The House of Sand

The House of Sand is a quintessentially moderate art film: panoramic and symbolic, epic in scope, technically accomplished, and miraculously acted by the mother-daughter team of Fernandas Montenegro and Torres in showy dual roles.

"...Melodia and Enrique Dí­az. In 1910, the Brazilian state of Maranhào looks like the surface of the moon: dry,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Kiss of Death

"...Hunt, Kathryn Erbe, Michael Rapaport and Ving Rhames. Kiss of Death is a solid piece of pulp drama that,..."

April 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Year of the Comet

"...should be a little more ambitious than this. Neglected daughter (Miller) finally talks her wine dealer father into sending..."

May 1, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Last of Robin Hood

Kevin Kline is Errol Flynn in this confused story of his late-life affair with 15-year-old Beverly Aadland.

"...To ambitiously approach this inherently tabloid tale of the end-of-life romantic fling Errol Flynn (Kline) had with..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

The End of the Double Rainbow

Does it take a pot of gold now to go viral?

"...– is littered with the barely watched video documentation of hundreds of thousands of people whose random, goofy moment..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

What a Piece of Work Is Woman!

After four centuries of being berated, belittled, betrayed, bullied, battered, and butchered by the men in Shakespeare's plays, the women have had enough. They're ready to speak out, to give Will a piece of their minds. And in playwright Susan Kelso's Roses and Thistles, they do just that.

"...Ah, Shakespeare: Immortal Bard of Avon. England's finest poet. Playwright without peer. Male chauvinist..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Art of Parenting With Art

Trying to find ways to make art while sustaining a family is no easy road.

"...Midcommute and the younger daughter, Katie, has finally settled down from an extended fit..."

June 22, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Love in the Time of 'Green Darkness'

Don't judge Anya Seton's reissued biographical novels by their romance and bad covers

"...Elegantly mannered and exhaustively researched, the writing of Anya Seton has captivated readers for decades. Books such..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

"...the Warehouse District, and plop yourself at any one of the area's finer watering holes: Sullivan's, Cedar Street, Saba,..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

The Adventures of Sancho Panza

Guitar Techs

"...to a tattered, unused song list that details each of Sexton's many guitar changes and tunings. Suddenly Tweedy bolts..."

June 23, 1995 Music Feature

Uptown Girls

"...construction makes you long for anything – even an impossible-to-get-out-of-your-head Billy Joel hook – to make the time pass...."

Aug. 15, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Operation Condor

"...Indiana Jones, sans bullwhip. This 1991 Chan opus (Armour of God II: Operation Condor), repackaged with a new score,..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Good Company

In Good Company is a sincere but serviceable-at-best dramedy from Paul Weitz, one-half of the fraternal team that has already brought us two studies about the human male: American Pie and About a Boy.

"...Chapman. As he’s aged, Dennis Quaid has lost some of the cocksureness and swagger that defined his early roles,..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...Book Sense is the cornerstone of an effort by the American Booksellers Association, a consortium..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Books Column

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...Book Sense is the cornerstone of an effort by the American Booksellers Association, a consortium..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Books Column

Love Is Strange

Heartfelt, seriocomic romance about two longtime partners who wed after 40 years, then discover all is not bliss.

"...Is Strange is anything but. It’s a seriocomic romance of the most genteel sort, full of heartfelt “I love..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lolita

"...However, Lyne (whose sexually exploitative works include such popular box-office fare as Flashdance, 9 1/2 Weeks, Fatal Attraction, and..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short and Sweet: "We Forgot About the Zombies"

Austin filmmaker Chris McInroy on brevity and nasty stains

"...Welcome to Short and Sweet, our look at some of the short films and projects at South by Southwest..."

March 12, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Real Kid Rock

Kids get left at the airport, but don't worry.

"...I’m sorry I won’t be flying in or out of Austin this week, but those who are can hear..."

July 25, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...the weather has hit 100 degrees before the beginning of June. It's a drier heat, to be sure, but..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Don't Breathe

Home-invasion thriller is more methodical than innovative

"...after making his American debut directing the well-regarded remake of the horror classic Evil Dead, the Uruguayan filmmaker Fede..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of South by Southwest, find harmony in the three headlining..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Look at Me

An acute observation of the ways in which we fail to communicate marks this French film, which won the screenwriting award at last year's Cannes Film Festival.

"...he is a man who doesn’t consider the feelings of others and is too absorbed in his own reflections..."

May 13, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

That Old Feeling

"...and Danny Nucci. Decrepit French sex-farce plotting, a raft of bitchy one-liners lightly sweetened with romantic whimsy, and wall-to-wall..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...his newest film fits more squarely into the category of science fiction than that of fantasy, his quirky, disquieting,..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Dr. T & the Women

"...Richter, Lee Grant and Janine Turner. The mere presence of a new Robert Altman film in the theatres will..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Beach Bum

Fear and loathing in Florida with Korine and Matthew McConaughey

"...two hands on a bongo drum and a mouthful of gibberish poetry. That moment lasts 95 minutes, and it..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Dan Gentile

Cocaine Bear

The ursine Dr. Rockzo goes on a bloody comedic bender

"...With Cocaine Bear already something of an internet phenomenon, a few publications have taken this..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

All the Money in the World

Christopher Plummer mesmerizes as the greediest man alive

"...actor for another at the 11th hour. This recounting of the 1973 kidnapping of billionaire Scrooge-a-phile John Paul Getty’s..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gosford Park

The servants know all in this Altman mystery set in a British countryside estate in the Thirties.

"...into manic, thrilling improvisation, to note that the success of an Altman film has a lot to do with..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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