Christopher Middleton: Translating a German Genius

Translator and former UT professor Christopher Middleton has shed some literary light on 20th-century German writer Robert Walser, a favorite of few and forgotten by most.

"...described is one of the great geniuses of 20th-century German literature: Robert Walser. He inspired Kafka, was praised by..."

May 31, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

'Robert Wilson Video Portraits'

Give in to their leisurely pacing, and Wilson's images yield richness of detail

"...cologne ad. Rather, it's a video portrait by artist Robert Wilson, one of more than 60 he's created of..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Robert Faires’ Top 10 Treasures in Theatre of 2018

It was a year in which theatre making the political personal left the deepest impressions

"...OF NAMIBIA, FORMERLY KNOWN AS SOUTHWEST AFRICA, FROM THE GERMAN SUDWESTAFRIKA, BETWEEN THE YEARS 1884-1915 (Street Corner Arts) We..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Captain

A bleak warning from Nazi Germany carries modern resonance

"...Directed by: Robert Schwentke. Starring: Max Hubacher, Milan Peschel, Frederick Lau, Bernd..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Often cited as the first true horror movie and one of the first films to tell its story through the eyes of a delirious madman, the techniques of this film milestone are rarely imitated. Eschewing naturalism, the movie's sets are all painted in hallucinatory black-and-white designs and the acting, as well, follows Expressionistic techniques popular in Germany at the time.

"...Directed by: Robert Weine. Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher and..."

July 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Enigma

"...Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam, Tom Hollander and Robert Pugh. Jonathan Mostow's recent U-boat battle film U-571 was..."

May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

U-571

"...Bon Jovi?!), a throwback to the glory days of Robert Wise's Run Silent Run Deep, a slickly crafted bit..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghosts Are Good Company

AFS Essential Series: The Third Wave: Contemporary German Cinema

"...to take a job in the western part of Germany, two hours but a world away from her small..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Cry of the Owl

Based on the 1962 Patricia Highsmith novel, this mood-heavy film contemplates what happens to a stalker when the object of his obsession returns the favor.

"...James Gilbert, Caroline Dhavernas and Gord Rand. This mood-heavy Canadian/German co-production, based on the 1962 Patricia Highsmith novel, contemplates..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I Am Legend

After a terrific start marked by the film's striking views of a desolate Manhattan island, Will Smith's mostly solo action movie devolves into a monster-movie malaise.

"...and The Omega Man starring Charlton Heston), Smith plays Robert Neville, a military immunologist who is the only real..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

This Oscar nominee from Germany chronicles the last desperate hours of Sophie Scholl, a real-life German university student who, in 1943 Munich, ran afoul of the gestapo while distributing anti-Nazi leaflets.

"...Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (an Oscar nominee from Germany for Best Foreign Film this year) chronicles the last..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's 1998 Classic Festival of Animation

"...shadows of triumphs past, notably the opening “Shock,” a German entry which tries to take a new spin on..."

July 3, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Memoir of War

WWII literary adaptation lacks the novel's spark and insight

"...Duras’ anguish while waiting and hoping for her husband, Robert Antelme (Bourdieu) – a Resistance fighter captured in Nazi-occupied..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

See Spot Run

"...Briard) and 1989's middling K-9 (Jim Belushi meets intrepid German shepherd). Slovenly, cynophobic Seattle postman Gordon (Arquette) pines boorishly..."

March 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Naked City

A frat house plans a basketball court for its property in the Eastwoods neighborhood, where a single-family house now stands.

"...fully consistent with all relevant [land-] code provisions," says Robert German, president of the fraternity's building committee...."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by David Garza

Summer Storm

German film is a trite tale of youthful angst and closeted sexual confusion about what really happens at those wild and crazy rowing camps that keep all of Bavaria abuzz.

"...Directed by: Marco Kreuzpaintner. Starring: Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann, Alicja Bachleda-Curus, Tristano Casanova, Miriam Morgenstern..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Swing Kids

"...Directed by: Thomas Carter. Starring: Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley, Barbara Hershey and..."

March 12, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest 2014: Whispers Behind the Wall

Let’s lynch the landlady

"...may have been made for television but this claustrophobic German import about a virginal law student and his leggy..."

Sept. 21, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

DVD Watch: 'A Man Escaped'

The perfect introduction to Robert Bresson

"...The films of Frenchman Robert Bresson, the great postwar filmmaker known for his minimalist..."

March 26, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

ACL Live Review: Greta Van Fleet

The Darkness 2.0

"...ago in a musical galaxy far, far away, a German act named Kingdom Come sounded so like Led Zeppelin..."

Oct. 6, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

DVDanger: The Evil That Men Do

Nothing Bad Can Happen, and other meditations on darkness

"...do, or something that we allow to happen? In German morality tale Nothing Bad Can Happen (Drafthouse Films), it's..."

Oct. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Whodunnit All Over the World?

The Melville House International Crime series is ship-shape.

"...the July Is Crime Month series that Books Editor Robert Faires has created for the Chronicle without talking about..."

July 30, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVDanger: 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'

John Barrymore's lascivious trip into the heart of his own darkness

"...man." That was the struggle at the heart of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and..."

Feb. 8, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cinemapocalypse at the Alamo Ritz: Die, Nazi, Die!

Quentin Tarantino premieres Inglourious

"...bailed at eight in the morning, after surprise guest Robert Forster (Alligator, Jackie Brown) turned up around four to..."

Aug. 16, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Allied

WWII espionage thriller can't hold a candle to Casablanca

"...Directed by: Robert Zemeckis. Starring: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Lizzy..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Exhibitionism

The Soldier Dreams: Misreading Clues Around a Deathbed

"...meaning behind dying David's utterances of "matchbook," "Ottawa," and "German doctor," because in MacIvor's play the audience is granted..."

May 14, 1999 Arts Review

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Topples The World D: Jeremy Workman Producers: Jeremy Workman, Robert J. Lyons Lily Topples The World follows 20-year-old Lily..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Lighthouse

The latest from The Witch director finds madness in isolation

"...Directed by: Robert Eggers. Starring: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe and Valeriia Karaman...."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Cinema of Dual Citizens

In the upcoming series Driven into Paradise: European Émigré Directors 1933-1950, the Austin Film Society will be screening (at the Alamo Drafthouse) six classic films reflecting the ethical sensibilities and aesthetic innovations of these exiled masters.

"...periods, they actually had their roots overseas, in the German expressionist tradition that spawned films like The Cabinet of..."

April 18, 2003 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Postmarks

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