SXSW Film Review: Lily Topples the World

Prize-winning doc may be the perfect SXSW film

"...business success. That's why Documentary Feature Grand Jury prize-winner Lily Topples the World, about domino artist Lily Hevesh, may..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Waiting for the Fall as Lily Topples the World

Director Jeremy Workman holds his breath with a domino artist

"...referring to the setting of his new SXSW-selected documentary, Lily Topples the World...."

March 16, 2021 Screens Post by Shane Pfender

Lily Allen, Sheezus!

UK glamor girl turned mother of two upstages Stubb’s on Sunday

"...UK pop star Lily Allen brings glamor to Stubb’s Sunday. Stylish, outspoken, the..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Lily Tomlin, Citizen of Austin

The comedian on our town, Ann Richards, and getting hitched

"...For Lily Tomlin, who appears at the Paramount Theatre on Friday,..."

Feb. 27, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Lily Pad Farm Offers Free Aquaponics Seminar

Regional leader Adam Harwood shares technique

"...You might have read about Lily Pad Farm in the Farmers Market Report that appears..."

Jan. 15, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Getting Behind The Tender Bar With Lily Rabe and Tye Sheridan

The challenges of authenticity (and George Clooney's acting class)

"...somewhere between casual and businesslike. "Jenny Eagan," said star Lily Rabe, giving tribute to the film's costume designer. "She's..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ana Lily Amirpour on Her New Film The Bad Batch

Cannibals, cult leaders, and friendship

"...Writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour, whose first feature was the 2014 Iranian vampire,..."

June 23, 2017 Screens Feature by Lars Nilsen

Studio Visit: Lily Brooks

This photographer's move from Boston to Austin meant a change in the weather and more

"...A little over one year ago, photographer Lily Brooks moved to Austin for graduate school. August, as..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

Full Exposure: Lily Burana's "Strip City'

From Anchorage, Alaska, to New Jersey to Tijuana, Mexico, Lily Burana takes her readers inside the glitziest and seediest strip clubs in the nation in Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America. But Burana, who will be at BookPeople on Monday, October 1, at 7pm, is also armed with a good deal of feminist theory, research, and unflinching opinions about the sex-worker trade.

"...Farewell Journey Across America (Talk Miramax Books, $23.95), by Lily Burana, I know that I was wrong. Burana is..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily

Austin Playhouse's Sherlockian pastry may be light, but Jason Newman's Great Detective is seriously good

"...Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey LilyAustin Playhouse at Highland Mall, 6001 Airport www.austinplayhouse.com Through Dec...."

Dec. 5, 2014 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Field Guide Festival at Rain Lily Farm and Fiesta Gardens

A weekend celebration of all that's local & edible, coming this fall

"...dinner hosted at Steph Scherzer and Kim Beal’s Rain Lily Farm, with Austin’s female chefs, farmers, and winemakers presenting..."

July 13, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

ACL Review: Lily Allen

London musical millennial stages a sleepy pajama party

"...Lily Allen, born English theatrical royalty, should’ve been a rapper...."

Oct. 13, 2018 Music Post by Clara Wang

The Bad Batch

Ana Lily Amirpour's psychedelic Western

"...Directed by: Ana Lily Amirpour. Starring: Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Jim Carrey, Jayda..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Songcatcher

"...more befitting a vaudeville act. Janet McTeer plays Dr. Lily Penleric, a doctor of musicology teaching at a turn-of-the-century..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Thoroughbreds

America's class system goes under a bloody scalpel.

"...horse, a darkened stable, a knife. After that, only Lily (The Witch's Taylor-Joy) will even be seen around Amanda,..."

March 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Eagle vs Shark

Like Napoleon Dynamite, Eagle vs Shark is a little wisp of a movie, a lightweight feature loaded with montage and hung on the multidimensional performance of Loren Horsley as Lily.

"...lives of discarded apple cores who find love together. Lily (Horsley) is a fast-food cashier smitten with Jarrod (Clement),..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The House of Mirth

"...the story of two years in the life of Lily Bart (Anderson), a young socialite at the height of..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Grandma

Lily Tomlin leads a dynamic cast down roads less traveled

"...Directed by: Paul Weitz. Starring: Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer, Sam..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

The “world’s first Iranian feminist vampire spaghetti western” is a spooky doozy

"...Directed by: Ana Lily Amirpour. Starring: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan..."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Jury Awards Announced

The Fallout, Lily Topples the World take big wins

"...2021 Grand Jury prize winners, with The Fallout and Lily Topples the World taking top honors in the narrative..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Double Life of Liliane

This odd, beautiful book from Lily Tuck is part memoir, part novel, part poetry, part historical quilt

"...The Double Life of Lilianeby Lily Tuck Atlantic Monthly Press, 256 pp., $26..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Chinese women's relationships in the past and the present are told in parallel stories in this film based on Lisa See's bestselling novel.

"...Chinese custom. In the historical story, Snow Flower and Lily (played by Gianna Jun and Li Bingbing as adults)..."

July 29, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Case 39

Renée Zellweger stars as a social worker who protects a child whose family has created dark forces around her.

"...worker assigned to the hellishly problematic case of 10-year-old Lily Sullivan (Ferland, of Terry Gilliam's Tideland). Lily is a..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Across the Universe

Gearing up for a new national tour of her hit show The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Lily Tomlin took a few minutes to talk about connectedness -- her connectedness with The Search, with audiences, and with Austin.

"...not surprising about a conversation with the brilliant actress Lily Tomlin -- One: She laughs. Ever since Tomlin registered..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Assassination Nation

Dark satire lets social media tear us apart

"...four girls at a high school in Salem, Mass. Lily (Young) and her pals are implied to be the..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pan

Peter Pan origin story goes off the plank

"...roll-calls Tinker Bell, Smee, a premonitory tick-tock, and Tiger Lily, who’s played by the bizarrely miscast Rooney Mara; even..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Exception

WW II melodrama lacks a charismatic lead

"...Directed by: David Leveaux. Starring: Lily James, Jai Courtney, Christopher Plummer, Janet McTeer, Ben Daniels,..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Certain Women

Wonderful performances imbue this subtle drama

"...Laura Dern, James Le Gros, Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Lily Gladstone, Jared Harris, Rene Auberjonois and Sara Rodier...."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Desolation Angel

Ana Lily Amirpour on the cult of cinema

"...There's a timeless, otherworldly image in director Ana Lily Amirpour's mesmeric feature debut A Girl Walks Home Alone..."

June 26, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Tempest

Faraway-feeling Rain Lily Farm proves a perfect setting for the enchanted isle in Shakespeare's late romance

"...The TempestRain Lily Farm, 914 Shady www.presentcompanytheatre.com Through Nov. 1 Running time:..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

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