'Ida,' Ho!

Gilbert & Sullivan's 'Princess Ida' makes her Austin debut

"...Princess Ida. Not a title that's in heavy rotation on the..."

June 13, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Ida

Concisely but with great depth, this Polish film explores questions of individual and national identity.

"...life-altering news with her niece: Anna’s real name is Ida and she is a Jew born to parents who..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ida Lupino, Actress

"...Large, luminous, and widely setapart, Ida Lupino's eyes were her greatest asset in creating screen..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Screens Feature by Charles Nafus

Ida Lupino, Director

"...luck -- good and bad -- were responsible." -- Ida Lupino, 1967..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Screens Feature by Cassandra Knobloch

BLK ODYSSY Caught in Ida’s Severe New Jersey Flooding

Austin band launch fundraiser for lost instruments and gear

"...BLK VINTAGE, encountered the terrifying flash flooding from Hurricane Ida last night...."

Sept. 2, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Vincere

The long-scuttled tragic story of Ida Dalser, the first wife of Benito Mussolini, and the child she bore him, is brought to the screen with arresting style by the Italian director Marco Bellocchio.

"...Pierobon. The long-scuttled tragic story of the lives of Ida Dalser, the first wife of Benito Mussolini, and their..."

April 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love Is All You Need

Danish Oscar-winner Susanne Bier lightens her tone with this grown-up romantic comedy that stars Pierce Brosnan.

"...in Mamma Mia!, a certain amount of comparison seems unavoidable, as the viewer might occasionally fear that the actor..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Breaking Surface

Underwater survival thriller scales down the disaster movie but not the tension

"...professional diver sticking around for Christmas while her sister, Ida (Gammel), visits the family home for Christmas. She's headed..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Missive to the Ending Year

Letters at 3AM

"...of threat is always in the air, unforgettable and unavoidable. Quickly, you took on a personality, the way storms..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Still Breathing

"...the collages are never quite right. But his grandmother, Ida (Holm) who was herself a chosen one, helps him..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

All the Way to State

A high school play contest might not sound like a big deal, but it is to the 18,000 students in 1,200 schools across Texas who participate in the state's UIL one-act play every year -- and here's a look at why.

"...memorizing lines, forget the weeks eaten up with rehearsals (Friday nights and Sundays, too!) and the 5am wake-up calls..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

She Said

The journalistic investigation of Harvey Weinstein gets the rage but not the tension

"...basis of this fictionalized retelling. Adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Ida) and directed by Maria Schrader (who won an Emmy..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cold War

Love and history in the ruins of post-World War II Europe

"...uncertain intentions. And like his Oscar-winning Best Foreign Film Ida, Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War is filmed in black and..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Marjorie Baumgarten's Top 10 List

"...3)Ida This unforgiving Polish drama reminds us that the present..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Sagebrush, Friday 11..."

June 11, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

How Oscar Nominee Lukasz Zal Made Us Look at Cold War

Academy-lauded cinematographer on shooting black-and-white truths

"...writer/director Pawel Pawlikowski in 2010 on another historical drama, Ida. Originally intended to be that film's camera operator, he..."

Feb. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Promised Land

Wildly ahistorical Danish epic adds an intriguing level of court intrigue and class aspiration to a familiar plot.

"...But in Arcel's version (adapted from Ida Jessen's 2020 novel, Kaptajnen og Ann Barbara), the enemy..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Godland

Faith and photography lead to disaster in this Icelandic drama

"...His arrival awakens something in Danish transplant Anna (Sonne, Holiday), and a romance immediately ignites between them. Sonne’s performance..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week

Spirit Adrift, Luvencie, Jonathan Terrell, American Friend, TSO Jrag with Quin NFN, and Rod Gator

"...As Hurricane Ida barreled down on Louisiana last month, Rod Gator (new..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Slabs, Screw, and Stories from the Country: Deezie Brown & EC Mayne Soundtrack Bastrop County

Candy Blue Like Screw reclaims Texas rap heritage

"...of the Austin metro area's 2 million-plus population. Barbecue, Friday night lights, and Bible Belt values typecast the community..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Resurrection of Gavin Stone

A former actor finds faith in his hometown

"...Last Days in the Desert, and Paweł Pawlikowski’s Oscar-winning Ida, not to mention Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson’s combustible..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Break Into the Future

It's a new day for chamber music, as the Austin Chamber Music Festival shows

"...String Quartet performing Mozart, Miró Quartet performing Schubert, and Ida Kavafian and Peter Serkin playing three Beethoven violin sonatas,..."

July 3, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Leviathan

This Oscar nominee for best Foreign Language film exudes existential Russian angst in cinematic form.

"...Best Foreign Language Film category (it lost to Poland’s Ida) lives up to its title and then some...."

Feb. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Boyhood Nominated for Six Oscars

Academy singles out Linklater, Adair, Arquette, Hawke

"...Ignorance), Emmanuel Lubezki The Grand Budapest Hotel, Robert Yeoman Ida, Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski Mr. Turner, Dick Pope..."

Jan. 15, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations Announced

Boyhood, Kumiko earn multiple nods

"...to the director.) Force Majeure (Sweden) Director: Ruben Östlund Ida (Poland) Director: Pawel Pawlikowski Leviathan (Russia) Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev..."

Nov. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Shining Star: Dripping Springs Conquers Light Pollution

Ranch town awarded for outdoor lighting ordinance

"...The IDA is hoping that the city of Dripping Springs can..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Brandon Watson

Lebanon Calling

The Lebanese connection: ACL booker Charles Attal's bond with Zilker Park

"...Zilker and his wife, the former Ida Pecht, who grew up in Austin's Germantown neighborhood (Red..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

All Over Creation: Ode to Joy

In a week's worth of creative endeavors, delight proves illuminating

"...It all started with Princess Ida, the latest in an almost four-decade string of productions..."

June 28, 2013 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Summertime Blues

Auditioning for the blues – at band camp!

"...have emphasized Etta James, he chooses instead the gutsy Ida Cox...."

June 22, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Brief History of Food Radio

How it all began

"...the 1930s through the '50s included "The Nation's Homemaker," Ida Bailey Allen; Mary Margaret McBride, an eminent radio journalist..."

July 15, 2011 Food Feature by MM Pack

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