Shawn Sides and Graham Reynolds: Rude and Golden

How two of Austin's top creative stars meld a busy life of art and love

"...for such heady, internationally acclaimed spectacles as Lipstick Traces, Requiem for Tesla, The Method Gun, Now Now Oh Now,..."

March 25, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Blue Lapis Light's Edge of Grace

Blue Lapis Light leaves its epic aerial work for an intimate and uniquely compelling dance on scaffolding

"...such Blue Lapis Light works as In Light and Requiem, Edge of Grace may seem somehow incomplete...."

Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Moving Toward the Edge of Grace

The new and the familiar at Blue Lapis Light's new home

"...a gargantuan, animate altar for remembrance and hope in Requiem...."

Sept. 18, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Southpaw

This boxer's story is familiar, but Jake Gyllenhaal is all new

"...that we haven’t already seen in the Rocky saga, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Raging Bull, Million Dollar Baby, and..."

July 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Dance/Classical Music Treasures of 2014

It was a year in which the personal shone through in dance and classical works small and large

"...1) MOZART REQUIEM UNDEAD (Golden Hornet Project/Texas Choral Consort/Texas Performing Arts/Fusebox Festival)..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

For Russia, With Love

CD of Russian sacred music earns Conspirare Grammy nom no. 6

"...a Best Choral Performance nomination, the others being for Requiem (2006) and Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night (2008). Requiem..."

Dec. 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

From Hell to High Estate

This new chamber group's look at the dark side of Romantic music offered some fresh takes on iconic works

"...The cornerstone of the program was the Fauré Requiem, performed by Ensemble members Leah Knight (soprano and artistic..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Road to Freedom

The Cost of Art III: How the Fusebox Festival liberated itself from charging admission

"...shares costs with producing partners. Carlin cites the Mozart Requiem Undead that opened Fusebox 2014: The budget for that..."

July 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

"It Was a Difficult Choice, But..."

The Austin Critics Table named its tops in the arts for 2014

"...Mozart Requiem Undead, Texas Choral Consort/Convergence/Golden Hornet Project..."

June 3, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Noah

Partly allegorical, partly spectacular, and wholly sincere, Darren Aronofsky gives us another memorable movie about a driven individual.

"...skein of obsessed heroes, which started with Pi and Requiem for a Dream and continued through to The Wrestler..."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"..."Requiem for a Rose," Ballet Austin..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Rite of Spring

Ballet Austin's triple bill melded classicism, romance, and biology to striking effect

"...only the orchestra had also played the Schubert for "Requiem for a Rose"! The adagio from String Quintet in..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Black Swan

Darren Aronofsky and Natalie Portman whip things into a baroque frenzy in this crazed hybrid of drama and horror set amid a ballet corps.

"...lines of the terrifying hallucinatories of Aronofsky’s breakout film, Requiem for a Dream, revisiting, too, favorite themes of monster..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Skyline

In this effects-heavy film, extraterrestrials invade Los Angeles.

"...sole feature-length directing credit is 2007’s Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. The effects in this new movie are, indeed, quite..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Metamorphoses'

Zach's take on Greek myths takes flight with help from Blue Lapis Light aerialists

"...Blue Lapis Light, they of the transcendent aerial dance Requiem, performed on the shell of the partially constructed and..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Conspirare

The esteemed choir scores a Dutch Grammy and support for a new commission

"...Grammy of the Netherlands – for Conspirare's Grammy-nominated CD, Requiem, released in the U.S. in 2008 but in Europe..."

June 4, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

AFCA Announces 2009 Awards

The Austin Film Critics Association hands The Hurt Locker top prize

"...5) Requiem for a Dream..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Golden Age of Television

Criterion puts out an impressive collection dedicated to what Carl Reiner called the "hairy, scary, wonderful days" of live television

"...Rod Serling (who also contributes the set's Patterns and Requiem for a Heavyweight). The Comedian earned universal praise for..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Treasure in Other People's Trash

Your loss is Davy Rothbart's gain

"...Rothbart will also be promoting his new book, Requiem for a Paper Bag: Celebrities & Civilians Tell Stories..."

May 29, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Trouble the Water

This film about the human toll of Hurricane Katrina is one of the best and most inspirational things to come out of the disaster.

"...great documentaries: Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts and this, the 2008 Sundance Grand..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Long Center: Who's playing

Austin's new performing-arts center releases the performance schedule for its first few months

"...Quixote by Ballet Austin, and Conspirare singing the Verdi Requiem, Dell Hall will feature everything from classical soprano Kathleen..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Conspirare: My favorite year

In a banner year, Conspirare signs with the prestigious Harmonia Mundi label and plans a powerful Long Center debut with the Verdi Requiem

"...suitably dramatic debut in the Long Center: the Verdi Requiem, a work all but guaranteed to rattle the rafters..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Risk for Beauty

Sally Jacques sends dancers flying off a pair of federal buildings to give us a moment of transcendence

"...Nowhere was this more clear than with last year's Requiem, the Blue Lapis Light collaboration performed on the abandoned..."

June 15, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Stephen and the rest of town remember Clifford

"...and Austin is better for it. Her last production, Requiem, was some of the most creative and spellbinding work..."

June 1, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

They Hear America Singing!

Grammy-nominated Conspirare brings together 600 voices in search of our national sound

"...were announced, scoring a nod for its second CD, Requiem – We Are So Lightly Here, in the category..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rocky Balboa

This final chapter in the Rocky saga is terrific – maybe not great, like that first kiss of fist in ’76, but good, solid, exhilarating entertainment of the stand-up-and-cheer variety.

"...John Garfield in Body and Soul, the Rod Serling-scripted Requiem for a Heavyweight (with Jack Palance on TV's Playhouse..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Culture Flash!

Grammy recognition for Conspirare, an encore and more NEA support for Tapestry's The Souls of Our Feet, and giant sunflowers for the Mueller redevelopment

"...• Congratulations to Conspirare on its first Grammy nomination. Requiem – We Are So Lightly Here, the second CD..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Fountain

Like some epic figure of yore, writer/director Aronofsky has allowed his hubris to get the better of him: The Fountain is a dry well.

"...tortured turn as a Coney Island housefrau-as-speedfreak in Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream, this time the filmmaker has come..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fall Films

"...fountain of youth. And Darren Aronofsky's third feature (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) faced adversity in both production –..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

After a Fashion

Stephen weighs in on the Belmont and what Dubya might be reading these days...

"...to celebrate the reprise of choreographer Sally Jacques' work, Requiem. The gala was fresh, fun, and successful, but Requiem..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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