1999 Austin Film Releases

A complete list of all films released for theatrical runs in Austin in the calendar year 1999 and eligible for consideration in the Top Ten.

"...BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS2.5(M.B.)11/5/99 BRINGING OUT THE DEAD3.5(M.S.)10/29/99 BROKEDOWN PALACE1.0(M.S.)8/13/99 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB3.0(R.S.)7/2/99 CABARET BALKAN4.0(M.B.)10/8/99 CALIGULApreview(M.B.)12/3/99 THE CASTLE2.0(M.B.)6/4/99 CENTRAL..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature

Li’l Band O’ Gold

Li’l Q&A with LBOG’s C.C. Adcock

"...our native driver, guitarist C.C. Adcock, who took us nightclubbing with Steve Riley and Dave Egan to Dickie Landry’s..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

De Nada

Review of Omara Portuondo's “Gracias”

"...Buena Vista Social Club constitutes a brand worth its weight..."

Dec. 9, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Outlaw Onda

If Tejano music isn't on the radio, does it still exist?

"...launching Spanish-language newspapers, toying with telenovelas – on a social/political level, the newly arrived are described as the "immigrant..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

Intro

"...Besieged, Eric Rohmer's Autumn Tale, and Wim Wenders' The Buena Vista Social Club. Also slated for summer release are..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Everything Old is New Again

The Year in Albums

"...of Cuban releases: Introducing Ruben Gonzalez, the Ry Cooder-produced Buena Vista Social Club, and Afro-Cuban All Stars A Toda..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

An Accidental Cuban

Joan Moran’s up-to-the-minute page-turner exposes the dark and gritty side of Cuba with schemes full of treachery, double-dealing, and murder

"...with vintage automobiles and the sensuous rhythms of the Buena Vista Social Club as your soundtrack are in for..."

July 12, 2019 Arts Review by Jay Trachtenberg

WobeonFest Slinger: Vieux Farka Toure

Malian guitarist: “We are young, so [we] have to create new styles”

"...for the same label that brought the world the Buena Vista Social Club two years later. Vieux Farka Toure..."

Sept. 9, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Sarah Jarosz & Gary Clark Jr. Nominated for Grammys

Local youths step further out into the national spotlight

"...did make it to his opening slot for the Buena Vista Social Club at the Long Center in October,..."

Dec. 9, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

¡Pachanga Playback!

Rain or shine, Pachanga Fest played out all ‘corazon’

"...of East Austin teenagers playing impressive covers of the Buena Vista Social Club and Grupo Fantasma with rounds of..."

May 13, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Wobeon and Beyond

World music festival rings in a delirious local debut

"...I enjoyed the hot rod runoff from the Continental Club’s 12th annual street regalia, the Lonestar Rod & Kustom..."

April 8, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Skatalites

"...the decades, the Skatalites remain Jamaica's answer to the Buena Vista Social Club. New versions of "Song for my..."

March 15, 2013 Music Review by Dan Oko

Manuel Cowboy Donley & His Trio Romantic-o

'The Brown Recluse Sessions'

"...Susana Baca in the world music wake of Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club. East Austin octogenarian Donley summons that..."

July 13, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Pachanga Latino Music Festival

Live Shot

"...salsa y "sabor" indie sextet Umano Ache nailing the Buena Vista Social Club standard "El Cuarto de Tula"; a..."

May 18, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Where There’s a Willie…

Billy Bob documents Willie Nelson in The King of Luck

"...Directors: Gruff Rhys & Dylan Goch Star Trek meets Buena Vista Social Club in this psychedelic western musical as..."

March 2, 2011 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin City Limits: 35 Years in Photographs

Thirty-five years of Austin City Limits images of course equals 35,000 words

"...Limits"), but alights the Arcade Fire in 2007. Late Buena Vista Social Club pianist Ruben Gonzalez grinning after an..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...Fabulosos Cadillacs, "El Matador," Grosse Point Blank? Cuban sandwich: Buena Vista Social Club. Brazil's Sinatra (Caetano Veloso), Beatles (Os..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Cumbia de la Pachanga!

Nine hours at Fiesta Garden's Latino Music Festival on Saturday turns into a rock en Español empanada

"...Side of the Road” and closer “Greenhorne Man” bookending Buena Vista Social Club calling card “Quizás, Quizás” and Moreno's..."

June 2, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Queens of Havana: The Amazing Adventures of Anacaona, Cuba's legendary All-Girl Dance Band

Before there was the Buena Vista Social Club, there was the girls in the band

"...blast, including the menu from one of the first clubs they played; Buddy Rich, who took the drumming sister..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Music Review by Graham Reynolds

ACL Fest Friday Reviews

"...Like the Buena Vista Social Club, Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective's..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by David Lynch

DVDnds

DVDnds

"...of Time (Shout! Factory) won't pass for Wim Wenders' Buena Vista Social Club, but once viewed, a mad rush..."

July 20, 2007 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Ibrahim Ferrer

"...the time of his death, Mi Sueño, Ferrer's third Buena Vista Social Club solo LP, sounds it in spots...."

June 15, 2007 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Rock & Roll Books

"...Gorillaz aren't entertained. Yet Kraftwerk, Donna Summer, Woody Guthrie, Buena Vista Social Club, Moby, et al. are deconstructed. Authenticity..."

June 1, 2007 Music Feature by David Lynch

The Searcher

Wim Wenders on his sense of the right direction

"...of successful, like Paris, Texas; Wings of Desire; or Buena Vista Social Club, but none of them were blockbusters,..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Diana Welch

Latin Beat

"...career high, 1998's dizzying Bele Bele in La Habana. Buena Vista Social Club's Ochoa, for his part, on his..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

O Brother

How a bluegrass soundtrack turned out to be the biggest music business success story since Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction.

"...Anybody heard from the Buena Vista Social Club lately? The Down From the Mountain..."

July 19, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Townes Without Pity

The battle for Townes Van Zandt's legacy

"...the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack and the Buena Vista Social Club demonstrate that an older demographic does..."

June 14, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Things Have Changed

A brief, very general overview of the year in albums 2001

"...reissues from Miles, Monk, and Trane, put up the Buena Vista Social Club's answer to Mingus in Orlando Cachaito..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

For Your Consideration ...

Austin Film Festival Preview

"...been collaborating for 30 years -- embark on another socially conscious project with Like Father, a naturalistic portrait of..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature

Orlando Cachaíto López Cachaito

"...(Nonesuch) A member of Cuba's celebrated Lopez family, 68-year-old Buena Vista Social Club bassist Orlando Cachaito Lopez is one..."

July 27, 2001 Music Review by Harvey Pekar

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