Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...Matthau and Ossie Davis in I'm Not Rappaport, Julia Roberts and Goldie Hawn in Woody Allen's Everyone Says I..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Book Reviews

"...you to reconsider the possibilities of the mind. -- Robert Faires..."

May 2, 1997 Books Feature

New Year, Old Films

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

"...Jean Arthur, and everything flows from there. Written by Preston Sturges...."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"...But it wasn't until Governor Preston Smith (himself a former theatre owner from Lubbock), with..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bewitched

AFS Essential Cinema: I Married a Witch: Fredric March's comic curse

"...biography, Christmas in July: The Life and Art of Preston Sturges (1992), the father of screenwriters probably torched the..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Benda Mask

Untold secrets of Jean Arthur

"...it's a ministudio, a wonderland of cinema. Richard Linklater's Robert Bresson posters hang everywhere...."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Capital T Theatre's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

This production of Edward Albee's play shows that hubris and catastrophe are as much a part of America now as in ancient Greece

"...more importantly, betrayed by his defense of it. Here, Robert Pierson brings such an earnestness to his portrayal of..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Wednesday Sleepers

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...both, Ric's allegiance to Swishahouse runs bayou deep. – Robert GabrielENDOCHINE8pm, Nuno's This Austin quartet is slowly making waves..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Billy Budd

With its exploration of men's actions in the midst of war, Herman Melville's Billy Budd could not be more timely and relevant, but while Mainline Theater Project's production is perfectly cast, poor artistic choices cause the show as a whole to fall flat.

"...adapted for the stage by Louis O. Coxe and Robert Chapman. Mainline Theater Project, a new Austin theatre company,..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Elixir of Love

Director Robert DeSimone relocates Gaetano Donizetti's comic opera The Elixir of Love action from the Basque countryside of the original to a 1950s-era bottling distribution warehouse, but he keeps the story clear, and his fine young cast delivers the warmth and humor of this charming opera with colorful aplomb.

"...dealt with sweetly in this all-student affair helmed by Robert DeSimone. Sung and acted with fine attention to the..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Reign of Fire

"...of withering foodstuffs, is a clear descendant of Michael Preston's Pappagallo character, and McConaughey is Max redux (although with..."

July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Who Let the Dogs Out?

A playlist for the dog days of summer

"...David Robert Jones released his eighth album on RCA in 1974...."

July 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Beale Street Dynasty

Historical overview of Memphis' legendary music row

"...Beale Street Dynastyby Preston Lauterbach W.W. Norton & Company, 368 pp., $26.95..."

May 29, 2015 Music Feature by Nina Hernandez

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

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

"...he lost? Library of Dust Directors: Ondi Timoner & Robert James Death becomes art when a photographer captures images..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Persistence of Revision

Fascism, Frank Capra, and how legend becomes history

"...Proxy plays like a Capraesque fairy tale with a Preston Sturges hero and Howard Hawks dialogue; it borrows from..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Column by Louis Black

A Select Bibliography of Texas Plays

"...Preston Jones, The Last Meeting of the Knights of the..."

July 2, 1999 Arts Feature

Fall Film Previews

September

"...D: Jesse Peretz; with Natasha Gregson Wagner, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert John Burke, Jeannetta Arnette...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Getting Their Due

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Debuts

"...Spacek, columnist Liz Smith, screenwriter William Wittliff, and director Robert Benton. The Warren Skaaren Lifetime Achievement Award, named for..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Wrapped and Ready

"...this year Miramax brings us the Christmas-day release of Robert Rodriguez's The Faculty, written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...merely offering sage advice, but between them, Todd Main, Robert Hernandez, Jeff Smith, Mark Yznaga, and David Butts are..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...production efforts of Rjd2, Madlib, and Prefuse 73. – Robert Gabriel..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...D: Steven Soderbergh; with Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, Conchata Ferrell, Jamie Harrold, Scarlett..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Bruce Lee cultural biography Be Water, and Freak Power, Robert Kennedy III's long-rumored documentary about the gonzo king, Hunter..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Friday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...rap, as evidenced by 2004's The Hit List. – Robert GabrielLOS MOCOSOS11pm, Mambo Kings These vatos from S.F.'s Mission..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Outdoors & Recreation

"...Best Place to Pick SunflowersRobert Mueller Airport..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Best of Austin Feature

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...Jason Ritter, Jake Sandvig, Chandler Canterbury, Rebecca Hall, Carrie Preston (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Wednesday Picks

The 'Chronicle' says see these SXSW acts now

"...has toured with Parliament Funkadelic, Luther Vandross, and Billy Preston. Last year's debut LP, My Higher Ground, is a..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...for its humanity, for its characters, for the way Robert Duvall and Michael Caine walk across the landscape, for..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

A League of Their Own

"...or just starting production: There's The Faculty, directed by Robert Rodriguez (Desperado); Office Space, written and directed by Mike..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

1998 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...The Frontier in Fiction Moderator: Mike Cox; Elmer Kelton, Preston Lewis..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Books Feature

« 1    ‹ BACK    1   2   3   4     NEXT ›    4 »