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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Coen brothers head West, but it's a bumpy ride
"...and serious, it’s a hodgepodge in spurs, a horse opera with nothing but arias...."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What They Had
Authentic Alzheimer's drama steers just clear of soap opera
"...turn this sensitive yet funny drama into predictable soap opera territory. (The film’s goopy closing images should be burned..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Macbeth's Myriad of Misfortunes
The Scottish Play – still cursed after all these years
"...Macbeth that was being performed inside the Astor Place Opera House the night of May 10, 1849, when a..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Bohemian Rhapsody
"...effortless mix of prog, pop, cabaret, metal, jazz, vaudeville, opera, disco, and anything else they felt like, they were..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Symphony's Happy Birthday, Lenny
In its concert celebrating Bernstein, the ASO shows the composer giving his all in even the briefest of works
"...full orchestral punch of a symphony, an oratorio, an opera. Violins would swell into huge waves of yearning, horns..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Big Kill
Low-budget Western rides high in the saddle
"...genre. Big Kill, the latest such film, may not operate on the same level as a movie like The..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Aiming for the Big Kill
Scott Martin on the inaccurate West in his new gunslinger flick
"...Martin's vision for this off-beat but very traditional horse opera. He said, "I wanted a lot of color in..."

Oct. 18, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tillie Walden Returns Home With an Important Message
The prolific graphic novelist says eat spicier food; kiss more queers
"...book form Tuesday, Oct. 2). It’s an epic “space opera” brimming with queer romance and finely detailed panels. The..."

Oct. 1, 2018 Arts Post by Beth Sullivan

Jennifer Higdon, American Voice
One of this nation's most acclaimed and active composers, on our rich melting pot of music
"...years ago, you were commissioned to write your first opera. You've written pieces for instruments that don't always get..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fast Forward Austin Does Compute
New-music champions science the shit out of its upcoming concert with The Difference Engine
"...7pm: One Ounce Opera Austin's purveyors of lo-fi, inventive opera perform DOOR, a..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

10 Recommended Arts Events This Fall
So much creative energy flowing to quench your cultural thirst
"...2. Atlantis: A Puppet Opera Ethos and the Vortex present this revival of their..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Events Post

Where in the World Is Bunny Lake?
Otto Preminger’s masterful abduction thriller still shocks and intrigues
"...Blue. Carmen Jones is Preminger's updating of the Bizet opera with an all-black cast; he directed Frank Sinatra as..."

July 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

ATX Film News
Acquisitions, awards, and a big gaming rumor
"...Come meet the experts: Mon., July 23, at Bastrop Opera House (711 Spring St., Bastrop); Tue., July 24, at..."

July 6, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Peter Bay’s MASS Appeal
The local maestro brings Leonard Bernstein’s massive stagework to Austin with a lot of help from a lot of friends
"...first time that the Austin Sym­phony, Ballet Austin, Austin Opera, Con­spir­are, Chorus Austin, Panoramic Voices, and the Austin Children's..."

June 29, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

David and Nathan Zellner Deconstruct the Cowboy Myth in Damsel
Two of Austin’s most quirky filmmakers venture west
"...influenced by one of David's favorite directors, two-fisted horse opera expert Budd Boetticher, Damsel is in many ways a..."

June 22, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bob Schneider Ages Gracefully on Blood and Bones
New LP finds emotional resonance in personal experience
"...longest outreach in years. Born in Germany to American opera obsessives, the singer spent the first two years of..."

June 8, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Critics Table's Crème de la Crème
The winners of the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Concert/Opera Southwest Voices, Chorus Austin..."

June 5, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Generic Ensemble Company's Carmen
This devised work shares the name of Bizet's opera, but it has its own story to tell, one that's modern, irreverent and funny
"...name of the seductive "gypsy girl" in the famous opera and teases you with a snippet of Bizet at..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Object Collection’s It's All True
This opera culled from Fugazi concert detritus was an endurance test for both audience and performers
"...a live show except the songs, to stage an opera that, while certainly operatic, exploded any ordinary understanding of..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Margaret Perry: A Life of Music
Classical community honors the late educator in concert Friday
"...will reflect Perry's wide-ranging tastes, encompassing vocal music and opera, and chamber music for all kinds of instruments, from..."

May 23, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Unbelievable Summers at the Paramount
The most unforgettable moments from this year’s classics of cinema
"...Upon a Time in the West is his grand opera of greed and revenge set in an Old West..."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Chronicle staff

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop
The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Concert/Opera Bach: Mass in B Minor, Panoramic Voices Carmen, Austin..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

RBG
Loving look at the Supreme Court member, and unlikely pop culture icon
"...observations about Ginsburg’s tenacity and self-seriousness, her love of opera, and her advancement of equal rights...."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Get in the Spirit of Spring With These Classic Movies
Our critics poke their noses out after winter
"...work was a shamanic, Bohemian lightning strike to stodgy opera culture, and Disney's team set it to a bloody..."

April 7, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Five Recommended Arts Events in Austin This Weekend
In which your local cultural FOMO is subdued via this handy listicle
"...glories belted forth by the stars of One Ounce Opera, as Austin’s acclaimed company presents its third annual Fresh-Squeezed..."

April 6, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Max Richter Puts SXSW to Sleep
UK classicist previews his eight-hour SXSW debut
"...are working on that. There’s probably gonna be an opera...."

March 9, 2018 SXSW Post by Dan Gentile

LOLA's La Clemenza di Tito: A Retelling
The quality of mercy is never not strained in this new adaptation of Mozart's late opera
"...Tito as he's named in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's late opera. As the title La Clemenza di Tito notes, Rome's..."

March 9, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Telling Some Very British Ghost Stories at SXSW Film
Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman on the evil seed that would become their Midnighter
"...with music in it, because that's Phantom of the Opera. You're only allowed one of those.'" The problem he..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Next Big Buzzes at SXSW 2018
Forecasting this year’s breakout acts
"...T.Y.E Captivating Dallas rapper – and trained opera singer – Tye Harris mixes hood shit with intense..."

March 9, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Five Recommended Austin Arts Events This Weekend
On the weekend before that SXSW thing engulfs us all, yes
"...5) We’re all raving about LOLA’s La Clemenza de..."

March 2, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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