Pastoral Nights & Pagan Rites

Two film series lie back and think of England

"...greatest filmmaking partnership in the history of UK cinema, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, whose complicated, playful, often surrealistic..."

May 29, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc Recommends: Michael Ventura 'If I Was a Highway' Booksigning

BookPeople, Friday, April 22, 2011

"...to remind us (whether gory Christian bloodbath or pastel pagan fertility rite) that life and hope spring eternal, even..."

April 22, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

"...Sullivan. Starring: Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg and Michael Pagan. Blessed is the romantic comedy that doesn't take..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Dancing at Lughnasa

"...Directed by: Pat O'Connor. Starring: Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Sophie Thompson, Kathy Burke, Catherine McCormack, Brid Brennan..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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Pagan Cheer

"...Michael Ventura's column in last week's Chronicle ["An Off-Key Carol,"..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...The Toll D: Michael Nader When a young woman and her rideshare driver..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Project Almanac

Teens discover plans for a time machine within found footage, but things go awry when they begin to construct it.

"...a documented life), but writers Andrew Stark and Jason Pagan settle into a decent if formulaic cautionary tale about..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Borgman

This Dutch film is a darkly nuanced fable that keeps us consistently off-balance.

"...you have it figured out. It is dense with pagan and Christian symbols, allusions to art and folklore, implications..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Tempted

The trials of St. Anthony get a modern hearing in UT Opera Theatre's American premiere of Luis Jaime Cortez's 1998 one-act opera, La Tentaciñn de San Antonio

"...in the vision of Flaubert, is a kind of pagan man who is victim of a modern issue: He..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

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People Place

"...In his article ["Letters at 3AM," Vol.17, No.20], Michael Ventura has captured better than anyone I have ever..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Column

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Contradictions Exposed

"...Michael Sala..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

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The Celts

"...out of Ireland as being Celtic gods, goddesses, and pagan beliefs. Even if you love St. Paddy, the Amercian..."

April 10, 1998 Screens Feature

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Audrey Director: Natalie BaileyProducers: Michael Wrenn, Dan Lake, Shannon Wilson-McClinton, Diya EidScreenwriter: Lou Sanz..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

From Script to Screen

"...good idea. Others just succeeded, period. "Sound Sleep" by Pagan Harleman is a marvelously constructed emotional piece about an..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Dancing at Lughnasa

This revival of Brian Friel's lyrical drama is a reminder of the power of memory

"...And yet, as the memories of Michael, the narrator of Dancing at Lughnasa, take shape around..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Warning! Nudity!

Austinites love to shed their clothes, and a number of them do it onstage -- what's up with that? Some of the city's most nakedness-prone actors, performance artists, and directors expose their reasons to arts writer Ada Calhoun.

"...follows are a few tales from the full-frontal front. Michael Miller: Reluctantly Naked In the story of onstage nudity,..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts

From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see

"...acoustics of Central Presbyterian’s much-beloved musical sanctuary.   – Michael Toland Dead Gowns..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

After a Fashion

Making the fashion scene with Your Style Avatar, Mr. Stephen McMillan Moser, it's hard to imagine when he has time to worship at the altar of Trinity Broadcasting Network... but he does. Hallelujah!

"...in for the business of the daily dressing of Michael Jackson," said a Jackson source to the New York..."

May 6, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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Sweep Them Out

"...In rushes Rep. Bob Barr, demanding a ban on pagan rituals at Fort Hood and other military bases. The..."

June 4, 1999 Column

Faith and Fear at Fantastic Fest

Action director Gareth Evans returns to Wales for the chilling Apostle

"...his bone-shattering The Raid franchise, made a film about pagan evils in early 20th century Wales, it's really because..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2016

The Chronicle music staff picks their favorite local records

"...1) Michael Fracasso, Here Come the Savages (Blue Door)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Field Trip

Ben Wheatley's historical horror tackles the English Civil War

"...mysterious Irishman (played with sneering fury by Kill List's Michael Smiley) who has stolen certain documents from him. There's..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Amazing Journey

Six from Britain's bad-boy directors

"...Cinema series in October, that most baroque and resolutely pagan of months. It is the season of the dead,..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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Our readers talk back.

"...ought to be our nation's highest security priority. Unfortunately, Michael Ventura's column ["Letters at 3AM"] of September 20 provides..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...of vagabond Travelers and crusties (latter-day offshoots of neo-Druidic, pagan hippies). Add to that Reynolds' wealth of information on..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

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For the Record

"...Michael Blumenthal What Old Guard?..."

May 15, 1998 Column

Jokers, Murders, and Walpurgisnacht in This Week’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture events to populate your weekdays

"...ago, during a major retrospective of the films of Michael Mann, the great director turned up to tech check..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Musk Opening Austin Bistro in 2024; Dish Society Arriving Even Sooner; Churro Co. Is Open Now; Tiki Tatsu-ya Debuts Rum Flights; Fiore’s Regional Pasta Club Can Be Delivered; the Texas Veg Fest Draws Nigh; and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...open in 2024 – and has hired Austin’s own Michael Hsu to design the bar, dining room, and private..."

April 5, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Immortal Longings at Zach Theatre

In this new play by Terrence McNally, Diaghilev and Nijinsky seek revolution and godhood in the 20th century

"...the connection with his cousin in their youth. Joshua Pagan communicates the ambition of Massine with a sensuality crackling..."

July 12, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Unto Ashes

"...Gothic, electronic, madrigal: The distinctive vision of Lockhart's Michael Laird swirls through a catalog of seven beguiling LPs..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Music Review by Michael Toland

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