An American Rhapsody

"...Directed by: Éva Gárdos. Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Kelly Endresz-Banlaki, Nastassja Kinski, Tony Goldwyn, Mae Whitman, Agnes..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

Produced by Steven Spielberg, this animated film follows the further adventures of the Mousekewitz family, who came to America to escape the cat pogroms.

"...Directed by: Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells. In Fievel Goes West, the Steven Spielberg-produced..."

Nov. 29, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

It seems rather churlish to complain about entertainment aimed at little girls, who almost never get big-budget movies made just for them, nevertheless … this movie substitutes pluck and spunk for drama and sparkle.

"...Patricia Rozema. Starring: Abigail Breslin, Julia Ormond, Chris O'Donnell, Jane Krakowski, Wallace Shawn, Max Thieriot, Willow Smith, Zach Mills,..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

999 Eyes Freakshow & Surreal Sideshow Invites You to Step Inside an American Tradition

The beauty of the bizarre

"...When the freaks, musicians, clowns, hoochie coochie dancers, and blockheads of 999 Eyes..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Story of an American Music

Hector Galán's Songs of the Homeland

"...by Alex Avila At first, Hector Galán couldn't get anyone to hear the music in Tejano. When the filmmaker..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

Bill and Karen: An American Love Story

"...Directed by: Jennifer Fox. American Love Story is a nine-part series of 54-minute episodes..."

Nov. 11, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

An American Education

A former exchange student re-examines her trial by fire in Brownsville

"...At 17, Barbara Eder was far from her Austrian home, living as a foreign exchange student with a..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

American Chai

"...Directed by: Anurag Mehta. Starring: Paresh Rawal, Ajay Naidu, Josh Ackerman, Aasif..."

May 31, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

No Family Is an Island

The Piersons on 'Reel Paradise'

"...movies too seriously. We compose special lists of films, and in moments of disappointment and desperation, we retreat into..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

SXSW Film Review: 'All American High Revisited'

An Eighties high school doc gets another chance at life

"...Oh, the white anklets and crew socks, the feathered and poodle-permed hair, the..."

March 16, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Fighting With My Family

Wrestling biopic of breakthrough WWE superstar Paige

"...Directed by: Stephen Merchant. Starring: Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden,..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

African-American Book Festival Spotlights Women Writers

Pulitzer Prize-winner Annette Gordon-Reed headlines this year's fest at the Carver Museum and Cultural Center

"...Presidential scholar Annette Gordon-Reed first came to acclaim with Thomas Jefferson and..."

June 25, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

My Family, Mi Familia

Nava's film spans 50 years in the life of the Sanchez family, a Mexican-American clan whose roots in the United States date back to the 1920s in Los Angeles. The film's epic story takes place in various decades.

"...Esai Morales, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Jenny Gago, Elpidia Carrillo, Constance Marie and Edward James Olmos. Gregory Nava's (El Norte,..."

May 5, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Asian American Resource Center Fosters Community for Older Adults During Stay-at-Home

Seniors encouraged to share family memories with online story project

"...Before the Asian American Resource Center was closed alongside the rest of..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

American Buffets: In Defense of Gluttony Golden Hometown Family Stockade

"...Ryan's Family Steakhouse..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Arts Feature

Family Matters

The Texas Documentary Tour: Alan Berliner

"...include a new category: least likely movie star. One candidate is Oscar Berliner, a cranky, reclusive, and ostensibly unremarkable..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature by Jason Silverman

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

Midnight Family

Life in Mexico’s unregulated ambulance industry

"...there’s always someone doing worse. So as terrible as American health care is, there’s the terrifying possibility that you..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Local Grain-Free Mexican-American Food Launches at Target

Siete Family Foods makes better-for-you chips, tortillas, and queso

"...It’s been a big couple of years for Austin-based Mexican American food brand Siete Family Foods, which makes better-for-you..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

The Manson Family

Shot over the course of 10 years, underground filmmkaker Jim Van Bebber tells the story we all think we know. This time, however, the story graphically unfolds from the perspective of Charles Manson.

"...Directed by: Jim Van Bebber. Starring: Jim Van Bebber, Marcelo Games, Marc Pitman,..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Family Drama

Filmmaker Jennifer Fox discusses the seven months she spent with Bill and Karen, an interracial couple at the center of her intimate 10-hour documentary.

"...what went into it: seven months living with a family of four in a smallish Queens high-rise (and sleeping..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

American Fabulous

"...a 1957 Cadillac -- Jeffrey Strough gives a royal performance in American Fabulous. Blessed with the gift of gab,..."

March 26, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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

"...cuisine, he’s just come out with a new book, American Tacos: A History and a Guide, that chronicles the..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

American Sniper

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

"...Eastwood. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes, Jake McDorman, Kevin Lacz, Cory Hardrict, Navid Negahban and Keir O’Donnell...."

Jan. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Family

The family that slays together, stays together – even in witness protection.

"...Starring: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, John D'Leo, Jimmy Palumbo, Stan Carp, Christopher Craig..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

American Filmmaker

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

"...to do whatever his subjects require. When Mark Borchardt wandered into Smith's life, there was little question in his..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

American History X

"...Gould, Jennifer Lien, Stacy Keach, William Russ, Avery Brooks and Beverly D'Angelo. Why Tony Kaye was so eager to..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Me

Olmos delivers a stark and unflinching study of the self-destructive perpetuation of violence, crime, and gang warfare in the Hispanic-American community.

"...Olmos. Starring: Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe, Pepe Serna, Danny De La Paz, Evelina Fernandez, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa, Daniel..."

March 20, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American War by Omar El Akkad

This dystopian novel of a late 21st century America split by civil war shows how vengeance survives down the generations

"...aware by now that since the election last November, dystopian novels have become all the rage. From George Orwell's..."

April 21, 2017 Arts Review by Jay Trachtenberg

The Perez Family

"...Mira Nair. Starring: Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Chazz Palminteri, Anjelica Huston, Trini Alvarado, Celia Cruz, Diego Wallraff, Angela Lanza..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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