Building an Ecosystem at Bouldin Food Forest

Ben McConnell talks about putting permaculture into practice at his farm

"...In 2015, Ben McConnell planted a forest in his front yard in..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Casper Fermentables Honors Korean and Jewish Roots With Preserved Foods

Ben Hollander’s cultured cultures

"...Ben Hollander grew up eating and preparing a spectrum of..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

High School Sophomore Fundraises to Feed Hungry Students

Many students are especially food insecure during pandemic holidays

"...time raising money to help kids facing food insecurity. Ben Hofer, 15 years old, is in his third year..."

Nov. 25, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Ben Kweller hits the Continental Club stage, Threadgill's auctions some history, and more

"...Ben Kweller Live(streamed) From the Continental Club..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Interview with JNL Barbecue Pitmaster: “A Lot of Fire and A Lot of Meat”

Former Franklin BBQ cook opens his own trailer at Buzz Mill Shady

"...Buzz Mill Shady location, will present to the world Ben and Sarah Lambert’s vision of what Texas’ tradition of..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Food Post by Rod Machen

Travis County Sheriff Apologizes for Embarrassing Internal Video

“Motivational” video re-creates galley slave scene from Ben-Hur

"...or completing one's certifications, such as the "row test" – officially, the Physical Readiness Test, a timed 2,000-meter row..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Post

Hanks, Spielberg, and Streep unite for the Washington Post's version of the Pentagon Papers

"...Graham, and Tom Hanks as her hand-picked executive editor Ben Bradlee. The Post is more about these personalities than..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Goodbye Christopher Robin

The story of A.A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh

"...and leavened by war and rumors of war. Cinematographer Ben Smithard (Belle) creates a sun-dappled countryside straight out of..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Landline

The team behind Obvious Child is back

"...job and living with her new fiancé and boyfriend Ben (Duplass) of many years, feeling a little stuck already..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Manchester by the Sea

Casey Affleck shines in this heartfelt drama

"...hard work and solitude, but his emotional dyspepsia gurgles beneath his outwardly placid surface, coloring the care he invests..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Max Rose

Screen legend Jerry Lewis stars in this drama's title role

"...to make sense of an inscription from someone named “Ben” in his recently deceased wife’s compact case, Lewis gives..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

My Blind Brother

Indie romantic comedy has plenty of bite

"...arrived after Scott’s Parks and Recreation run as dream-dork Ben Wyatt. But let’s cram down those cuddlesome feels and..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Spotlight

This terrific newspaper movie gets all the elements right

"...team’s reporters, Matt Carroll (d’Arcy James) its data researcher, Ben Bradlee Jr. (Slattery) the section editor, and Marty Baron..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Four

Marvel not at this Fox flop

"...escape a made-for-TV feeling. (The whole thing would have benefited greatly from the unheralded arrival of a “sharknado.”) Luckily,..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Song of the Sea

From the director of The Secret of Kells comes this lovely work of animation about the Celtic selkies.

"...under the age of 10. Two children, the restless Ben and his mute younger sister, Saoirse, live atop a..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Before I Go to Sleep

Nicole Kidman stars as a woman who has amnesia and fights to uncover a big mystery from her past.

"...waiting for her. Patiently, he explains that he is Ben (Firth), her husband, but she doesn't recognize him because,..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Cats vs. Raccoons

Kyle Reimergartin and Ben Esposito talk games before Fantastic Arcade

"...an interview with indie game developers Kyle Reimergartin and Ben Esposito via conference call might have been a mistake...."

Sept. 17, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Last Policeman: Countdown City

In which, among other things, an author hits Earth with a huge asteroid.

"...Ben H. Winters, you're killing me...."

Aug. 7, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Company You Keep

Members of the Weather Underground resurface in this contemporary thriller directed by Robert Redford.

"...agents while preparing to turn herself in. Newspaper reporter Ben Shepard (LaBeouf), of the Albany Sun Times, starts sniffing..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paranormal Activity 4

Five years after the end of PA3, things are still going bump in the night.

"...fine job playing a freaked-out teen) and her boyfriend Ben (Shively, ditto) rig up Alex's home with a series..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Way It Is and Isn't

Ben Rubin's art installation at UT shows the gap between TV news in Cronkite's time and now

"...In those days, 5:30pm was a sacred time – and not just because it kicked off the cocktail..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Meh might be a better name for this dullish retread.

"...young Mr. Parker in the care of his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Bitten by that pesky..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Observe and Report

With more of a resemblance to The Cable Guy than Paul Blart: Mall Cop, this Seth Rogen comedy about a bipolar mall security guard is decidedly dark.

"...Directed by: Jody Hill. Starring: Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Michael Peña, Ray Liotta,..."

April 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Express

The story of Ernie Davis, the first African-American Heisman Trophy winner, is full of heart-pumping stadium heroics and quiet acts of dignity.

"...Starring: Rob Brown, Dennis Quaid, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Omar Benson Miller, Nelsan Ellis, Charles S. Dutton, Justin Martin and..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Ben Stein uncovers the worldwide plot to unseat scientists, educators, and philosophers who are being fired, ridiculed, and ostracized for supporting the theory of intelligent design.

"...Directed by: Nathan Frankowski. Make Ben Stein some more money (and get a good, mordant..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Neon Exodus

For 22 years, the electrified mural on Fifth Street has been a local landmark, but now it's coming down

"...and the ship drops a bomb on the flower – which explodes. Then it all goes black, and the..."

March 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Molière

This ragtag biographical portrait plays something like Meet the Parents vs. Shakespeare in Love: A Farce in Three Acts.

"...Directed by: Laurent Tirard. Starring: Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante, Edouard Baer, Ludivine Sagnier, Fanny Valette,..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Hot Rod

Cross Napoleon Dynamite's endearing optimism with Ben Stiller's total commitment to his goofy characters, and you'll wind up with a character something like Andy Samberg's hapless stuntman.

"...Imagine if Napoleon Dynamite were to pretend to be Ben Stiller, slap on a patently false mustache and daredevil..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Let's Go to Prison

Bob Odenkirk directs this comedy written by the Reno 911! team, but consider this one disarmed and extremely pointless.

"...the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming bloc. Co-written by Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, and Michael Patrick Jann, who have..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story

This SXSW recipient of the 2004 Audience Award for Best Narrative stars The Daily Show's Rob Corddry as a professional paintball athlete looking to reclaim his former glory.

"...Story, another movie of almost identical vintage in which Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn lead a straight-faced cast through..."

April 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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