Bart Layton on Secrets, Lies, and American Animals

How the documentarian turned true crime tropes on their heads

"...Bart Layton stumbled across the amazing true story behind American Animals, it was a much simpler path. "I read..."

June 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ask the Best Straight Girlfriend

Warning: ALTRFW! (A little too racy to open at work)

"...Every straight girl has a fantasy. It centers around a man with deep soulful eyes...."

May 21, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Claire Harrison

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2024, Power Ranked!

Welcome to Top of the Hops IX

"...loves that. And with that said, these are Austin(ish)’s best breweries, POWER RANKED!..."

Oct. 17, 2024 Food Post by Eric Puga

Martha Knows Best?

Current Trends in Wedding Cakes

"...not, a wedding cake is much more a visual fantasy object than an actual food item. But creating this..."

May 9, 1997 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

An American in Paris (1951)

"...George and Ira Gershwin song ever written ... An American in Paris, however, is a brooding, somber work. Like..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

The Best of the Rest The Summer of '95, Part 2

"...but I quickly realized that this was perhaps the best way to "break into" this philosophical mystery/autobiography...."

June 9, 1995 Books Feature

Black and Tan Fantasy

Duke Ellington in the Classroom

"...See the Light" -- have even become part of American phraseology. Perhaps this is why Wynton Marsalis said in..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Feature

Black and Tan Fantasy

Duke Ellington in the Classroom

"...See the Light" -- have even become part of American phraseology. Perhaps this is why Wynton Marsalis said in..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Feature

Bond Booty: Fantasy and Reality

Striking a balance among the various interests wanting a slice of the city bonds pie

"...needed someone to say "no" to most of the best booty in the city's $567 million bond package...."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

And Then Some

The Best American Short Stories of the Century

"......"

June 25, 1999 Books Feature

Best American Fantasy

Best American Fantasy replicates the success of the late The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy series by combing nontraditional genre haunts and delving into mainstream, literary and online magazines

"...Best American Fantasyedited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer Prime Books,..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Books Review by Rick Klaw

LoneStarCon 3: The Jo Walton Interview

The Hugo-winning author of 'Among Others' really loves books

"...genre-bending book that won last year’s Hugo Award for Best Novel, beating out, among others, George R. R. Martin’s..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Notting Hill

Love blossoms between a London bookstore owner and beautiful movie star. Can this relationship survive the obvious hindrances?

"...and sweet. Anna Scott (Roberts) is a big, big American movie star, her beautiful face plastered on every magazine,..."

May 28, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Bamboozled

"...change lives. As a filmmaker, he is at his best as a provocateur, making movies about things that matter..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Miracle

"...Mccann, Niall Byrne and Lorraine Pilkington. After his big-time, American-made film (the painfully unfunny comedy We're No Angels) went..."

Aug. 23, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2nd International Festival of Short Films

"...their wider viewership. Stand-outs here include 1992's Oscar-winner for best live-action short (which was also included in the package..."

April 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...from a one-night stand, Eden leans on her married best friend and mother of two, Dawn, to guide her..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...125 films. 85 world premieres. 11 North American first time looks, and 51 feature debuts. The SXSW..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Joy

Jennifer Lawrence rises above family dysfunction in this comic biopic

"...Mop and other household products that feed a hungry American consumerism suckled on cable TV home-shopping networks. From the..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Welcome back, Mister Wick!

"...the Year, as well as, in no particular order, best successor to The Killer/Hard Boiled-era Chow Yun-fat mastery, and..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

12 Years a Slave

Brutal yet elegant, Steve McQueen's latest is a beautifully rendered punch to the gut about the most shameful chapter in American history.

"...to the gut about the most shameful chapter in American history. Based on the 1853 memoir of Solomon Northup..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Opie on Top

AFF to honor Ron Howard's extraordinary contribution to filmmaking

"...consistently good work Howard’s done behind the camera: children’s fantasy (Willow) and romantic comedy (Splash), summer blockbuster (the Da..."

July 14, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sex and the City

The new feature stands on its own (typically stilettoed) feet, while holding fast to the series’ singular mix of the giddily ribald and brutally confessional.

"...City make for a special kind of superhero in American pop-culture iconography. Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha may be..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sniper

"...being seen through the cross hairs of a weapon. Best of all, is this knock-out, though overused, optical effect..."

Feb. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Christmas in the Clouds

This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives in theatres four years late but seasonally right on time.

"...Joss, Rita Coolidge and Lois Red Elk. This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Need for Speed

Somewhat fast but seldom furious, this is an adrenaline junkie’s wet dream that stars Aaron Paul.

"...name.) It’s an adrenaline junkie’s wet dream, a daredevil fantasy of sideswipes and smashups that never collides with the..."

March 14, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Much like the title character Precious, this rough-hewn movie overcomes the unlikely odds for its success.

"...Precious – a sexually, emotionally, and physically abused 16-year-old African-American girl who is functionally illiterate, morbidly obese, and pregnant..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sex Drive

Sex Drive is part endearing emo love story, part gross-out semen gag-fest, and, very occasionally, a smart, inspired, non-sequitur-laden hoot.

"...to speak. Goaded into action by his self-assured, indie-suave best friend, Lance (Duke, who seems to be creating a..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ma Vie en Rose

This Belgian film is a warm, startling, funny, and realistic study of what happens when a 7-year-old boy is convinced, beyond all reason and outward evidence to the contrary, that he is really a girl.

"...filmmaker Alain Berliner (not to be confused with the American documentary filmmaker Alan Berliner) is a warm, startling, funny,..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...I may have opinions about fantasy novels, too. Not really my bag. But I'd heard..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

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