When the New Thing Is Old News Already

Call it Murphy's nth Law of Computing: 'Any given program, when running, is obsolete'

"...The recent buzz has been about how brick-and-mortar video-rental chains like Blockbuster and Hollywood Video were crushed..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

the backspace

Cirkiel shifts his command to the backspace

"...While talking about installing the 2,700-pound Neapolitan brick oven in his new venue, the backspace, he confesses..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Austin Shorts at Sundance

David Lowery and the Zellner Bros. to do the 'Dance

"...woman seeks love and beyond in a small American town."Brick Novax" (Director and Screenwriter: Matt Piedmont) – Penniless and..."

Dec. 6, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Oliver Stone delivers an enlivening and wickedly entertaining take on the occasional angels and plentiful demons that have run the country into financial ruin.

"...pinkie ring, and mobile phone the size of a brick. Gekko’s been out of the game a long time,..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

B-boy bluez

Zell Miller III makes the four corners of hip-hop come together in the theatre

"...the graffiti artist painting a mural on a ramshackle brick wall to the DJ etching out beats and ripping..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Greatest Stories Ever Told

The 2010 Paramount Summer Film Classics

"...a movie palace. We passed a lot of looming brick walls – which my overactive imagination construed as corridors..."

May 21, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

District 13: Ultimatum

This French import is a nervy, comic action sequel that weds the sport of parkour with detective work.

"...meringue-flavored actioneering (it was), then Ultimatum is like a brick thrown through cinephiliac French Prime Minister Sarkozy's window, albeit..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

Saint Arnold Brewing Co.'s new cavernous tasting room harkens back to the days of big German beer halls where families gathered to talk and laugh and enjoy fresh beer

"...Texas' oldest microbrewery completes its move into a 96-year-old red-brick building on the northern edge of downtown Houston, and..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

more.

Headlong Dance Theater's study in domestic life was both cerebral and immediate

"...Co-directors David Brick, Amy Smith, and Andrew Simonet created the hourlong piece,..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Headlong Dance Theatre: Fusion Cuisine

This Philadelphia troupe's mix of theatre and movement creates something tasty

"...understands this mix. Founded in 1993 by co-directors David Brick, Andrew Simonet, and Amy Smith, HDT has garnered stellar..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Can This District Be Saved?

The revival of the Warehouse District is rooted in Austin's history – and its popularity is also its peril

"...authentic. Its character is inseparable from the quirky old brick warehouse buildings; the one-story, human scale; and the elevated..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

McMoldy High School?

For one McCallum High student, every day is a sick day

"...and wood make a hearty feast, for example, while brick and plastic don't, although a bit of moist dust..."

July 10, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Goodbye Solo

This small marvel of a film by American portraitist Ramin Bahrani is a large-hearted examination of human curiosity and kindness and the limits of both.

"...faces to maximum effect, and he lenses the industrial brick and sunrise/sunset of Bahrani's native Winston-Salem and the foggy,..."

May 8, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

12 Rounds

WWE superstar wrestler John Cena teams with once-exciting action director Renny Harlin for this New Orleans-set action film.

"...like Ron Howard, if Ron Howard could crush a brick with his bare hand. After all, it’s not like..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Hall Overhaul

A renovated Bass reopens to a world much changed in the 20 months the venue was closed

"...world music acts. University of Texas campus. Big brown brick bunker. Does the name Bass Concert Hall ring any..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Haunting of Molly Hartley

A frighteningly dull updating of The Omen and Rosemary's Baby for the Gossip Girl set.

"...of Molly Hartley turns out to be. (Check out Brick, Rian Johnson's teen-angst updating of the classic film noir..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Res Publica

Your citizen's calendar, Oct. 9-16

"...BUILDING BRIDGES: BRICK BY BRICK Meet with Sheriff Greg Hamil­ton in an..."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature

Emerald City Blues

The parking-lot crisis

"...There is no yellow-brick road leading to Emerald City Press, the hip walk-up..."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Food-o-File

The posh, new mulberry opens in the 360 Condos while other Austin favorites get face-lifts

"...and on tap and a pub-grub menu that includes brick-oven pizzas and Maryland crab cakes. Just across the street,..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The First Saturday in May

This documentary follows six horse trainers and their experiences on the 2006 trail to the Kentucky Derby.

"...except for one preteen who brags of the $1,000 "brick" in his pocket); and what of the color divide..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Audacity of Promoting Necessary Cinema

Previewing Cine las Americas 2008

"...Americas has stayed true to its mission by growing "brick by brick," as del Bosque is known to say,..."

April 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Under the Same Moon

The film's parallel stories of a mother and son seeking each other across geographical divides is never more than one small step away from mawkishness and cliché – but as a sociological study, it’s fascinating.

"...of her adopted city – Domino’s Pizza shops, painted brick walls, Laundromats, etc. – which, to his lonely ears,..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Beside the Point

Zoning and development action doesn't come any hotter and heavier than last week's City Council meeting.

"...not, zoning is where the new Austin is built, brick by brick...."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Re-Re-Re-Re-Reopening Night

The Ritz: Talkie theatre, cowboy hangout, playhouse, comedy and punk club, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

"...massive fire-engine-red-and-white sign bracketed flush to the ancient maroon brick facade hollers out "The Ritz" loud enough to knock..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Duck!

Foie gras vandals strike again

"...A phantom foie gras foe lobbed a brick through a plate glass window at Jeffrey's restaurant late..."

July 13, 2007 News Post by Amy Smith

Yummer Reading

"...Earth ovens combine the utility of a wood-fired, retained-heat brick oven with the ease, economy, and timeless beauty of..."

June 8, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Lamberts

Upscale barbecue in an Austin landmark

"...an upscale barbecue joint/music venue called Lamberts. The two-story brick edifice may look somewhat incongruous now amid swanky condo..."

April 20, 2007 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Cinema's Labyrinth

The year in film, 2006

"...6. Brick – Rian Johnson's directorial debut fused classic film noir..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

UT Slams Wisconsin 3-0

"...end, they might as well have been playing a brick wall. A very tall brick wall. Six-foot-five Lauren Paolini..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Sports Post by Lee Nichols

Day Trips

Wanna see some ghosts? Galveston is the town for you.

"...passes through the muggy night, light flashes on the brick walls, and smoke appears with no visible source to..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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