Austin Film Festival to Honor James Ivory and Ron Bass

Oscar winners joined by The Farewell, Seinfeld writers

"...That’s why he’ll be joining Ron Bass, the scriptwriter/producer who played an equally pivotal role..."

Sept. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hamilton's Resident Director Makes Bass the Room Where It Happens

Austinite Ashley Brooke Monroe leads the touring Broadway show back to the stage she loves

"...Times Square. It's catching a touring performance at the Bass Concert Hall, and for Ashley Brooke Monroe it was..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Passion of Mind

"...identity. Passion of Mind, however, is woefully underwritten. Screenwriter Ron Bass, who has penned numerous women-in-distress tales (Stepmom, Waiting..."

May 26, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Entrapment

"...storyline to hang this thing onto. The script by Ron Bass (Rain Man, What Dreams May Come, My Best..."

April 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What Dreams May Come

"...(which is partly due to the recent advances in electronic compositing technology that permit the creation of amazing new..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

"...Directed by: Kevin Sullivan. Starring: Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg and Michael Pagan. Blessed is..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

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

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Best Friend's Wedding

"...Directed by: P.j. Hogan. Starring: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz and Rupert Everett. The Philadelphia Story is..."

June 20, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Review: Austin Opera’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sharp Sondheim staging could benefit from some musical raggedness

"...storyline sung, and a score requiring a tormented F2-Gb4 bass, flamboyant B2-C5 tenor, and sprightly Bb3-A5 soprano, operatic stagings..."

Feb. 1, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Hamilton's Return Still Lives Up to the Hype

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway smash returns to the Bass refreshed and revitalized

"...is Lin Manuel-Miranda carving a monumental musical out of Ron Chernow's 800-plus-page biography of revolutionary American Founding Father Alexander..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Trey Edward Shults Returns for Austin Film Festival

Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Blair Witch retrospective

"...many), it will be presented by 2019 AFF honoree Ron Bass, who adapted the tale of a man exploring..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Zebrahead

"...Michael Rapaport, Kevin Corrigan, Deshonn Castle, N'Bushe Wright and Ron Johnson. Winner of the 1992 Sundance Film Festival's Filmmaker's..."

Dec. 11, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow, Part II

Jazz patron Bill Cosby's cutting contest

"...Cackling over church ladies with Al Green and musing..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Q&A: Mike Watt

Econo-jamming bass man headlines an alternate ACL

"...Austin Chronicle: Do you remember the first time you played in..."

Oct. 1, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Tuesday Newsgay: Dec. 27

Let's unwrap some news under the Kwanzaa kinara

"...CRAZY KOOT IN A BLACK DRESS: After Archbishop Cardinal..."

Dec. 27, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Daniel Villareal

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...with "Picks & Sleepers." Year after year, The Austin Chronicle provides what no other media outlet can provide: advance..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Texas Platters

Surfin' Senorita

"...Stanley Smith's clarinet, Eamon McLoughlin's fiddle, and Adam Booker's bass. As always, Christina Marrs' ball-busting voice is strong and..."

March 5, 1999 Music Review

Almost Grown

Ana Egge and Adam Carroll reflect over their songwriting adolescence

"..."I'm trying not to take it in the wrong way," continues the ever-genial Egge. "People first saw me..."

June 10, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

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, multi-Grammy award-nominated Fabulous Thunderbirds. Besides recording..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Shake Appeal

James Williamson's Raw Power is all in the mix

"...One assumes the amplified thud next is the Stooges frontman throwing the mic down in full taunt. So peaks..."

May 28, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Infinity and Beyond

Return to Forever captain Chick Corea takes his Millennium Falcon out of mothballs

"...than a quarter-century, RTF's most prominent formation – Corea, bassist Stanley Clarke, guitarist Al Di Meola, and drummer Lenny..."

May 23, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...the Shadow of Life (Back Porch). Brothers Art, Charles, Aaron, and Cyril, plus Aaron's son Ivan hit Austin with..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...presents an artful mix of R&B, smooth jazz, and electronica both subtle and catchy. Oslo's Silver crank up a..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Reflections

"...Festival. More reviews will be included in next week's Chronicle and even more can be found online at http://www.auschron.com...."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature

Congruent Angles

"...here, you can't go down the street and hear Ron Carter any day of the week," says local bass..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Way They Get By

Spoon ladles up another winner

"...in Spoon's personnel drawer (Josh Zarbo is back on bass; Kevin Lovejoy is the touring keyboardist), and who played..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sxsw

"...at Emo's? What's a person to do? Read the Chronicle's "Picks & Sleepers," of course, because herein are clues..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...venerable Victory Grill. His feisty septet included a trumpet-trombone-sax front line along with an electric piano and DJ Apollo,..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

All or Nothing

Ian McLagan: Small Face, Face, auxiliary Rolling Stone, A-list sideman, Austinite

"...back Little Walter, back Howlin' Wolf," reflects Bump Band bassist Jon Notarthomas of McLagan's mid-Sixties blues apprenticeship. "He was..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Hour Has 22 Minutes

Pop quiz on Canada, with a SXSW 07 musical cheat sheet

"...Quick! What's the capital of Canada? Wrong. It's not Toronto. Who's the prime minister? Nope. He's..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

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