All Over Creation: Assumptions and Definitions

Seeing what's new in theatre requires letting go of old notions

"...take a page from Matney's book and create new definitions for what we're seeing, striving for clarity and a..."

March 23, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Stretching Definitions

Speaker Craddick is finding that everyone can play the parliamentary rules game.

May 28, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Aloha

Cameron Crowe parks this rom-com in Hawaii

"...creepy aura of self-consciousness. In addition to the aforementioned definitions of aloha, the word also doubles as a coming-and-going..."

June 5, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Introducing CodeNEXT Draft Three

Now the fun begins

"...the language and formatting have been cleaned up, and definitions have been pulled together into a new chapter, the..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Smart Enough to Die

In 2002, the Supreme Court banned the death penalty for mentally retarded defendants. Still, Texas finds a way.

"...Klusmann argued, as precedent reflects that clinical and legal definitions are not always the same. "Thus, the States are..."

April 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

TV Eye

Eeek! A precious, affluent white woman is lost! Eeek! Evil looms around every corner, and the biggest victim of all? Plus, here comes Jenny Hart.

"...TV writers must consult the same Big Book of Definitions, under Women and Weddings: They all need it, want..."

May 6, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Kier-La Janisse and the Ghosts of Christmas Yet to Come

Film historian conjures The Haunted Season

"...the more she found her definition evolving. “Any genre definitions are mutable and fluid,” she said, and much as..."

Dec. 19, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 15-21

"...(May 21-June 20): "I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make them,"..."

April 15, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Sex and satire in this Romanian polemic comedy

"...Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary, a collection of morosely ironic definitions, proclamations, and satiric signifiers. Efficiency, for example, is defined..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Cassandro, the Exotico!

Back body drops, and in high heels

"...work out the next step in his life, as definitions of gender and sexuality change around him...."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review

Cam

Online sex worker drama massages authenticity into techno-thriller

"...as well as a plot dependent on the complicated definitions of self online, make for a fascinating techno-thriller with..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Review: The Annotated Big Sleep

Everything you need to know about Raymond Chandler's classic

"...from notes on historical and biographical context, geography, slang definitions, etc., provided by the editors, I know I’ll be..."

July 27, 2018 Arts Post by Jesse Sublett

Limbaugh Rant Puts UT MasculinUT Program in Limbo

University program halted until after summer

"...program, geared in part toward expanding rigid and patriarchal definitions of masculinity, as well as UT for supposedly treating..."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Tyler Perry's Acrimony

Tyler Perry takes on the "woman scorned" trope.

"...Divided into chapters, precursory visuals of dictionary definitions appear onscreen (a device that isn’t nearly as clever..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Public Notice: Let’s Hope ...

Soccer planning goes better than plan planning

"...major sections of the code – notably excepting the definitions of the zones themselves:..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Boys Club

Female employees say gender discrimination persists at City Hall. Could a new resolution fix the broken system?

"...practices not standardized. The city manager should also update definitions of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. And they called for..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Dirty Grandpa

Robert De Niro and Zac Efron go on a raunchy road trip

"...are some things you can expect: never-ending dick/pussy (both definitions) jokes, a running gag in which Zac Efron keeps..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Bill of the Week: House Bill 1800

Rep. Walle proposes bill to rein in dog attacks

"...legal definition of dangerous dogs: Walle's bill creates legal definitions of nuisance and aggressive dogs, as well as other..."

May 1, 2015 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Congress Putting Teeth Back in Voting Rights Act

New Section 4 would put Texas back under preclearance

"...It creates a whole new Section 4, with new definitions that the authors hope will fit the SCOTUS ruling...."

Jan. 16, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Category Lacking Any Nominations

"...to the BIPAC Artistic Guidelines, the following serve as definitions for nominations in both the Outstanding Direction and Outstanding..."

Oct. 21, 2013 Postmarks

Free To Be Beer!

Hear, hear! Judge rules for breweries.

"...it's an ale. However, the TABC threw those dictionary definitions out, and instead tied the terms to alcohol content:..."

Dec. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: In Memoriam

Biff Parker (Steven Stelmach), 1962-2011

"...Usually, I hate going to the dictionary because definitions therein are made mostly to try to tie words..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Column by Louis Black

All Shades of Black

How do you define film noir?

"...and dates to back it up. Personal and descriptive definitions, however, can get a bit sticky. A film of..."

July 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Three Guys, a Girl, and a Dog Named Friday

Austin film collective Jollyville Pictures on its ingredients for success

"...shorts, "Theory, Fact, or Fiction?" and "In Defense of Definitions ...."..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Obtaining a back-alley abortion in Romania proves to be rivetingly tense in this visually spare but assuredly virtuosic film.

"...in its matter-of-factness); nor is he interested in easy definitions of heroism or morality. All of which makes 4..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Return of the Titty Tax

New 'nudity' tax could include not just strip clubs but cabarets, bars, fashion shows, and even mainstream theatres

"...them as reasonably as possible." This means the broadest definitions of "nudity" and "sexually oriented business" the bill allows...."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cowboy del Amor

Ivan Thompson, the "Cowboy Cupid" who brokers marriages between American men and Mexican women, is a truly fascinating documentary character that is expertly revealed through rock-solid storytelling.

"...contrast of two contiguous cultures, worlds apart in their definitions of family and love but brought together by mutual..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Page Two

The old political labels don't quite fit, but new ones have not yet evolved

"...The terms applied to these changes themselves lack meaning. Self-definitions are self-serving, and opposition-offered definitions intentionally demeaning, frequently demonizing...."

Dec. 10, 2004 Column by Louis Black

The Corporation

An immensely informative and provactive documentary about the growth of corporate entities within the legal sphere, marketplace, and human imagination.

"...of the Industrial Revolution and the alteration of legal definitions to provide corporations with more freedoms. The change involves..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM

The institution of marriage has been undone by the changes brought about by modern technology and therefore has nothing to fear from the legalization of gay marriages.

"...who try soon find themselves trapped in their own definitions." The protests against gay marriage are the cries of..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

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