The Good Eye: 2014 Top 10s

Counting down what gave a lady hope in 2014

"...NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS Accepting honors for her contribution to American letters, the grand dame of science fiction issued a..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed

Late-night fare and short film lineup announced

"...Stephanie Paul, Tilo Prückner, Michael Cullen, Udo Kier (North American Premiere)..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Heart and Soul

Lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...That’s actually where we started, in Budapest for a wedding. You produced one of the great wedding songs, Nick..."

Oct. 25, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

After a Fashion

Stephen finds reality TV unrealistic

"...before being treated to a "rock star" or "Hollywood" wedding. And you don't even have to be single to..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Arab Star

Texas journalist Aziz Shihab on Does the Land Remember Me?: A Memoir of Palestine

"...ranging from domestic comedy (Shihab is in demand as wedding mediator) through social observation (he exchanges guarded home visits..."

July 20, 2007 Books Feature by Michael King

My SXSW

Music fest diary

"...them on Wednesday after Michele was poured out of American Airlines' 10-hour run from London, and before my Emo's..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Robyn Hitchcock

After a Fashion

Stephen goes west, sees some big rocks, and only adds to the splendor of the Marfa lights…

"...Gage Hotel on Good Friday in time for the prewedding cocktail party. We mingled with friends, met members of..."

April 23, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood serves up some serious restaurant news in this week's "Food-o-File."

"...magazine article encouraging folks to create their own Great American Bake Sales to benefit Share Our Strength. The friends..."

May 30, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...attendance into office, so it was understandable why the wedding reception at the American Legion Hall was thick with..."

May 14, 1999 News Feature

1998 Austin Theatrical Movie Openings

"...ALARMIST 1.0 (S.D.) 11/27/98 ALMOST HEROES 0 (R.S.) 6/5/98 AMERICAN HISTORY X 3.0 (M.S.) 11/13/98 AMERICAN JOB 3.5 (M.B.)..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

The Gift of Words

Corrido

"...the lingering ghosts and graying sages out of the American desert, and what is left? Madness, answers first-time novelist..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Books Feature

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...Hot Blood. Hot Blood is a musical about the American gypsy subculture, and Ray probably would have been the..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Of an Age

Queer sexual awakening drama is depressingly familiar

"...both in town to attend the dependably narcissistic Ebony’s wedding. (Her annoyingly one-dimensional character seems to exist solely as..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

White Noise

Can Don DeLillo's postmodern landmark make it to the actual future?

"...to raise their four children and live out the American dream in their Spielbergian suburban microcosm. All of Jack’s..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie

The anti-harem anime gets a suitably heartwarming resolution

"...Mainstream American animation has often emphasized very straightforward and oddly prudish..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Invitation

Tedious vampire flick should have stayed in the grave

"...of Thrones star Nathalie Emmanuel plays Evie, a young American woman who is convinced to visit her long-lost white..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...bus crept across the South. Well, at least the American media was horrified. The Today Show sent veteran NBC..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Bergman Island

The eternal story: filmmakers making films about filmmakers making films

"...Amy (Wasikowska), who travels to Fårö for a friend’s wedding, but, much as the retreat is the nominal reason..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sundance Short Film Tour 2021

Best of the fest in these perfect miniatures

"...directed by Jason Park, about an entrepreneur redefining the American Dream. Some of the supporting players whiff of amateurishness,..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Responsibilities of Freedom

"...out Black Market Investments plans to build two 300-person wedding venues next to three long-established residential communities. She did..."

May 8, 2018 Postmarks

Straight Outta Compton

Picture about origins of rap group NWA shows off their snarly cool

"...Calif.’s original gangsta rap supergroup, NWA, into my upcoming wedding playlist (alongside other African-American sonic incendiaries such as Gil..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mood Indigo

Michel Gondry's latest presents us with an elaborate yet handmade artifice that's thoroughly charming until its color drains away.

"...insists two couples race in miniature cars to the wedding chapel; he’s only marrying one of them today. Surprised..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lore

A German girl at the end of World War II leads her four siblings to safety while also confronting a world more complex than her Nazi upbringing equipped her for.

"...end of World War II, as the Russian and American occupying forces were flooding into the country, many “good..."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The AggreGAYtor: March 6

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• The nomination of Pamela Chen, the first Asian-American lesbian appointment to the federal bench, has been confirmed...."

March 6, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Sex and the City 2

Two years after the end of the last film, Carrie Bradshaw now frets that the "sparkle" has gone out of her marriage. It's gone from this movie, too.

"...presumably, was more receptive to the idea of ribald American women than the United Arab Emirates, where sharia law..."

May 28, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pirate Radio

This British import exudes about as much outlaw swagger as Tom DeLay in a dance competition.

"...drugs, and rock & roll equation, writer-director Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually) pretty much leaves out..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amelia

Hilary Swank stars as Amelia Earhart in Mira Nair's big-budget biopic.

"...(McGregor, whose worst work is always done with an American accent). In casting these two great loves of Amelia’s..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Julie & Julia

Meryl Streep is irresistible as Julia Child as is Nora Ephron's direction, but Amy Adams' Julie Powell is a dud – a mousy, grouchy irritant.

"...postwar Paris, Julia is the directionless wife of an American diplomat named Paul Child (Tucci). At Paul’s encouragement, she..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

What Happens in Vegas

Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher – two Hollywood actors known for their prankishness and pluck – never manage to convince us that this Sin City comedy is fun.

"...a fetish for awkward couplings: Her last go-round, The Wedding Date, was girl-meets-paid male escort. British director Vaughan previously..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

5x2

Ozon's film begins at the end and leads backward over the slow death of a couple's marital bliss, but even while we’re flipping through the snapshots of two people’s disenchantment with each other, it never feels tawdry or excessive or, for that matter, very interesting.

"...at the end, with the couple’s no-nonsense divorce proceedings. American viewers weaned on a steady diet of televised custody..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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