The Comebacks

A comedy spoof of inspirational sports films.

"...Movie, etc. – is so far from novel it almost makes you think there must be some philosophical basis..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Down We Go

Revisiting Renaissance man Robert Thom's prolific and hellish Hollywood visions

"...shot is synchronized with the soundtrack of Johnny Weissmuller's famous Tarzan call and the sound of drumming...."

Aug. 10, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Fall to Grace

Shot in Austin with a mostly local cast and buoyed by a fine, evocative score, Fall to Grace is a quiet little ensemble film that pulses with its own unique heartbeat.

"...she's only just discovering. Alexei, the son of a famous circus clown, works day-labor jobs to provide for his..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

New Year, Old Films

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

"...a rich family in a scavenger hunt. Soon, he's almost one of the family, if you can say that..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

TCB

The ACL festival is here. Time to hunker down.

"...any charges of placing corporate interests above Austinites' ludicrous. (Almost as crazy as queueing up for coffee on a..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Page Two

SXSW 2005 looms on the horizon

"...SXSW 2005 looms on the horizon almost exactly one month away. Schedules are emerging of acts..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Summer Schedule Highlights

"...his own composition, Bolero, which is simultaneously his most famous composition and one of his least representative. The other..."

June 4, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

For the People

Why Shostakovich, as played by the UT Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Kevin Noe, is better than 20 punk rock bands

"...Chicago, and San Francisco. These are places where the famous orchestras reside, where operas are premiered, and where famous..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

The Whole Universe Rocks

The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "Make It New" explores how modernism changed everything.

"...precisely than that gets tricky. Is modernism the fervid, almost putrescent emotionalism of expressionism or the steely, speedy lines..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Laurel Canyon

"...it, too); what a shift for this actress, most famous as the straight-talking sheriff in Fargo; and isn’t it..."

April 11, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

24 Hour Party People

"...the soon-to-be-legendary members of the tiny audience: There was almost no one there, he says, but every one went..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...progressions, it was all so precious, so wondrous! The famous camps, the famous campfires, the universal backbiting, the Eighties..."

June 14, 2002 Column

Rhyme & Reason

"...others. Not to be outdone, Los Angeleno Ice-T (most famous outside the hip-hop community for his incendiary, controversial “Cop..."

May 30, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Pills in the hand are worth a mouthful of Bush and some Texas Film Hall of Fame teasers are the tip of this week's dish iceberg.

"...seemed so ... well, trivial, and a columnist was almost afraid to dish the dirt about someone's personal life...."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Dead Man Blues

7-CD box set contains all anyone could ever want to know about Charley Patton.

"...Exactly why Patton was so popular -- famous enough to foster at least one imposter -- is..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...they will hurt us in the Legislature, this is "almost" protecting water quality, we need to move on to..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Column

Experience: A Memoir

"...details of Don DeLillo's divorce). As heir to a famous father, companion from childhood to the rich and gifted,..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Books Review by Katherine Catmull

Hippo Snouts and Hyena Eyeballs

Through the years, Mick Vann explains, just about every edible thing imaginable, and some stuff even the most jaded imagination can barely contemplate, has been used to gird the loins of the hapless horny male. Remember: It's almost always the guys who feel the need to produce seed.

"...before. Luckily for me, the solutions revealed themselves with almost no serious effort on my part. As a collector..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Food Feature by Mick Vann

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...left-fielder of the year, presently Ronny Cox is more famous for his work in films like Robocop, Total Recall,..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

The Last Fool of Chelm

How Nathan Englander Survives His New Fame

"...have never studied the stories that have made Englander famous, it surely comes as a shock that the praise..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Books Feature by David Garza

Day Trips

Eat barbecue for breakfast at Zimmerhanzel's BBQ in Smithville.

"...A legendary smoked meat maestro who once owned a famous eatery on Smithville's Main Street, Brazil was persuaded to..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

A Change of Scenery

What It Looks Like

"...Among this number is Rainey Street's most famous resident, former council member and Save Our Springs Alliance..."

July 16, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Record Reviews

Prince Paul

"...and trickles with a similar summertime symphony as that famous Beach Boy psurfedelic LP, but it's a summer sans..."

May 14, 1999 Music Review

Alternate Universes

"...sagas of history, though, he is sweetly spinning a lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-famous plot that even Fitzgerald might savor. The great strength..."

March 12, 1999 Books Feature

Spike & Mike's 1999 Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation

"...dulled, brief silence, preceded by the occasional gasp and almost always followed by a cathartic, explosive round of fidgety..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Flipping Your Whigs

"...for the cameraman, who couldn't find anyone else around famous enough to focus on (apparently this "Monica" person is..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

That Better Place

Choreographer Kate Warren and Her Crystal Eyes

"...that her dances "reveal the inner landscape." She was famous for creating narratives, and her stories always had a..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Just Can't Get Enough

More Summer Reading

"...nearly everything that's ever been made public about this famous Hollywood son. In his entertaining memoir Don't Tell Dad..."

June 12, 1998 Books Feature

Suburban Blight

Austinites' Escape to the 'Burbs Backfires

"...Orfield, a Minnesota state legislator, has become famous for illustrating - with reams of data and elaborate..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Sunday

"...in bad horror movies. She mistakes Oliver for a famous movie director named Martin Delacorta and he, emboldened by..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

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