The Box

Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly goes for full-fledged suspense in this studio thriller.

"...story by original Twilight Zone scribe Richard Matheson, The Box is a convoluted and capricious morality tale that cobbles..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Box Sets/Reissues

The Disco Box

"...More book than box per se, The Disco Box, compiled by Billboard and..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature

Monster in a Box

"...comic sense and narrative timing. In Monster in a Box, Gray manages to draw on these same talents to..."

June 12, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How the Caja China Roasting Box Got Its Nicknames

Hot box cooking method delivers delectable pork

"...a "Cajun microwave." It's a rectangular wooden or metal box with a tight fitting lid. Smoke and the mouthwatering..."

June 25, 2013 Food Post by Mick Vann

Box of Moonlight

"...among a phantasmagoria of detritus, pilfered lawn ornaments and boxes of moonlight. The Kid lures Al into a series..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chinese Box

"...for a fan of Wang's earnestly humane cinema, Chinese Box is likely to invoke yet another image: a slightly..."

May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

"...Eagle Shooting Heroes. And while this two-part epic (Pandora's Box, the first installment, plays this weekend; the second film,..."

May 19, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Elizabeth Street Cafe Is Offering a Taste of Things Themed Macaron Box for Valentine’s Day

Buy a box, enter to win a four-course Drafthouse film feast

"...purchase their new The Taste of Things film-inspired macaron box in collaboration with IFC Films...."

Feb. 13, 2024 Screens Post by Naina Srivastava

Uh-oh, the Rick & Morty Box Set Is On Its Way

There's some kind of a pickle in here somewhere, isn't there?

"...The problem is that a Rick & Morty DVD box set will be released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment..."

Jan. 20, 2021 Screens Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Billy Bragg

In Box

"...Bragg playing a schoolroom in Sandinistan Nicaragua. Ultimately the box would have benefited from a more comprehensive set of..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions (Blue Note)..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

Getting Outside the Box

Will City Council decide to give job applicants with criminal records a "fair chance"?

"...refusing to consider all applications with checked criminal history boxes, but they're allowed to decide that they don't want..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

More Big-Box Brawling

Battle brewing in Lakeway over putting big-box store on city-owned land

"...A battle is brewing in Lakeway over putting a big-box store on city-owned land on State Highway 71, land..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Put That in Your Big Box and ...

Activist groups beg to differ with the city's big-box report

"...to ask for a study of the impact of big-box retail, it seemed clear what such a study would..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

TILT Performance Group's Pandora: Life Outside the Box

This world premiere of Allen Robertson's musical releases kindness and joy into the world

"...a lid on her own curiosity or on the box given to her by Zeus, thus unleashing on the..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Good Eye: Tales From the Minority Box

Women of color talk about the casting bias

"...and II of this series ("Tales From the Beauty Box," Feb. 20, "Tales From the Quirky Box," Feb. 27),..."

March 6, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Good Eye: Tales From the Quirky Box

More side-eye examination of "quirky" female film roles

"...the actors I interviewed for "Tales From the Beauty Box," Feb. 20, Beeler doesn't often get called in to..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

David Box: Box on sax

An Austin musician takes Adolphe Sax's horn back to its classical roots

"...as an instrument for playing classical music. But David Box is doing his bit to change that. This weekend,..."

March 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: Thinking Outside the Box

Stacy Mitchell examines the megaretail culture and the tools required to dismantle it

"...My favorite anecdote in Stacy Mitchell's new book, Big-Box Swindle, is self-referential. Discussing the buying power of the..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: The Big-Box Big Deal

Little things mean a lot, but design standards aren't simply superficial

"...souls than you have spent Mad March cogitating over big-box retail and its discontents. City staffers, consultants, boards and..."

April 2, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Good Eye: Tales From the Beauty Box

Side-eyeing the confines of female film roles

"...From Orlando) put it this way: "You have your box, and you have to be your box. You're not..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Video Box Sets

"...2001: A Space Odyssey..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Good Eye: Tales From the Aging Box

Two actresses opine on when the only opportunity left is to play a mother. (Or a grandmother.)

"...I've interviewed for this series ("Tales From the Beauty Box," Feb. 20, "Tales From the Quirky Box," Feb. 27,..."

March 13, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Austin @ Large: Big-Box Breakdown

Impact? What impact? The city's slothful retail strategy.

"...week and asked one VIP to comment on the big-box retail study presented to the City Council last week...."

July 9, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Big-Box Ban Bollixes Up Lowe's Plans

The City Council's moratorium slows down the hardware giant's settlement deal

"...A 45-day moratorium on big-box retail projects over the Edwards Aquifer has thrown a..."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

A Big Box Full of Big Boxes

The latest on the Wal-Mart, Lowe's, and Eckerd's controversies

"...economic, social, and environmental impact of Wal-Mart and other big-box retailers' expanded presence in Austin. The council will vote..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Review: Penfold Theatre’s Box

Audacious retelling of an equally audacious life

"...That risk is high in Box, King and Penfold’s reimagining of the life and times..."

June 28, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Follow the Bouncing Big Box

Amended version of Big Box Ordinance bounces back down from council to the Planning Commission, hangs in review limbo

"...An amended version of the Big Box Ordinance has bounced back down from council to the..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Here a Box, There a Box, Everywhere a Big Box

One Lowe's, two Wal-Marts, and three sets of angry Southside citizens

"...particular dispute is the least publicized of the three big-box battles currently playing out south of Ben White. More..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Beatles

"...in its dichotomy. Differences between the Beatles' two behemoth box sets of remastered catalog play out like Civil War..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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