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South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...celebrated bestseller, a young woman’s fateful decision in 1960s China reverberates across space and time into the present day...."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As the Guardians of the Galaxy gather once more, every MCU film reviewed

"...mixed bag, from the great (Big Trouble in Little China) to the tepid (The Great Wall), dull (The Mummy:..."

May 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The Roman emperor known as Caligula was actually named Gaius Julius Caesar..."

April 28, 2023 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

In Austin, Which Peking Duck Reigns Supreme?

We list some of the mightiest ducks in town

"...my way through fantastic Chinese restaurants, I felt like Emperor Qianlong, who famously ate roast duck eight times within..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Food Feature by Clara Wang

The Perfect Rolled Salad (No, Not That Kind)

Spring rolls that always pack a big punch

"...they were an innovation of Quang Trung, the second emperor of the Tay Son dynasty (1788-92). The legend is..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

Day Trips: Lucky Land, Houston

Chinese-themed gardens guarded by thousands of terra-cotta soldiers

"...Land in Houston takes you on a journey to China through an outdoor museum. It's a fun garden of..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Marvel's master of kung fu makes a convoluted cosmic splash

"...missing sister, Xialing (Zhang) and rescue her from Wenwu's machinations and the real Ten Rings...."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Forget the cartoon, Disney goes back to the source for the Chinese warrior legend

"...either. First introduced in ballad form in sixth century China, the folkloric figure Hua Mulan has been noodled on..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

The battle over NYC's urban planning

"...Like his previous film, Valentino: The Last Emperor, about the famous fashion designer, director Matt Tyrnauer takes..."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Estate Sale Roundup: March 21-23

Rested up from the fest? Let's explore residences, past and present.

"...work. In the dining room, dinnerware, flatware, Moss Rose china, Waterford crystal. Lots of roosters and carnival glass chickens..."

March 20, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...O Emperor (Dublin, Ireland)..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Boxer Rebellion Gets Yang'd But Good

Graphic Novelist Gene Luen Yang brings his newest work to Austin

"...There's the ghost of the first emperor of all China, Qin Shi Huang, in full warrior..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tapping Into the Kombucha Craze

Local brewers get creative with the ancient tradition of fermenting tea

"...Many attribute the drink to the Qin Dynasty of China, while others believe a Korean doctor, Mr. Kombu, presented..."

April 5, 2013 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Page Two: Getting Our Bearings

The world is far bigger than it might seem

"...natural upheavals as being connected to divine intervention. In China, past generations believed in the "mandate of heaven," which..."

May 7, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Contemplating the digital afterlife

"...to have a pyramid. You had to be an emperor of China to have your clay army. But we..."

March 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

Looking back at 2009, it was a year of drought, change, and some exciting new opportunities for day trippers

"...7) 'TERRA COTTA WARRIORS: GUARDIAN'S OF CHINA'S FIRST EMPEROR' visited the Houston Museum of Natural Science...."

Jan. 1, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Local participants, activists in Denmark for U.N. climate summit

"...yields terms for an agreement acceptable to the U.S., China, India, the European Union, and other key countries. The..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Houston Museum of Natural Science is hosting the exhibit 'Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor' through October

"..."Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor," a current exhibit at the Houston Museum..."

June 26, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

This third outing makes it abundantly clear that this once-fresh mummy franchise is dead in everything but name.

"...While their now-grown offspring, Alex (Ford), is off in China desecrating the tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Li), they're..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reality is cracked and alive; the one constant is change

"...those thousands of terra-cotta soldiers buried with the first emperor of China in 210BC. Some were painted with 'a..."

June 20, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

This Chinese film dramatizing the Tiananmen Square massacre earned the director a five-year ban from making movies

"...there to premiere, Summer Palace, wouldn't be showing in China anytime soon and that he was forbidden by the..."

April 4, 2008 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Forbidden Gardens Chinese Cultural Museum in Katy offers a miniaturized view of Chinese culture and history

"...the far end of the pit, a statue of Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di watches over his troops with..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Letters From Iwo Jima

In his companion film to Flags of Our Fathers, Clint Eastwood again shows the process by which young soldiers become unwitting fodder for their country's war effort.

"...men who not only are expected to serve their emperor and suffer starvation, disease, and overwhelming odds in his..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Curse of the Golden Flower

The rather emotionally insignificant melodrama at the center of this film is given only minimal cover from scrutiny by Zhang Yimou’s visual virtuosity.

"...daily activities were accompanied by a gong soundtrack. The emperor (Chow), a provincial usurper presiding over a decaying era,..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

All Good Thoughts, All Good Food

The symbolism and celebration of Tet, the Vietnamese new year

"...up to, during, and after Tet, all originating from China around the time of the Han Chinese domination in..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Here in filmtown, 'Slacker' is on DVD (finally) and 'Louisiana Boys' is on 'SXSW Presents.' Meanwhile, despite the lack of a Hussein connection, the Iraq war is a triumph for the 9 / 11 terrorists and their co-conspirators.

"...Iraq adventure, suggests a more cosmic consideration. Historically, in China rulers operated under the "mandate of heaven" (or the..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Column by Louis Black

"...the Chinese director of Farewell My Concubine and The Emperor and the Assassin, again confronts issues regarding the history..."

June 27, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The latest Austin Film Society free series examines the cinema of China's Fifth Generation filmmakers.

"...families whose lives had been turned upside down by China's Cultural Revolution. Chen Kaige was pressured to publicly denounce..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

The Sunshine Fix

"...The Sunshine Fix Age of the Sun (Emperor Jones/Kindercore) A few strains into the opening title track..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by Greg Beets

Second Helpings: Chinese

In the first of a two-part special, "Second Helpings" guru Greg Beets informs readers about Austin's Chinese restaurants and the cutthroat world of Chinese lunch specials.

Aug. 3, 2001 Food Column

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