You Can Leave Your Hat On
The ballad of Mambo John Treanor
"...They chose the latter, and Father Treanor, a Catholic priest, wound up choosing Ms. Alter...."
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July 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Chocolat
This English-language movie is set in a provincial French village in 1959 and deals with the pressing question of whether the seductive and mysterious powers of chocolate can soothe the priggish tendencies of the local townsfolk – and during Lent, no less.
"...armor with a bite of chocolate, the new parish priest (O'Conor) resists the sanctimonious piety of the all-controlling local..."
Dec. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Pagan Babies: a Novel
"...man with the green shirt who confessed to the priest (or boasted, take your pick) that he and his..."
Dec. 15, 2000 Books Review by Mike Shea
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Recent Titles Reviewed
"...who happened to pick up Pick-up (1955) or High Priest of California (1953) would be treated to writing that..."
Oct. 20, 2000 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett
Animation Station
Through ADVision, Austin has become a hotspot for producing English-dubbed anime. Who knew?
"...show where a guy hunts down and kills a priest who got his daughter pregnant. Only you can't use..."
Sept. 22, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
All is Grace: The Films of Robert Bresson
"...Devil Probably (1977)Tuesday, Oct. 3: Diary of a Country Priest (1950)Tuesday, Oct. 10: A Man Escaped (1956)..."
Aug. 31, 2000 Movie Review
A Taste of Summer
Summer Food Essays: A Pinch of Recollection, A Dash of Tradition
"...the town of Escanaba. My uncle, a Roman Catholic priest and pastor of the parish in Menomenee, built the..."
July 14, 2000 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm
Show and Tell
Spring Previews 2000
"...When a disillusioned Catholic priest (Harris of Apollo 13) is called upon by his..."
Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
End of Days
"...brethren, are in on the dark deal), local Catholic priest Father Kovak (Steiger) struggles to provide sanctuary from the..."
Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Welding With Children: Stories
"...plots. In "Good for the Soul," a luckless small-town priest, taken for granted and maligned as "an old spayed..."
Oct. 15, 1999 Books Review by Karl Monger
Stigmata
"...investigator and, like Father Karras in The Exorcist, a priest of dubious faith -- reviews it and promptly jets..."
Sept. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
This Is My Father
"...everything from moral turpitude (Rea as the libidinous village priest is especially, ah, charming) to Kieran's financial nonexistence (by..."
June 18, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Scanlines
Presumed Innocent
"...sheet with 7"-wide multicolored flowers on it! As the priest walks out of a room, another man steps on..."
June 11, 1999 Screens Feature
Afs Summer Free-for-all: a Tribute to George Morris
"...John Ford, 1941) June 29 Diary of a Country Priest (D: Robert Bresson, 1950) July 6 Day of Wrath..."
May 28, 1999 Screens Feature
Ravenous
"...Pearce. Antonia Bird is best known for the unsettling Priest, which tackled the issue of gay clergy head on...."
March 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Warrior Witches in Hell
"...I've called these dramas The Priest-and-Nun Shows: earnest charismatic folk endlessly agonizing over their worthiness..."
Feb. 5, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura
The Eel
"...prison -- in tow. His parole officer, a Buddhist priest, helps him start up a barbershop in a remote..."
Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Les Miserables
"...receives a new lease on life from an aging priest who parts with his silver in order to return..."
May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Men With Guns
"...with an engaging street urchin, Conejo (Gonzalez), a broken priest (Alcazar), a hot-tempered ex-soldier who at first steals his..."
April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Funeral
"...constitutes the opening scene of The Funeral. The family priest condemns their “practical atheism” but Ray's wife Jean (Sciorra)..."
Nov. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Page Two
"...Micael Priest, one of the genuine godfathers of The Austin Chronicle..."
Nov. 21, 1997 Column by Louis Black
Boys Life 2
"...“exorcisms,” including a painfully awkward counseling session with a priest (Stephen Tobolowsky) at a Dairy Queen. All ends well..."
April 18, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor
Gospa
"...as worshipers gathered to witness a miracle. The Franciscan priest, Reverend Jozo Zovko (Sheen), who oversees the parish, is..."
Feb. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Plutonium Circus
"...young couple sitting on a porch swing, the earnest priest haloed by the light of a rose window, the..."
Oct. 20, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona
Spiritual Healing
God on Their Side: Open Doors for Austin's Gay and Lesbian Faithful
"...Indeed, in an institution that requires celibacy for its priests and nuns, that has been excoriated by sexual scandal..."
Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature
Village of the Damned
"...go into Mark Hamill's zombified impersonation of the local priest.) Carpenter's choice of material seems to have foiled him..."
April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Playboys
"...the gossipmongers and the guilt trips from the local priest, and whose unconventional behavior is an irresistible challenge to..."
May 8, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce
Qmmunity: Blasphemy Baby
Asking my haters to please use their hateration to combat more pressing issues
"...going to mass every Sunday where I watched countless priests in countless vestments give boring sermons while my mom..."
June 14, 2024 Column by James Scott
Day Trips: Panna Maria, Texas
Step back in time at the oldest Polish settlement in America
"...A restoration included additional ceiling art by a Polish priest and the cleaning of the magnificent stained-glass windows...."
May 24, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
How The First Omen Broke the Curse of Legacy Sequels
Arkasha Stevenson and Tim Smith on creating a horror they believe in
"...time it’s Ralph Ineson as the devoted but excommunicated priest. Stevenson said, “My experience watching The Omen as a..."
