Torn Curtain

Aug. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eastern Promises

In Cronenberg's film about the Russian mob in London, the director and star Viggo Mortensen relates a corker of a story.

"...physical sequence that rivals the farmhouse murder in Hitchcock's Torn Curtain for sheer, sweaty realism. It's Cronenberg's film, but..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Second Coming

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Definitive Director's Cut (1977)

"...8/31 Topaz: 7:15 Torn Curtain: 9:45..."

July 30, 1999 Screens Feature

The Paramount Theatre Summer Film Classics

"...8/31 7:15Topaz 9:45Torn Curtain..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Conspiracy Theory

"...kook given to strange and erratic behavior, stalking beautiful attorneys, and obsessively collecting copies of The Catcher in the..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wes Anderson Just Out-Wes Anderson'd Himself

Here's what you missed from the capacity event at the Paramount

"...• On the forthcoming tribute album: "We have the attorneys on it," straightfaced Poster, before saying, "No, we're looking..."

March 11, 2014 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

Five Songs Television Has To Play

"..."Torn Curtain"..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Greg Beets

'How to Dress for Success' by Edith Head with Joe Hyams

This how-to classic offers more than clothing advice

"...upon to do for Mary Poppins, and again for Torn Curtain, as they are in shapeshifting for everyday life...."

Aug. 6, 2012 Design Post by Anne Harris

Katy Perry's Licking Stick

The teen dream diva gives tween sexploitation a peppermint twist.

"...rainbow lights in them. And a giant French boudoir curtain...."

Aug. 3, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Fantastic Fest: 'Nevermore'

One-man Poe show closes festival

"...Technically, Fantastic Fest ended on Thursday: But the final curtain did not fall until Saturday and the last Austin..."

Oct. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Try To Remember

How two kids from UT changed the course of the American musical

"...and dancing onstage had to do it through the Curtain Club, a student group that had been mounting dramatic..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Contractor

Mercenary drama fails its mission of being good

"...are the moments – where The Contractor pulls the curtain back on a semiorganized culture of disillusioned soldiers –..."

April 1, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

78/52

An effusive doc on the shower scene from Psycho

"...the blindingly white room and pulls back the plastic curtain to expose her vulnerable body, the outline of a..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bright Lights, Little City

It's maybe silly to fix a personality on a place, but something happens when you hook a left onto Austin Ave. and drive into Georgetown's historic district. Everything slows down, just a little bit, and then there's that marquee, neon and spangly, lighting up downtown. Welcome to the Palace.

"...was] dirty, needed painting, the carpet was soiled and torn, the seats were in bad shape, the roof leaked,..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Larger Than Life

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...this time?' For the men and women behind the curtain, it's a lot of work."..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

When the Sun Rises

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, a group of teenage filmmakers galvanize the tales of their island

"...a few charmingly awkward puffs of the majestic velvet curtain, Jennifer emerges to introduce the film...."

June 5, 2009 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Like a NINJA

Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails, together again

"...middle seemed bare without the normal NIN lights or curtain projections, and the order was disjointed. Highlights included "I..."

May 13, 2009 Music Post by Shelley Hiam

Heeere's Larry

"...Rip Torn (left) as Artie, the backbone and conscience of HBO's..."

April 3, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Pride Abounds, Cats Pop, and Nuns Get Weird in These Events

Our recommendations for an art and community filled weekend

"...bewitching ways: 1948's The Red Shoes, about a ballerina torn between art and love; 1947's Black Narcissus, about a..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Future Gladiators and Fantastical Stories Mark the Literary Year in Review

Pulled from the shelves

"...of the book traces Callie/Cal's paternal grandparents' escape from war-torn Greece to 1920s America, where they settle in the..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Hysterical: Behind the Velvet Curtain with Comedy’s Boundary-Breaking Women Stand-up comedy had always been..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Class Conscious Honky-Tonk of Croy & the Boys

Corey Baum’s crew nails the zeitgeist of 2019 Austin

"...biting candor, he's most effective simply pulling back the curtain on the hypocrisies of a city like Austin that's..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

How Austin Handles Mental Health Emergencies

Police, EMS, and Integral Care work together to serve people in psychiatric crisis

"...alone. The shower­head is flush with the wall. The curtain bar breaks away when the slightest bit of pressure..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Culture Wars Come to Austin

New think tank sets up shop near campus

"...same-sex marriage was being challenged, Regnerus' ethically-suspect research was torn from the roll. He became a celebrity, a supposedly..."

Feb. 19, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

Becoming Johellen, Part 2

A young queen dives wig-first into the pool of Austin drag divas

"...with it,” he says from behind the dressing room curtain. The simple, sleeveless dress hugs the entirety of his..."

Dec. 25, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Jesse Mandell-McClinton

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...YEAR Director & Writer: K. Lorrel Manning A war torn marine returns home to face his fiercest battle yet..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

All Down the Line

Forget the Exile on Main St. reissue. Here's the 1972 Stones in all their cinematic glory, plus a 1981 bonus to make it a double feature.

"...present cigarettes – to the stage front behind the curtain. Charlie Watts takes his seat, while the pianists –..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

On His Mark

Richard Linklater explores the rich contradictions of artifice and reality, theatre and film, love and desire in Me and Orson Welles

"...clarified and solved as easily as pulling back the curtain exposed the Wizard as just a man...."

Dec. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Sister Bobbie

'Sister Bobbie' puts the 'Family' in Willie Nelson and Family

"...A curtain of white Christmas lights foregrounds the stage at Antone's,..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Page Two: Praise and Lamentation

Saying goodbye and a final thank you to Clifford Antone

"...look like they are in the process of being torn down or prepared to receive prisoners. They make Cinderella's..."

May 26, 2006 Column by Louis Black

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