Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...who wears a silver jacket. Muscles Director: Edawrd Housden Richard's sister Millie wants to be a world famous body..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Grim History

Author traces Texas prison system from its roots in plantation slavery

"...Texas and other Southern states, those connections are more stark than in other places. Until very recently, until the..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Please, Judge

Roky Erickson's first studio album in over a decade proves Will Sheff and Okkervil River's genius once again

"...made a mixtape of Erickson's favorite artists – Little Richard, James Brown, the Rolling Stones, Sam Cooke, Bo Diddley,..."

April 16, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Kath Bloom

Loving Takes This Course: A Tribute to the Songs of Kath Bloom; Thin Thin Line

"...Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg and Thor Harris, Callahan delivers Bloom's stark poetry with resolved stoicism: "You can never be sure..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

Yogurt Shop DNA Saga Continues

Defense attorney Joe James Sawyer says D.A.'s office is ignoring science

"...and reconsider its posture in the case stands in stark contrast to the approaches taken by D.A.'s in Dallas..."

March 17, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Sold on the Cool

The Blanton's 'Birth of the Cool' is midcentury modernism made sexy

"...and red nails and lipstick popping against the house's stark white walls, ceiling, and floor – great blocks of..."

March 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...St. Nick Director/Writer: David Lowery A stark, haunting portrait of childhood following the adventures of a..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Will T. Massey

"...of speaking softly and carrying a big stick. Effectively stark with subtle shades of Richard Bowden's fiddle, Lady maintains..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Page Two: The Art of Surprise

S.R. Bindler's Surfer, Dude continually pulls off the unexpected

"...Silver's Between the Lines and Chilly Scenes of Winter; Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused and Before Sunset; Preston Sturges'..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

"...out by this," said group founder Brian Rodgers. – Richard Whittaker..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature

In Her Own Time

Haunting the dark corners of Karen Dalton

"...by You)" and "In a Station" by the Band's Richard Manuel, and while the album's full production is disorienting,..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

I Found My Fill on BlackBerry Hill

At Sundance, a renewed "Focus on Film" amid celebrity worship and the frantic search for the next big thing

"...Maybe the situation isn't as stark at the public screenings. I wouldn't know. Due to..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cinematexas 11

Schedule: Wednesday, Sept. 20-Sunday, Sept. 24

"..."More Than Meets the Eye: Remaking Jane Fonda" (Scott Stark); "Jean Genet in Chicago" (Frédérick Moffet); "Our Brightly Shining..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature

All 'Round Republic Square

A new context of major civic buildings may yet make a people place of our historic downtown park

"...in modern architecture. Early computer-generated design renderings show a stark, square modernist structure with fragmented forms and an exposed..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Web Extra: B-Boy Bluez / Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower

In his 'B-Boy Bluez,' playing on a double bill with Maggie Gallant's 'Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower,' Zell Miller III creates whole worlds on stage and performs his heart out for whatever audience he gets

"...Part of the value of the evening is the stark contrast between these two performers. Maggie Gallant is a..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

He Who Must Not Be Named Returns to TV News

Ron (mumble mumble) is back at the anchor desk

"...of yesteryear. With two anchors old enough to remember Richard Nixon, KEYE also will present a stark contrast to..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

'Statesman' Gets Creative

'Statesman' explores new ways to spark circulation and revenue, often taking a pickax to traditional Ad-Editorial boundaries in the process

"...Faced with the stark numbers, the Statesman is exploring new ways to spark..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Dvorák's New World Inquiry

How a Czech composer helped America find its authentic voice

"...American art has without question been shaped by the stark and extraordinary American landscape and our fraught, sometimes destructive..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Tale of a Tale Spinner

How a ballplayer, a piano player, beatnik poetry, and Lubbock made Terry Allen an epic storyteller.

"...keep from being overwhelmed by the horizon. "It's so stark out there," Allen says. "And it's awful hard to..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

Mars Music store goes the way of Halley's Comet.

"...and on Tuesday musicians such as Sarah Brown and Richard Fenno were spotted prowling for bargains at the crack..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Safety in Words

If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

"...years." In its final form, the story sets the stark underground life of the twentysomething organizers in a strange..."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...unflinching truth when no one seems to be listening. Richard Buckner he's not, especially when Rosenthal's rocking with his..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Writing at the Kitchen Table: The Authorized Biography of Elizabeth David

"...shining stars of 20th-century food and wine writing -- Richard Olney, Gerald Asher, Hugh Johnson, Jancis Robinson, and Alan..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Food Review by MM Pack

How Robin Got His Groove Back

Musicologist Gillian Anderson has come to the rescue of Robin Hood, taking the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks film Robin Hood and restoring its original score. It's one of two dozen films from the earliest era of motion pictures for which Anderson has recovered, restored, or reconstructed the scores.

"...must spring into action to protect the subjects of Richard the Lionhearted. And off he goes, bounding onto horses,..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nick Drake

"...his best, an almost-hopeful pop gem made transcendent by Richard Thompson's electric guitar. The entirety of Five Leaves Left..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Looking for Tony

Democrats are settling on Tony Sanchez as their next gubernatorial candidate before anyone has an idea who he is.

"...coattails and big bank account helped Jim Mattox, Ann Richards, Garry Mauro, and Jim Hightower win statewide elections before..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Great Escape

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

"...children to hear... Marcy Garriott (sister of Origin founder Richard) directs Split Decision, the story of Jesus Chavez, a..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

B. Iden Payne Award Nominations, 1999-2000

"...four nominations, and for Peyton Hayslip, Lana Lesley, Sarah Richardson, Kirk Smith, Scott Thompson, and Joe York, all of..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Cry Pitch Carrolls: Winter Wonderland

RobertFaires examines Salvage Vanguard Theater's production of The Cry Pitch Carrolls

"...girlish glee radiating from Lana Lesley's Norma and Becky Stark's Alice, and a beguilingly crotchetiness in Shawn Sides' Edith...."

Dec. 10, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Manchurian Candidate, The Train, Seconds

"...term "brainwashing" didn't even exist before the early Fifties. Richard Condon's novel and Frankenheimer's film builds on this idea,..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

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