Snow White and the Huntsman

Ambitious, brutish, and ruthlessly unromantic, this feminist reworking of the fairy tale has us under its spell.

"...it seems – this is the second riff on Snow White in as many months, following April's hapless Mirror..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

ACL Review: Miike Snow

Hurricane pop trio proves anything but studio-bound

"...A veteran touring act, Miike Snow works methodically, seamlessly re-creating its unique math-pop by teasing..."

Oct. 3, 2016 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Qmmunity: Queer Black Womanhood

Local nonprofit Queer Black Women Alliance makes space for their community, plus more queer events

"...of queerness. Such is the power of nonprofit Queer Black Women Alliance, a local (for now) organization dedicated to..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Column by James Scott

Two Nights With Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Canadian collective gets massive at Mohawk

"...a few of the same faces for Godspeed You! Black Emperor at the Mohawk on Tuesday and Wednesday. A..."

Oct. 11, 2012 Music Post by Luke Winkie

NY in the Snow

In this gorgeous volume, photographer Vivienne Gucwa documents the Big Apple’s yearly transmogrification into a winter wonderland

"...by ourselves and our cat or whatever – it snowed for the second time in 2017 in Austin, Texas...."

Jan. 5, 2018 Books Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

We Come From the Land of the Ice and Snow

Sword drummer Trivett Wingo hammers out an appreciation of Led Zeppelin III

"...steady-selling debut, Age of Winters, advances stoically through Napoleonic snowdrifts of riff (see "Winter's Wolves," Feb. 3, 2006), Gods..."

March 28, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Year's Cheers

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Black Snow, Tutto Theatre Company..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Black Snow

Tutto Theatre and Bulgakov's satire are a wonderful marriage of zany energy and deep meaning

"...Black Snow..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Mirror Mirror

Holding on to the Snow White fairy tale's most tiresome aspects, this iteration has some visual sass but is devoid of wit.

"...The Brothers Grimm first transcribed the folk tale of Snow White some two centuries ago, so concessions to modernity..."

April 6, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Culture Class

The 2009-2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...awards and a special citation, and Tutto Theatre Company's Black Snow, which was honored in four categories. Nine other..."

June 11, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Out Cold

"...Be a good patriot and avoid this substance. This snowboarding comedy is a smutty, low-brow, PG-13 teen sex farce,..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rock Dog

It's a dog … that rocks!

"...rock dog, a young Tibetan mastiff who lives on Snow Mountain, where he and all the other dogs guard..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blancanieves

A period piece about two generations of matadors is fused with the Snow White fairy tale in this black-and-white Spanish charmer.

"...about two generations of matadors with the Grimm Brothers' Snow White fairy tale. Blancanieves was honored as the opening..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips

Snow's serves up barbecue that Texas Monthly proclaimed to be the best in the state

"...Snow's BBQ in Lexington has a mighty big reputation to..."

June 17, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...Co. jury – nor, for that matter, had any black juror. The state Court of Criminal Appeals had rejected..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Pledge

"...a child killer. Hours before his retirement, detective Jerry Black (Jack Nicholson) skips out on his luau-themed fete when..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Into the Wilds With Hundreds of Beavers

Is this the first Dogme 96 snowstick comedy?

"...Snowstick (Noun): Any physical comedy that takes place all in..."

April 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Innocents

Polish nuns raped by soldiers during WWII trigger wider moral issues

"...It’s a conception that’s anything but immaculate. The film’s snow-dappled setting, exquisitely captured in the shadows-and-light cinematography of Caroline..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Page Two: The Suburbs

Growing up with Phoebe Snow, whose presence and music transcended the ordinary

"...The eponymous album, Phoebe Snow (her stage name – taken from an advertising character..."

May 6, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Review: Revel's Existential Solstice

In a concert evoking winter's cold and darkness, warmth

"...The wind blew, the snow fell, and the darkness of winter enveloped us. And..."

Dec. 5, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Cocaine Bear

The ursine Dr. Rockzo goes on a bloody comedic bender

"...accidentally converge on the stomping grounds of a coked-up black bear. Gangsters Daveed (Jackson Jr.) and Eddie (Ehrenreich) are..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Cold Pursuit

Liam Neeson is Mr. Plow ... with a vengeance

"...Raimi gallows humor. Neeson is Nels Coxman, a professional snowplow operator, loving husband and father, and local “Citizen of..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Live reviews of Big Bill, Protextor, Black Fret Ball, and Margaret Moser’s memorial concert

"...a holiday miracle to Austin: flurries of soft white snow covering the urban landscape...."

Dec. 15, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Page Two: Dream Is Destiny

Louis Black finds himself at Sundance – a Jersey kid from Texas, a writer slipped into filmmaker

"...walks on cold nights through casually drifting down unending snow, punctuated by the rare light. Illuminated more by the..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Winter's Wolves

Unsheathing the Sword's two-fisted 'Age of Winters'

"...Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Iron Maiden, Metallica; it's an image that..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Climb

"...effort, after all, with its requisite aerial photography of snow-capped vistas. The production values are probably better than they..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

A Time for Drunken Horses

Iranian masterpiece of Kurdish life.

"...Iran-Iraq border. Weighed down with tractor tires filled with black-market goods, the mules stumble along the frozen, rocky countryside..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Pahokee

Austin filmmakers' portrait of rurban Florida both illuminates and obfuscates

"...(Apparently, the annual harvest fires cause an ash nicknamed “black snow” that has caused severe respiratory problems for some..."

April 24, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Paging Through the "Page Two" Archive

A look back at Louis Black's long-running column now at the end of its run

"...In early August, Louis Black, this paper’s co-founder and co-owner, announced his retirement from..."

Sept. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

2009 B. Iden Payne Awards

The crowd came to honor local theatre but left impressed by Austin's strong comedy scene

"...award in both the comedy and drama categories for Black Snow and Ophelia, respectively, along with the Director of..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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