Butter

Jennifer Garner stars in this satire about a woman who'll stop at nothing to win the Iowa state butter-carving competition.

"...Butter has been sitting on the shelf for more than..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Peanut Butter Falcon

This modern Huck Finn may not innovate, but you can't deny its heart

"...The Peanut Butter Falcon is a movie that wears its heart on..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon

Unlikely friendship comedy-drama soars on wobbly wings

"...Midway through Tyler Nilson and Mike Schwartz’s The Peanut Butter Falcon, we see a young man gleefully dancing around..."

March 10, 2019 SXSW Post by Shalavé Cawley

Remaining Texas Football Is Pure Peanut Butter

"...My buddy Earl calls it the peanut butter effect. It’s reserved for the woman whom you should..."

Oct. 23, 2007 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Peanut Butter? Once Again.

Because it shouldn’t be indistinguishable from, say, cake frosting

"...list while eating from the usual jar of peanut butter. And I realized that, whoa, eating this stuff is..."

July 19, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hopfields: Escargot in Red Wine Shallot Butter

Gastropods from a gastropub? Gastronomically brilliant.

"...a recipe for, say, Escargot in Red Wine Shallot Butter? Because you’re still thinking about that culinary snail article..."

Aug. 17, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spread Your Wings With The Peanut Butter Falcon

The story behind an unlikely filmmaking adventure

"...the subject of their debut narrative feature, The Peanut Butter Falcon (starring Gottsagen and directed by Nilson and Schwartz)..."

Aug. 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lawmakers Promised a "Bread-and-Butter" Session. They Served a Repressive Agenda Instead.

Here are just a few laws taking effect Sept. 1

"...big about skipping "red meat" issues and focusing on "bread-and-butter" ones instead, like improvements to the power grid and..."

Sept. 1, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Peanut-Butter Cups Were From Celeste's Best

"...I was pleased that you singled out the vegan peanut-butter cups for praise, because my company, Celeste's Best, supplies..."

Oct. 15, 2007 Postmarks

The Luv Doc: A Pound of Butter

Missionary sex is totally reasonable

"...if you'll allow me a foodish metaphor, reason never buttered anyone's muffin. Nobody goes on a blind date and..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Komé Is Reopening, Enoteca Vespaio Has Closed, Texas Keeper Leverages the Triple-Digit Heat, Desert Door Is Searching for the Best New Margarita, and Hopdoddy Is Putting Peanut Butter and Jelly Where, Exactly?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...on traditional chicken and waffles, with fried chicken and peanut-butter-and-jelly sauces between the buns. No, for real. The surprisingly..."

July 20, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Komé Is Reopening, Enoteca Vespaio Has Closed, Texas Keeper Leverages the Triple-Digit Heat, Desert Door Is Searching for the Best New Margarita, and Hopdoddy Is Putting Peanut-Butter-and-Jelly Where, Exactly?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

July 22, 2022 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Lee Renaming Brings Out Butter-Knife-Sharp Wit

Don’t ask a question you don’t want to know the answer to

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Easy Tiger's Bread and Butter

David Norman talks about new expansion

Nov. 25, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Deadly Globs

Brenner recalls the time Carl Orff took his breath away. Really.

"...Death by peanut butter? Well, not quite. Not quite death. More like: the..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Story of Johnny Lydon

PiL/Pistols frontman and FFF Saturday headliner finds peace

"...Fun Fest star explains his love of learning, how butter saved PiL, and what folk music means to him...."

Nov. 1, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

World-Class Trombonist Andre Hayward's Spiritual Journey

"Big Butter" brings his warm sound to Austin

"..."His nickname is Big Butter," says Haslanger about his longtime friend. "He's got this..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Mile 22

Wahlberg and company get bloody as a CIA black ops team

"...clocks for you? Because that is the bread and butter of Mile 22. As far as the relentless action..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Legend

Tom Hardy pulls double duty playing both the criminal Kray twins

"...stupid in love. But that scene – smooth as butter, the film’s best – is the exception. Mostly Legend..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Spectre

Spectre brings the spectacle, but it lacks a soul

"...another (Fiennes), in a throwback to the bread and butter of Bond mythology: Greet Miss Moneypenny (Harris), enter those..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Live-Action Short Films

This live-action group is unified by a general desire to tug at the heartstrings.

"...“Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak)” is a..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Leave No Stones Unturned

Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf on vinyl, hip-hop's roots, and record labels

"...showcase, we talked to label-head Chris Manak (aka Peanut Butter Wolf) about the Stones Throw sound, the resurgence of..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

The Kosher Baker

Dairy-free baking so delicious no one will miss the butter

"...meat, these desserts cannot have cream, milk, or beloved butter. Delicious cookies, bar, or pies without butter? Is it..."

Nov. 13, 2012 Food Post by Amy Kritzer

Immortals

There's lots of numbingly choreographed chaos and lascivious bloodletting in this megabudget picture about the Greek gods by the visual stylist Tarsem Singh.

"...Barbarity, of course, was the Greek gods' bread and butter, but there's more to thrill at in three lines..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The A-Team

It's the latest old TV show to be remade as a contemporary feature film and fares just about as well as the rest.

"...a jumbo tub of movie-theatre popcorn, complete with the butter-slick, tummy-sick aftereffects that are sure to leave a longer-lasting..."

June 18, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Holiday Dessert Contest Winners Recipes Revealed

Two winners of Faraday's Holiday Dessert Contest share their winning recipes

"...make the glaze. Glaze 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup buttermilk 1/4 cup butter Combine ingredients in a saucepan and..."

Dec. 1, 2008 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Mission: Impossible III

It's all poppycock, of course, but done with great vim, vigor, and flair.

"...Poppycock is the bread and bloody butter of the superspy genre, and J.J. Abrams, the third..."

May 5, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Love Don't Cost a Thing

A nerdy high school student pays a cheerleader to pretend to be his girlfriend in order to appear cool.

"..."Frappuccino with hips," or as "looking better than a butter-leather Prada bag." Love Don’t Cost a Thing, however, looks..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Derrida

If you don't already worship Derrida, this film won't change your mind.

"...the course of his daily life: We watch him butter his toast, go to the barber, dine with friends..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Deliver Us From Eva

"...advice, they pool their funds and hire Cool J’s smooth-as-butter Lothario to woo her out of their lives once..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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