American Job

"...Everyone knows this is nowhere, this world of minimum-wage jobs, stultifying labor, and dead ends. Another day, another meal,..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Filmmaker

Chris Smith's American Movie depicts one man's passionate struggle to make a film.

"...drunk, and permanently possessed, Mark Borchardt is a distinctive American character, one who defies all obstacles (external and internal)..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Movie

"...at a university editing lab where the director of American Job was also cutting his film. Fascinated by the..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Texas Monthly's Taco Editor on the Past, Present, & Future of the American Taco

Q&A with José R. Ralat, the man with one of the most envied titles in town

"...R. Ralat has maybe one of the most enviable jobs in Texas – Taco Editor of Texas Monthly. Further..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

Inside Job

This documentary, which is narrated by Matt Damon, illuminates the U.S. economic crisis with detailed yet engaging analysis.

"...documentary analysis, which is narrated by Matt Damon. Inside Job uncovers little that hasn’t already been reported elsewhere in..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Made

Tom Cruise is a pilot who becomes embroiled in the Iran/Contra scandal

"...puzzle pieces come together to create a bona fide American scandal. Liman’s always had a deft hand at creating..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Dream

"...Directed by: Barbara Kopple. Kopple's Academy Award-winning documentary American Dream exposes the human cost of Reaganomics. The movie..."

May 15, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

The animated gang return to save their park from an evil mayor

"...you chose, scan this sequel to 2014’s The Nut Job as a genuinely subversive attack on capitalism that also..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Hustle

It's all about the hair, the performances, and the grift and graft in this unpredictable new offering from David O. Russell.

"...It’s all about the hair in American Hustle: a small-time con man’s elaborate comb-over; a well-meaning..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

American Gangster

A sizzling cast and their director do a crackerjack job of nailing the look and feel of New York City's bad old days of internal corruption and outer rot.

"...Common. Based on Mark Jacobson's New York magazine article, American Gangster does a crackerjack job at nailing the look..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Heart

"...it's destined not to happen, and we know it. American Heart's greatest flaw is its predictability. As with so..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

American Woman

Sienna Miller pulls pages from a journal of loss in small town

"...she likes in her small Pennsylvania town, an OK job as a grocery store cashier with folks she gets..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

American Sniper

Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper tell Chris Kyle's war story.

"...with guns and their capabilities, although the recoil of American Sniper doesn’t have the same moral reverb of Eastwood’s..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Asian American Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

The four-day festival drops 11 feature films and even more shorts

"...This year’s showcase will continue to highlight Asian and Asian-American stories throughout history...."

Oct. 31, 2017 Screens Post by Reanna Zuniga

SXSW Episodic: American Gods

It's old gods vs. new in Starz adaptation of Neil Gaiman novel

"...seems in this show," actor Ian McShane said of American Gods as the Starz series opener premiered at South..."

March 11, 2017 Screens Post by Joe O'Connell

Rally Planned to Oppose Racist Mexican-American Textbooks

Coalition will hold rally before SBOE public hearing on Tuesday

"...and activists are gearing up to fight against proposed Mexican-American textbooks deemed racially offensive and overflowing with historical errors...."

Sept. 12, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

American League/Boston Red Sox Preview

"...that be have decided that they would like an American League perspective to abut their brainy National League preview..."

April 3, 2007 Sports Post by John Hunt

I'm Lovin' the All-American Tennis Clown

There were a lot of clowns at the All-American Tennis Shootout.

"...Last Friday's All-American Tennis Shootout at the Austin Convention Center featured the..."

Dec. 18, 2006 Sports Post by Taylor Holland

Randall Stephens: 'I Can Handle the Job'

"...I moved to Dallas and found a lot greater job satisfaction working in a flight-line environment. We had the..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...workers, teachers, and many others who work in lower-paying jobs and face serious financial obstacles in finding housing within..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

All-American

Jimmie Vaughan at 50

"...very long. In fact, his may be the best job in the world. Winning awards, selling millions of albums,..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

American Dreamer

Tiffany Harelik writes her own story through her cookbook series dedicated to Austin's food trailers

"...comes to mind these days when someone mentions the American dream? It used to be that with hard work,..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Arts Feature by Melanie Haupt

Right Man for the Job

Steve Lawrence has succeeded at just about everything in life – especially importing and distributing European wines in Texas

"...got tired of being a desk jockey, a management job that no one else wanted opened up in East..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

American Dreamer

Jim Gaffigan shows a flair for darkness, but this rideshare thriller stays in neutral

"...credibly by the comedian Jim Gaffigan), has seen his American dream go kaput. Canned from his job, divorced from..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin's House Music Scene Clings to the African-American Community That Birthed It

House music rose to prominence from Chicago’s black music community and hangs on here in its original form

"...And like the majority of modern American music, the genre originated in the African-American community...."

Feb. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

SXSW Film Review: 'All American High Revisited'

An Eighties high school doc gets another chance at life

"...along the timeline of cinéma vérité/not-so vérité, between An American Family (the ground-breaking 1973 PBS series about SoCal's Loud..."

March 16, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Five Films Not to Miss at the Austin Asian American Film Festival

A long weekend of movies defined by global possibilities

"...cinema isn't one cinema, and the returning Austin Asian American Film Festival (June 23-26) reflects that diversity. In its..."

June 17, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Shift Meal's Job Fair, the Quesoff's Triumphant Return, Jester King's Pet-Adoption Rescheduling, and More

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

"...so that no one goes hungry, is hosting a Job Fair at Yard Bar on Tuesday, June 1 –..."

May 26, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

What's Next for American YouthWorks?

TEA's closing leaves at-risk students adrift

"...a big day for the 151 high schoolers of American Youth­Works' Service Learning Academy. They should have been starting..."

Sept. 12, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

FF2012: How Fantastic Fest Got Twisted Up By 'American Mary'

Jen and Sylvia Soska are the new twins of evil

"...the latest film from the Canadian film making duo, American Mary, deals with body modification, their dentine difference is..."

Oct. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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