Nostalgia

A life well lived examined in a film uninspiringly made.

"...Nineties heyday of episodic narratives, such as the Wayne Wang/Paul Auster 1995 collaboration Smoke, but also 1993’s Twenty Bucks..."

March 2, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Music of Chance

"...Joel Grey. Chance abounds in this intriguing adaptation of Paul Auster's novel, and there's a chance you may like..."

Sept. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Blue in the Face

"...Directed by: Wayne Wang and Paul Auster. Starring: Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Michael J. Fox,..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Smoke

"...Directed by: Wayne Wang and Paul Auster. Starring: William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Stockard Channing, Harold..."

June 30, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Invisible

More meta-shenanigans from seasoned pro Paul Auster

"...Invisibleby Paul Auster Henry Holt and Co., 320 pp., $25..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Books Review by James Renovitch

Man in the Dark

Paul Auster's 14th book provides a small window into the terrors of aging and the intricate, personal search for meaning

"...Man in the Darkby Paul Auster Henry Holt and Co., 192 pp., $23..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Books Review by Yvonne Georgina Puig

Smoke (1995)

"...a poignant and insightful script by playwright and co-director Paul Auster (Lulu on the Bridge). The performances are classier..."

May 16, 2003 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

Atonement, Etc. -- Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition

Books for which we confess our true feelings, reconsider our disdain, or finally find room: top 10-plus, 2002 edition …

"...Paul Auster's 10th novel, The Book of Illusions (Holt), considers..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Books Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...MORTAL KOMBATD: Paul Anderson; with Linden Ashby, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Robin Shou, Bridgette..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...BLUE IN THE FACED: Wayne Wang and Paul Auster; with Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Michael J. Fox,..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...BLUE IN THE FACED: Wayne Wang and Paul Auster; with Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Michael J. Fox,..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Person to Person

The New York ensemble subgenre gets some fresh air

"...on his sleeve – Robert Altman, dramedy-grade Woody Allen, Paul Auster and Wayne Wang’s Smoke – but his most..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Michael Agresta

The Center of the World

"...as little surprise. Wang also called on former collaborator Paul Auster (Smoke, Blue in the Face) and filmmaker/performance artist/former..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film

Film Reviews

"...Sigourney Weaver, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Najimy. If you've seen Paul Rudnick's play Jeffrey, then for all practical purposes you've..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...MORTAL KOMBATD: Paul Anderson; with Linden Ashby, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Robin Shou, Bridgette..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Lou Reed: The Last Interview and Other Conversations

Thirty years of final grouses from a New Yorker

"...today than upon original release. Reed's conversation with author Paul Auster in 1996 finds the singer at ease and..."

May 29, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Scott McCloud in Austin with The Sculptor this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...comics. City of Glass, the wonderful adaptation of the Paul Auster novel; I love that thing. And I’d send..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Your Betrayal, Caked on the Wall

Painting desserts like it's murder, baby

"...if by chance! Like some plot-required coincidence in a Paul Auster novel! – surrounded by several of Beeler's other..."

April 26, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Thieves of Manhattan

Take this publishing industry satire to the beach, but don't turn your brain off just yet

"...readable prose sometimes bogs down in a labyrinth of Paul Auster-esque meta-noir, but those moments are few. Most of..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Books Review by James Renovitch

Asterios Polyp

Mazzucchelli's masterwork is by no means an easy read, but it is a transcendent one

"...collaborated on Frank Miller's Batman: Year One and adapted Paul Auster's City of Glass to graphic novel form in..."

July 17, 2009 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

NFL Analysis 101: 100 Years of Epicurean, Hedonistic Hound Dogs

Timothy Braun brings you, dear reader, up to date on the AFC North

"...Travel Channel now. Cleveland Browns Printed Comparison: Timbuktu by Paul Auster A novel narrated by a discerning and sympathetic..."

April 4, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Pages as Presents

2001's crop of coffeetable books

"...evocation by Paris artist Jacques de Loustal of the Paul Auster story of the same name. Even the contributions..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Like a Hurricane

Jim Jarmusch + Neil Young + Crazy Horse

"...Kaurismäki brothers [Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Tigrero]. I knew Paul Auster who was writing the Wayne Wang film [Blue..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Literary Guisado

An Interview with Francisco Goldman

"...paper said my influences were Bellow, De Lillo, and Paul Auster...."

June 6, 1997 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Art is a put-up-or-

"...The quirky beauty is Wayne Wang and Paul Auster's Smoke. Gentler than Leaving Las Vegas, with its..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Column

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...and Without Getting Killed or Caught, Tamara Saviano and Paul Whitfield's recounting of the complicated relationships between three Texas..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...Kohen, Screenwriter: Jon Rowe, Producers: Igal Kohen, Katharina Weser, Paul Kirsten Biolum is an interactive, narrative VR sci-fi experience..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music List 10

The Damned, 2 Chainz, War on Drugs, and 242 more added

"...Sophie Auster (New York, NY.)..."

March 6, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin