Voyager

"...This relatively straightforward adaptation of Max Frisch's novel, Homo Faber, scripted by Rudy Wurlitzer, tells the story of a..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Under the Skin

Scarlett Johansson is the blank alien who prowls for earthmen in this spare and disorienting genre smash-up.

"...a minimal amount of story come from author Michael Faber’s 2000 novel, this is Glazer’s most hyperstylized and unnerving..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Next Step

"...Directed by: Christian Faber. Starring: Rick Negron, Kristin Moreu, Denise Faye, Taylor Nichols,..."

April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Turning the Page on the Year in Books

New works by Cormac McCarthy and Sarah Bird make for a memorable year in literature

"...The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music (Faber & Faber, 560 pp., $30). The anything-but-flamboyant musician has..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu

Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton

"...Want You to Give Me Enough Time," drummer Jacob Faber shovels leftover spaghetti made by guitarist/singer Nick Kivlen's mom...."

May 24, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin Film Festival: 'Caveman'

October 26, 2013. 9 photos.

"...Writer/Director Herschel Faber..."

Oct. 27, 2013 Photo Gallery

How Sassy Changed My Life: A Love Letter to the Greatest Teen Magazine of All Time

In the early Nineties, for women and girls looking for an alternative to waxy, vanilla-scented teen mags, there was really one choice

"...Faber and Faber, 128 pp., $18 I admit trying one..."

July 6, 2007 Books Review by Audra Schroeder

Mike Figgis

Digital Filmmaking

"...Faber and Faber, 158 pp., $13 (paper) I can't help..."

June 8, 2007 Screens Review by Spencer Parsons

Lingering on the Beloved Characters of 'What Ever'

Talking with Heather Woodbury about the people in her eight-hour performance novel, What Ever.

"...into a novel, which has just been published by Faber and Faber Inc. Reading that could be an entirely..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Arts Feature by Heather Barfield Cole

The Invasion Handbook

Paulin has been publishing good poetry for more than 25 years, but the rest of his background -- as a scholar of literature, as an essayist, and as a deeply political writer -- serves him well as he journeys across a large physical and mental landscape of rich historical and literary allusion.

"...Faber & Faber, 208pp. $22 A recent fit of ambition..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Books Review by Tim Walker

Review: Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music by Philip Watson

A deep read into one of America’s most versatile guitarists

"...Who Changed the Sound of American Musicby Philip Watson Faber & Faber, 560 pp., $30..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Benjamin Markovits' Christmas in Austin

In this novel of a family gathering for the holidays, Austin serves as a mirror for the characters, and perhaps for the reader

"...day of the year. Christmas in Austinby Benjamin Markovits Faber & Faber, 320 pp., $25.95..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Who I Am

The Who's heart and soul for 500 pages.

"...corner of London, his work as an editor at Faber and Faber, and his love of the water. He..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Toland

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...incandescent first chapter of Gabrielle Hamilton's memoir Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef (Random..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever

Punk, hip-hop, disco, salsa – all born in five short years in New York

"...in New York That Changed Music Foreverby Will Hermes Faber and Faber, 384 pp., $30..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India

TBF capsule reviews: 'The Beautiful and the Damned'

"...Damned: A Portrait of the New Indiaby Siddhartha Deb Faber & Faber, 272 pp., $26..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music

The British folk revival, again

"...Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Musicby Rob Young Faber and Faber, 672 pp., $25 (paper)..."

July 15, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...in love with Nicole Krauss' Great House (W.W. Norton & Company) for three-quarters of the book, until I snagged..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Soul Mining: A Musical Life

Sonic architect adapts his South by Southwest keynote speech

"...Soul Mining: A Musical Lifeby Daniel Lanois Faber and Faber Inc., 217 pp., $26 (paper)..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Longlist for Man Booker Prize Announced

A dozen authors - including some repeat performers - make the cut

"...Peter Carey: Parrot and Olivier in America (Faber and Faber)..."

July 27, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

In Print: The Great Stars Series

David Thomson brings both film scholarship and fandom to these slim summaries of stars Bette Davis, Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, and Ingrid Bergman

"...Cooper (Great Stars) Bette Davis (Great Stars)by David Thomson Faber and Faber Inc., $14 each (paper)..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Was It Good for You?

The year in books

"...Most critics called the history-bending novel Homer & Langley (Random House) lesser E.L. Doctorow, but most critics,..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

An Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides

Call it anti-canon: This terrific new translation goes the distance from breathless to brutish to keening

"...Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripidestranslated by Anne Carson Faber & Faber, 272 pp., $27..."

April 24, 2009 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

Digging for Dirt: The Life and Death of ODB

Sheet music

"...Dirt: The Life and Death of ODBby Jaime Lowe Faber and Faber Inc., 273 pp., $25..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music

"...the Search for the Next American Musicby Amanda Petrusich Faber and Faber, 290 pp., $25..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death, and Country Music

"...Back Home: Love, Death, and Country Musicby Dana Jennings Faber and Faber, 257 pp., $24..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Joe Strummer: 'Punk Rock Warlord'

"...Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer, courtesy of Faber & Faber, all 600-plus detailed pages of it, is..."

May 15, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Best Books of 2006

"...of Christian Nationalism (Norton), Michelle Goldberg; Altman on Altman (Faber & Faber), edited by David Thompson...."

Jan. 5, 2007 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Rock & Roll Books

Gift Guide

"...Faber & Faber, 285 pp., $35..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

22, Two

The Austin Museum of Art has lined up the next 22 local artists that we ought to keep our eyes on

"...Jonathan Faber..."

May 20, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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