Noir City Emerges From the Shadows

Film festival delves into film noir deep cuts

"...is the finest adaptation of Hemingway on film, and Criss Cross depicts a moral universe so corrupt that only..."

May 19, 2017 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Father Figures

On a road to nowhere with Ed Helms and Owen Wilson

"...any potential candidates for being their real parent, they criss-cross the States in a rental car...."

Dec. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Cinema of Dual Citizens

In the upcoming series Driven into Paradise: European Émigré Directors 1933-1950, the Austin Film Society will be screening (at the Alamo Drafthouse) six classic films reflecting the ethical sensibilities and aesthetic innovations of these exiled masters.

"...its two leads, Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster. Siodmak's Criss Cross, which also stars Lancaster, may be a lesser..."

April 18, 2003 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Whatever it Takes

"...in which Farley Granger and Robert Walker exchange murders. “Criss cross!” indeed.) Rostand's play is only marginally adhered to;..."

March 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Underneath

"...this respectable remake of the 1946 film noir thriller Criss Cross is a propos: Had it been a grittier..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Reservoir Dogs

"...Siodmak's two film noir masterpieces on the heist and double-cross: The Killers and Criss Cross (remade by Steven Soderbergh..."

May 12, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Opening of Waterloo Park Set for Aug. 14

Gary Clark Jr. to headline park's first concert on Aug. 20

"...perform under the five miles of white I-beams that criss-cross the Moody Amphitheater's eye-catching roof cover. On the park's..."

June 23, 2021 Events Post by Robert Faires

“The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip” at the Blanton

Aperture Foundation’s survey is a portrait of what we find with our cameras when we travel

"...exhibit as expansive as the country we love to criss-cross by auto – this one by Lee Friedlander sums..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Jazz Workshop

"...admirably revives 11 lesser-known gems, including "Played Twice," "Hackensack," "Criss Cross," and "Thelonious." Trombonist Andre Hayward is no stranger..."

May 26, 2017 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Finding the Sweet Spot

Mayor, Council seek consensus on a transportation bond

"...problems, with his major focus on the corridors that criss-cross the city into and out of Downtown, access most..."

June 21, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Farewell to Dusty Rhodes

How the American Dream spoke to and for blue collar America

"...mass of scar tissue on his forehead and a criss-cross of welts on his side from too many bloody..."

June 15, 2015 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

All Shades of Black

How do you define film noir?

"...Sleep, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Killers (1946); Crossfire, Lady in the Lake, Out of the Past (1947);..."

July 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Driven into Paradise: European Émigré Directors 1933-1950

"...5/12 Criss Cross (1949) D: Robert Siodmak...."

April 18, 2003 Screens Feature

Naked City

Road Raving

"...transportation plan. Judson calls Perry's "Trans Texas" proposal to criss-cross the state with massive toll road and railroad corridors..."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Gomez, La Zona Rosa

Friday Night

"...fills, and the boys amble out onstage. Two lights criss cross like diffused lasers, and the band breaks instantly..."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by Mindy LaBernz

Book Reviews

Hangover Soup

"...previous of his novels, the plot is an erotic criss-cross. At the beginning of the novel, Robin, an architect,..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Books Review

Murder, Mayhem, and the Underbelly of Life

Friends in Low Places

"...Regina Hartwell actually comes across in Wasted as someone who had the "wonderful heart"..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Books Feature

Yo! MTV Laughs!

The Long, Strange Trip to TV for Three Austin Comics

"...after like gold in California circa 1849. Entertainment execs criss-cross the country, delving into smaller markets in an almost..."

May 30, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Exhibitionism

"...which costume designer Pamela Anson takes rich advantage, in criss-cross patterns and stylish headgear). The trio of young heroes..."

May 16, 1997 Arts Review

Low and Outside

Playing Ball With the Big Boys in Montopolis

"...thickly carpeted with beer debris, and windblown litter strays across the field...."

Jan. 12, 1996 News Feature

Sore Muscles? Put Some Tape on 'Em!

Austin Marathon runners learn about kinesiology tape

"...the fleet-footed – a good number will be wearing criss-crossing layers of stretchy tape on their shins, ankles, knees,..."

Feb. 13, 2010 Sports Post by Nora Ankrum

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...film, Claude Chabrol, France's gimlet-eyed master of the double cross, directed this comic thriller about a pair of grifters..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...70-year lease agreement, but MHMR was limited by its across-the-board 50-year lease requirement for the entire project. ......"

April 2, 1999 News Feature

All the Pain Platinum Can Buy

"...by seemingly every media outlet in the country, and criss-crossed the nation with everyone from Art Alexakis and Everclear..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...own informed take on the music/artist/genre he deals with, cross-referenced with everything else jammed into his brain, to tell..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

Fusing Southwestern and Asian Cuisines Brio Grande

"...desired effect. But if by some chance she stumbles across a great novel, she will know that something has..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Arts Feature