Alice, Darling

Anna Kendrick is crushingly brilliant as a woman in an abusive relationship

"...Directed by: Mary Nighy. Starring: Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Wunmi Mosaku, Charlie..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dear Nobody: The True Diary of Mary Rose

This nonfiction account of a teen's encounters with sex, drugs, and jail is one long, raw primal scream

"...Dear Nobody: The True Diary Of Mary RoseEdited by Gillian McCain & Legs McNeil Sourcebooks Fire,..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Review by Tim Stegall

Last Week in Live Music: Alice Cooper, Lil Wayne, Nas & Mary J. Blige, Blink 182, and More

"...favorite photos from last week's local shows. Pictured here: Alice Cooper at Cedar Park’s H-E-B Center on July 29,..."

Aug. 6, 2019 Photo Gallery

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

"...Starring: Tyler Christopher, Sanaa Lathan, Kieu Chinh, Lauren Tom, Mary Alice, Paul Winfield and Chi Muoi Lo. All of..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

To Preserve and Protect

The HRC's Texas Dante and India Alice

"...Mary Baughman, Olivia Primanis, and Pat Ingram in the HCR's..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

How Austin's Theatrical Couples Keep Romance Alive Love's Labors Won

"...writers/actors/directors Freddy Carnes (The Shoemaker and the Elves) and Mary Alice Carnes (The Beggar's Opera): 14 years; and that's..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

... And the 'West' is History

How Big State Productions' little monologue show changed Austin theatre

"...Freelance, Carlos Morton's The Many Deaths of Danny Rosales, Alice Wilson's Razzmatazz, Mary Alice Carnes and Franklin D. Lewis'..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Invasion of the Kiddie-Lit Plays

Characters from children's literature storm Austin-area stages in July.

"...adaptations, from The Wizard of Oz and Cinderella to Alice in Wonderland and The Owl and the Pussycat to..."

July 5, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

The world-views of 'Desperate Housewives' and 'Boston Legal' might be absurd and sobering, but they're also worth keeping an eye on

"...the series opens with one member of the fold, Mary Alice (Brenda Strong, who narrates from beyond the grave),..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Sterling's Creed

In 1971, it was unusual to hear a six year old use the "F" word. Especially in the context in which Sterling had used it.

"...swirl as they hopscotched. During an expert hopscotch maneuver, Mary Alice's necklace became unlatched. It swung off her neck..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Steven M. Salzman

Karen Kuykendall: In Memoriam

When this performer and friend of the arts died on Oct. 31, the city lost the grandest of its grande dames

"...to know as the restaurant Green Pastures. But when Mary Karen Koock arrived Nov. 19, 1937, it was still..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Do ... Until I Don't

Marriage (comedies) ain't easy

"...Directed by: Lake Bell. Starring: Lake Bell, Ed Helms, Mary Steenburgen, Paul Reiser, Amber Heard, Wyatt Cenac and Dolly..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent

The origins of the celebrity chef

"...cuisine. Never formally trained, he was a walk-on at Alice Waters’ seminal Chez Panisse in Berkeley who later achieved..."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sunshine State

"...Alexander, Alan King, Richard Edson, Gordon Clapp, Bill Cobbs, Mary Steenburgen, James McDaniel, Timothy Hutton, Mary Alice, Ralph Waite,..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Shrewd Productions' The Madres

In Stephanie Alison Walker’s new play, women’s fight for the “disappeared” in Argentina’s Dirty War proves timely

"...has been taken into custody. Her own mother Josefina (Mary Alice Carnes) urges her to stop. She believes that..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Teatro Vivo’s EL

Raul Garza's new play explores the power of the storyteller

"...on that train years before. Emilia and her mother (Mary Alice Carnes) repeatedly yell out the window, as if..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Arts Review by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

Moontower, Day 3: She-Bang

Maria Bamford shone in this love-fest of female comedy

"...a talented line-up of her neurotic sisters that included Mary Patterson, Alice Wetterlund, Emily Heller, Kerri Lendo, and Morgan..."

April 28, 2013 Arts Post by Amy Gentry

Cuento Navideño: Bah Humbug in the Barrio

A Latina Scrooge has a change of heart in this sweet adaptation of A Christmas Carol

"...lines were lifted intact from recent Republican debates), and Mary Alice Carnes finds a steely edge in the businesswoman's..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Mary Alice Davis, one of a few Statesman editorial writers..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Matrix Revolutions

What now, Neo?

"...Larry) Wachowski. Starring: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Mary Alice, Jada Pinkett Smith, Hugo Weaving, Monica Bellucci, Bruce..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Roosters: In The Midst of Poverty, Beauty

The Different Stages production of Milcha Sanchez-Scott's Roosters offers a script and actors that are quite enjoyable. However, the mix of inventive and repetitious staging, striking and visually inappropriate costumes, open and cluttered space, it feels almost like two entirely different shows.

"...this family of dysfunction, are quite enjoyable. However, director Mary Alice Carnes seems to be presenting two entirely different..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Articulations

A major change in direction for the Austin Circle of Theatres.

"...hunt for someone to fill Wiseman's shoes. Board president Mary Alice Carnes has put out the call for "a..."

July 21, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Gorging on George

"...best editorials the Statesman has mustered thus far, columnist Mary Alice Davis was dismayed to find that Bush didn't..."

May 28, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Love of Labor

More Than Hot Dogs

"...best coverage was actually the day before Labor Day: Mary Alice Davis wrote a great editorial titled "Low-wage workers..."

Sept. 18, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

The Queen of Truth

With two beautifully crafted memoirs under her belt, a third book of poetry out, tenure at Syracuse University, a teenage son, and a blissful romance, Mary Karr is definitely hardworking and real. And if her soul isn't entirely pure, well, readers of Cherry will be grateful it isn't.

"...million people wanted to live -- if only briefly. Mary Karr's The Liar's Club (1995) surprised everyone with its..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Down in the Delta

"...Wesley Snipes, Esther Rolle, Al Freeman Jr., Mpho Koaho, Mary Alice and Alfre Woodard. More than once the great..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Heroine of The Roxy Letters Fights to Get Austin's Groove Back

Mary Pauline Lowry's quirky novel looks for the city's soul

"...soul. You can count Roxy, the letter-writing heroine of Mary Pauline Lowry's second novel, among those opinionated Austin-adoring locals...."

April 17, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Criminal

Kevin Costner is a prisoner who is implanted with a CIA op's knowledge

"...Vromen. Starring: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Alice Eve, Michael Pitt, Jordi Mollà, Antje Traue, Scott Adkins,..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wrapped and Ready

"...Evan Dunsky; with Stanley Tucci, David Arquette, Kate Capshaw, Mary McCormack...."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Articulations

Lawdy, What a Payne!

"...ACoT's Special Recognition Award to three theatre greats -- Alice Wilson, just-retired artistic director of the Zachary Scott Theatre..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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