Royal Jest

Does Wes Anderson's new film, The Royal Tenenbaums, seem familiar? Why not ask David Foster Wallace?

"...of the Incandenza family, Hal Incandenza, is a tennis prodigy...."

Dec. 28, 2001 Screens Feature by Sidney Moody

Pages as Presents

2001's crop of coffeetable books

"...Robert Capa was a prodigy whose first photograph was published when he was 18..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

The Man Who Wasn't There

The story is rife with the Coens' ripe ambivalence, a black seriocomic opera of fouled-up American dreams, and a meditation on ambivalence that is itself often as ambiguous as the emotional meanderings of its protagonist, a small-town barber. The film's black-and-white image processing is stunning.

"...and poor Ed is obsessing over a teenage piano prodigy with an animated sex drive. Of course, it wouldn't..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Madcow

"...MadcowCattle Prodigy (Borg) If you grew up in the aimless suburban..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Review by Greg Beets

For Your Consideration ...

Austin Film Festival Preview

"...the buddyhood between bluegrass (or, more properly, "dawg music") prodigy David Grisman and the late Jerry Garcia. The film..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature

The American Voice

Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections," and other new releases

"...poet, playwright, essayist, novelist, champion for other writers, "a prodigy of accomplishment." The parallels to Sontag are striking; she's..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Behind the Desk

"...Madcow, Cattle Prodigy..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Music Column

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...the buddyhood between bluegrass (or, more properly, "dawg music") prodigy David Grisman and the late Jerry Garcia. The film..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Summer Reading

"...of "Serendipity," and Nicole Bowen, the icy high school prodigy with a parentally endorsed crush on a lonely teacher..."

July 27, 2001 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Shuggie Otis

"...when fellow West Coast musicians began to compare the prodigy to Hendrix and Sly Stone, and merely 16 when..."

July 13, 2001 Music Review by Kate X Messer

Willie Nelson / Jackie King with Willie Nelson

"...of August." Everyone off the life cycle. Most Valuable Prodigy goes to fleet-fingered Gabe Rhodes, who continues to hit..."

June 29, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Luzhin Defence

"...and Peter Blythe. “Patterns keep repeating themselves,” exclaims chess prodigy Alexander Luzhin (Turturro) in a moment of discovery that..."

May 18, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

"...Jermaine Dupri ("It's Over") and Mobb Deep's Nas and Prodigy ("Queens Day") almost resuscitate Crown Royal… Slimm The Skinny..."

April 27, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Technical Difficulties

Older professionals face a hard choice: leave Austin or go tech?

"...a $30,000 paycheck. Apple, Charles Schwab, Sears, Sitel, and Prodigy are among the companies whose presence in Austin is..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Looking to the Future

"...sessions with guest celebrities. Later, Kreth moved on to Prodigy in New York City, where he helped shape the..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Coach's Corner

Well, the bad guys won the Super Bowl -- led by genuine bad guy Ray Lewis -- but Jennifer Capriati made her own good news down in Australia.

"...half a world away, in Australia. An American tennis prodigy burst on the scene a decade ago at the..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Finding Forrester

"...a reclusive J.D. Salinger-type writer (Connery) and the inner-city prodigy (Brown) he nurtures. The script, by Nicholls fellowship winner..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Great Escape

Chain Gangs! Cast Aways! Kung Fu! Chocolate! ... It's Time for the Holiday Film Previews

"...of Jen (Zhang Zi Yi), a beautiful martial arts prodigy torn between her lover and her ambition to kick..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Rubén González Chanchullo (Nonesuch)

"...flashy runs, and splashy chords. González was a child prodigy who graduated from Cuba's Cienfuegos music conservatory at 15,..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

Dress ya ass up for a hip-hop Halloween.

"...gators. When he's not battling DMX, Redman, Xzibit, and Prodigy, L.L. remains committed to doing whatever it takes to..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Woman on Top

"...almost criminally endearing as Isabella Oliveira, a Brazilian cooking prodigy who dumps her unfaithful husband (Benício) and flees to..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

A Fan's Notes

In Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe tells the story of his first assignment for Rolling Stone in 1973 and a day when the youth of America believed rock & roll could change the world.

"...Taylor, and Billy Crudup (pronounced Croodip), who plays guitar prodigy Russell Hammond, a role Brad Pitt was cast in..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Food Set

"...in 1994 for his Mango Ginger Mint Salsa, whose prodigy is now commercially available as Sgt. Pepper's Tropical Tears..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Food Feature by MM Pack

Gray Matter

Milkshake Media's Katherine Jones was trained in medical illustration -- but with her work on Fight Club and The Cell, she got a lesson in Hollywood.

"...feel like this." And with that, he cranked up Prodigy...."

Aug. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Rules Have Changed

Two veteran music writers conduct an e-mail correspondence in order to look at new ways of reinventing the music industry.

"...From: "Daniel J Wolff" renziwolff@prodigy.net To: "Dave Marsh" marsh6@home.com..."

June 23, 2000 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Altar Music: ANovel

"...the book's attention on Elise Pearson, an adolescent piano prodigy who forgoes assured secular success for a mysteriously compelling..."

April 14, 2000 Books Review by Robert Bell

Let It Rock

Rock & Roll Books Spring 2000

"...son. He enumerates his musical training as a child prodigy, how his quest led him from Wales to London,..."

March 17, 2000 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...DYANA DAFOVA: Bulgarian superstar Dyana was a child prodigy by the ripe old age of five, not surprising..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

The Participants

"...probably best) employee of Wired. He's also worked for Prodigy, Roadrunner, and Austin's Agillion...."

Jan. 28, 2000 Screens Feature

Magnolia

Sprawling, meaning-laden spectacle from the director of Boogie Nights.

"...There's the greed-addled Rick Spector (Bowen) and his young prodigy son Stanley (Blackman), who plays the “quiz kid” TV-show..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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