Not Clown

Physical Plant Theater becomes the latest Austin company to get a run in New York City when it takes its darkly comic political play 'Not Clown' to Soho Rep

"...Anna Bella Eema, The Kindermann Depiction, and, most recently, Not Clown, an impressive, darkly comedic take on violence, bigotry,..."

March 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

DVDanger: C is for Clown

Rampant coulrophobia on DVD and VOD

"...Who weeps for the clown? After the ventriloquist (shudder) and the mime, is there..."

Oct. 8, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shakes the Clown

"...and Florence Henderson. What the heck is it about clowns that makes them so easy to ridicule? Like Spike..."

April 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I'm Lovin' the All-American Tennis Clown

There were a lot of clowns at the All-American Tennis Shootout.

"...of the match was the one-and-only Ronald McDonald. I'm not talking about any Ronald McDonald. I'm talking the Ronald..."

Dec. 18, 2006 Sports Post by Taylor Holland

Not Just Some Clown from New York City

Mark Gindick brings his 'Wing-Man' to Austin

"...The thing is, Gindick is a clown – but he's a professional clown...."

Jan. 1, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

How to Be a Clown Like Alex “Bozo” Jones With Help From Our Halloween Mask

A destitute clown is still a clown in our book

"...Austin Chronicle. It's available wherever you get your Humvee clown car detailed...."

Oct. 28, 2022 Features Feature

I'm Not There

This meditation on Bob Dylan is infused with love – not the slavish kind but a true-eyed tribute to the artist who belongs to nobody and everybody at once.

"...always great – but the emotional guts of I’m Not There belong to Ledger, as a counterculture actor whose..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

How Art the Clown Became a Horror Icon

Slasher epic Terrifier 2 breaks all the rules, but director Damien Leone is just telling the story he wants to tell

"...when I sat down to write it I did not think of a run time. That was organically the..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Asks "Who Is Wrinkles the Clown?"

And why do we want him to scare us?

"...When did clowns stop being funny? Some time in the closing years..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ed the Happy Clown? Ed the Happy Clown!

Chester Brown's early magnum opus is hardcovered for you

"...Stephenie Meyer vampire ever got tangled up with a clown who has the living, talking head of Ronald Reagan..."

Aug. 7, 2012 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Welcome to the Clown Show

Ryan Trecartin will be your mirror…

"...Are you rightfully skeptical of the notion that everything worth saying can be said in a..."

March 12, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Fears of a Clown

Austin's newest theatre company serves up the musical tale of a very famous French clown suffering an existential crisis

"...French circus troupe. Baptiste is a very famous French clown who has been performing his entire life in the..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Reza a 'Real Clown'

"...goofy kind of dorky dildo, doesn’t he? A real clown is this one, along with the others who infiltrated..."

March 8, 2013 Postmarks

Sad Clown Makes for Happy Filmmaker

Mario Troncoso on his debut at Cannes

"...word on March 25 that his 2010 short film "Clowns Never Lie" had been accepted to the Cannes Film..."

April 6, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Brandon Cash Says He's a Clown. His Critics Say He's a Bigot. Will His Customers Keep Coming Back?

The show must (?) go on

"...Shades of déjà vu? Cash became locally notorious in 2017 with a similar flurry of racist, misogynist,..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Lee Ackerley

Hie Thee to the Drag Clown Nunnery

A true confession and a shameless plug.

"...Hello Austin, Despite what the rumors say, I am not just another highly paid, well-connected journalist. I am much..."

Aug. 21, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Five Films Not to Miss at the Austin Asian American Film Festival

A long weekend of movies defined by global possibilities

"...depiction of five decades of Chinese history. Sichuan opera clown Qiu Fu (Yi Sicheng) looks back on his life..."

June 17, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Clown Car Parking Only

"...on game day? For the most part, I am not not well-informed about the FC stadium. Yet the math..."

Aug. 27, 2019 Postmarks

I’m Not Okay: LA’s Weathers Discuss Mental Health and Writing Music During COVID

An interview with the soundtrackers of millennial burnout

"...CB: To be completely honest, there's not really any real inspiration, there was a list of..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Post by Clara Wang

Thou Shalt Not ...

Each one of Krzysztof Kieslowski's 10-part Decalogue is constructed carefully enough to be seen on its own. But together, they are a jigsaw puzzle of color, texture, emotion, and meaning. We take a look at this extraordinary series, which the Austin Film Society will screen at the Alamo Drafthouse on Saturdays through March 3.

"...Decalogue Two ("Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Better Too Much Than Not Enough

"...to his songs, still steeped in the blues but not tied down by them. Musically adventurous, by turns sinister,..."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Not Just the Goofy Guy

The Actor Behind the Antics of Michael Stuart

"...with Stuart, he's much more than an overgrown class clown. Talk to some of his colleagues and you'll hear..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre Refuses to Fade in 1995 And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

The past 12 months saw some of Austin's

"...in theatre to go, too. But Austin theatre is nothing if not persistent. Like the character of Effie in..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Arts Feature

Girls Will Be Girls

Valley of the Dolls meets Female Trouble in this all-male semimusical romp.

"...can be a tad raw at times, and I’m not wild about the cutesy intertitles, which slow the action..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Last Circus

Two generations of circus clowns, set against the bloody backdrop of Franco's Spain.

"...grew up under the Franco regime, it's all about clowns, not bombs. (A catchy slogan if ever there was..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...Not Clown, Physical Plant TheaterDirector, Comedy..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Rob Nash's latest gets a holdover, and those truly were picketing clowns

"...Regarding last week's item on the mob of clowns who picketed the Physical Plant Theater production of Not..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Not Clown

You're not likely to enter a world as uniquely weird and vibrant as that of Physical Plant Theater's 'Not Clown' any time soon

"...Not Clown..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Qmmunity: Clowning Around

Queer embarrassment artist Andie Flores brings her show about "a clown idiot" to Crashbox

"...Clown behavior is the new November trend, highlighted by Ph.D...."

Nov. 10, 2023 Column by James Scott

Rize

Celebrity photographer David LaChapelle casts his lens toward the newest L.A. dance craze.

"...world of the Los Angeles inner-city dance craze of clowning and its more aggressive offshoot, krumping. Not widely known..."

July 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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