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War movies are back ... but they don't make them like they used to.
"...will die, who will crack, who will rise to heroism or fall to cowardice. We invest our attention and..."
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Feb. 22, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
In Pro Arts Collective's admirable production of Having Our Say, the intimacy of the performing space and warmth of the show's two actresses make the experiences of the centenarian Delany sisters -- and the history they have lived -- come alive in a remarkably personal way.
"...Having Our Say: Heroism in a Quiet Living RoomSanta Cruz Center for Culture,..."
Oct. 12, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires
The Hightower Lowdown
Greedheads capitalize on terror; MBNA offers to "decrease" Jim's debt; and high-end garage sales.
"...the September 11 terrorist attacks produced beautiful acts of heroism by firefighters, the police, office workers, hijacked airline passengers,..."
Oct. 12, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower
Page Two
Our "Best of Austin" 2001 recognizes some heroes of daily life; the Chronicle celebrates its 20th anniversary with a number of upcoming special events.
"...had picked the theme of superheroes, and celebrating the heroism of everyday life and business never seemed more appropriate...."
Oct. 5, 2001 Column by Louis Black
Best of Austin 2001
"We Can Be Heroes, Just for One Day..."
"...2001 "Best of Austin" was a carefree take on Superheroism, something we felt might cheer up our town of..."
Oct. 5, 2001 Best of Austin Feature by Kate X Messer
The American Voice
Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections," and other new releases
"...Man and its heartfelt celebration of Charlie Bundrum's quiet heroism that extends to all the hard-working poor who might..."
Sept. 21, 2001 Books Feature by Mike Shea
Divided We Fall
"...enough for well-intentioned filmmakers to tell stories of simple heroism during the Holocaust -- stories about flawed people attempting..."
July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Burning Down the Sixties
They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and Museum, but after Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett explained that he was talking about James Ellroy, the demon dog of American literature, they graciously made an exception.
"...his usual outrageous rap to wax eloquent on the heroism and brilliance of Martin Luther King Jr. As we..."
June 29, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett
Summer Film Previews
Pearl Harbor: From Eternity to Here
"...But Pearl Harbor strives to deliver a larger theme: Heroism resides in the hearts of ordinary men and women,..."
May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Gabriel's Eye: A Novel
"...public stage of history because of an act of heroism, a heinous crime, or mortal sin." He clearly intends..."
May 25, 2001 Books Review by Katherine Catmull
How Robin Got His Groove Back
Musicologist Gillian Anderson has come to the rescue of Robin Hood, taking the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks film Robin Hood and restoring its original score. It's one of two dozen films from the earliest era of motion pictures for which Anderson has recovered, restored, or reconstructed the scores.
"...as he kneels before the lady. The music conveys heroism while he is acting like a bloody coward. While..."
Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Letters at 3AM
They may not truthfully reflect the way we live, but sometimes the big and small screen present honest explorations of the way we dream. The year 2000 gave us some exceptionally fine works in this regard.
"...the monstrous, and how despair may turn into a heroism that no one will notice but oneself or God,..."
Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura
Wages of Sin
"...become so fascinated by Busenberg's outlandish tales of patriotic heroism that she expressed interest in joining him on a..."
Dec. 1, 2000 Books Review by David Garza
To Ancient Troy (By Way of Denver)
Ancient Greece and modern Denver may seem an incongruous pairing, but in the new Greek epic Tantalus, produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, they prove a striking fit, creating a work that's heroic.
"...in recent years? Perhaps this: At the heart of heroism is selflessness, a decision -- a conscious effort, an..."
Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Armchair Adventures
"Good adventure books do the same thing as a good adventure," Chronicle writer Dan Oko writes in this roundup of recently published adventure books.
"...The White Death: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zoneby McKay Jenkins Random House, 216..."
Sept. 22, 2000 Books Feature by Dan Oko
Making Waves
Austin Screenwriter Bill Wittliff Discusses The Perfect Storm
"...Gail, how he writes a grand adventure, and the heroism of the ordinary man...."
June 30, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
Eating Between the Lines
Summer Reading, Culinarily Speaking
"...featuring political intrigue, bloody battles, and bold acts of heroism. More adventure tale than food history, Nathaniel's Nutmeg is..."
June 2, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit
As Much Magic as Fact
In the month since the much-hyped publication of Stephen Harrigan's historical novel The Gates of the Alamo, a visible restructuring of the public notion of the fort has seized the imagination of Texas.
Chronicle writer David Garza explains why.
"...'all Americans in the world' would not forget his heroism." It is due to Harrigan's skills as a researcher..."
March 24, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza
Excerpt from The Gates of the Alamo
In this excerpt from The Gates of the Alamo, the Texian forces at the Alamo, under the command of Jim Bowie and William Travis, have suffered the first cannon attacks from the newly arrived Mexican army.
"..."all Americans in the world" would not forget his heroism...."
March 24, 2000 Books Feature
Show and Tell
Spring Previews 2000
"...former Yugoslavia force them to deal with issues of heroism, prejudice, and death. (Mar. 10)..."
Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Fast, Cheap, & Out of Control
While the rest of the nation was rallying around the flag, screenwriter and director Sturges was spitting out a series of rapid-fire Hollywood comedies that showed untruth, injustice, inequality, corruption, chicanery, and illicit sex running rampant across this land from sea to shining sea.
"...bought, marriages are sold, and fictitious acts of wartime heroism are pulled like rabbits out of a hat. There..."
Jan. 14, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires
The Wild Bunch
"...A Nihilistic Worldview -- Heroism and innocence are in short supply in The Wild..."
Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Feature by Charles Ramirez Berg
Three Kings
This modern classic is a war movie with a conscience, an action movie with a funny bone, a caper movie with a shifting agenda.
"...shows how sedition can, indeed, be an act of heroism. Three Kings is a war movie with a conscience,..."
Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Exhibitionism
Mario Rendon Lozano: Art of the People
"...expressing isolation and solidarity, and undercutting an inflated romantic heroism. Lozano sees dignity in the lives of contemporary Mexicans..."
Aug. 27, 1999 Arts Review
TV Eye
"...was a sucker for those gentle stories of friendship, heroism, courage, faith, and hope. Of course, at the time,..."
Aug. 27, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Book Reviews
"...risked their lives to save Jews, not blowing their heroism off as the exception that proves the rule or..."
Aug. 20, 1999 Books Review
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
This is the American classic that uses the now-famous line: "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." Ford addresses the complexity of heroism in a poetic manner.
"...fact, print the legend." Ford addresses the complexity of heroism in a poetic manner...."
July 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
An Ideal Husband
The Oscar Wilde drama about deceit and honor is presented by a solid cast.
"...and he seems a delightfully dismal candidate for selfless heroism. Goring is, of course, the most decadent and delicious..."
July 2, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona
Kosovo's Danse Macabre
"...calling them "heroes," so impoverished has our idea of heroism become...."
May 14, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura
Better Too Much Than Not Enough
"...you'll get even more: his thoughts on ambition, performance, heroism, myth, on Tori Amos, Carl Jung, the Tao Te..."
