Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinematheque

"Oh, the thrill of identifying unknown films!"

"...HENRI LANGLOIS: PHANTOM OF THE CINEMATHEQUE..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Southern Rock Opera

SXSW 02 Music Fest Wrap-up

"...The Jerry Lee PhantomMercury, Friday 15 It's a rare band that confounds initial..."

March 22, 2002 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Scanlines

The Haunting

"...friend and I caught a double bill of The Phantom of the Opera and The Haunting at the Fox..."

July 23, 1999 Screens Feature

Record Reviews: Texas Platters

"...THE PHANTOM CREEPS..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Music Review

Dream Scenario

Nic Cage leads a strange satire about public perception

"...a metaphor for viral fame or – as the phantom Pauls' actions become darker – cancel culture. A third-act..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Vicky Krieps Liberates an Empress in Corsage

The actress finds the truth of Sissi, and the other actors who have played her, in the new biopic

"...After her own breakout performance in Phantom Thread, Krieps said she "knew what it tasted like"..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Calera Chapel, Balmorhea

A holy place in the West Texas desert

"...but at it was once a garden nurtured by Phantom Lake Springs. The Jumano and Apache tribes raised corn..."

June 24, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Licorice Pizza

PTA's San Fernando Valley memories are blurrily sentimental

"...beneath the surface of There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread. His romances are convoluted and filled with desperate..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hamilton's Resident Director Makes Bass the Room Where It Happens

Austinite Ashley Brooke Monroe leads the touring Broadway show back to the stage she loves

"...she saw the visiting New York production of The Phantom of the Opera. "It was the first big national..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Power of the Dog

Benedict Cumberbatch is malevolent and magnetic in this High Plains tragedy

"...as Midsommar (no, that's not a happy ending) or Phantom Thread (again, not a grand romantic victory). That will..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Velvet Underground

The originators of alt music get the artistic biography they deserve

"...he gasps, before breathlessly describing their “strange melodies” and “phantom overtones”)? It’s all pure candy. Yes, Haynes gives Cale..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Nic Cage and Sion Sono craziness is not the sum of its parts

"...it exists, it's more a vapor than an actual phantom...."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Fear, but Make It Queer

Abbott revives attack on trans kids, Netflix brings queer Fear Street party to Austin, and more news

"...Phantom of the Paradise Miss Kitty Litter ATX's lively screening..."

July 9, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Faster Than Sound – The Music Relief Magic Number: $20 Million

Music Makes Austin budget proposal warns full-capacity touring won't return until 2022

"...on 2006's Modern Times and toured with Taj Mahal's Phantom Blues Band. Inducted in the Austin Music Awards Hall..."

April 30, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Tune In to Throwback Virtual Reading Sessions for Vintage TV Live

Scooby Doo, where are you? Online, in this new Vortex series

"...Scoob, for instance, came from “Don’t Fool With a Phantom,” the eighth and final episode of Scooby Doo, Where..."

July 14, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

“Cowboys in Space” Exhibit Finds the Frontier in the Stars

Exploring the infinite plains at the Bullock Museum

"...acting came in 1935, in the 12-part series The Phantom Empire, in which the singing cowboy finds a technologically..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Terrence McNally on Art and Commerce

The Tony-winning playwright talks about the business of show

"...they all ran well under 5,00 performances. And now Phantom of the Opera is like 15,000. It’s crazy...."

June 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Avengers: Endgame

The end is the beginning is the end as Marvel's Infinity Saga reaches a satisfying, tearful end

"...unit conflict (with a few undoubted nods to The Phantom Menace), this is a meat grinder, where every hero..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Most Read Film Reviews of 2018

Number one will shock you. No, for reals. Shocked and appalled.

"...believably real" (read his four star review here). 10: Phantom Thread Is this tale of high fashion in post-war..."

Dec. 29, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The King

America's soul explored on a road trip in Elvis Presley's car

"...Fight) suddenly decide to take Elvis Presley's 1963 Rolls-Royce Phantom V on a road trip across the continental U.S.?..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars Memories

In honor of Star Wars Day, Austin’s creatives talk about how the Force changed their lives

"...into a full-blown fan [for the release of] The Phantom Menace in 1999. I remember buying tickets in advance..."

May 4, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Ghost Story

A meditative story of a spirit who lingers on

"...an ethereal figure that’s decidedly low-tech and not a phantom dependent on CGI effects and eerie frights. The ghost..."

July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: Saving Souls at the Electric Church

New venue the Electric Church converts local psychics, and Samuel Grey Horse recounts his mule variations

"...chorale compositions, as well as in Halloween productions of Phantom of the Opera where he donned a Phantom mask...."

June 2, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Page Two: Otto Binder Had a Vision

The great science-fiction and comic book writer already had a name for Trump back in the 1950s – Bizarro

"...villain Brainiac, the bottled Kryptonite city of Kandor, the Phantom Zone, Krypto the Super Dog, and Lion Head Superman...."

Sept. 16, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Top 10 Video Games

Whether you wanted intimate tales or cars being blown back from explosions, 2015 had you covered

"...10) Fallout 4 (Bethesda); Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions); The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

The Force awakens, and a franchise reboots

"...of the overloaded dud that 1999’s Episode I: The Phantom Menace revealed itself to be. Instead, Abrams and a..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jupiter Ascending

The Wachowskis' space opera starring Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum is a visual dazzler but a narrative splice-and-dice.

"...isn’t even on par with the universally loathed The Phantom Menace...."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The November Man

Pierce Brosnan stars in this spy thriller that's decently made, but lacks the sizzle of a 007 or Jason Bourne.

"...trying to outfox each other. Both men seek a phantom woman who holds the informative key to Federov’s downfall,..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jodorowsky's Dune

What's tantalizing but never was? This Fantastic Fest award-winner talks with the famed surrealist and others about their plans for this aborted project.

"...enough nonexistent Orson Welles projects to merit another half-dozen phantom hagiographies. One film in particular, however, has always resided..."

May 9, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ride Along

Ice Cube and Kevin Hart partner up in this rote buddy-cop action comedy that's instantly forgettable.

"...gives him grief about his fruitless pursuit of a phantom criminal named Omar, and his sister Angela (Sumpter) –..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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