Leviathan

This Oscar nominee for best Foreign Language film exudes existential Russian angst in cinematic form.

"...individual; power makes might makes right, and the only cold comfort apparent in Leviathan is the omnipresent vodka and..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

McFarland, USA

Despite heavy sports-underdog cliches, this film with Kevin Costner as the coach of an all-Latino high school track team taps into a lot of modern realities.

"...Love of the Game, etc. – have left me cold. So it’s a pleasant surprise to be able to..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Entertaining Angels

Skylark Lounge pianist Margaret Wright plays divine

"..."Kind of cold out there, ain't it?" she asks a slender, white-coated..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Wedding Ringer

Kevin Hart and Josh Gad crank out this aggressively dumb and un-embarrassingly sophomoric wedding comedy.

"...is not further denuded here, including the socially privileged cold-bitch fiancée and a hooker with a heart of gold,..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Louis Black

California Forest Fire: Cleopatra Degher

Emmylou Harris for a new generation of folk?

"...“The cold, wet weather of Sweden made its mark in some..."

Jan. 15, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...Cold Fronts (Philadelphia, PA.)..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Marc Savlov's Top 10 List

"...Most Underrated Cold in July, The Rover, John Wick..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Top 5 Soundtracks and Original Scores of 2014

Awesome Mix, No. 2: Tehran punk, Cave, and Carpenter

"...5) The Guest and Cold in July: Yeah, it’s a twofer, but composers Steve..."

Dec. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Blue Streak

New Azul Tequila duplicates success

"...on an unseasonably chilly day, I went straight for cold-weather Mexican comfort food – a hearty bowl of pozole..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Wail

Gale Theatre Company's new devised work manages to feel as cathartic and personal as it does vague and mysterious

"..."Are you from around here? Are you cold? It's always cold in here. Have you ever lived..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Celis Gypsy Collaboration Brew Debut

Second generation brewer presents unique beer tonight

"...selection, then he brought us the grounds and we cold-brewed the coffee here in the brewery," Nearburg told us..."

Nov. 6, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Declaration of Independence

Unexpected fare in way South Austin at Independence Fine Foods

"...be ordered in an array of ways – from cold brew to a bottomless personal press...."

Nov. 7, 2014 Food Feature by Gracie Salem

Austin Film Festival: Setting as a Character

Location, location, location

"...would show up in parkas trying to show what cold looks like. This made Hawley laugh. During filming in..."

Oct. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

The Green Prince

The son of a Hamas leader becomes an Israeli spy and searches for a moral center.

"...humanitarian concerns, but his Israeli handler, Gonen Ben Yitzhak, cold-bloodedly talks about him mostly as an asset at first...."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Perfidia

The first book in this new L.A. Quartet shows new depth, scope, and craftsmanship in James Ellroy's canon

"...The following Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy – American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood's a Rover – was an..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...from Cuvée Coffee are launching their Black and Blue cold brew in nitro cans this weekend with some festivities..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Fury

Brad Pitt commands a Sherman tank in the waning days of World War II, and teaches his men the simple algorithm of war: Kill or be killed.

"...red-misted fog of war. Fuller’s film is inarguably a stone-cold classic of the genre, but Fury, for all its..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Sasquatch and Zombies and Demons, Oh My!

Let the Halloween countdown commence

"...monsters, created by viral contagion, out in a remote, cold environment, slowly working its way through a cadre of..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gone Girl

When a lady vanishes, David Fincher holds the moral compass.

"...life, as clue after clue insinuates that he’s a cold-hearted wife-killer. Affleck pulls off a tremendously difficult balancing act,..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Good Lie

A well-told story about four lost boys and girls of the Sudan in America gets a welcome assist from Hollywood.

"...Paul a withering monologue that stops two gawking co-workers cold. (Subtextually, it’s the film’s own raised eyebrow at audiences..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Equalizer

Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua deliver the action goods one more time.

"...Teddy (Csokas) – a master Russian enforcer and vicious, cold-blooded killer – being sent over to track him down...."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

What the Heart Wants

Healthy eating isn't always happy eating

"...since tired of its pleasures. But when forced into cold turkey, I at least expected to be able to..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

My Old Lady

Israel Horovitz directs Kevin Kline, Maggie Smith, and Kristin Scott Thomas in this disappointing film adaptation of his play.

"...for Mathias, who whines and whines about his dead, cold-hearted daddy as he downs wine after wine straight from..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Land Ho!

This buddy comedy travels all the way to Reykjavik – but does it actually go anywhere?

"...Martha Stephens (Pilgrim Song, Passenger Pigeons) and Aaron Katz (Cold Weather, Quiet City), are SXSW regulars, who’ve made a..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: Identity Crisis

The Double, Filth, and Moebius melt minds

"...while The Double translates Dostoyevsky's Russian Orthodoxy through a Cold War brutalism, Filth picks up on the way Scots..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

First Look: Cuvée Coffee Bar

They're not quite there yet, but it's looking real good.

"...that's going to have its Black & Blue nitrogenated cold-brew on tap is in the same building as Blackboard,..."

Aug. 11, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

JuiceLand Takes Over the World

Local juice bar is in rapid expansion mode

"...felt as though they were coming down with a cold have told Shook that a shot of the Medicine..."

July 14, 2014 Food Post by Amira Jensen

Agree With Hamilton

"...continue to honor S-comm detainers for illegals in Austin [“Cold as ICE,” News, July 4]. The United States allows..."

July 6, 2014 Postmarks

Hamilton Digs In: Won't End 'S-Comm'

Travis County Sheriff bucks opposition

"...stage for deportation for felons and misdemeanants alike. (See "Cold as ICE")..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Food-o-File

The sweets beat: Contigo hires a new pastry chef

"...has to be High Brew Coffee, the line of cold-brewed, canned coffee beverages founded by David Smith, co-founder of..."

June 27, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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