Mid-August Lunch

The director of this Italian film, Gianni Di Gregorio, also stars as a middle-aged bachelor who lives with his mother and cooks for her friends.

"...and slight is it, I could hardly keep my eyes open. That is not quite the disparagement it sounds..."

June 4, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

'Never the Same Again'

Jesse Sublett's 'Rock 'n' Roll Gothic': an excerpt

"...I'm lying inside a CAT scan tube in a bright white room at a radiological lab in Austin, Texas...."

May 7, 2004 Books Feature

Letters at 3AM

"...is no sense of danger or complicity. Only the bright sea and a people displaying their contradictory trademark: anxious..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Sleigh Ride

Robin Bradford takes a trip back to examine love, trust, and safety.

"...my mother's second marriage is the lights in my eyes. We were traveling through the dark cornfields of Kansas..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Features Feature by Robin Bradford

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...in Spin, Perfume Tree's Jane Tiley stands center stage, eyes closed, letting cry a siren's song that would run..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Never Adult Moment

Artist Michael Sieben ollies his skater years into the Visual Arts Center's vaulted elegance

"...Bright with paintings and sculptural installations and a short animation,..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...your article, by Margaret Moser, on Sumner Erickson ["Starry Eyes," Music, Dec. 30]...."

Jan. 13, 2006 Column

Steady as She Goes

Li'l Cap'n Travis humbles its way into Austin's musical heart

"...two on one side, one on the other. Glazed eyes don't fully explain the state of Christian. His shit-eating..."

July 2, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, April 27-May 6

"...April 27-May 6 Suddenly, Al Green flashed before my eyes...."

May 18, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Letters at 3AM

Michael Ventura reflects on the gateway of Time.

"...little less than full, and it made a clear bright rippling reflection on the swift black water below. Strange,..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Exhibitionism

The Food Chain: Great Taste, Less Filling

"...see a wild gleam of unrestrainable joy in the eyes of this Subterranean cast. Douglas Taylor is perfect as..."

March 20, 1998 Arts Review

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...a kid can count -- in splendiferous outfits as bright and brightly colored as a rainbow, all fresh faces..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Honorable Charlie Baird

Judge Charlie Baird is ruffling official feathers at the Travis County Courthouse

"...a national reputation for fairness and independence," says Stephen Bright, president of the Southern Center for Human Rights and..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Burning Brights

Billy and Bryn Bright, yes they do.

"...Two of those are Bryn and Billy Bright, a pair of the best acoustic/bluegrass musicians currently on..."

June 27, 2003 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Hill Country Breakdown

"...through "The Look of a Perfect Diamond" and "Red Eyes on a Mad Dog" warming the crowd considerably. Though..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Celebrity Cynosures

"...The Book Jay McInerney Wrote Already. It was called Bright Lights, Big City, and like Model Behavior, it followed..."

March 5, 1999 Books Review

A Few Faves From the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

Immortal gems of the cinema help us define a classic

"...the premise by now: Dark-humored Harry (Billy Crystal) meets bright-eyed Sally (Meg Ryan), and after a couple of chance..."

May 24, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Down the Line

The 2010-11 Austin Music Awards crown South by Southwest's Saturday night

"...of their keep: the evening's first standing ovation. The Bright Light Social Hour won Song of the Year just..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

'Deliver Me'

First-place winner

"...Jim closed his eyes, tried to reconcile the guy next to him with..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Books Feature by John Roberts

Letters From the Women of SAFPF

A small sample of the letters received by Austin attorney Derek Howard; transcribed and minimally edited

"...If they became drowsy during group or closed their eyes, they were written up for 'refusal to comply with..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature

Undercover on High School's Ritziest Glitziest Night It All Goes Down at Prom

"...-- white tux, black scarf, hat -- and his eyes and nose are shaded by his low-slung brim, so..."

May 14, 1999 Arts Feature

Deep Sea

Gorgeous Chinese animated feature mixes wonderful fantasy with touching drama

"...world, like the way that Nanhe occasionally, through blurry eyes, looks like Shenxiu's mother. Metaphors abound, such as in..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Medusa

Brazilian religious/political allegory loses its venomous bite

"...In a climactic scene, stripped from Eyes Wide Shut, Mira and her closest friend, Michele (Tremouroux),..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Michelle Yeoh gets multiversal in this incredible comedy

"...they can make even the most mundane environments seem bright and kinetic. Yet when they kick into high gear,..."

March 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Thursday

Young Thug in the park, icy French experimentalism, and more

"...that, from the stage, we were all in his eyesight. – Abby Johnston Ural Thomas: Old Soul, Fresh Legs..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Derek Udensi

Labyrinth of Cinema

House director’s love letter to movies, peace, and history

"...combines all of what made him a spellbinding auteur. Bright psychedelic colors contrast classic black-and-white, and green screen layers..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Five true stories of a world in turmoil

"...a dreamlike docudrama that revisits Latasha Harlins through the eyes of her friends and family. The murder of Harlins..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Another Round

He that drinks fast pays slow in this boozy dark comedy

"...celebratory ending that feels as dark as it is bright...."

Dec. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

The paternity mystery is solved, but the ABBA hits keep coming

"...hits like “When I Kissed the Teacher” and “Angel Eyes” jumpstart plot points in a dual-timeline drama. In the..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Brooklyn

When looking homeward do we glance toward the past or the future?

"...of a hand-tinted postcard from another era, punctuated by bright pops of color (green! orange! red!) in artful tableaux..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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