Fantastic Fest Interview: Richard Stanley Sees the Color Out of Space

How his mother's love and death shaped his Lovecraft adaptation

"...place people on some pedestal. That's a narrative Richard Stanley applied in making Color Out of Space...."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

UT's Cohen New Works Festival Brings Experimentation to the Stage

Campus hosts a weeklong celebration of working outside comfort zones

"...When curtains rise on the Cohen New Works Festival on April 15, over 30 original student creations..."

April 12, 2019 Arts Post by Alyssa Hiarker

The Stanley Kubrick Collection

"...The Stanley Kubrick CollectionLolita, Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hightower Report

The "outernet industry want advertising on the inside of your eyelids; WorldCom moneyslinger Bernie Ebbers dies by his own gun; and the un-American activities of Stanley Works.

"...making WorldCom one of the world's largest long-distance phone networks. However, it turns out he achieved this not through..."

June 14, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Holes

Adapted from the children’s book by Austin author Louis Sachar, the film features LaBeouf as a teen stuck at a Texas camp for juvenile delinquents.

"...to the "no good, dirty-rotten, pig-stealing great-great-grandfather" of one Stanley Yelnats IV (LaBeouf). At the film’s beginning, young Stanley..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Magic in the Moonlight

Though he's been on a roll with his last few films, Woody Allen breaks his streak with this threadbare offering.

"...When we first meet Stanley (Firth), he is wowing a Berlin audience as his..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Shining

"...Directed by: Stanley Kubrick. Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and..."

Nov. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Magoo

"...Directed by: Stanley Tong. Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Ernie Hudson, Stephen..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Intimate Relations

"...the laundry, and so on, her handicapped veteran husband Stanley putters down to the local pub and crawls inside..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Mask

"...Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni and Cameron Diaz. Bank teller Stanley Ipkiss (Carrey) is one of the nicest guys in..."

July 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Maid in Manhattan

"...Natasha Richardson, Frances Conroy, Bob Hoskins, Tyler Garcia Posey, Stanley Tucci, Chris Eigeman, Marissa Matrone and Amy Sedaris. Ever..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cast Away

"...case a solitary man) bears some spiritual connection to Stanley Kubrick's 1968 opus. Both track the growth of the..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ballet Austin's Masters of Dance

This triple bill of abstract works was a tribute to the piano and its range, excellently performed

"...the violin.) Ballet Austin's triple bill of piano-centric abstract works was an ode to the instrument and its range,..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

William Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream

"...Directed by: Michael Hoffman. Starring: David Straithairn, Sophie Marceau, Stanley Tucci, Dominic A. West, Christian Bale, Anna Friel, Calista..."

May 14, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Review: It's Worth the Trip to Central Park

Apple TV+ sitcom reminds us of the joy of public places

"...mistake: This isn’t your everyday escapist comedy. Central Park works with the chaos and pain of the world outside,..."

June 26, 2020 Screens Post by Selome Hailu

First Look: Pizzeria Sorellina

Apis team opens casual sister restaurant

"...pizza mecca, but anyone who has ever been to Stanley’s Farmhouse Pizza or Pieous knows that the Oak Hill..."

Jan. 25, 2017 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Another Shadow-Day Knight

The Harry Ransom Center uncasks the curious life and works of Edgar Allan Poe

"...denies credit to its true creator, the poet Bessie Stanley. Boo-ya, you godless transcendentalist, you.)..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...Meet Alfred Stanley, Dean Rindy, and David Butts, Austin's premier liberal/Democratic consultants...."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, and Adolphe Menjou. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. This stunning anti-war film stars the always fascinating..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Targeting the Fat Cats

On Your Ballot: ALLC's Campaign Reform

"...nowhere near the ideal," says local political fundraiser Alfred Stanley...."

Oct. 10, 1997 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Foul Pay

Football Is Golden

"...X number of dollars to get who you want." Works Well With Others..."

Sept. 18, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Big in Japan

Austinites forge a career half a world away.

"...of equal size and emphasis, was for clarinet player Stanley Smith's solo album, In the Land of Dreams...."

May 2, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Streetcar Named Desire

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center's new staging of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire attempts to jazz up the classic, but its intentional anachronisms, jarring musical score, and robotic Stanley result in a production that is painfully off-key.

"...regardless of the relative merit of the original, it works … and sometimes it doesn't...."

Feb. 16, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

High Plains Chamber

The Harrington String Quartet, which makes its third appearance with the Austin Chamber Music Center's annual summer festival in July, is based in Amarillo, and though that may not seem like a likely spot for a chamber music ensemble, the members of the Harrington Quartet feel quite at home on the range.

"...claims to culture: Georgia O'Keeffe taught at Amarillo High; Stanley Marsh 3's Cadillac Ranch (part artwork, part roadside attraction)..."

July 11, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

TV Eye

The Kentucky collective Appalshop presents a more truthful depiction of the rural life in Headwaters: Real Stories From Rural America.

"...its largest outreach program. Started as a community-based media workshop, the program has become a full-fledged TV series featuring..."

June 6, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

There's Something About Kubrick

"...Stanley Kubrick, 1964..."

July 23, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Culture Connectors

The 2013 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...includes starting conversations. Through her carefully considered placement of works in an exhibition – such as the recent "Through..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

McCall Comes Calling

"...Austin consultant Alfred Stanley plans to kick off the New Year with a..."

Dec. 27, 2006 News Post by Amy Smith

Revenant Records Discography

"...These nine haunting, langorous acoustic guitar works are described as "paeans to the glories of knighthood,"..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Poet Marlys West

"...it doesn't work as well as a human arm works, but it works...."

Sept. 27, 1996 Books Feature

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