Stephen Harrigan
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Past articles by Stephen:
What an Obscure Childhood Experience Taught Me About the Nature of Memory
Passing through a desolate stretch of North Texas, I set an anchor in the sea of time. → Read More
Sculpting Through the Pandemic
I shape clay not to hone the skill but to escape a day job that’s all about honing. Like the philosopher Laozi, I find the value of my handiwork comes from what’s not there. → Read More
Woody Harrelson's Performance in 'LBJ' Might Just be the Definitive LBJ
Now it’s Woody Harrelson’s turn to play our thirty-sixth president on-screen. Why can’t we get enough of a man once regarded as utterly devoid of glamour? → Read More
They Came From the Sky
In this exclusive excerpt from Stephen Harrigan’s forthcoming history of Texas, the first Spanish conquistadors arrive on our shores, starving, haggard, and in no mood for conquest. → Read More
They Came From the Sky
In this exclusive excerpt from Stephen Harrigan’s forthcoming history of Texas, the first Spanish conquistadors arrive on our shores, starving, haggard, and in no mood for conquest. → Read More
The Rise of Margo Martindale
After decades under the radar, Margo Martindale has turned herself into that rarest of things: a famous character actor. → Read More
John Wayne's Texas Ties
No, John Wayne wasn’t from here. But that hasn’t stopped us from claiming him as one of our own. → Read More
Fandango: An Appreciation
The hopelessly devoted, surprisingly normal, not at all creepy cult of Fandango. → Read More
The Latest Installment is the Most Superior Yet
“Texas Rising” might even be good. → Read More
We Have Minutiae, But Where is the Nuance?
Usually the devil is in the details, but with “Texas Rising,” the broad brush strokes are more troubling. → Read More
The Very Blurry Line Between Fact and Fiction
Texas Rising has taken historic liberties that have undermine rather than enhance the narrative momentum of the story. → Read More
That Sinking Feeling
Don’t invite a history buff to your "Texas Rising" viewing party. → Read More
Who's That Guy?
Will Marco Perella’s portrayal of a loathsome jerk in Richard Linklater’s Boyhood turn out to be the biggest break of his long, low-profile career—or just another paying gig? → Read More
Reel Life
Watch any footage from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, and you’ll find yourself mesmerized by the unfreezing of time. → Read More
A Double Date With Leatherface
Forty years later, I still can’t forget sitting in a darkened theater to watch “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” with the movie’s leading man. → Read More
Cowboys of the Gulf
Sure, you can catch an awesome wave on the Texas coast, you just have to be patient. And clever. And patient . . . → Read More
Before the McConaissance
Searching for signs of greatness in the tepid rom-coms of this year’s best actor. → Read More
Dreaming in the Dark
Nearly everything about moviegoing has changed since I first fell in love with the big screen as a kid. But my ardor remains. → Read More
Where Is My Home?: Page 5 of 8
A culinary obsession that began decades ago in my grandmother’s kitchen sent me on a quest through Central Texas (and way beyond) for kolaches—not the best ones but the ones that would lead me to myself. → Read More
Coppini the Great
Pompeo Coppini’s heroic sculptures and European air were just what Texas’ fledgling gentry was hungry for in 1901. Since then his name has faded from memory, but his works endure. → Read More