Creative Plundering with Mark Hosler

"...Mark Hosler spends a lot of time with lawyers. No,..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature

Anchoress

"...visuals and a theme that transcends its 14th-century setting mark Chris Newby's debut film Anchoress. The film's screenplay is..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Margot at the Wedding

The director of The Squid and the Whale mostly falters in this follow-up film that stars Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jack Black as casually cruel narcissists.

"...family home for the wedding of her estranged sister, Pauline (Leigh), to a hopeless slacker (a miscast Black), she..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Survival Research Laboratories

"...Mark Pauline is extending an invite to a monster truck..."

March 28, 1997 Screens Feature

Three ... Extremes

This lush and horrific anthology film from three of the finest craftsmen working today – Fruit Chan, Chan-wook Park, and Takashi Miike – is an instantly memorable and squirm-inducing assemblage.

"...Watabe, Mai Susuki, Yuu Susuki, Miriam Yeung, Lim Won-hee, Pauline Lau, Meme, Lee Byung-hun and Kang Hye-jeong. Anthology films..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Cut

Jane Campion's erotic thriller In the Cut dulls its cutting edge.

"...Directed by: Jane Campion. Starring: Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Damici and Sharrieff Pugh...."

Oct. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live Shots

"...glorified truck & tractor pull. In reality, SRL founder Mark Pauline is just a punk P.T. Barnum, hawking fireworks..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature

Shortcuts

"...performances, survival takes on a whole new meaning," says Mark Pauline, founder/director of Survival Research Laboratories. Billed as "art..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Screens Column

The Fearless Freaks

Documentary about the band the Flaming Lips – the crazy/bizarre Oklahoma outfit that, despite itself, rose to national prominence.

"...and a paisley-painted jet engine to Survival Research Laboratories’ Mark Pauline and told him to start a band or..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shortcuts

"...cyberculturist and author Jon Lebkowsky talked with SRL headman Mark Pauline last August when he was in town trying..."

March 28, 1997 Screens Column

Dancing About Architecture

A bitch session about the plight of the Austin music scene is scheduled at Threadgill's; here's hoping Negativland's long-anticpated Austin appearance doesn't dissapoint a la SRL.

"..."Negativland founder and all around mother of a hen, Mark Hosler, is running around like his head has been..."

May 12, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

It's All in the Wrist

"...the Back Room the following night, where general manager Mark Olivarez says everything went smoothly and that the 600-plus..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Music Column

Page Two

"...ever. Many thanks and much appreciation to Amy Baldwin, Mark Gates, Leslie Hill, Elin Kaulfus, and Jeff Keyton for..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Desolation Center

Before corporate fests, Desolation Center blew the Mojave apart

"...Stuart Swezey. Starring: Stuart Swezey, Anthony Ausgang, D. Boon, Mark Pauline, Mike Watt, V. Vale and Thurston Moore...."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW 2011 Film Reviews

"...the Quay Brothers and the jittery mechanical cacophonies of Mark Pauline's Survival Research Laboratories, but with a lighter, gentler,..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Curling Up

Gift guide

"...by Vale, musician Graeme Revelle, Survival Research Laboratories mastermind Mark Pauline, and others, starts creakily – it can at..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

Shortcuts

"...anything beautiful, nice, or spiritually elevating, but SRL founder Mark Pauline and his crew of creative technicians are sure..."

March 21, 1997 Screens Column

Dancing About Architecture

Do the Chili Mac

"...recent blitz of e-mail to Survival Research Laboratories founder Mark Pauline, SRL's Flynn Mauthey called to ask me to..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Column

Butthole Surfer Watch!

"...been going around that the Buttholes linked up with Mark Pauline and SRL when they were in San Francisco..."

July 12, 1996 Music Column

Butthole Surfer Update!

"...on a show in Austin this year -- finally! Mark Pauline will in fact be in town in early..."

July 5, 1996 Music Column

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...of her body vibrates with dance. First made her mark as one of the fearlessly experimental choreographers of the..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Never Talk to Strangers may be the first black mark on director Hall's permanent record. Let's hope it's the..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Never Talk to Strangers may be the first black mark on director Hall's permanent record. Let's hope it's the..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

A Bright New Boise

Hyde Park Theatre's latest takes a compelling look at religious extremism through a glass, darkly

"...a delight, but here, as the Hobby Lobby manager Pauline, she's on fire, man, she's a fucking ball of..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Girls Gone Geek

Weird Girls is an Austin-based website and YouTube channel dedicated to all things geeky, but from a female perspective

"...weird girls? Why not weird women? Ask website creator Mark Gardner. Back in 2012, he was dining with friends..."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...for new theatrical runs has grown into a distinct marketing niche. Now, the success of Star Wars: Special Edition..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Redacted, Then Redressed

AFS Essential Cinema spotlights once-banned films

"...view Kazan's body of work with a permanent black mark – something the National Legion of Decency, a Catholic..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

The Xicanindio Poet

"...gridlock place called Houston. Because of the excellent job market and numerous other positives, I do plan to continue..."

April 11, 1997 Column

Wing Commander IV

"...CD-ROM for Mac* or PC D: Chris Roberts; with Mark Hamill, Tom Wilson, John Rhys-Davies, Jason Bernard, Robert Rusler,..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Screens Feature