Ground Floor Theatre's Fun Home

Lisa Scheps’ production is invested with a level of care that makes this musical memoir movingly familiar

"...Middle Alison inspire sobering revelations within their adult counterpart – revelations skillfully communicated through Curry's command of subtle facial..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Austin Playhouse's Monroe

In Lisa B. Thompson's tender drama, young African-Americans work out where they belong in the world

"...In the dim first light of Lisa B. Thompson's Monroe, given its world premiere by Austin..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Ibeyi Transmits

Sisters prove the measure of their society

"...French-Cuban twin sisters Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz come together as Ibeyi, the Yoruban word for..."

April 13, 2018 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

The Vortex Repertory Company's Underground

Driven by Lisa B. Thompson's powerful text and masterful acting, this new drama drops a truth bomb

"...still fights for social justice in his own way – Mason (affectionately nicknamed "Dix") battles it out as a..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Touched With Fire

Two manic-depressive poets meet in group therapy and fall in love

"...Touched With Fire often feels like a David and Lisa redux for the psychotropic drug era...."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Anomalisa

Charlie Kaufman goes inside the minds of puppets

"...Anomalisa’s great ingenuity is in how it imagines Michael’s carbon-copied..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Steve Jobs

Everyone works at the top of their game to deliver this timely biopic

"...turmoil over being adopted and with the flesh-and-blood daughter, Lisa (played in the three different eras by Ripley Sobo,..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Still Alice

In an otherwise tepid film, Julianne Moore delivers a terrific performance as a woman beset by early-onset Alzheimer's.

"...in Still Alice. Based on the 2007 novel by Lisa Genova, Moore’s much-lauded performance of a person disappearing before..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Ground Plan

Lisa Scheps' Christmas gift to the local stage scene is a new performance venue, Ground Floor Theatre

"...management, bills, fundraising, and renters who are show people – who aren't exactly known for either their equanimity or..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The AggreGAYtor: October 24

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Austin lesbian wives stand up and fight back, and Lisa Kudrow makes another comeback, as your AggreGAYtor avoids the..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

News Ticker: October 8

All the news that's fit to blog

"...immigration, Jerry Patterson gets tough on Dan Patrick, and Lisa Fritsch decides to tough it out. Sinew is on..."

Oct. 8, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Fireflies in the Garden

This long-delayed drama about family dysfunction stars Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, and Julia Roberts.

"...Cayden Boyd), Michael's matriarchal champion was his long-suffering mother, Lisa (Roberts), who had a few secrets of her own...."

Oct. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Chinese women's relationships in the past and the present are told in parallel stories in this film based on Lisa See's bestselling novel.

"...technique only ups the film’s turgidity quotient. Based on Lisa See's 2005 bestseller Snow Flower and the Secret Fan,..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Academy Award-Nominated Live-Action Shorts 2009

Good things come in small packages.

"...a cheap painting of a swine with a Mona Lisa smile, which is amusing in and of itself, and..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Road Movies

Lisa McWilliams' Mobile Film School

"...The Austin-based Mobile Film School, founded by Lisa McWilliams, launched its pilot program in partnership with the..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by C. Amber Pearce

Double D'Amour

In one week, Austin is blessed with two theatrical projects by gifted playwright Lisa D'Amour: her 16 Spells to Charm the Beast, a curious romance between a big-city enchantress and the fairy-tale beast who adores her; and Nita and Zita, a cabaret in which the ghosts of two sisters relate the story of their lives as a vaudeville team and as eccentric "gypsy ladies" in New Orleans in dance numbers, songs, and malapropisms.

"...same-old candy-Cupid and greeting-card-poem love days; they belong to Lisa D'Amour, the gifted theatre artist who penned and performed..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rear Window

One of Hitchcock's most accessible films is also one of his most gleefully deviant

"...his Manhattan courtyard flat. Along with socialite love interest Lisa Fremont (Kelly, looking positively diaphanous) and take-no-prisoners nursemaid Stella..."

July 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Girl, Interrupted

"...cause. Ugh. Everything changes, though, with the introduction of Lisa (Jolie), a feral, outlandishly riveting sociopath who, we're told,..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stir of Echoes

"...At a block party one night, Maggie's New-Agey sister Lisa (Douglas) convinces Tom to let her hypnotize him, during..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Three Seasons

"...Seasons is aces in this area. The camerawork by Lisa Rinzler (Trees Lounge, Menace II Society) is languorous and..."

May 28, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Butcher Boy

"...suited him so well in such films as Mona Lisa, The Company of Wolves and The Crying Game. The..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dead Presidents

"...Nevertheless, there is much to admire in Dead Presidents: Lisa Rinzler's moody photography, the top-flight soundtrack (which, beyond its..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Dead Can Dance: Toward the Within

"...worldbeat with the haunting voices of co-founders Perry and Lisa Gerrard. (An earlier film by Magidson, Baraka, also featured..."

Dec. 2, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

"...on a recent episode of The Simpsons, wherein daughter Lisa paraphrases the opening lines of “Howl” while bemoaning a..."

Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation '94

"...the jewels compensate for it: Joan Gratz's Oscar-winning “Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase,” a tour of modern art with..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Bank Robber

"...Directed by: Nick Mead. Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Lisa Bonet, Olivia D'Abo, Forest Whitaker, Michael Jeter and Judge..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crossing the Line

"...and directed by British up-and-comer Leland (co-scripter of Mona Lisa and director of Wish You Were Here). Crossing the..."

Oct. 11, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Miracle

"...that he earlier displayed in films such as Mona Lisa and The Company of Wolves, as well as the..."

Aug. 23, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Creative Alliance Honors 2016

ACA salutes SVT, Byrd, Brooks, Seibert, Willenzik at the ND

"...Dewy Brooks. Janet Seibert. Lisa Byrd. Bruce Willenzik. Salvage Vanguard Theater. What do they..."

Nov. 16, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

May the 4th Be With Y’All

“I think female nerds are totally underestimated”

"...Get your Star Wars on tonight at C-Boy’s Heart & Soul as glamorous Continental Club barista vets Lisa Taye..."

May 4, 2016 Music Post by William Harries Graham

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