Zero History

The onetime king of modern sci-fi is becoming less Ray Bradbury and more John le Carré

"...Zero Historyby William Gibson Putnam, 416 pp., $26.95..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Books Review by Richard Whittaker

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Penfold Theatre's first show in Round Rock delivers a pleasant evening of laughs

"...The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Daily Hustle: 6/21/10

Lining up items from council

"...growth of locally-owned businesses. (Mayor Lee Leffingwell Council Member William Spelman Council Member Randi Shade) Sure, why not? Of..."

June 21, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...gaffer: Tex Hall. Production manager: Paul Lewis. Associate producer: William L. Hayward. Executive producer: Bert Schneider. Raybert Productions, Inc...."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Holloway to Be Honored in House

House sets date for reading of resolution commemorating sad loss of Travis County Green Party co-chair

"...community activist with the death of Green Party co-chair William Judson Holloway III on January 8, 2009, at the..."

Feb. 25, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Officer Fired for Unjustified Use of Deadly Force

Officer Wayne Williamson indefinately suspended for firing his gun several times into a crowded parking lot at a fleeing suspect

"...Iraq, for unjustified use of deadly force. In March, Williamson fired his gun several times into a crowded parking..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Revolting Door

The AFS Texas Documentary Tour: 'The Trials of Darryl Hunt'

"...college friends Annie Sundberg (Tully, 2003), Ricki Stern, and William Rexer. The following is excerpted from their directors' statement:..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Author? Author?

Who really wrote Shakespeare's plays? Writer Amy Freed plays the question for laughs.

"...do so undercover): Francis Bacon; Christopher Marlowe; Ben Jonson; William Stanley, Earl of Derby; Roger Manners, Earl of Rutland;..."

March 31, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Territory

Documentarian James Marsh's first narrative effort, 'The King,' is a dark one

"...as Elvis Sandow, the illegitimate son of David Sandow (William Hurt), a born-again preacher in Corpus Christi. David prefers..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Who Is Mr. Roberts?

Hearings begin for Supreme Court nomination

"...W. Bush's renomination of Roberts to replace Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who died last week, leaves swing-vote Justice Sandra..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Policing Sixth Street – in White and Black

Two conflicting stories – did a Downtown partier get out of control, or did the cops?

"...calm down. He was joined by his brother, 25-year-old William Brooks, who was also standing on the corner, and..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Three highly amusing and personable comic actors skewer, pun, and cook their way through all 37 of Shakespeare's plays in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), a show that launches the Austin Shakespeare Festival's 20th anniversary season with a bang, a few whacks, and a lot of laughs.

"...'The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)': Gross, Grosser, Grossest..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

QT on Trio

With five Austin QT Fests under his belt, Tarantino will be sharing this format with the world, as the Trio cable network presents six nights of Tarantino-presented movies to coincide with the opening of his new film Kill Bill Vol. 1 on Oct. 10.

"...all hand-selected by Tarantino. One, by his favorite director William Witney, Tarantino even cops to never having seen because..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

"...he were in the current Texas Legislature, what would William Travis' positions be? Having left his wife and child..."

May 23, 2003 Column by Louis Black

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...Single in the City airs Sundays, 9pm, on WE.William Shatner Alert!William Shatner returns to TV as host of..."

July 19, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

A Sense of Place

The focus on regional studies at Southwest Texas State University pays off with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

"...the Humanities. Under the leadership of former NEH chairman William Ferris, a folklorist and Clinton appointee who had been..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

2001 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...Honoring William H. Goetzmann & Stanley Marcus. With special guests David..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Books Feature

Letters at 3AM

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein offered a metaphor for the modern age, one in which the monster is the unacknowledged dark side of the inventor or creator.

"...Mary Shelley was born in 1797. Her father, William Godwin, was a political philosopher whose writings would influence..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

A Guy on a Mission

QTV will give Austinites another chance to experience Quentin Tarantino as a passionate educator.

"...Tarantino Tutorials, a four-part study of the films of William Witney, a B-Western director whose career Tarantino regards as..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Christmas in July, Sullivan's Travels (1942), The Palm Beach Story

Christmas in July, Sullivan's Travels (1942), The Palm Beach Story

"...for each movie (Franklin Pangborn, Ernest Truex, Esther Howard, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn). His dialogue smacks of Thirties screwball..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Getting Their Due

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Debuts

"...five Texans: actress Sissy Spacek, columnist Liz Smith, screenwriter William Wittliff, and director Robert Benton. The Warren Skaaren Lifetime..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Unhappily Ever After

Three of the newest books about the Princess of Wales, Margaret Moser writes, are by people who played roles of varying degrees of intimacy in her life; they paint a more accurate, more vibrant picture of her life than the spate of cockeyed conspiracy theories, endless photo collections, and soggy coattail remembrances that traditionally make their appearance around the summer anniversary of her death.

"...When Prince William turned 18 a few weeks ago, his handsome young..."

July 14, 2000 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

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?"

"...A Plague of Frogs: The Horrifying True Story by William Souder..."

June 30, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

America Gone Awry

Philip Roth's strength as a novelist, Tom Grimes says, is that he never writes as if he's finally reached a point of permanent self-definition. He's always searching for that definition, as a writer, as a Jew, and now, through the aging, reclusive Nathan Zuckerman, as an American.

"...from the humblest of circumstances to become president. Take William Jefferson Clinton, the Elvis of American presidents. Just as..."

June 23, 2000 Books Feature by Tom Grimes

Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade

"...Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Tradeby William Goldman..."

March 10, 2000 Books Review by Cary L. Roberts

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...Craig T. Nelson, Hill Harper, Steve Harris, Leslie Bibb, William L. Petersen...."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Miracle Man

When an actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. And Eddie Bracken doesn't disappoint. In anticipation of his appearance at a screening of Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Bracken talks about Sturges, Betty Hutton, Hollywood, and hitchhiking.

"...celluloid starring alongside Betty Hutton, Veronica Lake, Dorothy Lamour, William Holden, Bob Hope, and Rudy Vallee, and, perhaps most..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

George W. Bush's loss in New Hampshire forces a radical retooling of his campaign strategy.

"...work. It also showed that Bush's message -- what William Safire, in Monday's New York Times, called a "themeless..."

Feb. 11, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

AFS Preston Sturges Retrospective Schedule

"...Eve (1941) with Henry Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Coburn, William Demarest...."

Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Coffeetable Books

Remembrance of Things Past

"...The Reposedby William K. Greiner..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Books Feature by Cary L. Roberts

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