Have Austin's Magicians Vanished for Good?

With the coronavirus shutdown, it's now you see 'em, now you don't

"...But some of us, even here in Austin, are the other sort of magician: the professional entertainers, the showbiz..."

April 17, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

LoneStarCon 3: The Jo Walton Interview

The Hugo-winning author of 'Among Others' really loves books

"...will love you back.” So says Morwenna "Mori" Phelps, the 15-year-old protagonist of Jo Walton’s weird, wonderful, genre-bending book..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Travellers & Magicians

Travellers & Magicians feels a bit like Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales as retold by Siddhartha, as this Himalayan beauty gently delivers a very accurate anti-materialistic Buddhist morality lesson.

"...and very accurate anti-materialistic Buddhist morality lesson, Travellers & Magicians feels a bit like Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales as retold..."

March 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What the Right Hand Is Doing

Magician turned sitcom star Harry Anderson returns to Austin at Palmer Auditorium this weekend, and his former partner and cohort, Austin author Turk Pipkin, looks back as he looks forward to reuniting with his old pal.

"...by Turk Pipkin, Mike Caveney, and Martin Lewis for the 20-year reunion of the Left-Handed League at Palmer Auditorium...."

Sept. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Turk Pipkin

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi play squabbling old-school magicians whose reign on the Vegas strip is threatened by a daring stunt magician played by Jim Carrey.

"...The Las Vegas stage act of showbiz magicians, Burt Wonderstone..."

March 15, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Prestige

Two rival magicians are locked in a lifelong quest for supremacy, which leads them down a slippery slope of hairpin twists and triple-turns in this Christopher Nolan movie.

"...Bowie as Thomas Edison's archenemy Nikola Tesla, you wish the role (a glorified cameo) were more integral to the..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ghost Writer

Polanski is back in the saddle with his new political mystery thriller, which stars Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan.

"...and Eli Wallach. Polanski appears to be back in the saddle with his new political mystery thriller, which refreshes..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The General Specific

AFS Essential Cinema: Love on the Largest Continent: Ten Asian Films

"...The pages of my passport mock me with the paltry..."

May 29, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sharpening the Claw

"..."Tonight I would like to tell you the story of George, the world's second greatest magician. It..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

"...Its title is live bait for critics. One of the co-stars is an executive producer. The director is a..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Party Never Stops with the Uncaged New Year's Eve Bash

Meet the Cheddar Goblin in an 8-Bit Alamo as South Lamar goes virtual

"...If you can’t go to the party, the party will come to you. Or rather,..."

Dec. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Who Brings the Wondershow?

Is this Patrick Terry the Patrick Terry you're looking for?

"...unnerving when Patrick Terry turns out to be somebody other than who you think he is...."

March 20, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Good Eye: Books Are a Slanket for Your Brain

Read your way through those visits with the in-laws

"...I'm having trouble getting into the Christmas spirit this year. Blame the late Thanksgiving, midterm..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

On the Santa Trail

Ace reporter Jordan Smith is hot on the trail of Austin's own Santa.

"...Or that he is an award-winning chili chef in the off-season? Or that, aside from that North Pole workshop,..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

Turning Tricks With The Amazing Ray

With nothing up his sleeve, Esther's Follies resident magic man Ray Anderson pulls wonder -- and laughter -- out of thin air.

"...his size with only his hands sticking out, and they're shackled. Meanwhile, suspended over him is the Claw, a..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hightower Report: How Magical Is The Donald?

Repeal, replace, voilà

"...Donald Trump, the Amazing Wunderkind of Global Luxury Living – and now..."

March 10, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

Meet the Greatest Playing Card Mechanic in Dealt

Austinite Luke Korem spotlights magician Richard Turner

"...Richard Turner trades in the impossible. Armed with just Bicycle playing cards, his sleight-of-hand..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

The Spirit Cabinet

"...The Spirit Cabinetby Paul Quarrington..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Books Review by Anna Hanks

Out of the Eyes of Babes

AFS and AISD bring young filmmakers into focus

"...Over the last decade plus, a growing scientific consensus has become..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Son of the Graphics Giveaway

Just as the success of the first X-Men film has spawned a sequel, so has Free Comic Book Day, and on May 3, 2003, this promotional event for graphic literature -- or funny books, if you will -- will give away more millions of comics about everything from guys in tights trying to save the world to schlubs in offices trying to hold onto their jobs.

"...The X-Men may indeed be a strange collection of heroes,..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hidden Room Theatre's Houdini Speaks to the Living

In Houdini Speaks to the Living, Hidden Room Theatre resurrects two dead celebrities for a spirited battle

"...We've always wanted to speak to the dead...."

Oct. 21, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...Maybe a bit of a snob, too. So say the words "genre fiction" – no, even worse, "Western novel"..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

I Like to Watch

Finding the heart in Syfy's The Magicians

"...Syfy Network’s The Magicians, which ends its first season this Monday, April..."

April 8, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Now You See Me

This magicians' caper film has a good cast but very little else hidden up its sleeve.

"...“The closer you look, the less you see,” a magician..."

June 7, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

When Magic is a Real Darling

This popular Austin magician tells it like it appears to be

"...TV and concert producer Patrick Terry recently put together another spectacle of magic and humor in the wake..."

May 11, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Was It Good for You?

The year in books

"...The Pleasure Principle..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Levitation Live Shot: Flaming Lips

Perfect end to a “perfect fucking day”

"...lifer Wayne Coyne grew up with five siblings, so the showboating singer desperately craves an audience. Thirty years into..."

May 11, 2015 Music Post by Neph Basedow

I Like to Watch

Exploring the nerd/jock dichotomy

"...One of the greatest things about this particular moment in art is..."

April 22, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Legerdemain Man Ray Anderson

The fact that magicians around the world revere the magic man of Esther’s Follies is no illusion

"...Are those bright lights in the night sky we've been seeing lately a comet on..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Now You See Me 2

Now you can't un-see the second installment of Jon M. Chu's magical trilogy

"...When we last saw the Four Horsemen magicians from 2013’s Now You See Me,..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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