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Ride to Live
Local biker clubs share the secrets of the open road
"...Everybody names their bikes, too – that there's the Black Widow...."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Abe Louise Young

Alain Delon: 5-Film Collection
Former French marine and Sinatra-esque tough guy Alain Delon burned froid et chaud with the best of them
"...may not be powered by Gaslight. 1971 sleeper The Widow Couderc pairs up Delon's escaped murderer with French moviedom's..."

May 2, 2008 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

After a Fashion
Stephen preps for the Texas Film Hall of Fame with a look back at previous years' events
"...there are in heaven," as another LB (not Louis Black) used to say. This year's show is No. 7,..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Talk to the Hand
The first ever Puppet Parts Film Festival
"...and Austinite Andrew Lankes, who secured permission from the widow of the legendary comic to re-enact one of his..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Epaulets, Hard-Plastic C-Cups, and a Superhero Cop
NCsoft's gaming love-in
"..."Cooperative Play," Aug. 31). A woman dressed as Ghost Widow from City of Villains hovers next to him, unsmiling..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Illegal Tender
A throwback to the Eighties crime dramas and Seventies blacksploitation films, this Latino action thriller about family ties and blood feuds rarely transcends clichés.
"...a throwback to the Eighties crime dramas and Seventies blacksploitation films but mostly drains these narrative wells without replenishing..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

One for the Girls
A tribute to Uncle John Turner.
"...Johnny Winter did, or like James Cotton, doing the black snake moan in his harmonica. The two of them..."

Aug. 13, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Juke Joint Blues
Blues Boy Hubbard strolls down Eastside Austin's Chitlin' Circuit memory lane
"...and Saturday nights, and when a picture preserves an all-black crowd dancing to the Rollettes, featuring Hubbard's longtime bandmate..."

July 13, 2007 Music Feature by Jonny Meyers

After a Fashion
Stephen drowned his sorrows in Houston after not being invited to that exclusive shindig at the Belmont. Perhaps they would have let him in if he donned one of those notorious Britney Spears hat-and-wig combos?
"...in to perform), we were forced to don a black veil and quietly leave town. The lucky bastards who..."

June 8, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

State Representative: Let's Hang the Artist!
Borris Miles decides he is the arbiter of taste and free speech at the Capitol.
"...The Widow Maker by Reinaldo A. Dennes (currently imprisoned in the..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Looking More Closely When Others Look Away
On directors examining structure, storytelling, and how pictures can move us
"...Fall From Grace includes an interview with a young widow who endured one of these protests, as well as..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Bikinis Bar & Grill’s French-Fry-Eating World Championship
"...last fall), as well as quotation-crazy eaters Sonya “the Black Widow” Thomas, Tim “Eater X” Janus, and “Humble” Bob..."

Jan. 25, 2007 Sports Post by Audra Schroeder

The Who
"...1982's It's Hard. "A Man in a Purple Dress," "Black Widow's Eyes," and Supreme Being "God Speaks of Marty..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Belles on Her Toes
Trying to shake Gene Tierney
"...18, "House Arrest." Hawkeye can't leave his tent (Frank's black eye), so movie night crams into "the Swamp." Onscreen,..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Documentary about Lennon's political activism and time spent in New York basks in the legend's presence but offers little new on the subject.
"...by the active participation in this film of his widow Yoko Ono, and all the messier aspects of Lennon’s..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

After the Storm
Austin's Louisiana exiles remain suspended between before and after
"...cousin in Baton Rouge, but Reed, who is a widow, makes the hour-and-15-minute trip to New Orleans daily to..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...schedules to ease traffic congestion. Perry campaign spokesman Robert Black mocked Strayhorn's proposal, saying it reads "like the script..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature

Richard III / The Rivals
In its rotating repertory of 'Richard III' and 'The Rivals,' the Austin Shakespeare Festival shifts between polar extremes: violent tragedy and frothy romance
"...to accept him fooling a child, much less the widow of a man he murdered or his royal peers,..."

March 17, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

New Year, Old Films
Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I
"...Most of what you'll find below are black-and-white. They are best seen that way: Beware of and..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Unfaithfully Yours
Had Hollywood not balked for nearly a decade in letting its first screenwriting superstar direct one of his stories, 'Unfaithfully Yours' might today be recorded as Sturges' directorial debut from 1932 / 33. Instead, it remains the modern Moliere's final treasure.
"...Verdoux a year earlier, Unfaithfully Yours casts a desperately black shadow with its humor. Composer Alfred Newman darkens the..."

July 15, 2005 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

DVDs
Ostensibly a kids show, the series' first season included jokes about draft evasion, strip clubs, and divorce
"...to be divorced. Instead, she became an impossibly well-adjusted widow who quits her job to sing in her kids'..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Feature by Greg Beets

Walk a Mile
The Texas Documentary Tour: Ramona Diaz's 'Imelda'
"...the $90-a-month government pension check she receives as the widow of a war veteran...."

Jan. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

White Noise
That droning sound you hear is White Noise.
"...approached out of the blue and led into the black by portly EVP fan Raymond Price (McNeice), who has..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips
The Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock is home to a tribute to one of Texas’ favorite sons and also provides a venue for international and local visual art exhibits
"...For a while he tried performing without the trademark black horn-rimmed glasses, but he couldn't see a thing. "He..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Love Is All Around
Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales
"...checkout. Dr. Matt Destruction is out of regulation Hives black and white, as is singer Howlin' Pelle Almqvist, who..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TCB
Lubbock or leave it, with Buddy Holly, the Flatlanders, and some dude who says he's James Dean's bastard son
"...where city officials presented recently passed Cricket Niki Sullivan's widow and son with a proclamation, and Allsup, the Holleys,..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

ST 37
Record Review
"...ST 37The Insect Hospital (Black Widow)ST 37The Secret Society (Blue Circle)..."

April 9, 2004 Music Review by Michael Chamy

TCB
One final SXSW missive
"...against Abers, drummer Jiro Yamaguchi, and manager Amy Sue Blackman-Romero still stood, but the number of "Free the Ozo..."

March 26, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers
Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only
"...year's "Need to Get Some," off Epitaph barn burner Black City, and has been a staple of the Austin..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Down and Dirty
Pasty people vs. pretty people, low budget vs. big budget, Peter Biskind vs. Robert Redford: the 20th annual Sundance!
"...flew to Cuba to show the film to Che's widow and also received a personal invitation to show the..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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