God Said “HA!”

"...Directed by: Julia Sweeney. “The feel-good cervical cancer movie of the year!”..."

May 7, 1999 Movie Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Dir/scr/cast: Julia Sweeney; Prod: Rana Joy Glickman; Ed: Fabienne Rawley, Julia..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Roll 'Em

March

"...D: Gil Junger; with Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, Larry Miller,..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Nature of Existence

This documentary treks the globe posing life’s big questions to one and all.

"...director Irvin Kershner (The Empire Strikes Back), and performer Julia Sweeney (It’s Pat). These are among the scores of..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

BS3 Picks & Sleepers

"...its alumni Phil Hartman, Paul Reubens, Jon Lovitz, and Julia Sweeney what more needs to be said? (Palmer Auditorium,..."

April 17, 1998 Arts Feature

Meet Wally Sparks

"...of cameo appearances (Tony Danza, Jay Leno, Gilbert Gottfried, Julia Sweeney, Roseanne, Bob Saget, Lesley Anne Down, Sir Mix-a..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...Hans Christopher, Nikki DeParis, Fabrizio Alliata, Makena Miller, Nyah Juliano, Michael Carter (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: The Threesome

This modern rom-com takes itself seriously ... but not too seriously

"...Jenny’s parents with just the right amount of cringe. Julia Sweeney does such a great job as Conner’s mom..."

March 7, 2025 SXSW Post by Rod Machen

Postscripts

Upcoming changes in the Books section, radio drama in Austin, and Clay Smith's revelation about Amazon.com that everyone else knew about already.

"...order a Christmas gift for someone, a copy of Julia Sweeney's God Said Ha!, which I think is endlessly..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Whatever it Takes

"...Directed by: David Hubbard. Starring: Julia Sweeney, Colin Hanks, Aaron Paul, James Franco, Jodi Lyn..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stuart Little

Retelling of E.B. White's children's classic.

"...Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Brian Doyle-Murray, Estelle Getty, Dabney Coleman, Julia Sweeney and Jeffrey Jones. Somewhere, E.B. White is rolling..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Something Completely Different

Comedy writers Bob Odenkirk and David Cross took everything they’d learned from past comic masters and made their Mr. Show variety show into something completely different.

"...of a new wave of alternative comics -- including Julia Sweeney, Margaret Cho, and Andy Dick -- who performed..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Ron Deutsch

October Previews

"...take on the romantic triangle is based on a Julian Barnes novel in which a man who marries a..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Seven in Focus

SXSW '97 Film

"...Full Tilt Boogie, and God Said, Ha! [directed by Julia Sweeney, executive-produced by Quentin Tarantino, and currently in post-production]...."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...Music, 110 in the Shade, She Loves Me, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd) or a newer musical with a folksy bent..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Stage Top 10s

Top Ten That's Really 13 (and Could Easily Have Been 20) Theatre Experiences of 1996

"...4. Joe York in Sweeney Todd (Live Oak Theatre at the State): Our finest..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2017

Consensus on the best local platters

"...4) Sunny Sweeney, Trophy (Thirty Tigers)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Feast of Eire

Fadó Dissolves Stereotypes With a Varied Irish Menu

"...lilt of Irish voices behind the bar. Manager Allen Sweeney is a real Irishman, following in the footsteps of..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Austin Opera's Of Mice and Men

Artistic Director Richard Buckley on returning to the Carlisle Floyd opera that launched his conducting career

"...repertoire, but ... musical theatre pieces like Sondheim, like Sweeney Todd and Les Miz seem to continue to play..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...Sonnet Blanton & Julia M. Smith, The Philomel Project: we are all transformed..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Big Time Adolescence

SNL’s Pete Davidson plays unlikely mentor

"...Starring: Pete Davidson, Griffin Gluck, Jon Cryer, Emily Arlook, Julia Murney, Machine Gun Kelly, Sydney Sweeney and Oona Laurence...."

March 20, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...Elizabeth Crook – The Which Way Tree Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney – The Nest Nicky Drayden – The Prey of..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW List No. 6

Ghostland struts, Suzanne Vega strums, Pat Benatar speaks

"...Julia Cole (Nashville, Tenn.)..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

2009 B. Iden Payne Awards

The crowd came to honor local theatre but left impressed by Austin's strong comedy scene

"...wasn't much argument about the year's most outstanding musical. Sweeney Todd, as produced by Summer Stock Austin, took not..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Risk Immersion

Time again to sink deeply into FronteraFest's exhilarating experiments in performance

"..."Patchwork" by Julianna Fry. Look at memories after a death through the..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Measure for Measure

Ophelia may go to a watery grave, but it's great prep work for an ingenue

"...more inglorious deaths in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Henry VIII, Sweeney Todd, and – sorry, kids, spoiler alert! – the..."

Aug. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...D: Steven Soderbergh; with Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, Conchata Ferrell, Jamie Harrold,..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spotlights

"...arrives, he finds himself falling for her anyway. Colleen (Julia Dion) is a pale, slight beauty. She has the..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature