Stacey Abrams, Lawrence Wright Announced for Texas Book Festival

First wave of authors spans poetry to novels to kids books

"...will be present in abundance, including local luminary Lawrence Wright, who most recently turned his long gaze to the..."

July 31, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Soloist

Although Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. are terrific in the leads, this drama plays its tune with a heavy hand.

"...Directed by: Joe Wright. Starring: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Lisa..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where He Got That Pony

Steven Wright on his inspirations and stand-up origins

"...If stand-up legend Steven Wright didn't exist, I'm not sure anyone could have..."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pariah

"...not-quite-Corman. As the film opens, the middle-class, white protagonist Steve (Jones) takes his black girlfriend out for dinner and..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hot Fuzz

Simultaneously smart and silly, Hot Fuzz demonstrates that it's not necessary to be a buffoon in order to lampoon.

"...Directed by: Edgar Wright. Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine,..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Macbeth

This Australian film puts a modern, hyperstylized spin on an old tale: Should it be, "Out, damned spot" or "Off, damned Ray-Bans"?

"...Directed by: Geoffrey Wright. Starring: Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill, Lachy Hulme, Gary Sweet,..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Unbreakable

"...Walker, James Handy, Charlayne Woodard, Spencer Treat Clark, Robin Wright, Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis...."

Nov. 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Eve of Destruction

Lawrence Wright on 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9 / 11'

"...the days after Sept. 11, 2001, Austin author Lawrence Wright (Remembering Satan, God's Favorite) went to his editor at..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

Richard Linklater Constructs a Frustrated Architect in Where’d You Go, Bernadette

Cate Blanchett's character is the opposite of Frank Lloyd Wright, but no less complicated

"...of years ago, he dropped by the Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition at MoMA in New York, a rare display..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Southwest Theatre Productions' Sweat

This production brings home the plight of the American blue-collar worker with sympathy

"...Lynn Nottage, a playwright of remarkable sensitivity and perception, has entered this intellectual..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

City Theatre's The Seafarer

Karen Sneed’s staging is shot through with compassion for the play’s hard-luck, hard-drinking Irishmen

"...never seems to end well. In his understated performance, Steve Wright gives the character a lack of charisma essential..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Bars, Bedrooms, Bukowski

Watching 'Bars, Bedrooms, Bukowski,' a theatrical version of four Charles Bukowski stories, it's obvious that adaptor/director James Cotton loves his subject matter

"...cheating spouse, Andrew Varenhorst as the special brother, and Steven Alford as the mannequin-lover. With these characters throughout is..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood brings all-you-can-eat news.

"...in last week's column, I got a call from Steve Wright in the Schlotzsky's corporate office advising me that..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

AFF Announces 2011 Lineup

Regional premieres of Shame, The Descendants

"...Austin Film Festival, including Alexander Payne's The Descendants and Steve McQueen's Shame...."

Sept. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Food-o-file

"...a buy-out agreement with new owners Craig Thibodeau and Steve Wright on May 2. With the sale complete, Mehaffey..."

May 16, 1997 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Wonder Woman

The origin story of Diana, princess of the Amazons

"...by: Patty Jenkins. Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Saïd Taghmaoui, Ewen..."

June 2, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Surfer, Dude

Matthew McConaughey joins with the director of Hand on a Hard Body in this ode to near-naked bodies, weed, and surf-speak. Oh, and it's also a work of fiction.

"...Matthew McConaughey, Alexie Gilmore, Woody Harrelson, Jeffrey Nordling, Sarah Wright, Scott Glenn and Willie Nelson. From Hands on a..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Review: The City Theatre’s An Ideal Husband

It’s the girls gone Wilde that rule this rendering

"...his over-dependance on his father Lord Caversham's (a serviceable Steve Wright) wealth to secure his lavish lifestyle...."

March 11, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Money Don't Buy Everything, It's True …

City Council plows through housing, energy, and budget hearing

"...As it turned out, she nearly nailed it: Mayor Steve Adler lowered the curtain just before 10:30...."

Aug. 21, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Food-O-File

"...to be completed by late summer. Craig Thibodeau and Steve Wright, new owners of Heart of Texas Produce (1305..."

May 23, 1997 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

A League of Their Own

"...God's Favorite, the Manuel Noriega story written by Lawrence Wright (The Siege), is currently in production by Showtime...."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

An Immense World of Delight

It used to be a commonplace of moralists that man was the only creature in the animal kingdom to slaughter his own kind. But as Chronicle writer Roger Gathman points out, kind is slaughtered by kind routinely among ants, salamanders, and, as any child can tell you, guppies. The golden rule, in nature, is not "do unto others" -- it is "why waste the protein?"

"...Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright..."

June 30, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

The Sparks Brothers

Edgar Wright reveals the wonderful, mysterious Mael brothers

"...Directed by: Edgar Wright...."

June 18, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook mugged for the cameras...."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Making Lists

"...Bird (Alamo House), Max Crawford (Lords of the Plain), Steve Harrigan (Jacob's Well), William Hauptmann (Storm Season), Jan Reid..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Alex Gibney Strikes Again

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief premieres

"...ago for the world premiere of his latest documentary Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine. Only a matter of..."

March 29, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

The Human Rights Campaign throws its annual fundraiser and honors gay-rights leaders.

"..."This is likely Glen's last term," explained Stephen Wright, who serves on HRC's Board of Governors. "And we..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...12 Monkeys falling into the hands of someone like Steven Spielberg is nearly as disturbing as the movieÕs premise)...."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...World be the film that gobbles the summer? D: Steven Spielberg; with Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Vince Vaughn, Arliss..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Texas Accent

Texas Writers Month in Its Fifth Year

"...going to be an over-representation in Austin," says Larry Wright, who is a local author, screenwriter, New Yorker staff..."

April 24, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

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