A Star Is Born

"...Gaynor and March play the ill-fated lovers in the first version -- and in many ways,..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Bard Choices

Two Directors on Making Shakespeare Contemporary

"...My focus is on the lovers and the choices they make. And the bad choices..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...marks director Guzman's debut, tells a story about two lovers who take revenge on one partner's conservative spouse by..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

A Disaster Brewing

Hops shortage squeezes local-beer makers and drinkers

"...the fact that several other hop-producing countries have had bad crops because of atmospheric problems, whether it be floods..."

March 21, 2008 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Holy conceptual contortions, Batman!

In his Austin Shakespeare Festival staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream, director Robert Tolaro creates a fantasy world of superheroes with a strong hint of modern Chicago 'burb, that pulls up a bit short conceptually, but is still a fun, rambunctious evening.

"...mini-play that provides the show's hilarious finale. It's too bad that for all its clever twists and turns, Tolaro's..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Book Reviews

Hangover Soup

"...passages in the book portray Faith's memories, good and bad, of their relationship. When he appears in the flesh,..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Books Review

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...can only speculate about what personal depths these former lovers, Nicholson and Huston, have drawn upon to reach such..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Cassady, Kerouac, and Other Dharma Bums Back Beats by Jennifer Scoville and Dave Cook

"...of highway made monumental by the roadtrips of their lovers. That and their ages - Joyce Glassman was only..."

May 26, 1995 Books Feature

The Burnt Orange Heresy

Disjointed art heist thriller is a better character study than crime drama

"...Berenice, and Jerome. There's an undeniable spark between the lovers - her with her secrets, him an open book..."

May 8, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Annette Bening soars in the last days of starlet Gloria Grahame

"...Gloria Grahame, the one-time Oscar winner (for 1952’s The Bad and the Beautiful) whose star dimmed as she aged..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bitter Harvest

In 1930s Ukraine, young lovers fight Stalin and forced starvation

"...are not going to end well, but just how bad the situation becomes is only made clear in the..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wiener-Dog

Todd Solondz sets a pup in a world of humans who are all bark and more bite

"...the expected: Todd Solondz may be the original Peck’s bad boy of American independent cinema, an uncompromising filmmaker with..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW List No. 9

Number nine (Wale), number nine (Miike Snow), number nine (Peaches)

"...212 acts, including Swedish indie pop trio Miike Snow, “Bad” rapper Wale, porno diva Peaches, Atlanta R&B specialist Cody..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Mega Third List

L7, the Cult, Loretta Lynn and 556 more added to the Fest

"...Broncho, rising rapper Mick Jenkins, and British post-punks Sad Lovers & Giants, playing their first gig on American soil...."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Page Two: You Always Remember the Dance

First steps, two step

"...You remember discovering the Modern Lovers while living in a one-bedroom that was 90 bucks..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Column by Louis Black

People Places Things

Indie relationship comedy starring Jemaine Clement is slight but sweet

"...instance: The awful courteousness people who used to be lovers take when they’re lashed together as co-parents – you..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

One of the Good Guys

Is Chris Ohlson the nicest film producer in town, or just the hardest working?

"...focus. But by that point, things have gone from bad to weird. (We'd be remiss if we didn't mention..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Top 5 Soundtracks and Original Scores of 2014

Awesome Mix, No. 2: Tehran punk, Cave, and Carpenter

"...again, 2014 ended up a banner year for movie lovers and, even more, film-music fetishists. Seriously, it’s time for..."

Dec. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Left Behind

God help us: Nic Cage is up against the Rapture.

"...Whether they know it or not, most movie lovers are probably big fans of Vic Armstrong’s work. As..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Prince Charming: Adam Ant

King of the Wild Frontier returns to Austin – tonight

"...Ant, born Stuart Leslie Goddard in 1954, has had..."

July 26, 2013 Music Post by Tim Stegall

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Second night SXSW handicapping

"...The Twin, rearranges the contents of 2010 debut A Badly Broken Code and spotlights the Minnesota native's slow burning..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Moved to Texas with an all-female cast, the Bard's comedy is a summer escape

"...Not a bad idea. The cast of 16 embraces the idea of..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Football Watch

Michael Vick's dramatic comeback year

"...for the record that Michael Vick's involvement with the Bad Newz Kennels, which he funded and took part in,..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Page Two: Reporting for Duty

Anti-government patriots poised to fix government

"...We weren't lovers like that, and besides it would still be all..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Football Watch

Another tough week for football in Texas

"...one to the Cowboys. Simply put, their defense is bad. And there isn't much help on the way. Let's..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Football Watch

The Horns did it! The Cowboys didn't.

"...(3-1 NFL) last week against the spread, not toooo bad. This week I'll take Washington plus three on the..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Have Pen, Will Travel

A tale of two cities, Italian-style

"...Verona is also the fictional home to Shake­speare's young lovers, Romeo and Juliet...."

July 30, 2010 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Kids Are All Right

A grin-cracking great portrait of a modern American family in minor and major crises.

"...be the gayest of all the dreamy days in lovers' lives. Cholodenko, who directed the superlative, heart-crushingly excellent High..."

July 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Katrina's Collateral Damage (Think Four-Legged and Furry)

AFS Documentary Tour presents Mine

"...Katrina, but it still meets resistance, both from animal lovers who don't want to see pets suffer and from..."

April 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Grand

There's some truly hilarious material (though not nearly enough) in this partially improvised movie about characters competing in a Las Vegas championship poker tournament.

"...scattered about with such carefree abandon? Harrelson (in a bad hairpiece) is cast as the story's de facto central..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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