All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...archival footage) that follows photographer Bob Miser, whose Athletic Models Guild agency supplied the industry with many a well-oiled..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Good Company

A casual spectator might not realize just how much Robert Creeley's long literary career -- he's 73 this year -- has been conducted on the edge. But Creeley not only had a finger on the pulse of American poetry, he's usually been a heartbeat or two ahead of it.

"...dictated by the academy, the "Black Mountain Poets" sought models elsewhere. "We turned to the other arts to find..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Craig Arnold

A Portrait of the Artist as a Grad Student

Chronicle reviewer David Garza uses Tom Grimes' new history of the Iowa Writers' Workshop to question whether creative writing can be taught.

"...the author's intent, bias, or background, thus served as models for the basis of the function of the workshop...."

Oct. 22, 1999 Books Feature by David Garza

Money to Burn

John Cornyn tries to keep tobacco case lawyers from reaping all of the financial benefits.

"...of the seven deadly sins are represented. Filling the role of gluttony are the Big Five tobacco lawyers who..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Super-8's Super Fans

The Cinemaker Co-op preserves the art of the littlest of motion picture formats -- Super-8 -- and trains tomorrow's filmmakers along the way.

"...Super-8 camera with frame advance, one of their mid-Sixties models I assume, and doubtless the same one that had..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Building From Scratch

It Takes a City and a State to Raise a Village

"...our aquifer. These effectively, and perhaps intentionally, fill the role of conventional office parks, absorbing the state's inexorable need..."

Feb. 19, 1999 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Growth Spurt

Nine Shows That Transported Me

"...and risk-taking actor. Her work ethic preparing for a role is unparalleled, and it has surely made her one..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Techno Atheists

"...you'll also find abortion opponents, porn stars, conservatives, comedians, models, musicians, libertarians, magicians, billionaire capitalists, washed-up actors, political leaders,..."

Nov. 20, 1998 News Feature

Exhibitionism

Annie: Light and More Light

"...and it sends a current right through you. The role of Daddy Warbucks doesn't allow for that much flash,..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Review

Imagining the Scene

Christopher McCollum on Set Design

"...undergrad design classes. Perhaps my appreciation for this difficult role comes from all those tedious hours spent building models..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

A Revolutionary Letter on Education

Letters at 3AM

"...No one had to tell those children that their role was to help ensure the survival of people they'd..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Untangling the Web

An Interview with Sue Beckwith and Gene Crick

"...look who's teaching them. It's somebody who's already a role model in their life, not just some geek...."

Sept. 19, 1997 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Exhibitionism

"...the trend of the day. The irony of this role reversal -- abstraction as the norm, portraiture as the..."

April 4, 1997 Arts Review

Casting Votes Against Development

"...or Dallas, please do not follow those urban development models...."

Feb. 21, 1997 Column

Over a Troubled Bridge

Neighborhoods Battle Plan to Widen Lamar Bridge

"...arguments as Orwellian logic based on self-fulfilling traffic projection models left over from the glory days of the Petroleum..."

Oct. 11, 1996 News Feature

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