Lost Illusions
Balzac's media satire is still bracingly, scathingly topical
"...of this adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s serialized novel Illusions Perdues fool you into assuming Lost Illusions is just..."
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July 8, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis
True Legend
The great martial-arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping directs this saga about the inventor of Drunken Fist fighting.
"...on full display, the filmmaker also supplements these action illusions with CGI work that is much less convincing. Still,..."
May 13, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Prince of Egypt
"...extraordinary feats of animation. The movie's pictorial realism and illusions of three-dimensionality are landmark progressions in the art of..."
Dec. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Fantasticks
Deep in your heart, you should "follow." Released just a few years ago, this film version of the Off Broadway workhorse captures the feeling of the innocent and bygone era of movie musicals. But it differs from the original work's romantic minimalism as it opens up the play cinematically.
"...time warp, that what you're watching is really a lost movie musical from the 1960s. It has that bygone..."
Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires
Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2022
"...8) Lost Illusions Hardly a stuffy period piece, this lively French..."
Dec. 16, 2022 Screens Feature
"The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop" Provides a Close-up on Cinema's Scenic Paintings
The exhibition of 12 vintage backdrops painted for MGM films reveals their techniques for creating grand illusions
"..."This is critical knowledge that has almost been lost," says Maness, "the ability to see color truly, the..."
Feb. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
A Walking Contradiction: Texas High Schools, Football, and Concussions
Thousands of students mash helmets every weekend – at what cost?
"...was injured, though any memory of the hit is lost. His recollection is limited to remembering it occurred in..."
Oct. 30, 2013 Sports Post by Joseph Baucum
Brandon's Tops & Bottoms
Gay Place bloggers weigh in with individual lists: 2012 from 10 to F1
"...365. Everything chugged by on chicken greased wheels; significance lost in a fog of exhaust. Vroom vroom goes virality...."
Jan. 7, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson
Film Reviews
Recommended
"...the Dogmen reminds us of the legacy that was lost when the American Indians were forced from their land..."
Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature
Film Reviews
Recommended
"...of this potentially provocative storyline has been all but lost on these unimaginative filmmakers, who, despite the efforts of..."
Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature
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"...father when she mistakes a passing rabbit for her lost stuffed animal toy(!). Even the old, trusty slasher movie..."
Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature
Atonement, Etc. -- Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition
Books for which we confess our true feelings, reconsider our disdain, or finally find room: top 10-plus, 2002 edition …
"...fortune" might or might not lead him to his lost love. "Though the thoughts ... are deep ones --..."
Jan. 3, 2003 Books Feature
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese
Recounting of legendary Dylan tour is best when the details blur themselves
"...and has stayed there ever since, of how it lost its artistic vision and became just another concert, of..."
June 11, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
The Kings of Summer
This Sundance favorite is a perfect yet offbeat summer movie about teens who ditch their families and try to live like men in a ground-level treehouse in the woods.
"...As Virginia Woolf observed, growing up means losing certain illusions in order to acquire others. At the same time,..."
June 7, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Hidden Room Theatre's Houdini Speaks to the Living
In this drama featuring Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle, a debate on the talking dead springs to dramatic life
"...peace with their loss by actually talking to their lost sons and daughters a final time. That sense of..."
Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires
For the Boys
"...George Segal. It's not as if anyone had any illusions about this movie. From the first frame of the..."
Dec. 6, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher
Lioness in Winter
Eliza Gilkyson finds her roar
"...It's a family circle that's unique, and that's not lost on Cisco. Growing up with his father in L.A.,..."
April 30, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
The Real Greezy
Greezy Wheels, back from the dead (the Seventies).
"...but bucks ain't mojo. They don't make up for lost greezy. They don't replace the Soap Creek Saloon. We're..."
Oct. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Cleve Hattersley
Postmarks
"...Nader No Lost Cause..."
April 14, 2000 Column
Having a Plan for When Shit Hits the Fan: A Journey in Prepping
What disaster preparedness experts have to say about best-laid plans for worst-case scenarios
"...grid failed in 2021, 4 million homes and businesses lost power and 246 people lost their lives – mostly..."
April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin
Zach Theatre's Dracula
Strong performances and Broadway-level design fill this entertaining version of the Bram Stoker vampire tale
"...set, upon which Helena Kuukka's provocative lighting creates fabulous illusions, silhouettes, and lightning strikes...."
Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez
Congressional Candidates Begin to Multiply
Six Austin districts pointing to March primaries
"...Leeder had no illusions about the campaign – she garnered only 18% of..."
June 14, 2019 News Post by Michael King
SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup
Circling the Thunderdome
"...her first acting class, smashing her students’ red carpet illusions. An examination of acting and the sacrifices required, featuring..."
Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
Playback: ACL Arrives and So Does Aaron Behrens' New Band
ACL arrives
"...laughs. "I'm just thankful, man. I don't have any illusions that I should be playing stadiums."..."
Oct. 4, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'
CinemaTexas program notes
"...only were the subtleties of living in the U.S.A. lost, but all consideration of mainstream America as a community..."
June 4, 2010 Screens Feature
Letters at 3am
The "Situation" is upon us: China and Southern Asia can support their own growth and have no more use for us
"...major article in that issue, chillingly titled "End of Illusions" (p.79): "Perhaps it is no surprise that traders in..."
Aug. 1, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Today/Gallup poll. But Republicans still cling tightly to their illusions, with 84% approving.Naked City• Mayor Will Wynn and 21..."
Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
"...Cold Roses (Lost Highway)..."
May 6, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Where the Pyramid Meets the High
Long lost 13th Floor Elevators founder and visionary Tommy Hall – found!
"...the way I had designed and conceived it. It lost some of the intended meaning as a total album..."
Aug. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Joe Trybyszewski
Letters at 3AM
Within or Beneath the Din
"...step each day into the light, haunted by a lost world. The haunting is the truest substance, both stern..."
