'Cry-Baby': Rockabilly heartthrob needed for Broadway run

A new stage musical adapted from John Waters' 1990 film Cry-Baby needs a hunky musician for the title role and thinks he might be in Austin

"...Is there a Cry-Baby in Austin? That's not me being snarky; that's the..."

March 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Baby Geniuses

March 19, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Million Dollar Baby

Glorious performances and Eastwood's confident direction result in a film that transcends the rules of its genre and shows us, with an unvarnished simplicity, how human beings struggle to come to terms with the unthinkable.

Jan. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Do Me Baby! Austin Does Prince

Only Bowie may have prompted era peer the following year

April 27, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Theatre en Bloc's Cry It Out

This production tackles the huge challenge of exploring motherhood and class, and can't quite have it all

May 11, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

'The Sporting Life': It’s Game Time, Baby …

Oct. 31, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Serial Mom

"...been used as thoroughly as they were in Waters' Cry-Baby four years ago). The big question, is it funny?..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cry-Baby

Cry-Baby is definitely one of the better Fifties flashbacks, thanks to Waters' flair for visuals and a vivid memory of the Eisenhower era.

"...Cry-Baby..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Screens Review by Mike Emery

The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent's follow-up to The Babadook is a true historical horror

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Devil's Due

She's having an unholy baby - but isn't that every pregnant woman's fear? The only new ingredient in this horror setup is the found-footage element.

Jan. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2005

Spike & Mike has always been a hit-or-miss program, and this year is no different, with a few genuinely brilliant pieces surrounded by examples of puerile fun and juvenile humor.

Jan. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked Killer

Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brüno

Sacha Baron Cohen's Brüno is less specific and less interesting than Borat – and therefore less funny.

July 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jackie Brown

Based on Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch, this is a fairly straight-ahead, Seventies-styled caper film.

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Record Reviews

July 19, 1996 Music Review

Record Reviews

July 19, 1996 Music Review

The Marvels

Lower, lesser, slower, baby

Nov. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Downton Abbey recap: Episode 5

Cora gives Lord Grantham the cold shoulder

Feb. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

Articulations

Real drama bled into the staged kind when actress Latifah Taormina cut herself during a performance of Adam Sobsey's Hang Town Fry, and Salvage Vanguard releases The Cry Pitch Carrolls on CD.

April 13, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

We Remember What the Dormouse Said

Ten authors cut you a little slice of their own personal Wonderlands

March 31, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVD Watch: Potential-Gift Edition

Dec. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

Testosterone

Part colorful noir, part scatterbrained comedy, Testosterone envisions the severed tether of a presumably functional relationship.

"...and Pedro Almodóvar: Woman on the Verge of a Cry-Baby. There’s also a subplot about the mysterious cafe owner..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hummus, You So Sexy

Baby Zach's takes a Texan approach to a historical appetizer

July 6, 2012 Food Post by Meghan Ruth Speakerman

The Luv Doc: PDA

Baby Goose and Riri not included

May 13, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Qmmunity: A Book of One’s Own

Queer book releases from this June, perfect for building a tiny Borrower house

June 30, 2023 Column by James Scott

Death Watch: Texas Goes Through With Wilson Execution

Supreme Court declines to intervene in case of man with IQ of 61

Aug. 8, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Thursday Sleepers

"...by this Bergen, Norway, trio. The band's 2007 debut, Cry-Baby, jumps into the rhythmic convulsions of At the Drive-In..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

The Legend of La Llorona

The weeping woman has reason to cry in this flat supernatural horror

Jan. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Sweet Spirit Record Review

Cokomo (Nine Mile)

"...begs for inclusion in a remake of John Waters' Cry-Baby, declaring, "Youth is a waste/ Put some lines on..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: June

Supernatural scares meet adoption drama (again)

Oct. 12, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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