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April 30, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Y Ask X and Y?
"...your face. And if they're not, they're cloaked in costumes spun straight from a fever dream, awash in lasers..."
Jan. 1, 1999 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola
Exhibitionism
"...Like the plays themselves, the design and costumes are stripped of frivolity. Without the ornate costumes and..."
Oct. 30, 1998 Arts Review
Dancing About Architecture
The Quiet Game
"...So, what was that ruckus over Hallowe'en costumes not being allowed at the Green Day show at..."
Nov. 7, 1997 Music Column
The Virtues of Flexibility
Re-Imagining the Production Process
"...does not always appear clearly thought through, and with costumes that are threadbare and sets that are slipshod...."
Aug. 11, 1995 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere
3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival
"...designer returns to their island hometown, Guam, to make costumes for a children's theater show and reconnect with distant..."
Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
Living
Bill Nighy explores the inner desperation of a very proper Englishman
"...Ramsay, ebony voids that almost engulf the divinely period-accurate costumes designed by Sandy Powell: Yet he himself is a..."
Jan. 27, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Please Baby Please
Andrea Riseborough remains unmissable in this wild, weird, and divisive Fifties fantasy
"...divisive (for different reasons) Ladyworld. The production design and costumes were all great, the lighting and cinematography were amazing,..."
Oct. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane
The Woman King
Historical epic of the legendary women warriors who inspired the Dora Milaje
"...a lot wrong with it. It looks beautiful, the costumes are gorgeous, the fight scenes are terrific, and there..."
Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane
Mr. Malcolm's List
Austen imitator is a poor relative from Sussex among Regency romances
"...enjoyed Jackson-Cohen, and Theo James as Captain Ossory. The costumes looked good, the locations were beautiful, and on some..."
July 1, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane
The Black Phone
Ethan Hawke is a villain for the ages in this brilliant horror
"...Phone ring. It's not the set dressing, or the costumes, or the hairstyles (although Davies does sport a fantastic..."
June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
The Phantom of the Open
Mark Rylance raises this fantastical golfing biopic above par
"...wife, Jean (Hawkins), to write letters and even design costumes so Flitcroft can tour under assumed identities...."
June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
Rondo and Bob
An Austin film legend's obsession with a Hollywood monster
"...never have known about (such as his excellent Halloween costumes) but O'Connell gets into them all, even if the..."
May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Emergency
College drama breaks down the threats of casual and institutional racism
"...crazy bunch of white frat guys dressed in tribal costumes assuming Kunle is a part of their rival Black..."
May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf
Aline
Bizarre not-quite-a-biopic of Céline Dion
"...design convincingly re-create the eras and Dion’s most memorable costumes. But to what purpose? There are no insights here,..."
April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon
Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list
"...Backstage workers of the National Opera in Warsaw create costumes and theatrical scenery for the upcoming premiere of the..."
Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The King’s Daughter
Long-delayed historical fairy tale is an overdue oddity
"...design that makes the entire film pop. With good costumes and good scenery, half the battle for The King’s..."
Jan. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
The Harder They Fall
Jonathan Majors is a true star in this pretty but by-the-numbers Western
"...do know how to make a purdy picture. The costumes, by Antoinette Messam, were gorgeous. And shout out to..."
Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Sarah Jane
Fantastic Fest: Scumdogs of Eternity in This Is Gwar
New documentary gets under the latex of the monster metalers
"...for GWAR to make it to the movies. The costumes were originally conceived of by co-founder Hunter Jackson (Techno..."
Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
The Green Knight
Dev Patel and David Lowery enchant with this astounding Arthurian myth
"...David Pink, Jenny Oman’s set decoration, and Malgosia Turzanska’s costumes create a unique fantastical Middle Ages, one in which..."
July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Pandemic Production, One Year Later: Matt Poitras, Director, Props Manufacturer
"It was a little weird to mask up and get a COVID test to be in my own house."
"...for Poitras. He spent his early lockdown "putting together costumes and working on the Jeep" – a 1947 Willys..."
July 9, 2021 Screens Feature by Shane Pfender
Andrea Ariel Dances for Democracy
On Sunday, the artist's dancing mailbox was a Capitol surprise
"...Postman” rewritten with election-specific lyrics, instructions for making mailbox costumes, and even simple choreography for the mailboxes to perform..."
Jan. 20, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Sacha Baron Cohen's satirical creation remains hit-or-miss, but those hits ...
"...Second, Borat spends much of his reportage undercover in costumes and disguises that would make Inspector Clouseau blush...."
Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
All the Neighborhood's a Stage in the Drive-Through Vortex Odyssey
The Vortex keeps things safe, sacred, and mythically provocative in their newest stage spectacle
"...tableaux, elaborate as context allows, with fanciful masks and costumes, set pieces and lights. It takes a village, though,..."
Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Qmmunity: Lez Get Spooky
Plus commemorating Intersex Awareness Day and Halloween vibes
"...that its appeal extends to the entire LGBTQmmunity. Fashion, costumes, (visual) drama, and the desire to turn a lewk..."
Oct. 25, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
This spell isn't as bewitching the second time around
"...all shapes, sizes, and colors take flight. The elaborate costumes, especially those worn by Michelle Pfeiffer’s Queen Ingrith, are..."
Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Sarah Marloff
Downton Abbey
The beloved Masterpiece series makes a royal return
"...Ah, but the opulent costumes are glorious, the autumnal light enchanting, and if you..."
Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Ghost Light
The curse of Macbeth is given effervescent life
"...being done for the evening, who gets the best costumes, and the enforced but surprisingly deep camaraderie of backstage..."
June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Rub a Duck at Blue Genie
These are the kinds of movements that will make everyone moist
"...The near-constant, Rosalyn Nasky-level individual movements and twitchings. The costumes – thoroughly practical and yet simultaneously fetishistic – and..."
June 21, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner
Tracking Down Grief With The Head Hunter
Filmmaker Jordan Downey on a monster movie with a fractured heart
"...a $30,000 budget, and the entire cast, crew, kit, costumes and effects crammed into one car, they took off..."
