Art for Healing

The stunning art collection of the Dell Children's Medical Center

"...families, and, as I understand it, many people find art museums almost as intimidating. But fear gives way to..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Through Steel, Wood, Glass, and Gas, Ion Art Turns Zilker Into a Glowing Wonderland

Enter the Neon Garden

"...nights with more than 100 fantastical works of neon art, works of technical and artistic creativity so huge (some..."

April 22, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Art + Commerce

Marc English Design's DIY Criteria

"...single identity, a brand that not only defines the artist and his art but leaves a lasting, lovely scar..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

“Alba Corral: Thoughts in Action” at Generative Art Project

The new gallery screens our present into the future with beauty and depth

"...Walking into the intimate elegance of the Generative Art Project on East Sixth, you could convince yourself that..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Get Your Invigorating Art On This Weekend!

Kind of like a pep pill for the life of your work-fatigued mind

"...– and about what William Faulkner called “the human heart in conflict with itself,” then you’ve passed only after..."

Aug. 10, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Brick Mansions

In one of his last roles, Paul Walker stars in this American remake of Luc Besson's actioner District B13.

"...A kinetic David Belle propelling himself through openings and vaulting over..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bringing Out the Dead

"...Directed by: Martin Scorsese. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, Tom Sizemore, Ving..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

This Shakespeare rendition is not so much a reconceptualization as a recontextualization of the 400-year-old play. This Romeo + Juliet is a rich visual feast, besotted with the fervor of its acrobatic camerawork and kinetic staging and its mind-bending aggregation of unrelated but resonant fragments of 20th century iconography. It is a Shakespearean work thoroughly conceived for the screen. DiCaprio and Danes again prove that they are two of the best actors of their generation. And William Shakespeare has once more demonstrated that he is a storyteller for all time.

"...positioned to slip one past the Shakespeare purists and art aesthetes while building a base of support among the..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Artist Ender Martos Celebrates His Past, Present, and Future in "Veintiuno"

The virtual exhibition marks the 21st of the 21st in the 21st ...

"...that, as it happens, marks the 21st year that artist Ender Martos has been living in Austin...."

March 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Excess Baggage

"...romantic comedy suffers far more from the effects of art-by-committee than the ruinous domination of any one person. For..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Trance

Danny Boyle's film swerves unevenly between moods and motivations, from heist film to psychosexual thriller, and dreamy logic to amped-up action.

"...Trance begins with a direct camera address as art auctioneer Simon (McAvoy) walks the audience through the heist..."

April 12, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Frank Wo / Men Collective's Virtual Show Offers a Warped Sense of Control

In K ! :D D: Ö, you get to not only watch these kinetic provocateurs move through virtual environments, but also influence their actions

"...seeing so much of lately. But, citizen, but: This particular online event, K ! :D D: Ö, is a..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Viva la Revolution!

Installation art may be notoriously hard to define, but its role in art history isn't. It helped change the way we look at art, and the Blanton Museum of Art's survey of three decades of installation art, "Blurring the Boundaries," provides a window on the revolution.

"...Quick, can you name the American artist who famously stuffed himself into his campus locker and..."

March 17, 2000 Arts Feature by Ben Willcott

Wayne Alan Brenner’s Top 10 Arts-Related Things I Enjoyed in 2018

Representational and digital art, plus theatre rooted in history proved especially mind-blowing this year

"...if Ian Ingram's stunning painterly skills weren't enough, the artist turned the extreme-close-up visions of his selfward-facing eye into..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

All Over Creation: Come and Don't Get It

You already have a job; no need to make another one out of figuring out art

"...The word came right from the artistic director herself: In the dance we were about to..."

June 26, 2015 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Che Bella

The Austin Film Society's series is called "Che Bella: Italy in the 60s," but the story really begins -- as does all of modern cinema -- in the streets of Rome, in May of 1944. Nick Barbaro looks at Italian neorealism and the movies it inspired.

"...raced toward the city, and Nazi occupiers tightened their martial-law grip in preparation for a final Battle of Rome..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Nick Barbaro

Hustling Uncut Gems With the Safdie Brothers

How their family history glistens in their New York story

"...is like being trapped inside a pinball machine, a kinetic fury of movement and color, action and inevitable loss...."

Dec. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"Jane! Stop This Crazy Thing!" (The Downside to Galaxy Highland Theater's New Robotic Seats)

Five Films We Don't Want to See in D-Box

"...now the Highland has announced another bold move into uncharted theatrical ballyhoo territory...."

May 18, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Masters of Our Domain! Part 2

New shopping village commissions local artists.

"...has spiffed their digs with the works of local artists/craftfolk. So far, we've seen butterfly benches by Bill Twitchel,..."

March 9, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Polishing Elephants

On Finishing a Dance

"...When is a work of art finished? When the words "The End" are typed? When..."

April 28, 1995 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pompo: The Cinéphile

Giddy anime about life and love in the film biz

"...the Dead. Now, there's Pompo: The Cinéphile, a giddy, heartfelt anime that celebrates how passionate people can be about..."

April 29, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ride Your Wave

Delightful and touching surfing anime melds grief and fantasy

"...you know you need to brace yourself for some heartache...."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

The actor Michael Rapaport turns director for this admiring portrait of the seminal Nineties hip-hop outfit.

"...Kick It?," an instrumental version of which accompanies the kinetic opening credits. Animated with an eye for graffiti art,..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mike Wallace Is Here

The 60 Minutes newsman's legacy makes headlines of its own

"...to be pushed aside." That determination is at the heart of Mike Wallace Is Here, an inversion of the..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Second Skin

"...confident with the camera and has an eye for artful composition, a testament to his early days as an..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Gary Clark Jr. becomes a Honeydripper, Tee Double sounds off on Kinetic Global, Future Clouds & Radar charts, and yet another Austin Music Hall progress report

"...Howlin' Wolf/Muddy Waters alumni, saxophonist Eddie Shaw and harpist Arthur Lee Williams, all of whom have roles in the..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Local Flow

Austin hip-hop in the house -- really

"...music scene. For a city that stakes a large part of its economy, and an even bigger part of..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Subversive, yet Fun

Artist Bill Barminski Goes Multimedia

"...a culture that needs more ad people. What's an artist to do? Los Angeles artist (and Austin transplant) Bill..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Screens Feature

New Exhibit at the Blanton Will Have You Feeling the Bern

"The Avant-garde Networks of Amauta" explores the social movement from Latin America in the 1920s

"...Peru in the 1920s" at UT's Blanton Museum of Art is a robust exhibition documenting a short-lived yet action-packed..."

March 6, 2020 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

TV Eye

The Territory

"...in its 31st season, The Territory is an electronic art gallery featuring media art from all over the world...."

June 22, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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