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Our Parting: Surprisingly Lacking in Sorrow
Saying sayonara to this month’s Film Fight
Orson Welles
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Page Two: Lost and Found
‘Tis the season when the future is used up yet then renewed by singing each morning out of each night
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Author? Author?
Who really wrote Shakespeare’s plays? In ‘The Beard of Avon,’ Amy Freed plays the question for laughs.
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Page Two: Location, Location, Location
The key to South by Southwest is, as always, Austin
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DVD Watch
A one-of-a-kind essay centered on art forgery and hoaxes that is built from spare parts, questionable coverage, obvious overdubbing, and outright bluff, ‘F for Fake’ is a masterwork most often hailed for its hijacking of documentary form to tease cinema’s capacity for making truth out of bullshit
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Tripods Sighted Over Barton Springs!
The Violet Crown Radio Players are re-creating Orson Welles’ infamous radio version of ‘The War of the Worlds,’ and this time, the Martians are landing in Central Texas
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‘Tarnation’ Sensation
Jonathan Caouette’s inexplicably perfect documentary of growing up gay in Texas is the astounding new face of DIY moviemaking
