Catherine Hardwicke Unloads With Miss Bala

Twilight director and UT grad heads across the border for new film

"...action dramas with her cross-border drug war drama Miss Bala...."

Jan. 31, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Miss Bala

Drug cartel action gets an unexpectedly glamorous makeover

"...majored in architecture at UT. Her latest film, Miss Bala, has a similarly obscured history...."

Feb. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Catherine Hardwicke Unloads With Miss Bala

Twilight director and UT grad heads across the border for new film

Feb. 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How Austin Made DC’s Blue Beetle Fly

Director and Fantastic Fest regular Ángel Manuel Soto reveals his own secret origin

"...(writer of the 2019 English language remake of Miss Bala) deals explicitly with the long, dark narrative of the..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lizzo, Beck Announced as SXSW Keynotes

Festival also adds cyberpunk pioneer Neil Stephenson

"...an idea written on an Austin napkin in 2018, Bala has changed the ultra-serious, exclusionary nature of the fitness..."

Feb. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Tharai Thappatai

Tamil musical drama

"...Directed by: Bala. Starring: Sasikumar, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Satish Kaushik. Not reviewed..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ACL Music Fest 2014 Friday Interviews – Second Weekend

4:15pm, Zilker stage

"...presents latest LP Vengo, airy sequel to 2012's La Bala...."

Oct. 10, 2014 Music Feature by Nina Hernandez

Spy Kids: Armageddon Starts Its Mission This September

Fifth film in Robert Rodriguez's series heads to Netflix

"...sized secret agents, and Gina Rodriguez (star of Miss Bala from former Austinite Catherine Hardwicke) and Zachary Levi (no..."

Aug. 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Take Five

Recommended at Cine las Americas

"...4) 'Bala Mordida'..."

April 22, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Antz

"...the time. When Z runs into a slumming Princess Bala (Stone) while cutting a metronomic rug at the local..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cactus Lee, Nemegata, Font, Grace Sorensen Set for the Chronicle’s Hair of the 3-Legged Dog Party

Freebie springtime standby returns to Hotel Vegas March 15

"...a Chronicle recommendation of “Ni Con Palo Ni Con Bala” read: “The song's mortal battle between capitalism and human..."

Feb. 29, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Nemegata's Folkloric Futurism Boosts Austin's Budding Colombian Music Scene

Local trio powers up its magnetic roots fusion in new release Voces

"...Riotous pandemic anthems "Ni Con Palo ni Con Bala" and "Aguantando," millennial Kid A jitters "El Brinco," and..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Being Dead’s Wild Western Chase and Five More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Nemegata, EXOTIC FRUITICA, Quiet Light, and more

"...sugar. – Carys Anderson Nemegata, “Ni Con Palo Ni Con Bala”..."

June 23, 2023 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Catherine Hardwicke Looks Harder at Don't Look Deeper

Twilight director solves the Quibi enigma for her new show

"...like Plush to the action telenovela energy of Miss Bala, but there's been a thick strand of unusual and..."

July 29, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trey Gutierrez's Top 10 Moments That Left Audiences Speechless in 2019

The year celebrated through moments when performers stunned their audiences into silence

"...1) JESÚS I. VALLES IN BALA.FRUTA./BULLET.FRUIT. (FuturX) Valles' pained musings on El Paso's Walmart massacre..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

Austin Asian American Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

The four-day festival drops 11 feature films and even more shorts

"...out in high-flying silicon valley, Chee and T (Sunkrish Bala and Dominic Rains) spend their days as bagmen and..."

Oct. 31, 2017 Screens Post by Reanna Zuniga

ACL Live Shot: Ana Tijoux

Chilean MC puts on a Spanish masterclass

"...on “Creo en Ti” and marched militaristic on “La Bala.” While the set leaned largely on new material, Tijoux..."

Oct. 4, 2014 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The DWI Dude Runs for A.G.

Jamie Balagia wants marijuana law reform, greater police accountability

"...there's a candidate quite like Libertarian Party nominee Jamie Balagia...."

Sept. 26, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...and spitting verbal bullets on the politically charged La Bala, Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux is back with a vengeance..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Veeram

Indian film.

"...Directed by: Sivia. Starring: Ajith Kumar, Tamannaah, Santhanam, Bala, Pradeep Rawat, Vidharth, Nasser and Ramesh Khanna. Tamil action..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Movie Review

Dining Out for New Year's Eve

"...seven-course menu using several techniques, with each highlighted ingredient balancing sweet, salty, sour, and umami, which means "savory" in..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Food Feature

Take Five

Recommended at Cine las Americas

April 22, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Won’t Stop Announcing Awesome Stuff

May the Schwartz be with all of us

"...forward at full speed, with humor and intelligent dialogue balancing out the horrors perpetrated by the vicious teens. Class..."

Sept. 8, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...“Blind Ambition” (USA, 95 min.) Writer: Alpesh Patel Director: Bala Rajasekharuni Cast: Christopher Atkins, Michelle Massey, Deep Katdare, Gulshan..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Bangin' Boogie

"...end. Even in death throes, political pepper spray like "Bala Perdida" and "Machine Gun" – plus the fútbol hooliganism..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Music Feature

New Power Structure Could Mean Curtains for KOOP The End is Near

"...before opposition had time to organize. Former station manager Bala Wong (formerly known as Jenny Wong, and controversially fired..."

March 5, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...Supporters: 1. Kerthy Fix 2. Alfredo Reza 3. Jenny (Bala) Wong*..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column