Council: A Toy Store Full of Puzzles

The mayor’s Downtown Puzzle proposal returns to Council this week

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Arlo & Julie Puzzles Over Love

The Arlo & Julie team puts the pieces together

May 8, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: Budget Puzzles

Before your eyes glaze over, a few matters for consideration

May 18, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Wordplay

A documentary about crossword puzzles and their ardent fans, with specific focus on the daily puzzles in The New York Times; their editor, Will Shortz; and the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

"...see him here in Wordplay, a documentary about crossword puzzles and their ardent fans, with specific focus on the..."

June 23, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Escape Room

Six actors in search of an exit

"...(Russell) is a college student with a head for puzzles and an empty social calendar. When she receives a..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Puzzle

The pretty pieces don't all fit in this jigsaw-solving drama

"...discovers she has an aptitude for rapidly solving jigsaw puzzles, and the revelation of her special talent gradually frees..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Prince Avalanche

Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch co-star in David Gordon Green's pleasing backcounty dramady, whose tone is heightened by its setting in burned-out Bastrop, Texas.

"...the existential depth of a head-scratcher. The film entertains, puzzles, and strays outside the lines...."

Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Angels & Demons

The chase is on, but there's no Holy Grail to be found in this suspenseless trail of decoded symbols.

"...boogly men in vestments, foreign-speaking lady sidekicks, and elaborate puzzles teased in dead languages. What doesn't carry over? Hanks'..."

May 15, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lady Vengeance

The South Korean master of revenge dramas, Park Chan-wook, offers another entertaining puzzle of emotional nuance, riotous color, and bloody hell.

"...and spiritual simplistics. His is a world of enigmatic puzzles and fragments of human debris that only coalesces into..."

June 30, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Exhibitionism

The Cyclical Night: Puzzles in Moonlight

"...From all appearances, The Cyclical Night is a work..."

April 9, 1999 Arts Review

Equinox

"...It is not even always rewarding. Yes, there are puzzles to be solved but the process must become part..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hairdresser's Husband

The Hairdresser's Husband is a tightly knit, though slight, tale told in the best of humor. It's the story of despair bred by utter happiness. The story of this marriage begins with the husband's childhood in which he developed an adolescent crush on the town's buxom barber and also a severe case of jock itch thanks to the red wool bathing trunks his mother made him wear. Freud would not approve.

"...his only occupation seems to be filling in crossword puzzles and watching his wife work. And what of her?..."

Sept. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

So 'Wrong,' but So Right

Quentin Dupieux on plots, puzzles, and police

"...While Dupieux denies it is a sequel, the same puzzles and digressions inevitably await. Dupieux says, "When you try..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Unlocking the Joys of Austin’s Puzzle Rooms

Escape rooms bring the solitary diversions to life

"...mission: to find clues and solve a series of puzzles that lead you to the key that allows you..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Majcher

Gift Guide: Puzzle Me This

Jigsaw joints of Asian food, jigsaw japes that Hurt so good

"...No, we’re talking about: Jigsaw puzzles...."

Dec. 11, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Exhibitors Not to Miss at the SXSW Creative Industries Expo

Make a beeline for these booths on the last day of the expo

"...if you find yourself wandering aimlessly through the exposition. Puzzles of Color..."

March 16, 2022 SXSW Post by Ikram Mohamed

Share Some Truth, Justice, and Sustainability With These Civic-Minded Gifts

Keep the holidays real

"..."Sunpot"). www.growthindecay.com/products/dajve-tee. – Lina Fisher Austin History Center Digital Jigsaw Puzzles..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

After a Fashion

Stephen finds reality TV unrealistic

"...a remedial puzzle-solving seminar, while others demonstrated that doing puzzles may be their crowning achievement. Those who finish the..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Public Notice

Ceaco

"...car tracks, Turbo Ranger Zords, piano type keyboards, jigsaw puzzles, Nerf basketball/goals, shirts, pants, music tapes, Legos, skateboards, and..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

“Mustard Man” Bijan Robinson Dishes on the Opportunities and Dangers of NIL in College Sports

One college athlete's unique path to getting paid

"...Star Wars, talk about Star Wars. If you love puzzles, talk about puzzles. Whatever it is that makes you..."

March 13, 2023 SXSW Post by Eric Goodman

Escape the Field

Labyrinthine thriller knows to just follow the old map

"...not to do too much, instead letting the half-baked puzzles and vague gestures at worldbuilding give the film its..."

May 6, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Small Screen, Big Games at Zynga

From harvesting crops to dueling lightsabers, the Austin-based developer has created games to get you through the pandemic

"...titles like Words With Friends, Zynga Poker, Harry Potter Puzzles & Spells, CSR Racing, or its dozens of casino-style..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Feature by Tom Cheredar

Dark Web: Cicada 3301

Online conspiracy theory gets a conspiracy movie makeover

"...the bizarre Cicada 3301, where a mysterious group dropped puzzles for codebreakers online, only to trigger increasingly baroque conspiracy..."

March 12, 2021 Movie Review

Fantastic Fest Returns to Celebrate Itself

Global genre gathering announces streaming lineup

"...real excitement is the history of Crowley's mysteries and puzzles. This house has been famous throughout history as there..."

Sept. 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Starfish

The end of the world becomes a powerful, music-driven metaphor for grief, loss, and healing

"...don't have all the pieces, and pieces from other puzzles appear (Grace's death is not the only loss with..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...Montopolis Negro School. "Council: A Toy Store Full of Puzzles," Sept. 29...."

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature

Arlo & Julie

Steve Mims concocts a mischievous story about a happy, if rudderless Austin couple

May 8, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Frances Ha

There's a tour de force performance by Greta Gerwig and no small amount of magic in this winning movie by Noah Baumbach about a generation in flux.

"...her boyfriend toward girl talk in the bathroom, Sophie puzzles, “Are we still doing that?”) Their physical separation charts..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Robot & Frank

This weird, winning little movie explores what happens to the essential self as the memory goes.

"...long-closed diner – “I ate there last week,” Frank puzzles anew, the disappointment always fresh – and he also..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Hightower Report: Propagandizing School Kids

Many kids are reading about the wonders of GMOs in school

"...classes. It's filled with colorful images, friendly cartoon faces, puzzles, and more!..."

July 13, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

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