The Public Enemy, Nothing Sacred, Battleground

William Wellman's larger-than-life legacy: Reviews of Public Enemy, Nothing Sacred, and Battleground.

"...American style of storytelling and filmmaking. Despite his brash, tough-talking, hard-drinking image, "Wild Bill" Wellman was a Hollywood archetype..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Letters at 3AM

Poetry is an act of faith.

"...fine.) Poetry is poor by nature, for there's no money to be made; resistant to media -- there's nothing..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

On The Lege

Death Watch

"...the job was "not about being the state's top cop." But now, Cornyn is trying to prove he's tough..."

Feb. 19, 1999 News Column

Warrior Witches in Hell

"...illustration by Jason Stout Most dramatic TV shows depict cops, doctors, and lawyers -- professions on the gritty interface..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Food Top Nines

"...an incredibly diverse selection of Asian restaurants, everything from Indonesian (Java Noodles) to a Vietnamese bakery (Ba Le) to..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Sub Mission

There's No Substitute for a Teacher - Just Ask AISD

"...or hunt for a warm body to play traffic cop while the students perform busy work. So the full-time..."

May 29, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Featuring Texas

Films From Around the State

"...surprisingly, the documentary form is represented by several works, one of the most surprising of which is Kyle Henry's..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Tv-eye

Emmy-Meeny-Miney-Moe

"...Tough week for the fourth estate. Usually the worst thing..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Screens Column by Christopher Gray

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...be the fest's most brutal year to date, with one of the most surprising additions to the lineup. Damien..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Film Vault

With Hellboy II, Guillermo del Toro makes the leap from mere great director to cinematic superhero

"...is wet. Such is the nature of the beast; one shouldn't expect it to be otherwise...."

July 11, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Two Tickets to Paradise

Who tickets what in Austin

"..."These fans walk," says one scalper, speaking on the condition of anonymity...."

Aug. 27, 2004 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...our own data, and we understand its limitations. On one hand, the Statesman overstates the disparity in force reports..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Column

Life, Death, and Shoofly Pie

Chatting with the Gourds' rabid online fan base, family through thick and BAD.

"...he was buried, it was in his favorite T-shirt, one for the Gourds' Dem's Good Beeble...."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Double Jeopardy

The state of Texas jailed Cuban exile Carlos Lavernia for 16 years for a crime he did not commit. Now the INS might send him back to Cuba.

"...tried to hide it," Lavernia says, "but everybody knows sooner or later why you're in the penitentiary." Lavernia, who..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Things That Go Bump

Young writer Eli Kooris spends the night in a haunted photography shop to see what he can scare up.

"...hallway of his photography studio, a two-story brick and stone complex on the corner of Fifth & Neches. It..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

Toast to an Artspace About Art

Pro-Jex's Tunnel of Art on Fifth Street Was More Than a Gallery, Much More

"...years ago, displayed a little concern. Ruth Martin, a tough longshoreman of a flower arranger, part Mrs. Garrett from..."

April 3, 1998 Arts Feature by John Spong

Postmarks

Slusher Kicks Ass!

"...activists and environmentalists ["Council Watch," Vol.17, No.25]. Funny, almost none of the activists actually quoted said anything less flattering..."

March 13, 1998 Column

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...innocent and carefree and that allows women who have gone through labor and delivery to do it again. At..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...1993 and also having a cult repu tation as one of the great unseen movies of recent years. Amazingly,..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...Tabloid (Random House, $25 hard), the latest work from one of America's most talented and unflinchingly brutal crime fiction..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

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