The Song of Sway Lake

Period family drama is evocative, if sometimes lacking in clarity

"...While not always dramatically successful, The Song of Sway Lake earns big points for originality. The film has..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sway: The Moo Sway Roasted Pork Shoulder Dinner

Family-style feast is fabulously delicious, yet awkwardly served

"...At the relatively new and always packed Sway Modern Thai restaurant on South First, they offer a..."

Aug. 8, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Sway Celebrates Thai New Year With Special Dishes

Songkran dishes augment regular menu

"...the coming of the New Year. The kitchen at Sway offers an enticing list of special menu items to..."

April 16, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

For One Week Only: Sway’s Seventh Anniversary Dinner Menu

This is a dining experience that’s worth, we daresay, Hollering about

"...And since chef Rene Ortiz opened the acclaimed restaurant Sway in the latter days of 2012, it’s now been..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A First Look at Sway in West Lake Hills

The neon lotus sigil expands its empire

"...with a third location, New Waterloo's modern Thai restaurant Sway is well on its way to building an empire,..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Food Column by Jessi Cape

Much Wine! Many Food! And Buzz Burger Debuts, Sway Goes West, It’s a Whole New Lunar Year, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...know our love for the excellent Thai cuisine of Sway is strong, and that we also have an occasional..."

Jan. 17, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Stay Gold Goes Long, Hard Luck Turns Sunny, Sway Is Hopped, Spread & Co. Gets Woodsy, TFM Celebrates Blackness, and – Oooh, Free Cheese?

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Ooookay. You know that the elegant Sway venue of Thai cuisine on South First has been..."

Feb. 3, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kaki Lima Pop-Up at Sway, Sunday Supper at Prelog's

Daily Austin food news

"...Sway is hosting their first ever pop-up with chefs Retno..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Last Chance to Sway the City Budget

Council prepares to debate, adopt $5.5 billion budget

Aug. 16, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Much Wine! Many Food! And Buzz Burger Debuts, Sway Goes West, It’s a Whole New Lunar Year, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

Jan. 20, 2023 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Stay Gold Goes Long, Hard Luck Turns Sunny, Sway Is Hopped, Spread & Co. Gets Woodsy, TFM Celebrates Blackness, and – Oooh, Free Cheese?

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

Feb. 5, 2021 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Turning

Henry James' creepy classic resurrected yet again

"...of the innocent Miles and the one under Quint's sway. Flickering between lost innocence and surly menace, under an..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Something something family something. The unkillable franchise lumbers on.

"...have existed in a narrative limbo. Death holds no sway in this universe; characters are never subtracted, only added,..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Stalingrad

3-D Russian film about the bloody Battle of Stalingrad.

"...city; flashbacks ensue.) Russian patriotism and military pride hold sway in Bondarchuk’s IMAX 3-D apocalypse, but so, too, does..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hitchcock

Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren keep things interesting but there's more here about the marriage and partnership of Hitchcock and Alma Reville rather than a good backstage look at the making of Psycho.

"...death, Hitchcock’s contradictions continue to hold us in his sway. Both a consummate showman and a savvy artist, Hitchcock..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moonrise Kingdom

Wes Anderson is back with another delightful movie about beautiful dreamers and full-time schemers.

"...elating contradiction perfectly in step with this ever-tender film's sway between antic and woebegone...."

June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Last Mountain

The case against mountaintop mining in the Coal River Valley of West Virginia in made in this passionate documentary.

"...this piece of advocacy journalism has the goods to sway any doubters. Nevertheless, The Last Mountain provides lots of..."

July 15, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Elegy

In this smart adaptation of Philip Roth's A Dying Animal, Ben Kingsley and Penélope Cruz turn the table on the standard May-December romance.

"...Consuela is not unlike the others who annually fall sway to his lust, yet there is a quality about..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brideshead Revisited

It's a film, not a miniseries, but this rendition's attention to the steep divides of class and religion in prewar England remains as sharply etched as ever.

"...it puts the frolicking aside to explore the insidious sway of Sebastian’s homestead of Brideshead, which is as much..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Amazing Grace

Unfortunately, what makes British abolitionist William Wilberforce a great man is also what makes him dull: his single-minded righteousness.

"...but he’s sorely lacking the political guile necessary to sway their opinions. For 20 years, our hero – a..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

L'Enfant

This Cannes Palme d'Or winner presents a maelstrom of grit, crime, poverty, and bureaucratic gridlock.

"...and squirms, and Sonia is too much in his sway. Everything around Bruno can be sold for a price,..."

May 5, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Rosenstrasse

Von Trotta puts a human face on 1943's Rosenstrasse uprising, one of the few public, and moreover, successful citizen protests against the power of the Nazi regime.

"...not only does von Trotta fail to capture the sway and drama of the Rosenstrasse resistance in this movie,..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Home at the End of the World

Michael Cunningham's novel is the basis for this story of a love triangle in which everyone's in love with Bobby (played by Colin Farrell).

"...looks on in horror, but there’s such a powerful sway about the sweet-natured Bobby that no one can resist..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

An authoritative film study of the career of the Little Tramp by the esteemed journalist Richard Schickel.

"...Austin next week at the Dobie) still somehow holds sway over the imagination of audiences like few, if any,..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bittersweet Motel

"...Isn't one Grateful Dead enough? There's little here to sway the anti-Phish crowds, but audiences unfamiliar with the band's..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dragon Chronicles

"...giddy openness to juvenilia in all forms is holding sway, this might be just your ticket...."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

"...to every other aspect of the production, mediocrity holds sway over all. Director Chappelle made a decent debut with..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Only the Strong

"...they get to kick and flip and jump and sway... frequently in slow motion. By and large, that's not..."

Sept. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Best Intentions

"...Trapped in turn-of-the-century Sweden, where a rigid class-system holds sway, Henrik finds himself running up against the indomitable will..."

Sept. 25, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monster in a Box

"...too precious and self-absorbed, Monster won't do anything to sway you from those beliefs...."

June 12, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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