Sordid Lives

"...after a while Shores' Southern-fried gothic zaniness grows tiresome. Sordid Lives (which played at last year's Austin Gay and..."

May 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Review: Austin Rainbow Theatre’s Sordid Lives

Company’s inaugural production resurrects Del Shores’ queer Texas classic with gusto

"...parents to play two roles in that same play: Sordid Lives, part evangelical absurdity and part autobiography of Shores'..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

'Sordid Lives'

Wimberley Players audience rejects accusation of play's obscenity

"...of hands, the majority of the audience attending the Sordid Lives preview Nov. 8 at Wimberley Playhouse indicated that..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Arts Feature by Matthew Irwin

Sordid Lives

Del Shores' controversial comedy contains a nugget of courageous compassion among the laughs

"...Sordid LivesWimberley Playhouse, 450 Old Kyle Rd., 512/847-1592 www.wimberleyplayers.org Through..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

Italian for Beginners

"...an amiable romantic comedy from Denmark that interweaves the lives of several Copenhagen residents. In the midst of a..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Over Creation: The Persistence of Penguins

And Then Came Tango stirs up a fuss, but its birds fly after all

"...over a community theatre's decision to stage Del Shores' Sordid Lives, a rowdy Texas comedy that includes among its..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The AggreGAYtor: November 5

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...the show will go on at the Wimberly Playhouse. Sordid Lives playwright Del Shores will even be on hand..."

Nov. 5, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Rampart

Woody Harrelson reunites with the director of The Messenger to create this portrait of a very dirty cop.

"...resigned “Forget it, Jake; it’s Chinatown” ending of another sordid L.A. saga that reminds us that there is little..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Repo! The Genetic Opera

This cyber-gothic opera set in an unsavory world of the near-future stars Sarah Brightman, Paul Sorvino, and Paris Hilton, among others.

"...sudden organ failure, Repo! follows the appropriately scandalous and sordid story of GeneCo, a family-run medical dynasty that allows..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hunting Ground

Doc exposes rape culture on the university campus

"...as they recall the very worst moments of their lives during what should be the best years of their..."

April 3, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gay Place: Last Gasp

The annual Splash Days ritual is back

"...Sordid Lives: 15th Anniversary Stay for the Q&A with Shores..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Wimberley Players, Carry On!

"...Dear Editor, I am very surprised about this article [“'Sordid Lives',” the Arts, Nov. 16]. I did not know..."

Nov. 17, 2012 Postmarks

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...film, Del Shore's (Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will?) Sordid Lives. Watch this space for more aGLIFF info as..."

June 30, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Generation Overshare

What happens when the line blurs between our online and offline lives?

"...were: communities of individuals who forged identities, selves, and lives via formal (or informal) interactions within a societal whole...."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Identity Crisis

The Double, Filth, and Moebius melt minds

"...up that moment of pure existential fear that our lives are not our own...."

Aug. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Y’alloween Fun

Keep up the tradition of great gay Halloween fun with these queer Austin events

"...Sordid Lives Austin Rainbow Theatre presents Del Shores' classic comedy..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Fund-Raising Hell

This month’s edition of Austin International Drag Foundation’s drag competition fundraiser digs into Halloween nostalgia for its theme

"...Sordid Lives Austin Rainbow Theatre presents Del Shores' classic comedy..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Column by James Scott

Bedside Manner: In Memoriam

A few mournful words for books discarded

"...I would love to re-enter the Mumbai streets and sordid lives encapsulated in your crime-ridden (and well-written) pages...."

April 30, 2012 Books Post by Lindsey Flatt

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...Scott Dinger, from the record opening night screening of Sordid Lives to the following GSD&M bash that went well..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Out and About

13th Annual Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival

"...biggest bashes, like the Friday opening night screening of Sordid Lives at the Paramount and the outdoor screening at..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Out and About

13th Annual Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival

"...Outdoor Screening at dusk, Fourth & Guadalupe FRI 8/25 Sordid Lives 7:30, P SAT 8/26 World of Wonder noon,..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Screens Feature

Page Two: True Stories: Then and Now

Connecting the dots between the SIMS Foundation and a day on the set of David Byrne's sleeper hit film

"...True Stories, Sordid Confessions and Music From the Heart of the City..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...If only The Best Years of Our Lives had been made starring, say, the Marx Brothers. Then..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

aGLIFF's 2017 Lineup Announced

Celebrating 30 years of queer entertainment with films for everyone

"...also bring back previous films, such as A Very Sordid Wedding and Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall...."

Aug. 1, 2017 Screens Post by Iman Shah

Game Boy

Local development company Game Titan grows up, but stays young at heart

"...Times have changed, but Eric Kinkead still lives for video games. He has his own Austin-based video..."

July 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Dear Everyone ...

Online Diarists Show Us a Little More

"...de Sade-like memoirs that make you gasp with the sordid, self-indulgent drama of it all...."

Aug. 4, 2000 Screens Feature by Kim Mellen

aGLIFF Announces Lineup

Austin's favorite LGBTQ fest drops next month

"...Pommie darkens his doorway, Sparra scrambles to keep his sordid – and secret – past buried. Delivering all of..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Koch tries to renovate a rundown house with a sordid history for his growing family, only to learn that..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Antonia Logue's Shadow-Box

"...and Mina Loy, who find each other after their lives briefly intersected some 30 years prior. "Write to me..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Books Review by Annine Miscoe

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...Petersen continues his thematic exploration of threats on presidents' lives and action filmed in cramped modes of transport; Oldman..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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