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'House of Cards': Netflix and the Reinvention of TVnew
A skeleton unearthed beneath a parking lot in Leicester is, according to DNA analysis, the physical remains of Richard III, the Plantagenet king vilified by William Shakespeare.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
02-13-2013 |
TV
Tags: David Fincher, House of Cards
Marion Cotillard shines on trite 'Rust and Bone'new
For most of Rust and Bone, Marion Cotillard plays a legless woman. Though the corporeal deficiency is a hardship for the character, Stéphanie, an orca trainer whose limbs are amputated after she is attacked by a whale, it is a boon to the actor.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
01-16-2013 |
Movies
'Ebenazio' is Jump-Start's comical gift of the seasonnew
Three things that no sane adult would want to go near throughout this season of institutionalized jollity: a shopping mall, a bowl game, and A Christmas Carol. "Bah, tonterías," says Ebenezer Scrooge in a Spanish translation of his derisive dismissal of Yuletide sentimentality.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
12-05-2012 |
Theater
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A Troubling Portrait of Scientologynew
In his new book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Austin-based journalist Lawrence Wright weaves tales of abuse with stories from numerous ex-members of the Church of Scientology.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-07-2013 |
Books
Tags: Lawrence Wright
Best of Flash Fiction: October 2012new
The fairy tale is a timeless tale. But we love to update, rearrange, reconfigure the familiar to make it new and more applicable, but the beautiful sometimes horrifying center still quivers, groans, and blushes (albeit what we consider to be the "center" shifts with time). Johanna DeBiase proves this with intelligence, humor, and creative insight in her "Time Upon Once: 3 Tales."
San Antonio Current |
Lyle Rosdahl |
10-31-2012 |
Original Work
Rebozos weaves women's stories from two languagesnew
In an era when books are being banned, hers included, San Antonio's poet laureate Carmen Tafolla is mindfully doing what she does best: documenting the lives of those whose hard work and fierce spirit offer the preceding generations shoulders upon which we unwaveringly, if not consciously, stand.
San Antonio Current |
Laurie Ann Guerrero |
10-31-2012 |
Books
Halloween brings three terrifying tomes to die fornew
Due to social obligations that include handing out gift coupons and checking apples for needles, Halloween is perhaps best handled by just being haunted by a book.
San Antonio Current |
Roberto Ontiveros |
10-26-2012 |
Fiction
Tags: Justin Cronin
A cheater's guide to lovenew
Despite all the TV jokes about New Jersey, it has long been the bedrock for our best writers — from Dorothy Parker and Philip Roth to William Carlos Williams and Allen Ginsberg — and don't forget the Boss, Bruce Springsteen. Now add Junot Díaz to that illustrious list.
San Antonio Current |
Gregg Barrios |
09-16-2012 |
Books
