Beyond Himself

Roger Gathman talks to Jonathan Safran Foer about the author's unconscious grasp of the Jewish literary tradition.

"...Jewish things." Even the surface resemblance between the everyday surrealism of Trachimbrod and Bruno Schultz's work came about by..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Book Reviews

"...when, at the age of 15, a book about Surrealism led him to order the complete works of the..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Books Feature by Dominic Luxford

Reconnection Notice

Sonic Youthman Lee Ranaldo speaks.

"...Daydream Nation, and whose feedback-drenched 'Mote' defined the cloudy surrealism of Goo, answered questions about Murray Street, New York..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Behind the Screens

Hidden Hollywood and other secret histories

"...the rigid, anachronistic singularity of her vision. Deren decried surrealism, yet her films, especially her famous Meshes of the..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

For Your Consideration ...

Austin Film Festival Preview

"...them the light of Christ. Tongue-in-cheek bible-beater parody and surrealism alternates with exploration of real-life self-esteem issues facing indigents...."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature

Gowns by Adrian

A tribute to Gowns by Adrian

"...out ensemble after ensemble, some including the trend toward surrealism, but all are fantasy creations that became part and..."

June 29, 2001 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Choke: A Novel

"...blurbs praising his "psychopathic brilliance," "mordant social analysis," "antic surrealism," and "prickly prose and repetitive rhythms," another correlation makes..."

June 15, 2001 Books Review by Andy Langer

Cabaret

Divine decadence, darling

"...stunning. The costuming and make-up add to the heightened surrealism, and the Nazi threat adds an element of danger..."

April 20, 2001 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Transforming Herself

Sissy Spacek's Most Memorable Movies

"...Wild at Heart), lacking any of the irony and surrealism he usually thrives on. A gorgeous score emphasizes the..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Santa Claus

This Santa might actually frighten a small child, chortling uncontrollably through the whole movie and leering at the camera. More than likely, however, a kid above the age of four would probably find it unbearably hokey and dumb.

"...values, lurid Technicolor, and a weird, unintentional sense of surrealism, this movie puts the omniscient Santa in somewhat the..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

The Sea and Cake, The Mercury, October 21 & 22

"...even took the time to enjoy the Lynchian instrumental surrealism of openers Town & Country, half the crowd parked..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Coming Soon

The Most Memorable Sex Scenes in Film

"...this restlessness, though, brought on by Van Sant's beginner-level surrealism, is a sweet match to some form of dreaming...."

Aug. 11, 2000 Screens Feature by David Garza

From Zero to Infinity: Yayoi Kusama in Context: Orgiastic Color, Fuzzy Haze, and Naked Bodies

She was Pop before Andy silkscreened soup cans or Oldenburg piled up erasers, and the Blanton Museum of Art's new exhibition "From Zero to Infinity: Yayoi Kusama in Context" shows her pioneering influence in a survey of Pop Art that is freakin' amazing.

"...Combining aspects of surrealism and abstract expressionism with elements from minimalism and Pop..."

June 16, 2000 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

What's the Buzz?

Guide to Summer Films

"...of Luis Buñuel's Belle du Jour, the granddaddy of surrealism is getting another one of his classics dusted off..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Let It Rock

Rock & Roll Books Spring 2000

"...Conklin's Daliesque surrealism, Griffin's demon humor -- Alton Kelly, Greg Irons, Victor..."

March 17, 2000 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off The Bookshelf

Revolutionary Romanticism

"...our relationship to nature, to Andre Breton's romantically fueled surrealism, which inspires a political insurrection in Haiti. With few..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Books Review

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...over a long line of self-important bosses. The full-blown surrealism of Dina Waxman's "Anton, Mailman" benefited immeasurably from the..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Exhibitionism

Assassins:a Kick-line of Killers

"...dizzyingly complex levels, with movements such as abstraction and surrealism contorting and warping the physique to often unrecognizable degrees,..."

March 6, 1998 Arts Review

Indie Shorts on Display

The Territory Begins New Season

"...films recall the deepest traditions of avant-garde cinema: the surrealism of Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel, and the poetic..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature

Postmarks

One Is Enough

"...Though not being well versed in literary or cinematic surrealism I know in Luis Buñuel's memoirs, My Last Sigh,..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Column

Film at Wit's End

An Interview With Stan Brakhage

"...the Italian neorealists. I had those two extremes. French surrealism and Italian neorealism were cross-bred in me -- and..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Johnson

Scanlines

Animal Farm

"...movie with racial caricatures that push beyond offensiveness into surrealism. He catalogues the grotesque legacy of American culture in..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Screens Feature

Exhibitionism

Works by Chris Scroger: Mickey Mouse for the Next Millennium

"...Scroger ventures into the kind of boisterous surrealism that you don't often find locally. I hope this..."

July 11, 1997 Arts Review

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