Wordsmith Smackdown

A new documentary about the funny, punny world of Austin's annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships.

"...punning subject: money. "'Taxing' has already been used," emcee Joel McColl informs Snider after a deceptively lame attempt. "Oh,"..."

May 2, 2003 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Something Someone Someplace Else

Like so many characters in American drama, the folks in Ann Marie Healey's Something Someone Someplace Else are trying to measure the distance between the life they have and the life they want, and Hyde Park Theatre's world premiere production is so rich in humor and warmth that we feel no distance between them and us.

"...you can see it after Jones finishes singing Billy Joel's "She's Always a Woman to Me" to her, his..."

April 18, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

"...by the irrepressible Emily Fawcett and the shockingly depraved Joel Mozersky, the CDV shows are not only legendary but..."

April 4, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Sending Off SXSW 2003

Film reviews, and more!

March 21, 2003 Screens Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...KELLY HOGAN & SALLY TIMMS: Diva this, diva that, but when it..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...this Japanese trio is CBGB rock: Ramones' tempos scuzzed à la Johnny Thunders. Apt to be wearing plastic hair,..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

TCB: SXSW News

"...WHAT'S WRONG WITH ROCK & ROLL TODAY: "You can take your parents to a..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Live From SXSW's Screening Room

"...Scott Roberts; with Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Robert Taylor, Joel Edgerton...."

March 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

Page Two

In such intense and crazed times, film and music of soothe and feed the soul; SXSW 2003 provides plenty to feast on.

"...Other late additions: Director Joel Schumacher introduces Phone Booth, with Colin Farrell, Forest Whitaker,..."

March 7, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

In blaming the anti-war movement for all possible future scenarios connected to terrorism or the war in Iraq, the hysterical right has poised itself to lead a devastating assault on the Constitution and its protections.

"...Secondhand Lions (starring Robert Duvall, Michael Caine, and Haley Joel Osment) makes McCanlies an industry legend, you can say..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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