The 24 Hour Roman Reconstruction Project

Arthouse creates a cardboard scale model of ancient Rome twixt one midnight and another

"...legendary founding 750 years before Christ's birth to the Roman Empire's last gasp 1,163 years later. The 24 Hour..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Spotlight: Magic Christian

SF supergroup Magic Christian rises from the ashes of groovy

"...and the rest of San Francisco-based garage-pop supergroup Magic Christian are heading across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Ben-Hur

We're (unfortunately) off to the chariot races again

"...adopted brothers-turned-foes Judah Ben-Hur (Huston), a Jewish prince, and Roman soldier Messala (Kebbell) crack whips and trade taunts like..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Risen

A Roman soldier is sent to track a rumor about the Christ's resurrection

"...of Lent. This biblical-epic wannabe will entertain its intended Christian demographic with the story of the post-crucified Christ’s resurrection..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

8 MM

"...Tom Welles, Cage is enlisted by wealthy dowager Mrs. Christian (Carter) to discover the identity of a young girl..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Guelwaar

This comedy of errors is a piercing cultural commentary that examines large issues like the indignity of foreign aid and smaller issues like human vanity and pride. It satirizes African red tape and bureaucracy and casts a gently probing eye toward squabbling tribal differences.

"...Guelwaar (translated as "Noble One") has died. When his Roman Catholic family gathers to bury him, they discover that..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Trip to Italy

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon continues their journeys as a couple of guys attached at the funny bone.

"...two best friends forever. Little drama transpires during this Roman (and Tuscan/Sicilian/Amalfi) holiday – a moment of infidelity here,..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company's True Story

In Kathy Dunn Hamrick's new dance, communities, like truths, were fluid and the movement was incomparable

"...individualism and pluralism. But (another truth) the ninth dancer, Roman Christian, remained outside a door...."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Letters at 3AM

The Gospel according to Mel is not as it was

"...and often overwhelms the Gospels as a source of Christian feeling and belief. The greatest example is what are..."

March 5, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Austin Ain't Boys' Town

Meet the Most Reverend John McCarthy

"...the Pope is, is the Bishop of Rome. The Roman Catholic church has an extraordinarily simple organizational structure. Authority..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

The Luv Doc: Valentine Deadline

It can wait until Monday

"...one right now (yeesh), but Valentine's Day, while all romantical and whatnot, probably isn't going to work in your..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

The Gospel of John

The last years of Jesus are presented with more realism than pageantry.

"...an opening preamble that states that crucifixion was a Roman, not Jewish, practice, since the film’s climax shows the..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Justice's Closet Case

A "Deeper Faith"

"...the territory of the religious right. Gonzalez is a Roman Catholic who says he converted to a "deeper faith"..."

May 16, 1997 News Feature by Bob Elder

Religion Enters AISD Race

Church and state still separate, last we checked

"...Mathias, the challenger in the race, is asking the Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin to take its fingers off..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Warning: Bible Lesson

"...met others who had seen Jesus firsthand. Paul was Christianity's most intense evangelist, dedicated to converting Jews (like himself)..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

The Luv Doc: Get Over It

You're not responsible for someone else's happiness

"...the good kind), and beheaded because he was marrying Christian couples against Roman law. Sort of ironic that these..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

2010 Screens Top 10s

"...anything near this terrific since Three Kings, but it's Christian Bale's twitchy and poignant realization of a junkie's downfall..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Apocalypto

The ever-astonishing filmmaker Mel Gibson continues his (probably unintentional) study of the mortification of the flesh through the ages.

"...The Man Without a Face. Whereas 2,000 years of Christian-era storytelling had prepared us for the ferocity of the..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...Earnest romantic comedy stars everyman Cusack as a spinning-out-of-control thirtysomething record-store..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

City Centerpiece

"...Justin Roman..."

July 31, 1998 Column

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Patricia Velasquez, Marisol Ramirez, Sean Patrick Thomas, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Roman Christou (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Devil and William Friedkin

The director's journey from The Exorcist to a real exorcism

"...documentary, a rare public record of one of the Roman Catholic church's most secretive rites, as conducted by the..."

Jan. 5, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

UT Choral Arts Society

For its fall 2005 concert, UT Choral Arts Society draws on the rich repertoire of English sacred music, transporting its audience to a London cathedral

"...a play in Temple that centered on modern Baptist Christianity, and while most everyone involved with the production suggested..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...this holiday season, there will be at least five: Roman Polanski's Repulsion, Jacques Tourneur's Out of the Past, Fritz..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

HPBC is on the minds of many this week; Gotham lingers in the shadows.

"...abide by seem to have no jurisdiction over large, Christian business interests. Sometimes it's easier that way...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Column

Fantastic Fest Catches Taika Waititi's JoJo Rabbit

Thor: Ragnarok director's film to open 2019 celebration of the strange

"...its U.S. premiere, while Jeremy Gardner (The Battery) and Christian Stella unleash their brainshredding horror Something Else, in person...."

July 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

God on the Bench

Some Judges Look to a Higher Authority

"...of an Attorney, I think it unlawful for a Christian, or at least exceedingly dangerous," warned a 19th-century preacher...."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature by Bob Elder

The AggreGAYtor: November 16

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...hatersons spend so much money ($2 million from the Roman Catholic Church alone)trying to deny the LGBTQIAmericans our rights...."

Nov. 16, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Peace Through Pie

A sweet honoring of Martin Luther King

"...together to share pie can be traced to lavish Roman banquets during which aristocrats gorged themselves for days on..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

Crying in the Chapel

The Texas Hill Country features an unexpected wonder: The Most Holy Theotokos of New Sarov sheds tears of myrrh at Christ of the Hills Monastery in Blanco

"...Father Pangratios. "A good number of the people are Roman Catholics, but we've had people who are Baptist. There..."

June 22, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

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