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

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

My Favorite Year

In an extraordinary season of four premieres, playwright Robert Schenkkan brings UT, his old school, a new screwball comedy

"...its premiere of a new script by 1975 grad Robert Schenkkan...."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From the Source

"...Hollywood and King Neptune or that he just liked, Robert Schenkkan listed the following:..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature

The Gary Cooper Collection

Rarely did he singe the big screen with his craft, yet his dimpled impassivity was ready-made for audience personification

"...teamed Cooper with Ray Milland and the always lively Robert Preston in another Foreign Legion adventure, but it pales..."

June 24, 2005 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

On Any Sunday

Continental Sunday nights at Heybale's two-step cotillion

"..."On Saturdays, I'd play from 2-6pm at Robert's, 6-10pm at Tootsie's, then go to Legends and play..."

June 24, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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

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

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

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

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

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Screening Calls

What to see and when and where to see it at SXSW Film 04

"...Black and WhiteD: Craig Lahiff; with Robert Carlyle, Kerry Fox, David Ngoombujarra, Colin Friels, Ben Mendelsohn..."

March 12, 2004 Screens 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

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

I Married a Witch

Sexy and enduringly bewitching, 1942's I Married a Witch is a four-star Hollywood incantation.

"...D: René Clair; with Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, Cecil Kellaway, Robert Warwick...."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks

"...Robert Barnstone..."

July 19, 2002 Column

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

Showtime

"...William Shatner, Mos Def, Rene Russo, Eddie Murphy and Robert De Niro. It's a double-edged sword: The collective charisma..."

March 22, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Encore!

The second annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards honors Texas' finest contributors to cinema.

"...Spacek, columnist Liz Smith, screenwriter Bill Wittliff, and director Robert Benton honored for their contributions in and of the..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Butthole Surfers and Austin City Limits suffer set backs while Riverfest marches on.

"...upcoming album. It is actually co-written by Haynes and Robert J. Ritchie (aka Kid Rock). As far as getting..."

June 29, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW ends. Thank the Lord …

"...honor of one of Austin's best guitar-slinging movie directors, Robert Rodriguez, and his new flick Spy Kids. That's outside..."

March 23, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...My name is Preston Hubbard. From 1984-94, I played bass for the platinum-selling,..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

After a Fashion

A recent gala IDoL-ized Austin fashionistas.

"...of Milkshake Media, Gene Menger of Ideality.com, Merritt Grooms, Preston Hubbard, Margaret Moser, Chris Gray, Laurie & Susan of..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Don Walser and Willie Nelson come up winners; Sixth Street still not quite dead.

"...(who also spotted Tarantino and Dusk 'Till Dawn dude Robert Rodriguez in his audience recently). Show and Prove sports..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dirty Words

Roger Gathman delves into local bookstores' shelves of smut to investigate the collective Gestalt of erotica.

"...being appalled when she found out I was reading Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land. That book was..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

The Outlaw Josey Wales

"...with Julie Andrews, William Holden, Marisa Berenson, Larry Hagman, Robert Loggia, Stuart Margolin, Richard Mulligan, Robert Preston, Craig Stevens,..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Triumph in River City

With The Music Man, Austin Musical Theatre creates a River City that's bigger than some by-god real Texas towns. But it's a show whose heart may be the biggest thing of all.

"...special risks; every interpreter labors in the shadow of Robert Preston, the first and probably the finest Harold Hill..."

May 19, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

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