Results tagged “filmcritics”

Obama administration to overhaul Fannie and Freddie? How will Bill Clinton's visit to N. Korea affect future nuclear talks? 15-year-old Iraqi girl sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for her part in an attempted bombing. But was she a willing participant? Woman and her baby, both kidnapped from North Austin, rescued (sort of) in Uvalde; authorities let their kidnapper walk away. Louisiana politician William J. Jefferson found guilty on corruption charges. ll the cool kids are studying statistics. Bens out of At the Movies; film critics A. O. Scott and Michael Phillips in. Beastie Boy Adam Yauch recovering after having a cancerous tumor removed.

The Teresa Long Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Palmer Auditorium) will be opening with a bang in early March 2008. Enter: "The Earth Harp," a gargantuan outdoor stringed instrument created by these guys. /// Art thieves strike in Brazil! They robbed the Sao Paolo Museum of Art (MASP), making off with two paintings worth a total of approximately $100 million dollars. The paintings: Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (Picasso) and The Coffee Worker (Portinari). The holdings at the MASP are regarded by many as Latin America's most important art collection.

Before the Austin Film Society announces their Texas Film Production Fund grants tomorrow, they’ve got a gift for the rest of us: A screening of Gas Food Lodging with director Allison Anders in attendance at The Alamo. Anders brings a strong woman’s voice and vision to independents that have been praised for their unapologetic and gritty truth. Named a Nicholl Fellow in its inaugural year, she has written and directed standout indie features, Mi Vida...