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Terrence McNally on Art and Commerce
The Tony-winning playwright talks about the business of show
"...speaks more directly to the intersections of art and commerce. It begins with the playwright recalling what it was..."

June 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Interactive and Chamber of Commerce Name A-List Startups
A dozen local enterprises to keep an eye on
"...the director of SXSW Interactive. But Austin Chamber of Commerce's Susan Davenport said the same thing in 2012, and..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

The Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce: Ovation
Honors bestowed, selfies shot, business and social might celebrated
"...perfect sense for the Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce to hold their annual awards banquet last Friday, filling..."

June 1, 2015 News Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Art + Commerce
Marc English Design's DIY Criteria
"...the most treacherous crossroads of all time, that of commerce and art, his designated moving-picture specialty (although, as English..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

At the Corner of Art and Commerce
The poster design of Yen Tan

Feb. 10, 2012 Screens Feature

Naked City
Medical marijuana backers score another victory in the appellate courts.
"...Act, a law that they enforce under the Constitution's Commerce Clause, which gives the government the power to "regulate..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Archeology of Business
As Austin's gay chamber of commerce turns 15, what have we learned?
"...True: Technically, the Austin Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is 15 years old; the organization was officially incorporated..."

June 15, 2012 Features Feature by Andy Campbell

State LGBTQ Chambers Form First-of-Its-Kind Alliance
The new Texas LGBT Chambers of Commerce will represent Austin, Greater Houston, North Texas, and San Antonio
"...The LGBTQ chambers of commerce representing Texas' four major metro areas have formed a..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

More Strong-Arming From Uber and Lyft
President of U.S. Chamber tries to undermine U.S. “Smart City” grant
"...On April 21, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Amanda Eversole wrote to U.S. Secretary of Transportation..."

April 24, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Festival in Cannes
"...and Alex Craig Mann. The intersection of Art and Commerce is sorely in need of a signal light, or,..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Public Notice: Do You Avoid Driving I-35?
The Chamber of Commerce wants more of the same
"...to you by Oppor­tun­ity Austin, the Austin Chamber of Commerce's "five-year regional economic development initiative aimed at fostering job-creating..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Current War - Director's Cut
The birth of the modern age in a battle of industrialists
"...age of amperes jostle for a multitude of reasons: commerce, ambition, greed, intellectual drive, hubris, and a genuine aim..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
History of the avant-garde jazz pioneers is surprisingly lacking in innovation
"...It is a classic and very stereotypical depiction of commerce trumping art, but it is also, alas, a well-trodden..."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Meow Wolf: Origin Story
How the legendary art collective beat the world and kept its soul
"...and the eternal debate of not just art vs. commerce but, more importantly with this particular group, a push..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Cam
Online sex worker drama massages authenticity into techno-thriller
"...Mazzei, depends on the intersection of sex, menace, and commerce on the internet...."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Warming to CodeNEXT?
Chamber of Commerce's poll reflects improving views of zoning rewrite
"...CodeNextYear?" May 4) – the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce says it's not that simple. Recently, the GACC released..."

May 18, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Final Portrait
High art in Paris with Armie Hammer and Geoffrey Rush.
"...cuisine, but also a poignant treatise on art vs. commerce. Which brings us to Final Portrait, as Tucci has..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Living Music in the Live Music Capital
Echotone explores the intersection of art and commerce in Austin
"...Austin's echotone, that being the point where art and commerce meet...."

April 22, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Biutiful
Javier Bardem earned an Oscar nod for his performance in this grim but poetic Spanish drama.
"...we see a world of exploited foreign workers, off-the-books commerce, and people who carry the woes of the world..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Fat rent-a-cops are just naturally funny, right? Comedian Kevin James snags his first onscreen solo lead with this merry mall mayhem.
"...of a fat mall cop patrolling his cathedral of commerce on a little Segway to be endlessly hilarious. Give..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Redbelt
Although David Mamet's new film, which is set in the mixed-martial arts fight world, contains all the storyteller's familiar motifs, Redbelt may also represent his most commercial venture yet.
"...especially personal allegory for Mamet’s contradictory impulses regarding the commerce of Hollywood. Terry is a jujitsu teacher who operates..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ocean's Thirteen
This heist franchise has settled into a kind of hipster equanimity.
"...live in that loosely defined territory where art meets commerce and story blends seamlessly with cool. 2001’s great Ocean’s..."

June 15, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Shut Up and Sing
The Dixie Chicks' struggle with the conflicting demands of art and commerce as portrayed in this documentary shows that they're still not ready to make nice.
"...struggle with the seemingly conflicting demands of art and commerce is ready-made for this director's camera. The film also..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The World
Using a sleek visual style and bits of animation, this elegant Chinese film explores the effects of modernism, globalism, and international commerce upon its culture and society.
"...obsessed with the effects of modernism, globalism, and international commerce upon the culture and society of China, so this..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Center of the World
"...graphically frank movie about the intersection of sex and commerce is about as titillating as a lap dancer dressed..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Henry Fool
"...a more darkly comic tone as questions of art, commerce, and talent are deftly explored. Parker Posey has one..."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SPAMARAMA: The Movie
This Austin-made companion piece to the event blends truth and fiction in a quasi-documentary that purports to explain how SPAMARAMA all began.
"...in an Austin tradition even older than SPAMARAMA: idiosyncratic, commerce-flouting art created for essentially personal reasons. It's why we..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The People vs. Larry Flynt
"...fundamentalists alike for its refusal to judge Flynt’s fleshy commerce. (One of the film’s critics has pontificated that director..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Basquiat
"...his society and the turbulent intersection of art and commerce that so typified the New York art scene of..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero
"...windmill. No one knows. Meanwhile, Caution encounters signs of commerce everywhere, as shoppers and storekeepers busy themselves with Christmas..."

April 5, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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