The Obsessive

AFS Essential Cinema presents the early films of Brian De Palma

"...Palma was and is a film fan, a great lover of the French New Wave (particularly Godard, with his..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Control

Gretchen Phillips admits she wasn’t Just Comforting that girl

"...barks and croons with jazz-funk band Mushroom on 2003's Mad Dogs & San Franciscans, a hot collection of mostly..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Feature by Cindy Widner

TV Eye

At this year's Emmy Awards, cable won, and reality lost. Sorry, Heidi.

"...cable networks. There were well-deserved wins for cable show Mad Men (Outstanding Drama Series) and for cable actors Bryan..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Alice in Wonderland

A straight-up, well-executed adaptation of Lewis Carroll's book from City Theatre

"...She is thrust into a world where everyone is mad, and, like we might, she continues to seek logic..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

The Mighty Hannibal Sees All

The Atlanta soul man has stories to tell, and who cares if they're true?

"...In a just world, “Hymn No. 5” would have made the Mighty Hannibal a household name rather than another..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Two-Wheeled Texas

Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways

"...Saloon The Willow City Loop is arguably the most lovely drive in this Lone Star State, and the Knot..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong

Wednesday Picks

"...9pm, Red Eyed Fly Austin loves chaos, and local sevenpiece When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

The San Francisco Sound

Celebrating the San Francisco Sound, 1965-1970, if not Rhino Records anthology thereof

"...one of the introductory essays to Rhino Records' 4-CD Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970,..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Feature by Louis Black

The Possibility of an Island

Anthony Trollope remarked that a satirist did best to write little, "or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the sins of the world in which he lives." Well ...

"...animals of little use to society. Isabelle, Daniel's first love and perhaps the only female character who is not..."

June 2, 2006 Books Review by Jess Sauer

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Joyce Clark (GrandMadre)..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Column

Letters at 3AM

No recent commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' shared the poem's spirit or its author's invitation to expand the very definition of 'human being'

"..."This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches,..."

July 22, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

Carnaval literally means 'Goodbye, meat,' but in spirit it's more like 'Farewell to desires of the flesh.' Let's celebrate our desires before we bid them farewell.

"...as metaphor, is rife with the mysteries of sex, love, and identity...."

Feb. 4, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Back in the Mirror

First-time director Niels Mueller on 'The Assassination of Richard Nixon'

"...recordings of his obsessions, is more than just a mad sad sack. Thanks to Penn's exquisitely nuanced performance, he's..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Articulations

The final exit for actress Patsy Goldwater, a home run for playwright Dan Dietz, a fair for your inner Frankenstein, and a training ground for aspiring critics

"...the family and friends of actress Patsy Goldwater, who made her final exit from this stage of a world..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Tuxedo

"...Peter Stormare, Ritchie Coster, Debi Mazar, Jason Isaacs, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jackie Chan. Director Donovan and writers Michael..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Golf Cart Story

The oral history of the Great Chronicle Lakeway Golf Cart Raid

"...So it wasn't like -- this is a very lovely and sweet environment here now. People enjoy being here...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

Straight Out the Trailer

Examining the current overwhelming white trash influence in popular culture

"...used as shorthand for the spectrum spanning "ignorant" to "slovenly" to "Southern," "white trash" is a convenient way to..."

July 28, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Reflections

SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference

"...pilot for a television series and that makes Hudson mad -- really mad. "Why are you so unhappy?" Hudson's..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Whirled of Sound

Tracking down Rob Halverson and Robinson Ear's Little Whirled of Sound.

"...Rob Halverson is something of a mad scientist. Positioned in front of a digital eight-track workstation,..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Against the Grain

A profile of Bad Livers bassist Mark Rubin

"...T-shirt, and combat boots. It was weird, but it made us all pretty good money."..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dancing About Architecture

Running Out of Steam

"...the building he's moving into, and even says "I love the Steamboat," noting he went there often in his..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Unmitigated Mercies

"...church and he may not paraglide, and has even made peace with her butt and thighs. "I decided to..."

March 26, 1999 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Postmarks

Share the Smart Growth

"...digestible format for the majority culture to consume (see Madonna)...."

Jan. 1, 1999 Column

Wrapped and Ready

"...Love is blind ... or is it? A blind-from-birth masseur..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Exhibitionism

Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika: Feels Like Hope

"...-- loss of life, loss of dignity, loss of loved ones, loss of direction, loss of faith. And because,..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Arts Review

Fall Film Previews

September

"...a young photographer who thinks he has found the love of his life. The only problem is that he's..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Movie Titles for 1997

"...4/18/97 A ABSOLUTE POWER 3.0 (M.S.) 2/14/97 ADDICTED TO LOVE 3.0 (M.S.) 5/23/97 ADRENALIN: FEAR THE RUSH PREVIEW (M.B.)..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Total Honesty

Fred Sanders

"...that they changed the repertoire. I played, though. I made them mad too, because first I played the piece..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Fade In

Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference & Festival

"...an active interest in how and by whom they're made. So by having public screenings with people like Oliver..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

7 and 7 is

"...no," it's always interesting to see what Furry Things' mad scientist Ken Gibson has put together. This time, it's..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Feature

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