Austin Eats Food Tour

There's no need to sing for your supper; take a walk or a bike ride

March 2, 2012 Food Review by Rachel Feit

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Looks like that John McClane is in a heap of trouble this time

"...In 1897, Salomon August Andrée and two others tried to reach the North Pole..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

This mad, muzzle-flash burst of ultraviolence from Brazil earned the director a shot at helming Hollywood's RoboCop reboot.

Dec. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...disenfranchised, and the doomed remains intact. Sensually lensed by André Chemetoff and featuring an unhinged Cassel (Black Swan) and..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...Jeffrey Tambor, Burt Young, Melanie Lynskey, Alex Schaffer, Margo Martindale, David Thompson..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Horton Foote Prize

The plays Ruined and Middletown take the new national playwriting award

"...four artistic directors who all had worked with Foote: André Bishop, Lincoln Center Theater; James Houghton, Signature Theatre Company;..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wild Grass

Alain Resnais' glorious-looking film spirals in its subjective viewpoints with a main character who may be mad or merely madly in love or perhaps maddened that love has somehow eluded him.

Aug. 20, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Goes Classical

This week of musical events expanded our sense of what classical guitar can be

"...cordial smile and handshake. Sure, I'd grown up knowing Andrés Segovia as a legend on the instrument..."

July 2, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Micmacs

This French-language film from Amélie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet resembles a live-action cartoon.

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Thousand-String Guitar

Austin gets the world jazzed about classical guitar

"...Classical guitar? That was all the rage back when Andrés Segovia was The Man, but it hasn't had much..."

June 18, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Horton Foote Prize

Honoring one writer by taking care of others

"...by four artistic directors who all worked with Foote: André Bishop, Lincoln Center Theater; James Houghton, Signature Theatre Company;..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Walton's Fancy and Staple

Walton's Fancy and Staple pulls out all the stops in its newly refurbished West Sixth Street building

"...Farms, and Apple­wood deli meats; Maytag blue, imported Stilton, Saint-André Brie, and Vermont cheddar cheese. The dressings and spreads..."

July 17, 2009 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Top 10 Musical Triumphs, Plus Evidence That Austin Is Innovating the Classical World

Chronicle Arts writer Michael Kellerman recalls 2008, in classical music

"...5) Austin Symphony Orchestra with André Watts..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Michael Kellerman

The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs

"...(Chicago), Michael Lomonaco of Porter House (NYC), and José Andrés (cookbook author and TV personality) that help explain why..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

She's My Heroine

Happy birthday to three of cinema's femmest fatales

"...sass that made Preston Sturges, Alan Ladd, future husband André de Toth, and pretty much every guy in the..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Longhorn Po-Boys & Falafel

Don't pass up the burgers at your favorite gyro joint

"...a minor apprenticeship under his brother-in-law chef at Jose Andrés' restaurants in D.C. That exposure helped motivate him to..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Food Review by Mick Vann

AFF 2008 Reviews

"...of GhibetD: Nevina Satta, Amedeo D'Adamo; with Corinne Kameny, André Bang, Elisee Koundé...."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Battle in Seattle

The 1999 protests at the WTO meeting in Seattle provide the backdrop footage for this character drama.

"...Directed by: Stuart Townsend. Starring: Martin Henderson, Michelle Rodriguez, Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron, Ray Liotta,..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...Castillo, Emilia Richeson, Ariel Teal Toombs, Frankie Frain, Ryan Martin, Todd Prictchett World Premiere..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion

Barbara, Jenna, and Ranch dressing? What do you think this week's column is about?

"...he be seated with two socialites and a white André Leon Talley. He also said, "Only in Austin would..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Landmarks: Enhancing Campus With Art

UT gets 28 large sculptures on long-term loan from the Metropolitan Museum

"...the Met, which was initiated by Landmarks founding director Andrée Bober. As the sculptures are too large for the..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tell No One

The many pleasures of this riveting psychological thriller from France derive more from the perplexing questions it raises than the discovery of the answers.

Aug. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Don't Fear the Devil

Some glorious bastards, new to DVD

Aug. 1, 2008 Screens Feature

On Location From Planet Rock

Science fiction hip-hop vids

July 23, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Catherine Deneuve: 5-Film Collection
Sophia Loren: 4-Film Collection

Lions Gate lionizes two icons – one French, one Italian – in two new collections

"...reveals Deneuve's gifts in Sauvage (one estimate being 34B). André Téchiné's soggy Hôtel des Amériques (1981) – Deneuve's depressive..."

June 20, 2008 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

A Parting Plan for Austin's Downtown Parks

Dunkerley pushes new plan to preserve Austin's open spaces

"...during the Congress for the New Urbanism, CNU founder Andrés Duany pointed at Brush Square and asked, "What is..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

More Voices: Sinclair Black

"..."The famed urbanist Andrés Duany says that real town planning looks forward 50..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature

Semi-Pro

If basketball must be mocked, it deserves to be mocked well, and unfortunately, Will Ferrell's Semi-Pro isn’t up to the challenge.

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Youth Without Youth

After a 10-year absence, Francis Ford Coppola has come in from the vineyards, but his Youth Without Youth is a self-satisfied bore that fails to connect with the audience.

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Jorge Macchi: The Anatomy of Melancholy'

This Argentinean artist's work may not grab you immediately, but its understated lyricism will linger

"...also brings to mind the poets Charles Baudelaire and André Breton, among other observers of the modern city's utter..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Review by Amanda Douberley

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