Blood and Guts and Dirt and Joy

Michael Miller may appear at first meeting to be withdrawn, but he is absolutely present onstage and off, and his willingness to "get dirty" with his characters and continuous challenge to himself to be better make this seemingly reserved actor one of Austin's best.

"..."It's kind of an outlet, I guess. In real life, I..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...downstairs ready to strike. In a last gesture of kindness, Tom pushes his wife dressed in a flannel nightgown..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Unscented

When Life Doesn't Stink

"...rat dies in the wall. But when my husband Richard is baking bread or I try to imagine if..."

Aug. 11, 1995 Arts Feature by Suzy Banks

The Critic

Ian McKellen plays a theatre critic willing to stab a few backs in 1930s London

"...to anyone who gets in his way – including kind, put-upon Tom (Enoch), Jimmy’s secretary and lover, and artist..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rob Zombie Resurrects the Firefly Family for 3 From Hell

Here to do the devil's work: Director talks how being cool is no excuse

"...Foxworth Coltrane, aka Foxy, played by British character actor Richard Brake. He's the lost half-brother of the family come..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Our Shostakovich Year

On the centenary of Dmitri Shostakovich's birth, Austin arts groups join forces to throw the Russian composer a yearlong party

"...his music resonates deeply enough that ALO Artistic Director Richard Buckley was inspired to conceive of a citywide celebration..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...one big happy creative group. That's what Carnegie-Mellon economist Richard Florida does in The Rise of the Creative Class,..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...psychologists recommend that we try to return to some kind of normalcy. Going back to normal helps us to..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

Mass

Devastating portrait of four parents in the aftermath of a school shooting

"...the parents of the boy that killed their son. Richard (Birney, a picture of buttoned-down torment) and Linda (Dowd,..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Lodge

Icy melding of horror and religion is cool, not chilling

"...Veronika Franz. Starring: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone and Lola Reid...."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Married Life

This film's wonderful, amoral resignation makes Married Life so deliciously different from other period-set crime stories, and its terrific cast keeps thing percolating.

"...loneliness of divorce. Meanwhile, his best friend, the devilish Richard Langley (Brosnan), a cad and philanderer who accepts his..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

She's Her Own Grandma

Carole Keeton Strayhorn – what a long strange trip it's been

"...to Madge and Page Keeton, Strayhorn and her brother Richard, now a high-profile Houston attorney (and, of late, part..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...Donna Tartt and Brad Watson, and taught alongside his "kindred spirit," Willie Morris...."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

A Theatre Mecca?!?

Honest, Some Folks Move to Austin for the Theatre

"...Ryan Maresca are three such artists. Thompson, with partner Richard Byron, founded Austin Musical Theatre, which produced Peter Pan..."

July 18, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Made in America

"...Directed by: Richard Benjamin. Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson, Nia Long, Will..."

June 4, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Layers of Connection

Miranda July's crazy, shiny lovefest

"...are "feeling too old to drive." And you've got Richard, a young, recently separated father of two boys who..."

July 15, 2005 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

Austin Theatre Critics' Table 1999-2000 Nominations

"...Time Again in Oz, Suzan Zeder and Richard Gray..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

October Previews

"...Cathy Moriarty, Lucas Black, Meat Loaf Aday, Sandra Seacat, Richard Schiff, Rod Steiger...."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Can't Hear Your Mama Call

"...for your sleep. But the Star Theater is a kind of civics lesson, too, because at school they have..."

June 11, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"...be a good idea. A friend of mine recently kind of talked me the other way...."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

A Jukebox Musical, Chicken Tips, and More Weekday Events

Don't pretend like you don't need chicken tips

"...cost less than E.T.’s Reese’s Pieces budget.   – Richard Whittaker Bad Art for Adults..."

July 26, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Hidden Room Theatre Is Working With a Presidential Assassin

Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, we reckon you’ll really enjoy the show

"...what’s actually happening is a period-specific presentation of Shakespeare’s Richard III, based on Booth’s promptbook from the 1860s, no..."

June 12, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Saturday Picks and Sleepers

Saturday night SXSW blurbs

"...outside crackly old VHS footage from mid-Nineties basement gigs. Richard Whittaker Guantanamo Baywatch..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

We Were the Urban Pioneers

Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown

"...of this history of grand achievement comes a new kind of pioneer to Austin. We're speaking, of course, of..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

An Opera for Wartime

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

"...got under way after Iraq had been invaded, that kind of political commentary wasn't necessarily foremost in the creators'..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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.

"...Directed by: Richard Eyre. Starring: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

When Gravity Fails: Notes on the influence of Ed Lowry, 'Crazy Mama,' and not sweating the small stuff

"...My roommates were much more gleeful anarchists than any kind of ideological advocates...."

Oct. 21, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Relearning Love

'Before Sunset' asks the hard questions

"...Richard Linklater is watching the clock. He perches on a..."

July 9, 2004 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Richard III

In the new production of Shakespeare's Richard III staged by the Disciples of Melpomene, it's the crafty and well-crafted portrayal of Richard by David Stahl that drives this show -- a performance built around performances by a master actor on the stage of life.

"...Richard III: Performances Within Performances..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Collected Stories of Richard Yates

"...The Collected Stories of Richard Yatesby Richard Yates; introduction by Richard Russo..."

June 29, 2001 Books Review by Scott Blackwood

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