crook and an ethereal beauty.

"...1999's bizarro Milla Jovovich lovefest The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. He's been scripting like mad in..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Letters

Mother Teresa biopic delivers no miracles

"...faithful back in the day, movies about the lives of the saints, such as the virginal jeune fille who..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mad Max: Fury Road

Glorious action cinema abounds on Fury Road

"...“a fuel-injected suicide machine, a rocker, a roller, an out-of-controller,” and a genuine, mindblowing masterpiece of pure action cinema...."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Snow White and the Huntsman

Ambitious, brutish, and ruthlessly unromantic, this feminist reworking of the fairy tale has us under its spell.

"...has the right idea casting its heroine as a Joan of Arc-type crusader and its evil queen a dissertation..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Household Saints

"...Directed by: Nancy Savoca. Starring: Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lili Taylor, Judith Malina, Michael Rispoli and Victor Argo...."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Things I Learned at Fantastic Arcade

A smattering of smart things people said about video games

"...real reasons to move your operations to Austin: cost of living and tacos...."

Sept. 27, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Boxer Rebellion Gets Yang'd But Good

Graphic Novelist Gene Luen Yang brings his newest work to Austin

"...There's the ghost of the first emperor of all China, Qin Shi Huang,..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Shakespeare at Winedale

The UT program offers a marathon run of the Bard's early trilogy

"...as a city bus. Miss that most recent production of A Midsummer Night's Dream or Romeo and Juliet? Not..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Banging the Drum

Fun Fun Fun Fest after parties

"...The announcement of Dischord legends Scream headlining Red 7 on Nov. 6..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

SXSW Adds to Music Roster

Imarhan, Minus the Bear, Joan of Arc, Charlotte Day Wilson, and 152 more

"...now it’s time to share their first big list of Music Conference artists...."

Oct. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Downton Crabby

Lady Theresa Thombs classes up State Education Board race

"...Texas politics needs this year, it is a touch of class. Last year was marred by potty talk and..."

Jan. 13, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Catch up on Texas travel news and plan some spring sightseeing

"...It’s April and the start of a festival season celebrating music, food, history, sandcastles, and..."

April 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Sara Smile Still

Behind Sara Hickman's sunny countenance lies real life. And still a smile.

"...Since bursting onto the scene of 1980s Texas singer-songwriters with peers Edie Brickell, Michelle Shocked,..."

May 7, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

#ACreads: Last Chance to Vote

Tell us which book you'd like to discuss at our Dec. 8 chat

"...far, #ACreads has favored fiction, and in the vein of Rebecca Makkai's The Hundred Year House and Merritt Tierce's..."

Nov. 11, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

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