The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

Catholic school boys and comics.

"...may give the title of The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys a whole new meaning, but the perils faced..."

June 21, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Review: Path to the Altar: Community Ofrendas

Mexic-Arte exhibit explores ancient roots in modern life

"...familial reminiscence. In Mexic-Arte’s latest exhibit, “Path to the Altar: Community Ofrendas,” the elaborate ofrendas, or offerings to guide..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

An Altar-nate View

Liven up the boo-ring Halloween season with Día de los Muertos celebrations

"...Lar­son's art background, we were invited to present an altar at the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center exhibit in..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

My Sister's Altar

Mexican cultural ritual becomes personal

"...When I first wrote about creating altars for the departed in observance of Día de los..."

Nov. 6, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Family Gathering: With an Altar to “Sister Bobbie,” Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion Returns

Jason Isbell, Adia Victoria, Nelson & sons commune

"...grounds, but this year only one was placed: an altar outside the tiny Luck chapel in memory of Bobbie..."

March 18, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

At the Altar of the Archival

Austin Cinematheque and the essentialness of the shared moviewatching experience.

"...to re-create the kind of communal worship at the altar of the archival that happened when the original (pre-fest)..."

Feb. 7, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Altar of New Urbanism

New Urbanites invade Austin next year

March 27, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Forever My Girl

Nashville corporate country goes home in this sudsy snoozefest

"...the small-town girl, Josie (Rothe), he left at the altar eight years prior in order to chase his dreams...."

Jan. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Luv Doc: A Success Story

You can't hold her hand all the way to the altar, and it would be a terrible idea if you did

"...can't hold her hand all the way to the altar, and it would be a terrible idea if you..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2012: Live Action

Good things come in small packages.

"...of naughty young film lads. In it, an Irish altar boy in 1977 chooses between propriety and his passion..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Baxter

Director Showalter (Comedy Central's Stella) misses a terrific opportunity to pull back the curtain on "the other guy" – the Baxter is the lead man's second fiddle in your standard romantic comedy – and ends up making a pretty good case for why the sad sack never gets the girl.

"...Thirties and Forties. It begins, fittingly enough, at the altar. Lifelong Baxter Elliot Sherman (Stella’s Showalter, who also wrote..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Undertow

Cross-pollinate the arthouse film with B-movie backwoods gothic, and you get something like Undertow’s peculiar fusion of high and low culture.

"...director and co-writer David Gordon Green worships at the altar of grime and decay. (For other influences, see also:..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Dopey comedy is good fun.

"...the Asian-American campus organization – is sacrificed to the altar of the almighty laugh. And, all intellectualizing aside, Harold..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Girl Next Door

Surprise! The girl next door is an ex-porn star.

"...than America can. Emile Hirsch (The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys) stars as Matthew Kidman, a studious, highly repressed..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Celebrity

"...are offered up as golden calves worshipped at the altar of popular culture, as objects to be disdained, ridiculed,..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Marie Baie Des Anges

"...they're acting at all. Pradal, wildly genuflecting before the altar of French cinema, lays on the pretense like there's..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tomorrow Never Dies

"...Teri Hatcher, Judi Dench and Desmond Llewelyn. Spottiswoode, current altar boy for the revered 007 movie franchise, has boldly..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

B.A.P.S.

"...have slaughtered his earlier, edgier comedic stylings at the altar of mediocrity; disjointed, simplistic, and occasionally offensive, B.A.P.S. is..."

March 28, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Primal Fear

"...case. His client is Aaron Stampler (Norton), a 19-year-old runaway-turned-altar boy who was found fleeing the scene, covered in..."

April 5, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Scent of Green Papaya

"...and a mourning grandmother never leaves her upstairs bedroom/prayer altar. Yet all this unhappiness is beneath the surface, hidden..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Once Upon a Time in China II

"...a giant crucifix he's plucked from a Western church altar. All the scene needs is Dustin Hoffman yelling, "Elaine,..."

April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Playback: The Mayor's Plan to Save Austin Music

Mayor Steve Adler addresses the elephant in the club, Susan Antone honored, and Henry Gonzalez goes to the head of the Austin poster artist altar

"...sacred number "709," his duties included maintaining a vast altar to Austin's departed musicians and artists...."

March 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Message From Red Salmon Arts & Resistencia Bookstore

News from Resistencia Bookstore and Casa de Red Salmon Arts

"...here, including mention that there will also be an altar for Raúl at the bookstore, located at 1808 South..."

Feb. 13, 2008 News Post by Belinda Acosta

Farewell, Boris

Boris drummer Atsuo breaks the sound (and language) barrier.

"...shedding every last dollar to complete my personal Boris altar. Had I been able to conduct this interview after..."

March 23, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Altar Boyz

Zach's production inspires laughter as it offers the guilty pleasure of watching sexy young men dancing and singing together in a line

"...Altar Boyz..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Whose House

Making a Place for Black Theatre in Austin

"...When I go to a play and see an altar in a play that doesn't have a concept linking..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

DVDanger: Halloween Picks, Part I

Low-budget horrors for the scary season

"...by looking like it was shot with a DSLR). Altar end-runs a lot of the restrictions of zero-cash filmmaking..."

Oct. 29, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Viva la Vida

The 26th annual Día de los Muertos celebration has a new twist this year

"...Austin for many generations to participate in the community altars exhibition and in the procession as a tribute to..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Give 'Em a Hand

The nominees for the 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Dave Steakley, Altar Boyz/Caroline, or Change/..."

May 15, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

'Practice,' in the modern sense, means to work at something persistently, trying to get it right – which also fits my meaning, my practice: the hour or so a day when I read my 'devotionals' (a Catholic usage), then to go to my altar to meditate and pray

"...my "devotionals" (a Catholic usage), then go to my altar to meditate and pray...."

July 8, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

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