Life on the Edge

"...Rasulala and Liz Sagal. You know those cheesy movies they show on the USA-TV channel overnight? Those barely coherent,..."

Nov. 15, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Are We on the Edge?

Two solo shows of Gemma Wilcox show the artist's imaginative approach to theatricality, a rich sensitivity to character, and a winning sense of humor

"...You might suspect that any theatre artist who keeps creating solo shows in which she..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nik Wallenda: Life on the Wire

In which we send an aerialist to talk to a stuntman. Whoa.

"...[From the Editor: Last week, aerialist Raven Hinojosa spoke with tight-rope..."

May 19, 2011 Arts Post by Raven Hinojosa

Are We on the Edge?

In The Bateman Trilogy, about a family of working-class suburbanite Texans, Ken Webster reveals a fine playwright's voice to go along with his strong directorial style

"...The Bateman TrilogyKen Webster..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

On the Edge of the Edge

John Cassavetes

"...photograph courtesy of Photofest As the Austin Film Society begins a new series of screenings..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Screens Feature by Michael Ventura

Jeopardy! National College Championship Winner on the Road to Victory and Settling Back Into Life at UT

The $250,000 winner talks strategy and what's next

"...sat down for dinner as a child, he sat on the edge of the table to guarantee he had..."

March 2, 2022 Screens Post by Sheryl Lawrence

The Edge of Heaven

This Turkish film is a transgenerational, transborder microcosm of modern cultural melding.

"...Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Patrycia Ziolkowska and Nursel Köse. In the opening scene of Crash, Paul Haggis’ 2004 Academy Award-winning..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Edge

"...Directed by: Lee Tamahori. Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, Harold Perrineau and L.Q...."

Sept. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Girl on the Bridge

"...Directed by: Patrice Leconte. Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Vanessa Paradis, Claude Aufaure, Bertie Cortez..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

On the Nightshift: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Keep Running

At Moody "with the white-hot light of the oncoming train”

"...“Austin, Texas! It’s my honor tonight to introduce to you a band that needs..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Dispatches From the Edge

Rounding Up the 2001 FronteraFest Long Fringe

"...JUDGES 19 (Black Lung Exhaling)by Undermain Theatre..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"..."The present-day composer refuses to die!"..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

On the Bus

In the process of writing her new play con flama, Austin poet / writer Sharon Bridgforth discovered that the piece was not complete without her own voice in it. In the process of observing con flama's development, writer Belinda Acosta discovered something about her own voice, too.

"...Sharon Bridgforth thought she was writing a play about riding..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Edge of 17

At 21 years old, actress Charmian Carr couldn't have known that the character she was portraying -- Liesl von Trapp in The Sound of Music -- would follow her for the rest of her life. Prior to her appearance at The Sound of Music: Sing-a-Long, a benefit for Project Transitions and aGLIFF, Carr opens up about being forever Liesl.

"...From Ponce de Leon to the inventors of Propecia and Oil..."

July 28, 2000 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

On the Lege

Pro-gambling interests try their luck again; and other Lege news

"...Sure as shootin', another wager is in play at the Capitol to expand..."

March 16, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

On The Banality of Evil…

In the Rainbow Lounge incident, unlike so many, there are clear winners and losers. The winners get to walk away.

"...It's been almost a week since the Fort Worth police and TABC decided to raid the..."

July 2, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Jesse Sublett's Latest True-Crime Book Takes on the Last Gangster in Austin

The rise and fall of the Junkyard King

"...most recent book, Last Gangster in Austin: Frank Smith, Ronnie Earle, and the End of a Junkyard Mafia, is..."

June 10, 2022 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

Getting to the Truth of Teen Life in The Edge of Seventeen

Producer James L. Brooks and director Kelly Fremon Craig talk about their acclaimed teen dramedy

"...sure can pick 'em – newbie filmmakers, that is. The multi-Emmy and Oscar-winning creator of such classic TV as..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dispatches From the Edge

Rounding Up the 2001 FronteraFest Long Fringe

"...The Conduct of Lifeby Nushank Theater Collective..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

On the Border's Edge

Drug war reporter Charles Bowden is telling El Paso-Juárez's secrets, one murder at a time.

"...a newspaper in 1990, you would quickly note that the nation was on the brink of a disaster. It..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Dispatches From the Edge

Rounding Up the 2001 FronteraFest Long Fringe

"...The Vesselby the High Performance Arts Foundation..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

On the Waterfront

As development accelerates along Town Lake, Austin faces urgent choices

"...Readers may want to reference "The Big Picture Map" to locate Town Lake Corridor development..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Ribbon on the Highway

Here comes Jimmy LaFave

"...Here comes Jimmy LaFave. Maybe he's walking onstage to sing or slipping into the back of the..."

May 6, 2005 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

The Favourite

Period drama puts power and personality first

"...Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss and..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Medicate as Needed

Nothing takes the edge off dealing with edgy people like a blissful buzz

"...Every year we are invited to my mother-in-law's house for Thanksgiving (in Dallas) and even though we..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Our Lady of the Assassins

"...Directed by: Barbet Schroeder. Starring: Juan David Restrepo, Anderson Ballesteros and Germán Jaramillo. Barbet Schroeder, the international film..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...readers, not in a meteorological sense but a literary one. The Texas Book Festival has released the full list..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Football Prophecies

Journey's Steve Perry gives a pep talk

"...The Football Prophecies foretell the outcomes of each week’s slate..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Sharecropping on Wheels

While the city juggles taxicab franchises, drivers demand 'a fair shake'

"...call or hail a cab, hop in, declare your destination, and fork over a few bucks when you get..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Highlander III: The Final Dimension

"...returns in this third and supposedly final installment in the Highlander trilogy. This time out, the Immortal Connor MacLeod..."

Feb. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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