Here Come the Neighborhoods

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

We've Come a Long Way, Baby

The year's best in technology, gaming, and Web sites

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Lover Come Back

"...who try to wrest each other's product in this comedy of the sexes...."

July 8, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Do Fries Come With That Shake? Get Down to Hang Town

"...The old McKedricks Treehouse location on Barton Springs Road comes immediately to mind, but the southwest corner of Rio..."

June 9, 1995 Food Feature

The Beautiful Game

The scene at Fado's was a madhouse for the Champions League Final

"...I knew I had come to the right place...."

May 23, 2008 Sports Post by Christopher Bond

Get Out

A stellar racially charged horror comedy

"...Jordan Peele (one half of the sadly defunct comedy show Key & Peele) makes an auspicious debut as..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

He Named Me Malala

Doc about the famous champion of girls' eduction, Malala Yousafzai

"...Inspirational figures hardly come more heroic and ready-made than Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kill List

This British crime film is very dark, funny, and violent – and thoroughly unpredictable.

"...going. And even then, they’ll never correctly predict the film’s outcome or foretell its bizarre ending. Kill List is..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

War Stories

From Austin to the Upper Peninsula to Afghanistan and back: Heather Courtney's long journey to arrive at Where Soldiers Come From

"...As the quiet real-life drama of Where Soldiers Come From unfolds, it's difficult not to be reminded of..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Big Dogs, Young Rebels, and Aging Giants

The Austin promoters who bring the music come in all shapes and sizes

"...promoter Bill Graham or infamous British promoter Don Arden – dubbed "The Al Capone of Pop" – they're generally..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

South by So Real 09

Rapping with Matt Sonzala about SXSW hip-hop

"...Welcome to the second annual edition of South by So..."

March 10, 2009 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Brainscan

"...Marsh. Flashback. It's tough these days, I suppose, to come up with a genuinely original horror script. I mean,..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rhapsody in August

"...meditation on the nature of American-Japanese relations could not come at a better time. While casting about for villains..."

March 27, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

God's Pocket

Philip Seymour Hoffman, in one of his last performances, heads up a terrific ensemble cast for this offbeat drama adapted from a Pete Dexter novel.

"...We come away with a strong sense of place and the..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Place: Two Words

Come out! Come out, you adorable queer!

"...Friends await on this side of the closet door. Welcome! ON OUR GAYDAR..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Moontower Comedy 2018: Ali Siddiq

The Houston comedian on taking his act back behind bars

"...the Houston comic, who's in town for the Moontower Comedy Festival, got his first hour-long special for Comedy Central,..."

April 19, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Tracks

Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver star in this story about Robyn Davidson's solitary trek across the Australian desert.

"...irresistibly photographed (by cinematographer Mandy Walker). However, if you come to the movie expecting Davidson to share her reasons..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Micmacs

This French-language film from Amélie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet resembles a live-action cartoon.

"...flavor of physical impossibility and unfettered imagination. This French film’s central character, Bazil (Boon), is a hapless young man..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Name of the Game

The Hives

"...colossal best, ate whole the 1970s German mechanics of B&W's “T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.” and the Weill/Brecht broken music box of “Puppet..."

Sept. 15, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Claim

"...your mouth in a dream to scream and nothing comes out. The characters in The Claim suffer under the..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Center of the World

"...but seems believably nerdy enough that he could have come into $20 million without having a clue as to..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Duets

"...Me the Way to Go Home” long before the film crosses its finish line. A movie about mediocre singers..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Art of War

"...on becoming one of the kings of the action film, with such recent films to his credit as Murder..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

At First Sight

"...it must have been for those male (and female) filmgoers sick to death of the blond, chiseled features of..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monument Ave.

"...by Demme) or his stand-up routines, this movie may come as a bit of a shock. Leary, Demme, and..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Music Rally Demands City Funding: “Put Up or Shut Up”

Thursday’s Council vote portrayed both as last stand ... and a start

"...on a windy Monday afternoon for this month’s second Come & Save It rally...."

Sept. 28, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

The great composer, somewhat explained

"...always presented a presentational challenge to the medium of film, attempting to render that which is intangible into physical..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Eyez on Me

Keep ya head up but don't expect too much from this biopic

"...or even hagiographic biography of the rapper. Instead, the film just plods from one incident to the next, beginning..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Song to Song

Malick takes on the Austin music scene (sort of)

"...that looks like real life. For instance, this Austin-set film is billed as being about “struggling” musicians – the..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Forks Over Knives

This documentary presents evidence that a whole-foods diet can prevent the occurrence of cancer, heart disease, and Type 2 diabetes.

"...of each other, these two affable, informative researchers have come to the conclusion that the traditional Western diet is..."

May 13, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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