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The Great Beauty
An Italian writer and bon vivant reflects on his life in this walkabout with Felliniesque touches.
"...These days he works as a journalist who reviews avant-garde artworks whose attitudes appear even more cynical and jaded..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brighten Your New Year With the Jigglewatts
Austin's premier burlesque troupe says a lively goodbye to 2013
"...Lectric will be Miss Lady Luck (last seen at Avant Glam's Christmas extravaganza), academy graduate Rarity Fair, and a..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place
Holiday apparel ain't the only thing gay in the gAyTX: Check out some annual traditions.
"...AVANT GLAM: 12 NIGHTS They mean avant. Sassy Delure, Frannie..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

DVD Watch: Berberian Sound Studio
Analog audio horror that will send a chill through your ears
"...on sound design. Even the title (an homage to avant garde lounge singer Cathy Berberian) is something the audience..."

Dec. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Might Be More Art Than You Can Handle, Baby
Esopus. Rubber Repertory. So many links.
"...as embodied, oh-ho-ho, by Austin's newest burlesque troupe, the Avant Glam Cabaret. Which has nothing to do with Rubber..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

AFS Presents H.P. Lovecraft Double-Bill
The Old Ones return, potentiality for sudden audience insanity high
"...Now the Austin Film Society's Avant Cinema presents both of these micro-budgeted masterpieces on the..."

Aug. 13, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

SXSW Friday International Bands
Friday lists bleed both ways, backward and forward; know your lists!
"...Avant-garde fusion composer Pedro Menendez leads this Buenos Aires, Argentina,..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers
Saturday blurbs rally!
"...11pm, the Hideout This avant guitarist has played with Captain Beefheart and Jeff Buckley,..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Moscow Now, Here
The New Russian Drama Festival opens a hotline to the culture of Russia today
"...be left alone to write his plays in peace. Avant-Garde Theater in Austin and Moscow, With Maksym Kurochkin, John..."

March 9, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The special effects in this prequel may be infinitely more elaborate, but they hold little of the charm and "humanity" of the original.
"...Heston at his Charlton Hestoniest, and a thrillingly unique, avant-garde score by Jerry Goldsmith. This updating does away with..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We're All Water
A brief conversation with Yoko Ono
"...through contemporary remixes. Before her SXSW visit, the NYC avant-garde pioneer elaborated on that process...."

March 30, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Your Satori Mind
Japanese guitarist and Boris collaborator Michio Kurihara, 'a mixture of science and feeling'
"...Boris' touring mercenary Kurihara skywrites through this typhoon of avant-metal. The resulting fury shorts the venue's PA system not..."

July 23, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Hausu (House)
This 1977 Japanese film is a surreal, indefinable piece of horror/comedy, a must-see film for lovers of the inscrutable, the grotesque, the funky, and the eccentric.
"...a phantasmagoria of '77 Japanese kitsch and camp and avant-garde kitchen-sinkage. Granted, House, a bona fide cult film of..."

May 21, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

FronteraFest Schedule
"..."Donkeyskins" by Georgia Young. An avant-garde interpretation of the fairy tale by Charles Perrault...."

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature

They Call Me Monsieur Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme
"...téléphones a une voyante et qu'elle ne décroche pas avant que ça sonne, raccroche." ("If you phone a psychic..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Kabluey
Oddball tale of a directionless young man who moves in with his sister-in-law, whose husband is in Iraq with his National Guard unit, is quirky but unaffecting.
"...mountain of bills, in order to avoid accusations of avant-gardism and absurdity. As a consequence, his film gets stuck..."

July 25, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Sci-Fi 2008
We pay tribute to avant-garde chefs by reviewing the molecular gastronomy trend, as well as pioneering Pop Rocks and pastry chefs
"...Avant-garde chefs began to approach Cala­buig with requests for function-specific..."

July 25, 2008 Food Feature by Mick Vann

When There's Nothing Left to Burn ...
Cinematexas throws itself a Viking Funeral
"...Festival. After spending the last 10 years promoting experimental, avant-garde, and just-plain-strange film, the University of Texas-sponsored showcase has..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Man With the Light Touch
Peter Bay leads the Austin Symphony with the finesse of Astaire
"...conservative side: "I don't play a lot of very avant-garde things." – but it allowed him to ease the..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Saturday Showcase Picks
SXSW Music Fest preview guide
"...into the delectable dance-pop of last year's Cicada. Local avant collective Attack Formation are equally adept at channeling Devo,..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Wednesday Sleepers
The 'Chronicle' says see these SXSW acts directly afterwards
"...at the Royal College of Music in London, composes avant-pop through a Spectorian scope. His fifth LP, Frieze, is..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

'Best of Austin' Oops!
Our latest batch
"...Readers Services, Best Hair Salon, Avant..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Column

Better Git It in Your Soul
Why listen to jazz's greatest bassist Charles Mingus today? The Creative Opportunity Orchestra's monthlong Mingus Among Us series has answers.
"...In 1954, Mingus recorded with some of jazz's finest avant garde improvisers, including trumpeter Thad Jones, alto saxophonist/clarinetist John..."

June 16, 2006 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Room
Room wears the skin of a psychological thriller, but plays out as something far darker, weirder, and more distancing. The film was invited to Cannes and earned Independent Spirit Award nominations for its Austin artists, Kyle Henry and Cyndi Williams.
"...and more distancing. It’s easy to call Room an avant-garde film, but I think more significantly it’s an American..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc Recommends: Fronterafest Short Fringe Best of the Week
Hyde Park Theatre, Saturday, January 28, 2006
"...have to expect a little abrasion. So if the avant garde doesn't flip your switch, or if you’re not..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

Outta the Bag
John Cale loosens a new 'Black Acetate' on the unsuspecting underground
"...While the term "avant-garde" has been applied to much of John Cale's work,..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Page Two
When Gravity Fails: Notes on the influence of Ed Lowry, 'Crazy Mama,' and not sweating the small stuff
"...program of shorts titled "Sexuality and Blasphemy in the Avant Garde." This is the beginning of what will become..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Column by Louis Black

After a Fashion
(Y)Our Style Avatar, Stephen M.M. does the party circuit and still manages to keep himself on time in order to serve you, the fashion slaves of Austin
"...house on Sunday (not even for the Faces of Avant show – very sorry, guys – you'll just have..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Attention to Sound
John Cage's approach to music has shaped how Michelle Schumann listens to and plays it
"...with the notion of Cage as the inventor and avant-garde composer, but not Cage as the craftsman and as..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

The Haven
Exploring the grounds and sounds at the International Festival-Institute at Round Top
"...range across the centuries, from classical standards to seminal avant-garde compositions. With prices ranging from free to $25, the..."

June 4, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

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