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AFS screens acclaimed Arabian Nights trilogy
"...potential impact of Portuguese director Miguel Gomes. Gomes' ambitious Arabian Nights trilogy is set around a particularly influential and..."
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April 8, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this nearly bloodless, family-friendly throwback to a cinematic age when Persian palace intrigue, winsome princesses, and ambitious princes ruled the back lots.
"...doing helming an epic, CGI-intensive, scimitar-propelled riff on 1001 Arabian Nights, one that's based on a video game, no..."
May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Five Good Things to Do in Austin This Weekend
On what’s already the second weekend of June, yes
"...some art-fueled enjoyment over the next few days and nights:..."
June 9, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
The Q&A Hole: What Got You Hooked On the Weird Stuff?
Waiting for the manlike creature with the glowing eyes
"...a gateway drug for the rest of SFF! The Arabian Nights. Perrault's Fairy Tales (the Dover edition with hair-raising..."
July 13, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Clash of the Titans
A messy assemblage of mythic odds and ends, Clash of the Titans takes a nosedive off Mount Olympus.
"...including a trio of djinn (that's genies to 1001 Arabian Nights fans) that arrive astride gigantic ebony scorpions and..."
April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Secondhand Lions
In this unique family film that's also an ode to heroic movies gone by, a boy is sent for the summer to live with his two eccentric uncles in Texas.
"...placing revelation after revelation like layers peeled from an Arabian Nights-grown onion, and as the film flashes back and..."
Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
After a Fashion
The Style Avatar goes JetSet and koo-koo for Christmas trees! See within ...
"...a glittering confection, sparkling like the riches of the Arabian Nights. It dazzled as it revolved, gaudy, ornate, and..."
Jan. 17, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Accattone
"...a big fan of those Salo, The Decameron, Arabian Nights, etc. which still seem overripe and calculated..."
Feb. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Nick Barbaro
Kiss the Girls
"...dungeonlike lair where they must either participate in his Arabian Nights harem fantasies or suffer grisly consequences. Judd, placing..."
Oct. 3, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Off the Record
Alpha Rev goes Hollywood, Book of Shadows pen a few new chapters, and Alejandro Escovedo meets a Man From Plains
"...Leno, where he'll perform the poignant "Sister Lost Soul." Arabian Nights..."
Sept. 12, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell
The Q&A Hole: What's Your Favorite Book Of All Time? (Part 2)
With Tim Doyle, Amparo Garcia-Crow, Kareem Badr, and more
"...Alf Laylah Wa-Laylah, or, The Book of a Thousand Nights and One Night. Maybe a cheat answer just because..."
Jan. 14, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
From Script to Screen
"...winds to a close following eight eventful days and nights between October 1-8. Presented here are reviews of some..."
Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature
The Good Word
This Knish combines literature and pastries
"...recipes. Scheherazade, the storyteller from One Thousand and One Nights (also known as Arabian Nights), influenced the use of..."
Sept. 4, 2015 Food Feature by Serena Yeh
Stompy Jones
"...Harlem in 1923. "Why, it is just like the Arabian nights," Ellington is reported to have said according to..."
April 30, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Shortcuts
"...Film Series at the Paramount is presenting the 1940 Arabian Nights fantasy-adventure The Thief of Baghdad at noon ($3),..."
Aug. 9, 1996 Screens Column
Penfold Theatre's Ghost Quartet
Among the threads of this darkling tapestry are spirits of malice and mayhem and longing and love
"...and interweaving evocations of Edgar Allan Poe and the Arabian Nights and European folktales and, ah, maybe Rod Serling..."
Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner
Queer Fundraisers Heat Up January
Who says the holidays have to be the only season for giving?
"...meal (options include Around the World in 80 Minutes, Arabian Nights, and Sushi Madness) to enjoy top-notch cooking, fine..."
Jan. 16, 2018 Events Post by Sarah Marloff
Holiday Viewing: The Gospel According to St. Matthew
“The most sublime Texts ever written”
"...Medea 1971: The Decameron 1972: The Canterbury Tales 1974: Arabian Nights 1975: Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom..."
Dec. 20, 2017 Screens Post by Nick Barbaro
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Invitations are out for the coolest dinner parties in town
"...Land of the Midnight Sun to Japanese-Inspired French, to Arabian Nights and a Culinary Tour of Costa Rica. There..."
Jan. 14, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood
Live Shots
The Montreal Jazz Festival skronks Zornumental
"...During the Arabian Nights open sesame of Zorn's Bar Kokhba sextet, guitar..."
July 9, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
The Sound of Silents
The Harry Ransom Center's Orientalist Film Series
"...The Adventures of Prince Achmed, an adaptation of The Arabian Nights, is believed to be the first ever full-length..."
June 9, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones
The Hightower Report
Sign of the Times; and Bush Okays Environmental Grotesquerie
"...some 800 swells came to Jacobs' gala dressed in Arabian Nights costumes. They were bedazzled by bare-chested women draped..."
Dec. 12, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower
Footprints
The multiform troupe went multicultural for its season opener with some captivating rhythms
"...a trio of warrior djinns right out of 1,001 Arabian Nights. By the time Janas, Tasha Lawson, and Siobhan..."
Nov. 23, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires
'Magic' Game Day at the Dragon's Lair
"...he probably would have won anyhow: Hare produced the Arabian Nights Fishliver Oil card, a Magic rule book with..."
July 16, 2007 Sports Post by Sofia Resnick
TV Eye
Native American actors playing Native Americans? On a major network? With no white guy in sight? This might be a good time to talk about diversity on the small screen in 2004.
"...of visually arresting films from producer Robert Halmi Sr. (Arabian Nights, Merlin, Dinotopia)...."
Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
The Reason Why
"...plying the rivers, camel caravans and desert oases, the Arabian Nights, Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (my first movie),..."
April 11, 2003 News Feature by George McGovern
Short Cuts
Writer / director Tim McCanlies enthuses about his upcoming film, Secondhand Lions; plus, The Alamo gets a new scribe.
"...uncles Duvall and Caine, who "tell this kid these Arabian Nights-type stories of their youth," relates McCanlies. "It's a..."
July 5, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov
They're History
The Blue Genie boys -- those whimsical artists responsible for the armadillo-festooned entrance to Threadgill's World Headquarters, the guitar gal atop Fran's Hamburgers, and other mini-landmarks around Austin -- have been fun for the people who see them and fun for the people who made them. Making giant panels for the new Texas State History Museum, though, was a bit more than just that.
"...on Burnet Road; and, of course, the big blue Arabian Nights-ish djinn, complete with magic lamp, towering over pedestrians..."
April 27, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
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.
"...a big fan of those -- Salo, The Decameron, Arabian Nights, etc. -- which still seem overripe and calculated..."
Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Nick Barbaro
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
"...for the duo in a number of ways. The Arabian Nights adventure was their inaugural color picture, marking the..."
