Three-Card Monte

"...really had no desire to do a horror film," Monte Hellman says re: Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better..."

July 26, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Charlie's Ear

"...with Fields and Massa suitably sleazy as they play three-card monte with Harold's whirling mind. Charlie's Ear, however, is..."

May 20, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What the Right Hand Is Doing

Magician turned sitcom star Harry Anderson returns to Austin at Palmer Auditorium this weekend, and his former partner and cohort, Austin author Turk Pipkin, looks back as he looks forward to reuniting with his old pal.

"...the streets early, fleecing San Francisco tourists with the three shell game: "Lookee, lookee, lookee, it's the one in..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Turk Pipkin

Got My Mojo Workin'

Paul Oscher used to blow harps for Muddy Waters

"...Dim lights, vintage soul posters, foil streamers, and a threepiece rhythm section. A dignified hepcat in black is up..."

June 27, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Sloppy scripting breaks the spell of this bloated sequel

"...to Bhutan in service to Dumbledore’s magical game of Three-card Monte. Missing is Newt’s love interest, Tina (Waterston, potentially..."

April 15, 2022 Movie Review by Melanie Haupt

Fay Grim

The lunatic charm of Parker Posey is the best reason to see this wild, borderline-screwball sequel to Hal Hartley's 1998 film, Henry Fool.

"...– acting – and her tricky-risky game of onscreen three-card monte is, again and again, a jewel in indie..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Edmond

William H. Macy stars in this film penned by David Mamet about one man's long night's journey of the soul.

"...arguing about the prices. Onward to a game of three-card monte, a pawnshop, and a revival meeting. Before long,..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nine Queens

Inventive and lively caper film is as low-key in its technical execution as a sidewalk shell game but fueled by a frisky energy and a blithely circuitous storyline.

"...Directed by: Fabián Bielinsky. Starring: Ricardo Darín, Gáston Pauls, Leticia Bredice, Tomás Fonzi, Óscar Núñez,..."

May 31, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...program while you were away on pandemic, growing from three core beers at their debut in January 2020 to..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

Javelin Boot

"...tune. Instead, Javelin Boot flashes its Crowded House hole card -- the absolutely perfect "You" and the happily morose..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Music Feature

Wrapped and Ready

"...Jerry Springer brings his three-ring circus to the big screen. "Season's Beatings," blares the..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback – JMBLYA 2017: Trapper’s Delight

JMBLYA garners the third largest concert audience in Austin's 2017

"...for Aoki's YOLO vibes, Guwop's gangster juices overflowed: a three-card Monte hustle broke out in VIP before H-Town rap..."

May 12, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Topdog/Underdog

Pro Arts Collective makes Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog / Underdog -- a play dense with racial, societal, and economic queries -- into a fast-paced and engaging hour and a half

"...Three: This story is packed with theoretical gems that make..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Scam Your Way to the Top

Land that angel investment using the art of the con

"...the universal mechanisms of deception that govern everything from three-card monte scams to email hoaxes from "Nigerian princes." The..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

Viceroys' Topdog / Underdog

This black-owned artist collective makes a passion-fueled, powerful debut with Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer-winning drama

"...a life of hustling, even though his skill at three-card monte made him a legend on the streets. Booth,..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Fun Fun Fun Live Shot: Ginuwine

Nineties R&B titan doesn’t quite “Pony” up

"...set survived on nostalgia and multiple rounds of crowd-baiting three-card Monte. The takeaway? “Wow, that happened.”..."

Nov. 8, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Exhibitionism

Mexican Traditional Toys and Miniatures: a Desire to Play

"...there is the New York City sno-globe. Bums and three-card monte dealers line the grimy streets. Whores and pimps..."

May 9, 1997 Arts Review

With a Bullet

Cross your fingers, Monte Warden and Bruce Robison may be headed for No. 1 with George Strait

"..."Desperately" was a song her husband Monte Warden and his writing partner/best friend Bruce Robison composed..."

April 2, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Bandera Way

Scenes from a marriage in four acts.

"...ivory skin that crowned her "MCA's video girl" for three albums in the early Nineties. That's the Kelly Willis..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames

The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey

"...the stage like a string of Christmas lights are three generations of Hancocks, gathered to perform for this annual..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

2004 ACL Fest Guide

Everything you need to know

"...other city would cost you the price of a three-day ACL wristband...."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...Me," there's more PG material here than not, including three real gems: the under-two-minutes Bosstones blur of "I'm Not..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Sxsw

"...conference? You are only one person, with two legs, three days, and four nights. You couldn't possibly see every..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Fatal Error

Hooked on Drug Money

"..."firecracker kind of pop at a distance." DeMatteo recalled "three popping sounds coming from out left." Unsure what was..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Monte Paulsen

SXSW Tuesday Showcase Picks

"...drive Continental Drift, Money Chicha, and Cilantro Boombox, all three expansive and adventurous. Barbara Nesbitt and Whitney Rose both..."

March 10, 2017 Music Feature

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...Fritz, a famous and beautiful actress, has died recently. Three young men sneak into the morgue to see her..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Dale Watson's got Tiger Airways by the tail, and more music news

"...Comanche Trail) continues this weekend with the second of three straight Saturday benefits for late rockabilly musician Chadd Thomas,..."

July 29, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Shoot Out the Lights

Bare buzz, bare butts: The Bright Light Social Hour shakes it

"...Back at home in Austin, after three EPs and a well-organized voting campaign in Dell Lounge's..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: A Cheating Top 10

An introduction, then a list of lots of cool things, shoved into 10 slots, that are not necessarily related to 2008

"...Cole that includes a lot of art; at least three full Plastic Man stories; another featuring his sidekick, Woozy..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...comes from Austin indie Sixgunlover and features the Dirty Three and guest spots by members of Isotope 217. (Privilege..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

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