Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy

More a meditation than a traditional documentary, Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy beautifully employs direct cinema techniques to transport the viewer into the world of an exiled culture.

"...One of the most powerful sequences focuses on the burning body of a cremated man. A close-up of a..."

May 26, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Common Law

Listen up – illegal downloads & copyright law

"...their own equipment. And while enforcement may be lax, burning a music file for friends or family would also..."

March 31, 2006 Column by Luke Ellis

Skies Partly Cloudy

Two years down the road, liberal network still struggles to establish itself

"...Instead of burning out, Franken demonstrates boundless energy for his role, keeping..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

New Pollution Rules for Coal-Crazed Texas

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality takes up two federal EPA air quality measures to hopefully reduce mercury and carbon dioxide pollution

"...agreed to adopt the rules statewide, taking aim at coal-burning power plants. Texas has five of the nation's 10..."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Waiting ...

This frequently offensive and doggedly disgusting film about working in the restaurant industry is technically inept and wholly crude.

"...the dangers of enraging your waiter. And one last burning question: Were those stunt balls, or Guzmán’s very own..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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"...exhaled by a smoker and the smoke from a burning cigarette. This combination is dangerous for both the smoker..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Column

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"...your seemingly eager journalistic anticipation of the U.S. government burning down the Mormon church in Eldorado, is the Chronicle..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Column

Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela

A fascinating, confounding documentary portrait of the "longest running religious festival in history" – the Kumbh Mela in Prayag, India, a 70 million-strong, once-every-12-years event.

"...and the holy that makes the Black Rock Desert’s Burning Man festival look like an dowdy ice-cream social. Predicated..."

March 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the LNG to a gaseous state ("Sucking, Spewing, and Burning," Dec. 31, 2004). Open Rack Vaporization works by chlorinating..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

"Pocket full of posy (all fall down)"

Susan Whyne's 'Pocket full of posy (all fall down)' at D Berman Gallery is a dreamlike reflection of her emotions surrounding 9 / 11

"...to have a surprising impact. Pairs of smoking or burning objects are everywhere to be seen: a pair of..."

March 11, 2005 Arts Review by Jacqueline May

Gimme Them Biscuits

Austin theatre's barnyard brothers are ready to take over TV – and the world

"...of old friend Damon Brown, director of the recent Burning Man documentary Beyond Black Rock, they adapted the concept..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Will Alcoa Clear the Air?

The aluminum giant's power-plant replacement plan hasn't convinced enviros

"...that it was shutting down three of the four coal-burning power plants it uses to fuel its enormous aluminum..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

You don't have to be a Metallica fan to enjoy this candid documentary that in essence is a complex chronicle of people just trying to get along.

"...type steps up and accompanies the group on a barn-burning "Seek and Destroy." It’s a lovely scene, as pure..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Orange

Refraction Arts Project's production of Orange is a true accomplishment, with interlaced stories weaving an explosive tale about the destruction of humanity

"...There is a fire burning hot orange: It is the light of industrial pollution..."

May 21, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Food-o-File

The holidays are over, and the Austin food scene is back to getting busy.

"...fat out of the fire at Grady Spears' new Burning Pear restaurant in their Marriott in Sugarland, they've hired..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

King of the Ants

Nifty new thriller from Stuart Gordon, the director of Re-Animator.

"...refreshingly unpredictable (until the film’s final shot of a burning conflagration in the background as a character walks away..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coriolanus

Lorella Loftus' staging of Coriolanus at the Vortex doesn't succeed in making Shakespeare's hero truly tragic or noble, but its fierceness of imagination and commitment would do the Roman general proud.

"...his cousin Menenius. Jennifer Underwood's imperious Volumnia -- a burning shadow in her black gown accented with scarlet triangles..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Day Trips

"...What he discovered was that the ash from the burning wood would melt on the pieces to create a..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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"...have respect for me. Most of us agree that burning garbage in your back yard is not being respectful..."

July 25, 2003 Column

Battle-Ready

This fall, history nerds will have cause to rejoice when the History Channel presents First Invasion: The War of 1812, a collaboration with local post-production facility Match Frame.

"...real-world David and Goliath free-for-all that resulted in the burning of the White House and a last-minute tactical turnaround..."

June 13, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Turbonegro

Reissue

"...TurbonegroAss Cobra (Burning Heart)TurbonegroApocalypse Dudes (Burning Heart) This is some ugly shit,..."

April 4, 2003 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

The Life of David Gale

"...midcareer projects like Pink Floyd: The Wall and Mississippi Burning as well as the more recent Evita and The..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Guy Thing

"...release comes this flaccid romantic comedy which poses the burning question: Why bother? As middling comedies go, this is..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Yogurt Shop Trial Turns Fiery

Week Two of the capital murder trial of Michael Scott, the second defendant charged in Yogurt Shop Murders.

"...across a walk-in freezer, and eventually to the floor, burning the bodies of the four girls. A large V-shaped..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Chiles 101: The Science Behind the Burn

"...scientists were able to determine the chemistry behind the burning craved by millennia of chileheads...."

Aug. 23, 2002 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Mr. Deeds

"...when Deeds throws cats out the window of a burning building or has his butler wallop his foot to..."

June 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Hives

Record Reviews

"...The Hives Veni Vidi Vicious (Sire/Burning Heart/Epitaph) The amalgam of labels behind this troupe's second..."

June 14, 2002 Music Review by David Lynch

Burnt Money

"...to fray beneath the boredom of hiding and the slow-burning madness that has engulfed Angel's mind. “I hear voices,”..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Independent

"...Reaper -- who represents not death, but “an uncomfortable burning sensation.” The filmmakers have taken such care with Morty's..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Top 10 Gene Hackman Films

A Salute to America's Anti-Hero, Gene Hackman

"...3. Mississippi Burning (1988): An old-school, good-ol' boy FBI agent is at..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Screens Review by Shawn Badgley

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