Chaplin

Robert Downey Jr. received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor with this portrayal of the film-comedy pioneer in a biopic that focuses on the tragedy that haunted Chaplin's life and his battles with the U.S. government.

"...as told to a fictional editor of Chaplin's My Autobiography, which desperately needs an editor and fact-checking, and upon..."

Jan. 15, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

An Angel at My Table

"...feature film Sweetie. Angel... is based on Frame's three-part autobiography. Like Frame's books, the movie is divided into three..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Evolution of a Criminal Airs on PBS

Texas filmmaker probes his own criminal past in searching doc

"...a Criminal, Texas filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe weaves together autobiography and atonement, dramatic reenactments and talking head interviews. It..."

Jan. 12, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

From Doug to Dax

Austin Film Festival announces early lineup

"...premiere of Doug Liman's Fair Game**, based on the autobiography of famously exposed undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame and..."

Aug. 24, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Tinkering With Death

Texas Defender Service attorney David Dow's memoir covers his his work defending the condemned

"...Defender Service litigation director David Dow's new memoir The Autobiography of an Execution (Twelve, $24.99) is a quietly written..."

Feb. 22, 2010 Books Post by Jordan Smith

Tony Visconti Part 2 (The Encores)

"...snack, but that’s why last year he set his autobiography down in print. Bowie, Bolan, and the Brooklyn Boy..."

June 23, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Fictional Fiction According to John Irving

Louis Black interviews his former writing teacher about his latest novel, Avenue of Mysteries

"...and, at its best, an act of imagination, not autobiography. Last week, on the occasion of the publication of..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Column by Louis Black

And Then Some

The Best American Short Stories of the Century

"...poem per page. If, as Auden himself said, "an autobiography is redundant since anything of importance that happens to..."

June 25, 1999 Books Feature

Love Story

Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein's The Kid Stays in the Picture documents the larger-than-life story of Robert Evans, actor, producer, and "legendary cocksman."

"...Kid Stays in the Picture. Based on Robert Evans' autobiography of the same name, the movie draws even more..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Let It Rock

Rock & Roll Books Spring 2000

"...What's Welsh for Zen: The Autobiography of John Caleby John Cale and Victor Bockris..."

March 17, 2000 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

The Hurricane

"...Bernstein and Dan Gordon's script (from Carter's recently reissued autobiography The 16th Round) condenses much of the truth about..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Bio of John Wesley Hardin The Fortysomething Killer

"...imprisoned in Huntsville (from 1878 to 1894) and his autobiography, written after his release, provide a gold mine of..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Arts Feature

15 Minutes With Kasey Chambers

Aussie songstress promises to leave the lights on

"...We spoke last weekend about Chambers' recent autobiography, A Little Bird Told Me, and its companion CD..."

Aug. 15, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Superstar

In an excerpt from Bobby Whitlock: A Rock 'n' Roll Autobiography, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends sow the seeds of Eric Clapton's Derek & the Dominos

"...reissue. In his new memoir, A Rock 'n' Roll Autobiography (see review), the local legend remembers the Dominos' precursors,..."

July 15, 2011 Music Feature by Bobby Whitlock

Riding the 'Wave'

Bud Shrake compacts his far-flung, storied career in his new collection

"...to feature films, not to mention co-authoring Willie Nelson's autobiography and the golfers' bible, Harvey Penick's Little Red Book...."

April 25, 2008 Books Feature by Spencer Parsons

Amber Current Flowing From My Mind

Drowning Johnny Bush's spasmodic dysphonia in a "Whiskey River"

"...year. UT Press recently published his highly readable, informative autobiography, Whiskey River (Take My Mind): The True Story of..."

April 6, 2007 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Ashlee Simpson

Texas platters

"...Ashlee SimpsonAutobiography (Geffen) Only seconds into her debut, Autobiography, Ashlee Simpson..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Music Review by Matt Dentler

The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes

Sheet Music

"...this book is being talked up as Willie Nelson's autobiography. If to you "autobiography" means detailed recollections that follow..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Spotlight: Ike Turner

Ike Turner is about to be 70 and still a mack.

"...formal marriage, but as Ike says in his 1999 autobiography, Taking Back My Name, "We didn't recognize marriages." What..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Take Me to the River

Rock & Roll Books

"...The Brothers Neville: An Autobiographyby Art, Aaron, Charles, and Cyril Neville and David Ritz..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Jay Hardwig

Postscripts

Remembering Austin poet and musician Glen Alyn.

"...When Glen Alyn was asked to write a brief autobiography in 1999, he began it like this: "Glen Alyn..."

June 16, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...Only in My Life and Loves, his five-volume autobiography, did Harris break new ground and rise to greatness,..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

Let It Rock

Rock & Roll Books Spring 2000

"...the U.S. paperback edition of his 1999 British hardcover autobiography, the same with a different cover, new intro, mistakes..."

March 17, 2000 Books Feature by Kent H. Benjamin

Live Through This!

The Semi-Annual Rock & Roll Round-up

"...of why Fight the Power is neither a full autobiography nor simply a "State of Hip-Hop" thesis. Instead, each..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...likes of RuPaul and Boy George. But as her autobiography, Man Enough to Be a Woman by Jayne County..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Literary Lone Stars Ten Best Texas Books

"...Hollywood westerns during his final years. The first cowboy autobiography and still the best...."

Feb. 16, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

The End

End times musical doesn't go far enough

"...ago would have gone to Jesse Eisenberg) on his autobiography – a revisionist history of his own involvement in..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Queer

Gorgeous but superficial adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novel

"...Queer, Challengers' director Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of Burroughs’ scarcely-disguised autobiography of his relationship with Adelbert Lewis Marker. The 37-year-old..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Civil War

Stunning near-future drama about combat journalists

"...War Has Gone, I Miss It So, the harrowing autobiography/front line reportage by The Times’ reporter Anthony Loyd. Garland’s..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Nyad

Biopic of controversial record-setting swimmer just skims the surface

"...should a biopic – even one that adapts Nyad's autobiography – be held to a high standard of accuracy?..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

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