All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...Stone uncovers football's front-office conspiracies in Any Given Sunday; Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) explores another impossible relationship in..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Great Pyramid

Bill Callahan can see clearly now

"...Enter Neil Michael Hagerty. A veteran of D.C. noiseniks Pussy Galore..."

April 20, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

After a Fashion

You don't need a can-opener – an Oilcan opener, to be precise – when Stephen's claws are unsheathed!

"...CONTINUED ... from last week, Neil and Jeff and I had made the rounds of..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Inu-Oh

Japanese medieval history gorgeously reimagined as a rock & roll fable

"...Like Neil Gaiman's punchy update of the Viking Prose Edda or..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Laughter on the 23rd Floor

A cast that knows funny lands the laughs in Neil Simon's comedy about comedy

"...program in the early days of television, and playwright Neil Simon shows how each comes to the task of..."

March 18, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

You'd think we'd be all star-f***ed out after SXSW, but here it is, Oscar-time and we are just beside ourselves with the bold type and the dropped names! What? No silly. We said "fawned."

"...herself actually looked pretty good, with magnificent emerald and diamond earrings, even though the rhinestones on her eyelids in..."

March 29, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Playback: Lines, Rhymes, and Redemption

The line at Fun Fun Fun Fest wasn't the only show last weekend

"...peaks and valleys with much pulpy emotion; curmudgeonly comedian Neil Hamburger offered topical humor (Question: "What is the compass..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest: Hell Bent for Leather

Some heads are gonna roll at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014

"...and white grease paint in excitement over seeing King Diamond, a Dallas resident who hasn't toured the U.S. since..."

May 23, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Rangers vs. Astros

AAA style

"...Oklahoma City RedHawks will be swooping into the Dell Diamond this Saturday for a four-game stint. As we go..."

April 22, 2011 Sports Feature

Off the Record

Nothing's shocking: reveling in the aftermath and glow of South by Southwest 09

"...Decemberists' staging of The Hazards of Love with Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark and My Brightest Diamond in tow, while..."

March 27, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...Decades of musical inscrutability from the artist/management tandem of Neil Young and Elliot Roberts results in equal doses for..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Bill Callahan Reviewed

Woke on a Whaleheart

"...well. Callahan relinquished control of the arrangements to co-producer Neil Michael Hagerty, who deluges the songs with Elizabeth Warren's..."

April 20, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

From Stuff, Art

The 21st 'New American Talent' exhibition features a whopping 72 works of art, many of them created from everyday objects

"...Other allusions to everyday stuff are more oblique. A diamond-shaped painting with precise percentages listed in each horizontal band..."

July 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

El Diablo

Digging down into the depths of history (segregation) for the story of Willie "El Diablo" Wells and Austin black baseball.

"...a lightning-quick release. He was a demon on the diamond, like Ty Cobb, unafraid to play rough and dirty..."

July 4, 2003 Sports Feature by Michael Chamy

After a Fashion

"...Evan Voyles; my devoted social secretary and dear friend, Neil Diaz; the brilliant and beautiful David Nakard Armstrong of..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...the same: scarves and sunglasses, gold earrings and hubcap diamond star halos -- limos, drugs. Egos, excess, and overdoses...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Roll 'Em

March

"...and Sandy Dennis in this remake of the sturdy Neil Simon comedy about a Midwestern couple on a disastrous..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sexy Empowerment, Terror Tuesday, Book Adaptations, and More Weekday Recos

Local event suggestions for the arts inclined

"...and sexual awakening – that caught the attention of Neil Jordan, and gave us one of the greatest Gothic..."

July 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

In With the Old, in With the New

An epic Saturday at Old Settler’s

"...Festival, weren’t surprised at the lineup for the festival’s diamond anniversary, largely stocked with recycled favorites. Still, new blood..."

April 24, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Garth Brooks to Keynote SXSW

DMC, Warren G, and T.I. also added as conference speakers

"...at SXSW is determined by commercial roll-outs such as Neil Young pimping his hi-fi service Pono at the 2014..."

March 2, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

July Is Crime Month: Batman Day

Holy Diamond Anniversary, Caped Crusader! Let's party!

"...– has no movie to promote the Cowled Crimefighter's diamond anniversary the way it did with its other flagship..."

July 23, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

Face Off Recap: All This Horror Business

FX god Tom Savini makes his SyFy judging debut

"...explain the Face Off drinking game? Any time Ve Neill says some variant on "I like your blending," take..."

Feb. 5, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

OTR goes country with Mike & the Moonpies and Fire Relief: The Concert for Central Texas

"...guest Shawn Colvin's stellar duet with Lyle Lovett on "Diamond in the Rough," and the Texas Tornados' roadhouse romp..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Across a Wire: Okkervil River and Nakia hit prime time

"...series, Views and Brews, featuring Jay Trachtenberg and Rabbi Neil Blumofe, starts May 16. Given the spike in the..."

May 6, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW handicapping

"...Fly He may be the son of Crowded House's Neil Finn, but Liam Finn blazes his own path. Like..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

After a Fashion

Stephen talks about quitting smoking. Then quits smoking? Did we read right?

"...and found out the next day that my friends Neil Diaz and Larissa Ness would be there as well...."

Nov. 19, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Sound and the Fury

Monsters of Folk drummer Will Johnson continues demonstrating monstrous musical and compositional gifts

"...the supergroup, Johnson unknowingly illustrates why he could be Neil Young to the Monsters' Crosby Stills & Nash, an..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...Schlossberg. Second assistant director: Len Marsal. Prop master: Robert O'Neil. Makeup: Virgil Frye. Special effects: Steve Karkus. Still man:..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Chasing Amy

Painting lamps, chasing elephants, and singing with Alejandro Escovedo: Amy Cook jumps into the pool

"...Dave McNair. Much of Light's sparkle comes from the diamond edge Escovedo puts on Cook's sharpened songwriting...."

April 9, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Decade Under the Influence

The 'Chronicle' movie critics take a look back at what the Aughts wrought

"...Atonement's cut-diamond first third..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

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