Nora's Will

This Mexican award winner is a melodrama with a darkly comic streak about a Jewish woman who masterminds her family's lives even after her death.

"...to her bed to commit suicide. What follows is almost a comedy of errors that begins when the rabbi..."

May 27, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

12

Essentially a Russianized version of the courtroom drama 12 Angry Men, 12 is a moral powerhouse that's both intellectually riveting and indescribably poetic.

"...bonus of being simultaneously intellectually riveting and, at times, almost indescribably poetic. It's one of the most elliptically lovely..."

April 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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.

"...of the end of the dream. For otherwise, it's almost as if the boy never grew up -- as..."

Sept. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The Wind Will Carry Us

"...countrymen like Dariush Mehrjui and Bahman Ghobadi, this spare, almost storyless film won't please every palate. It inches forward..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

After a Fashion

Stephen takes off the gloves, throws down the gauntlet, and whips out the wire hangers. Dang.

"...Couture Fashion Show. The show was put on by Almost Impatient (www.almostimpatient.com), a production team composed of hairdressers, make-up..."

May 12, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Well Riverside and Congress is finally all clear. So now Stephen can go out and be fabulous at all these incredible Valentine's and early springtime happenin's!

"...beginning at 7pm, Orbit Salon (500 W. 18th), and Almost Impatient are working together to raise money for Top..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Stephen trips the bright lights (big titties) fantastic!

"...to www.elysiumonline.net for details… Sun., May 7, 7-9pm, the Almost Impatient Salon Team of artists dedicated to hair, make-up,..."

April 28, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...boyish. His heavy-lidded, hooded eyes -- at times he almost looks Filipino, or maybe Native American -- keep time..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Revenant

Iñárritu’s Western loses the forest for the trees, but oh, what trees

"...The most punishing movie of 2015, The Revenant, is almost as brutal an experience for the viewer to watch..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Terrifier 2

More gore as the indie horror smash gets an even grislier sequel

"...There’s one particular extended scene of brutality here that almost makes the infamous hacksaw murder from the first film..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Cast a Giant Shadow

Evaluating the mayoral legacy of Kirk Watson

"...Goodman, "I know people sometimes thought he was too impatient, went too fast, but I think because he is..."

Nov. 23, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Matthew McConaughey: Lone Star Rising

The Luck of the Drawl

"...of smog boils into something shiny and mean and almost solid...."

Sept. 1, 1995 Screens Feature by Matt Zoller Seitz

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...I couldn't take another one. The last one almost killed me...."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Bizarre Talents

The strange road to success of former Austin bookseller Lynn Bender.

"...Lynn ... is calling the professors," Casey says. "And almost like muscling them into this like, 'Oh well, all..."

March 10, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Live Shots

"..."Early Morning," which conveyed enough warmth and subtlety to almost make up for the rest of the set. Oops!..."

April 18, 1997 Music Feature

Romeo and Juliet

The trick in staging Romeo and Juliet has ever been keeping the suspense in the second half that the first half never really needs, and the Austin Shakespeare Festival almost manages it

"...to his story of young tempestuous love in factional, impatient Renaissance Verona. But the second half of his Romeo..."

April 30, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Letters at 3AM

Michael Ventura observes the great John Cassavetes at work on the set of his next-to-last movie Love Streams.

"...ventured that sentiment he brushed it off, gruff and impatient. Partly because he wasn't good at accepting praise, and..."

March 8, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Wall of Separation

Neighbors of Hyde Park Baptist Church Take a Final Stand Against Its Proposed Parking Garage

"...unlike such urban conveniences, this monolith will be used almost exclusively by people who live outside Hyde Park, not..."

Feb. 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW kicks into gear, Eric Johnson gets intense, and things keep falling apart

"...their thing in San Antonio February 27-March 1 -- almost close enough to SXSW for most attendees to just..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Record Reviews

Prince Paul

"...You Still Feel?'s melodic reverie is flight -- the impatient wait to get love and life off the ground,..."

May 14, 1999 Music Review

Stage Frights

"...and gentlemanly. Additionally, Faires seems to relish Holmes' combative, impatient side, given to barbed swipes of criticism, landing smartly..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Arts Feature

Flip the Switch

"...put you up to this? Corky? Locker is growing impatient. Again, all that comes to mind is Cosby: (Noah)..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two

"...first council meeting of the new green era. And almost immediately, the council will be in the deep end..."

June 27, 1997 Column by Nick Barbaro

The Li'l Green Aggravation Society

Rock & Roll's Cain & Abel: The Kinks' Davies Brothers

"...Then came the voice: flat nasal, almost indifferent. Giirrrll, ya really got me goin'/Ya got me..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Fantastic Fest Review: Terrifier 2

Art the Clown slashes his way to horror's wildest heights

"...There’s one particular extended scene of brutality here that almost makes the infamous hacksaw murder from the first film..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

Chronicle Editorial Staffers Name Their Essential Dishes

We've all got our favorites

"...some quality small talk with your sandwichmaker and some impatient toe-tapping from those behind you in line while you..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Food Feature by Chronicle staff

Q&A: Sealed Room Terror in We Need to Do Something

Max Booth III and Sean King O'Grady close the bathroom door

"...sat on it for a while. I just got impatient and thought, "I know how to do books, so..."

Sept. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Future of Health Care?

Dell and Central Health "re-think" the way we provide – and pay for – health care

"...made-visible wounds of bones and joints. Often their sometimes impatient patients presume that the entire purpose of the X-rays..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Don Coscarelli Returns With Phantasm: Ravager

Great balls of dire

"...the subject of internet rumor, as if Ravager was almost a hoax. Even after the release in 2014 of..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Let Us Pray and Play Guitar

The revolution is ongoing, the revolution is daily

"...oppressed and persecuted around the world too often becomes almost overwhelming. The young are angry, as we were once..."

April 22, 2016 Column by Louis Black

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