Days of Heaven

"...Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard and Linda Manz. Two of the cinema's greatest poets ever, director Terrence Malick and..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Four Days of Hot Luck in a Nutshell

It’s simply the best food and music festival in Austin

"...as well as last week’s cover stories, The Women of Hot Luck and Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into..."

May 28, 2019 Food Post by Jessi Cape

South of Heaven

Jason Sudeikis and Evangeline Lilly hold on to love on the run

"...In dusty Southern Gothic crime drama South of Heaven, Jason Sudeikis plays Jimmy as a man trying..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Some Kind of Heaven

America's retirement heaven shows some splinter in the clouds

"...For many, the concept of retirement is, well, just that: a concept. An abstract..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Kingdom of Heaven

Psychedelic pioneer Powell St. John, on the Right Track Now

"...done a dozen originals that seem like the beginning of a new age. There's one called "Roller Coaster" that..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Seven Days in Heaven and Hell

Getting a white-knuckled grip on the third annual Fantastic Fest

"...sounds relatively calm on the phone at T-minus seven days and counting. The note of sheer hysteric excitement that..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Other Side of Heaven

"...Miriama Smith, Joe Foulau and Christopher Gorham. The Kingdom of Tonga certainly looks like paradise. Sandy, sunny beaches, gorgeous..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Local Tastes of Heaven on Earth

A seemingly random assortment of flavors linked by excellence

"...handsomely appointed and bee-happy restaurant is on the grounds of its own apiary a little west of the city..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography

"...here is an extremely engrossing meditation on an aspect of most films that few people consciously think of: that..."

April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Year in Sports, as Pitched to the Head of a Hollywood Studio

"...pretty hard to make it as screenwriters. Every one of them has taken a crack at writing about those..."

May 14, 2007 Sports Post by John Hunt

Survival of the Fittest?

The unlikely story behind the Austin-based black comedy, Natural Selection.

"...accounts, an unlikely story: During the 1996 Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and Film Festival, a pair of..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

90 Minutes in Heaven

Faith-based film taken from bestseller is directed by Michael Polish

"...takes a dramatic leap forward with 90 Minutes in Heaven, a well-appointed work based on Don Piper’s bestseller, that,..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Heaven's Prisoners

"...one. I'm thinking about buying Tylenol in bulk these days. Based on the bestseller by James Lee Burke, Heaven's..."

May 24, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Animated Adventures of Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

The men behind 'The Secret of NIMH' visit Austin this weekend

"...have left their distinctive brush strokes on the world of animation...."

Aug. 9, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TENGGER, Bar Italia, LAIR, and More Reviews From Wednesday of SXSW

Hump day’s most memorable music fest moments

"...From the peaceful pews of Central Presbyterian to the Eastside’s Revival Coffee to West..."

March 14, 2024 Music Post by Dan Gentile

Page Two: Dream of Life

SXSW celebrates the best of what I am and what I believe

"...begins. Without hesitation, I can say that the 10 days of the event are my favorite time of the..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Texas Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

The Texas Film Hall of Fame Gala March 8 will be star-studded, most assuredly.

"...the Austin Film Society's Second Annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Gala. Inductees at this year's blowout include actress..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Archaic Relics of Music Biz Past

The Death of Vinyl: Reports Have Been Exaggerated

"...attempt to claw their way from beneath 15 years of bad business decisions, errant managerial advice, and being backed..."

April 18, 1997 Music Feature

Heaven & Earth

"...Haing S. Ngor and Conchata Ferrell. Imagine that one of those two-fisted, male-identified Hollywood directors of yore suddenly tweaked..."

Dec. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Just Like Heaven

This romantic comedy about a winsome, charming ghost and the man who loves her sidesteps abundant potential clichés through sheer dint of the acting skills on display.

"...this lighter-than-air fare comes within a legally blond lock of snatching the heartstrings from Ryan’s exemplary romantic résumé. Just..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Heaven' Sent

Writer / director Todd Haynes resurrects the gloriously overwrought weepies of the Fifties in Far From Heaven.

"...a little, but not much. He's had these kind of ludicrously open-ended questions lobbed at him for weeks now...."

Nov. 22, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Heaven's Metal

Austin Christian metal magazine is a must-read to those moshing for Jesus

"...In a lot of ways, I see myself as a pastoral voice for..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Review: Yoshi Ramen and Veggie Heaven

Chef Stacy Chen is the bandleader of two distinctly tasty Asian restaurants

"...so warm that it becomes a craving even on days when our local climate suggests we're being cooked in..."

March 23, 2018 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

AM Country Heaven

Four new discs take back real country music

"...People have been complaining about the state of country music almost as long as there’s been country..."

June 1, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...April 30, 2006, were assembled by an informal affiliation of arts writers, consisting of the Austin American-Statesman's Michael Barnes..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

One in a Crowd: Honky Tonk Heaven

Doc on the legendary Broken Spoke seeks finishing funds

"...dancehall the Broken Spoke. The new doc Honky Tonk Heaven has been in production for two years, and now..."

Oct. 19, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

Interview With Filmmaker Errol Morris

"...One of the most striking moments in Errol Morris' new nonfiction..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Jason Silverman

End of Days

"...the old soldier's saw, I know I'll go to heaven when I die, 'cause I've already been to End..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Dog of Flanders

"...You can take your child to see this adaptation of the classic children's tale, but don't blame me if..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nothing Stays the Same: The Story of the Saxon Pub

How a South Austin listening room survived, and what we can learn about preserving culture

"...Nothing Stays the Same is the story of a near-miss. In 2014 the Saxon Pub, the legendary..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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