Heart of Glass

UT Performing Arts Center presents a Philip Glass retrospective, "Philip on Film," with Glass performing live his film compositions.

"...American minimalist (not his term, but surely it fits) Philip Glass could be the object of what surely must..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Lyric Opera: Breaking Glass

For Austin Lyric Opera's 20th season, artistic director Richard Buckley has lined up the American premiere of Philip Glass' opera 'Waiting for the Barbarians'

"...Waiting for the Barbarians, the most recent opera by Philip Glass – so new that it premiered only last..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Review: Glass Half Full Theatre's Yamel Cucuy

Modern-day Mexican folktale rallies against things that go bump in the night

"...Glass Half Full Theatre has earned the reputation for creating..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Raise Your Glass to American Craft Beer Week

Local breweries celebrate

"...can also have a bromance with ABW at St. Philip Pizza Parlor & Bakeshop (475 S. Lamar). A team..."

May 11, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Raise Your Glass to Austin Beer Week

Our guide to the best tappings, dinners, and parties

"...Enjoy four fills of local deliciousness in a souvenir glass. Details here...."

Oct. 23, 2015 Food Post by Dan Gray

An Opera for Wartime

Philip Glass' Waiting for the Barbarians arrives when its message is urgently needed

"...Waiting for the Barbarians is the latest opera by Philip Glass, an adaptation of the novel by Nobel laureate..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Ambience of Existential Dread

Philip Glass on the 'Fog of War' score

"...Composer Philip Glass has scored three films with documentarian Errol Morris..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'Les Enfants Terribles'

Philip Glass opera gives new meaning to sibling rivalry

"...to the screen by Jean-Pierre Melville in 1950. When Philip Glass paid tribute to Cocteau with a trio of..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Words Without Music: A Memoir

Famed Austin composer appraises the autobiography of Philip Glass, father of the modern classical avant-garde

"...Words Without Music: A Memoirby Philip Glass Liveright Publishing Company, 432 pp., $29.95..."

May 29, 2015 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

The Glass Project

The music of Philip Glass in the three works of Ballet Austin's program provided more thread than theme

"...theme. Each of the three dances on Ballet Austin's Philip Glass program, all choreographed by Artistic Director Stephen Mills,..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Visitors

The Koyaanisqatsi director is back with his latest stream-of-vision meditation.

"...tone poem set to a mellifluously repetitive score by Philip Glass. Its revelations audaciously bloom like time-lapse flower footage,..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Notes on a Scandal

This movie with Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett is a hothouse psychodrama, full of outrageous and florid sentiments that are made semipalatable by the quality of the craftsmanship involved.

"...aggressive lesbian, and the music (by another “quality” name, Philip Glass) sounds more and more like a refined Bernard..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Illusionist

Surprisingly, this atmospheric movie starring some of the greatest actors of our time is a dull and enervating bore.

"...place of Freud's crowning achievements. The music score by Philip Glass is the best work the composer has ever..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Halloween: Resurrection

"...aforementioned minicam footage. Only Carpenter's still-chilling theme music -- Philip Glass in hell -- carries any emotional bite. Forget..."

July 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

"...is a wonderfully resonant score by none other than Philip Glass, who also scored the first film -- not..."

March 24, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Brief History of Time

"...pet cemeteries.) Armed with a properly cosmological soundtrack by Philip Glass and top prizes from the prestigious Sundance Film..."

Oct. 30, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

It's appropriate – hell, it's necessary – that a documentary about Philip Glass provide sound as crisp and clear as the sharpest images onscreen, and this one does, with aural textures you can almost feel against your skin

"...Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve PartsKoch Lorber Films,..."

May 1, 2009 Screens Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Being Robert McNamara

Through 'The Fog of War,' Errol Morris gets inside a mind full of hindsight, regret, and the lessons of Vietnam

"...sets the film to a compelling, melancholy score by Philip Glass [see The Ambience of Existential Dread], which makes..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Not Just Dance

Moving Into New Forms at the Performing Arts Center

"...week by Sydney Dance Company; Les Enfants Terribles, by Philip Glass and Susan Marshall, coming up Tuesday, November 4;..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Arts Feature by Stephanie Beauchamp

The House That PAC Built

"...That countered the Glass all patterned and neat,..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara

Robert S. McNamara, the confounding former secretary of defense during the Vietnam era, may be visionary filmmaker Errol Morris' best interview "get" ever.

"...movie beyond mere biopic, and the score by composer Philip Glass more than delivers the desired mood, which Morris..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Collecting as Affliction

Art Lover Philip Dempsey Just Can't Shake the Bug

"...Philip Dempsey's most recent art purchase arrives just before I..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Where Everything Is Music

"...Digital image from the "Monsters of Grace" cyberopera...."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Revenge, Deferred in Stephen Mills' Hamlet

Post-pandemic, Stephen Mills brings his career-defining Hamlet back to Ballet Austin

"...prose and the angular, jagged music of minimalist pioneer Philip Glass. It's a challenge that inspired Ballet Austin Artistic..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dracula, Bass Concert Hall, November 5

"...quartet, augmented by the evening's featured composer on piano, Philip Glass, materialized from behind the bottom of the see-through..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Music Review by Julie Carpenter

Hamlet

The revival of Stephen Mills' Shakespearean ballet is rich in visuals and moving passion

"...nothing if not modern. Set to the music of Philip Glass and brought to life through colorful costuming and..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Dracula

It’s the movie that put Transylvania on the map and the role to which Bela Lugosi became forever linked.

"...screening presents the movie with original music written by Philip Glass, and performed by Glass and the Kronos Quartet,..."

Nov. 1, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Philip Glass Dracula, performed by Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)

"...Philip Glass Dracula, performed by Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch) Perhaps he's..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Review by David Lynch

The Loft

Five married men share a penthouse loft in which an unidentified woman turns up dead.

"...buddy Marty), and Matthias Schoenaerts (reprising his role as Philip, Chris’ hotheaded half-brother). These five each agree to take..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Change of Aria Code

Leaving "Lyric" behind, Austin Opera launches a new era

"...– for every triumph like the U.S. premiere of Philip Glass' Waiting for the Barbarians, there was a financial..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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