ACL Live Review: Big Thief

Adrianne Lenker and company cradle the human condition

"...Big Thief didn’t return to a second weekend of ACL..."

Oct. 13, 2018 Music Post by Isabella Castro-Cota

ACL Fest Interview: Big Thief

Brooklyn folk rockers in the Friday interview spotlight

"...Big Thief12:45pm (10/5 + 10/12), Barton Springs stage..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music Live: Big Thief

Day party robbed by Masterpiece maker Adrianne Lenker!

"...Outside, Brooklyn fourpiece Big Thief slayed – surprisingly. The band’s debut, Masterpiece, came..."

March 19, 2017 SXSW Post by Libby Webster

The Good Thief

"...exercise in film-noir aesthetics, Bob le Flambeur, The Good Thief will play like a soothing balm to cineastes reared..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Painter and the Thief

Intriguing tale of crime and redemption

"...between Barbora Kysilkova (the painter) and Karl-Bertil Nordland (the thief). In 2015, the rising naturalistic portrait artist heard she..."

May 22, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Identity Thief

Melissa McCarthy is a comic storm system to Jason Bateman's straight man in this latest variation on the road trip from hell.

"...Sandy Bigelow Patterson (McCarthy) is not only living the good life..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Big Bounce

There's very little bounce in this new Elmore Leanard adaptation that stars Owen Wilson and Morgan Freeman.

"...of the plot. As Jack, a burglar and petty thief with an eye for the ladies and a halfhearted..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Bicycle Thief

Police say James Clayton befriended – then ripped off – many Austin bicyclists

"...WARNING: KNOWN BIKE THIEF (Austin)..."

April 10, 2009 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Looking at the Big Picture

Paramount Summer Classic Film Series goes large

"...(who won an Academy Award) as a toothless orchid thief is Kaufman's perfect complement. Adaptation reiterates the capacity for..."

May 20, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Faster Than Sound: KVRX Launches the Largest College Radio Festival

KVRX station manager Gab Soong starts the largest ever student-run radio fest, national phone theft ring uncovered from ACL Fest, and Big Thief’s Buck Meek settles down outside the city

"...radio station put on a festival. Aside from increasingly big South by Southwest events and in-studio sessions, the left-of-the-dial..."

March 1, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Adaptation.

"...this from orchids? Susan Orlean's bestselling book The Orchid Thief provides the inspiration for Adaptation, whose screenplay was authored..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Out of Sight

Soderbergh adapts Elmore Leonard in this caper movie that features great performances, gritty milieus, and clever creative flourishes.

"...author's seedy, South Floridian love of small-time hoods and big-time losers. Granted, Jackie Brown mined similar territory some months..."

June 26, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beijing Bicycle

A newcomer to Beijing has his bicycle (and livelihood) stolen by a teen desperate to impress his pals in this Chinese variation on The Bicycle Thieves.

"...alludes aggressively to De Sica's neorealist masterpiece The Bicycle Thief in that it likewise ties a man's livelihood, dignity,..."

March 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Faster Than Sound: The Fall Music We Always Talked About

Music columnist returns to two major venues and a new one

"...On Sept. 15, entering the Moody Theater before Big Thief came onstage, we observed the multilevel crowds and..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Scanlines

The Bicycle Thief

"...cutline repartee this week. This frame from The Bicycle Thief beautifully illustrates its moving cinematography. Antonio Ricci is a..."

July 25, 1997 Screens Feature

New Legend of Shaolin

"...to see it in all its glory on the big screen. Taking a page from Japan's Lone Wolf and..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Kiss of Death

"...Jimmy Kilmartin, a reformed New York hustler and petty thief who finds his currently stable situation (he's married with..."

April 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

"...anything else and you'll wish you'd rented The Bicycle Thief instead. For all two of you that missed the..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Faster Than Sound: Austin Imprint Keeled Scales Partners With Polyvinyl Records

New joint office expands the local label landscape

"..."Fulfillment is the big piece," he says. "We also have a weekly strategy..."

June 4, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Wednesday SXSW Picks

"...ear for what pops. He released two of the biggest albums of 2015 in solo release DS2, and Drake..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Idlewild

OutKast has been operating as two separate and distinct musical personas for at least three years now, and Idlewild unwisely continues this trend into the cinematic realm.

"...film debut of hip-hop superstars OutKast (André 3000 and Big Boi, né Benjamin and Patton), is two candies in..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Faster

Dwayne Johnson is an ex-con out to avenge his brother's death and Billy Bob Thornton is the junkie cop on his tail.

"...actual movie – presumably more suitable, single-worders like Vengeance, Thief, Killer, and Angry were already taken – Faster turns..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hot Chick

"...fans who gobbled him up in his two previous big-screen showcases as a gigolo and an animal. Others will..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The White Balloon

"...bears more than a little resemblance to The Bicycle Thief, Vittorio De Sica's neo-realist classic in which a man..."

April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Malcolm X

"...testament to Lee's skills as a filmmaker. With this big-budget, three-hour-and-twenty-one-minute biopic, Lee has graduated from successful indie filmmaker..."

Nov. 20, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kerrville Folk Festival Launches Hip Younger Sister Fest, Welcome Home

Broadening the scope of folk with Laraaji, Adrianne Lenker, and more

"...Friedman, Laraaji, Kimya Dawson (the Moldy Peaches), Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief), Lomelda, Twain, and more, with weekend tickets starting..."

July 21, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

UtopiaFest 2016

"...Big Thief..."

Oct. 3, 2016 Photo Gallery

SXSW Music Rounds Up Last Wave of Talent

Bully, Khalid, Car Seat Headrest, Lizzo, and Billie Eilish join fest

"...Billy Ocean, stands out from the Fests, as does Big Thief frontman Buck Meek, indie-pop darlings Cults, song scion..."

March 7, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music List No. 3

Dead Meadow, Sad13, Cindy Wilson, Lizzo, Boogarins, and 494 others

"...By our count, SXSW’s running total currently stands at..."

Jan. 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sentimental Family Band, Leti Garza, Dorian Electra, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in music

"...Fifties-style country with touches of jazz and Bakersfield honky-tonk. Big Cedar Fever’s Georgia Parker sets up with new singles..."

March 1, 2024 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

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