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Feb. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Rushmore
A modern cult classic.
"...a reaction, even while it stares out coolly from beneath the oily brow, assessing the possibilities before it. As..."
Feb. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Still Crazy
"...comedic spark dies when a pill-popping Ray almost drowns beneath a frozen Belgian canal and begins to get all..."
Jan. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Abreasted Development of Russ Meyer
"...John Bustin, Patrick Taggart, Marjorie Baumgarten, and myself, about Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens. At the time, no..."
Nov. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Louis Black
Coach's Corner
"...people and things with something very wrong brewing just beneath the surface. I snuck off to games, raced home..."
Aug. 14, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton
Mrs. Dalloway
"...quiet hum of inescapable tedium; it's akin to sitting beneath a buzzy knot of high-tension power lines and playing..."
March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Borrowers
"...based on a family of tiny people who reside beneath the floorboards of an old country house “borrowing” the..."
Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona
Phantoms
"...everyone was devoured by an ancient life form from beneath the topsoil, the oddly-monikered “Ancient Enemy,” a blobby, pseudopod-wrigglin'..."
Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Exhibitionism
"...mass full of tempting chunks of primary-colored fruit, quivering beneath your fork, waiting for you to plunge into its..."
Jan. 16, 1998 Arts Review
Washington Square
"...its dark comic shadings and the scabrous cynicism lurking beneath the author's elegant prose. Like many of his works..."
Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith
The Van
"...personal friendship begins to falter and, eventually, almost collapses beneath the weight of their joint venture. As owner of..."
July 18, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
L.A.: Drastic Space
Letters at 3AM
"...A rather drastic and unpredictable event is waiting tensely beneath you. People in New York and Texas think the..."
May 23, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura
Volcano
"...say that this story of a no-longer dormant volcano beneath Los Angeles isn't a hoot -- it is, sure,..."
April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Kalling Kathy's Bluff
Kathy Acker and the Lucky Ones
"...It got so the book mocked me nightly from beneath the Blue Bell pint container/ashtray where I'd attempted to..."
Feb. 21, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills
"...Robin Hood Hills reveals. So much more is simmering beneath the surface in West Memphis, Arkansas. In many respects,..."
Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The First Wives Club
"...that appear to be satirical, but then they're buried beneath enough melodrama to make even a silent film star..."
Sept. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor
Fargo
The Coen brothers return to their Blood Simple roots with this bizarre, dialect-strewn tale of a kidnapping gone very wrong that's filled with the their trademark graveyard wit and unique camera angles.
"...the “Oh, yaahs” to the dark and flinty core beneath...."
March 22, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Concerning the
"...unison, as dancing fowl might do, folding their arms beneath armpits, pretending to fly, flapping appendages in a rapid,..."
Feb. 9, 1996 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton
Dead Man Walking
Sarandon won an Oscar for her performance as Sister Helen Prejean in this nuanced story about capital punishment.
"...coiled, nuanced performance allows Matthew a sense of humanity beneath his hate and ignorance. Also noteworthy is Raymond J...."
Feb. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor
Coach's Corner
"...for the photo deck, an exposed perch hanging precipitously beneath the western stands. It's not a bad place to..."
Dec. 1, 1995 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton
Casino
Stone jumps into the deep end with Scorsese made guys, De Niro and Pesci, as the action moves from New York to Vegas, with uneven results.
"...He always struggles to find new strategies for seeing beneath the surface of things and for new approaches to..."
Nov. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Awake in the Dark
Across the Great Divide
"...Deep distrust and a malignant anger continue to seethe beneath the surface. What the verdict has told us is..."
Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature
Shallow Grave
"...complicate matters further, they also find a mysterious suitcase beneath his bed, crammed to bursting with millions of dollars..."
March 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
A Man of No Importance
"...Foot) depth as an actress reveals a soft core beneath Lily's eccentric and narrow-minded views. Rufus Sewell portrays Robbie..."
Feb. 17, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor
8 Seconds
"...in the end, Lane Frost is going to die beneath a bull. To his credit, Avildsen makes most of..."
Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Blue Chips
"...you get a strong sense of unspoken turbulence churning beneath the surface. His usual beefy physiognomy is virtually dwarfed..."
Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Visual Arts Review: “Porous Matters” at MASS Gallery
Gallery show reinterprets Edwards Aquifer’s low water levels as both urgent and romantic
"...also the ever-evolving relationship Austinites have with the lifeblood beneath their feet...."
May 23, 2025 Arts Feature by Teedee Simons
UT Students Walk Out Demanding Immigrant Student Protections
Dozens gathered in front of the Tower asking to keep ICE out
"...morning at the University of Texas at Austin, gathering beneath the Tower to demand that the university take concrete..."
April 9, 2025 News Post by Lucciana Choueiry
The Luv Doc: Assisted Living
A hard sell, but not as hard as dried urine
"...again, I never got the feeling he was forced. Beneath the guise of Nightbyrd’s counterculture champion beat the heart..."
April 4, 2025 Column by The Luv Doc
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, March 28 - April 3
"...just 10% of its total size. Most is hidden beneath the sea’s surface. References to “the tip of the..."
March 28, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny
