One Fine Day

"...Durning, Holland Taylor, Ellen Greene and Amanda Peet. One Fine Day begins as anything but that for divorced Manhattan..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Checking In: Young Jazz Lions Atlas Maior Double Down

Bandleader Joshua Thomson forges a pandemic soundtrack

"...I mention to other artists with pride are the fine, diverse music communities that exist here that have been..."

Dec. 8, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Double Life of Liliane

This odd, beautiful book from Lily Tuck is part memoir, part novel, part poetry, part historical quilt

"...The Double Life of Lilianeby Lily Tuck Atlantic Monthly Press, 256..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Delicious Tamales, Local Foods, Cask Strength Bourbon, Texas Fine Wine, and Something New South of the River

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...season, we’re glad for the gifting potential of Texas Fine Wine’s 2021 Holiday Pack, a four-bottle wine bundle from..."

Nov. 23, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

McCallum Fine Arts Academy

The high school theatre crafts a bilingual take on the Webber-Rice musical

"...their traditional form and give them innovative stagings that double the degree of difficulty. A current example of this..."

March 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bill’s Oyster Does Lunch, Sawyer & Co. Brightens Breakfast, Lucky Dog Saké Spikes a Rooftop Pool, The Driskill Flaunts Some Fine Tequila, Fierce Whiskers Is About to Go Jump In the Lake, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Frenchie Breakfast Sandwich, or the Cajun Scramble, or the double-feature delights of Arkie’s breakfast tacos, or – we mean,..."

May 31, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Double Standards

"...to allow any convicted felon to vote, but they’re fine to vote for another convicted felon to be president!..."

July 31, 2024 Postmarks

A Double Life

Splitting the difference between Peter Schickele and his alter ego, P.D.Q. Bach

"...proportion isn't too high, then things will go along fine...."

Feb. 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Double D'Amour

In one week, Austin is blessed with two theatrical projects by gifted playwright Lisa D'Amour: her 16 Spells to Charm the Beast, a curious romance between a big-city enchantress and the fairy-tale beast who adores her; and Nita and Zita, a cabaret in which the ghosts of two sisters relate the story of their lives as a vaudeville team and as eccentric "gypsy ladies" in New Orleans in dance numbers, songs, and malapropisms.

"...magic to keep her hirsute suitor at bay. A fine cast -- Monika Bustamante, Harvey Guion, and Cyndi Williams,..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Duplicity

Julia Roberts and Clive Owen star in this new thriller about schemers and double-dealers.

"...Michael Clayton, Gilroy is still trafficking in scheming and double-dealing, but he makes a bid here for something brighter,..."

March 20, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Prestige

Two rival magicians are locked in a lifelong quest for supremacy, which leads them down a slippery slope of hairpin twists and triple-turns in this Christopher Nolan movie.

"...rivalry, and some of the most bizarre cross and double crosses since George Smiley came in from the cold...."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mission to Mars

"...behind Carrie, Sisters, Dressed to Kill, Blowout, and Body Double, a director content to twist your nerves like the..."

March 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Playing 'House' (and 'Garden')

At Austin Playhouse, running Alan Ayckbourn's paired comedies side-by-side is double the pleasure, double the fun

"...the stakes for some of the characters not just doubled but squared; piecing together the full story of what..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Inside the Texas Wine Trade

Four Texas wineries are joining to launch Texas Fine Wine

"...gathering a fan base even outside the state border. Double-blind competitions are forcing the hard-nosed critics who would normally..."

March 21, 2014 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Running Scared

Wayne Kramer's follow-up to his crime drama The Cooler has no moral compass, and swings wildly out of control while blanketed in hyper-violent digital gore effects and a thick, black nausea of the soul.

"...Wayne Kramer's slick and unnervingly gratuitous follow-up to his fine William H. Macy vehicle The Cooler, makes you feel..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kickstarter's Dark Side

Don't forget your due diligence

"...Ever since Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions asked for $400,000 to make Double Fine..."

May 2, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Innocence

This story about a damaged, young woman mired in the mundanities of boarding-school life is utterly bloodless.

"...worthwhile, if anything? The soundtrack by tomandandy is a fine, atmospherically nuanced score that’s more unnerving than any of..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fast & Furious 6

The curiously addictive fast-cars franchise is still committed to excess.

"...its predecessor, as if it’s engaged in an endless, double-dog-dare-ya game of one-upmanship with itself. The cars vroom ever..."

May 24, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Great Gatsby

A great American novel does not always a great movie make, but Baz Lurhmann, a director of delirious excess, certainly seems an apt fit for the Roaring Twenties.

"...Luhrmann works double-time to make the material fresh, and the strain shows:..."

May 10, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Showtime

"...Russo, Eddie Murphy and Robert De Niro. It's a double-edged sword: The collective charisma of Robert De Niro, Eddie..."

March 22, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wild Things

The film is a fun, sexy never-ending game of double-cross.

"...-- is in its never-ending game of cross and double cross: Who's scamming who is the tune McNaughton's playing,..."

March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Man Who Knew Too Little

"...usual wry, smarmy wit; it's all broad slapstick and double-entendre triple takes, more Dudley Moore than Bill Murray. Here..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Restoration

"...circle before he is saved. In Restoration -- its double-meaninged title is both a reflection of its tried-and-true story..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Illegal Tender

A throwback to the Eighties crime dramas and Seventies blacksploitation films, this Latino action thriller about family ties and blood feuds rarely transcends clichés.

"...his 2002 film Empire confirms his interest in the fine lines that can separate dirty money from clean money,..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Shaggy Dog

There are precious few surprises here, but this breezy remake starring Tim Allen is a painless affair.

"...own father (this quite apart from the genius of Double Indemnity). Adding the dreamy Annette Funicello to the mix..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Whole Ten Yards

This Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, and Amanda Peet sequel falls several yards short of its mark.

"...The Whole Nine Yards is. But the previous film doubled its budget, so here we are. The original creative..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Hard Word

"...Clever and engaging, this Aussie caper flick is a fine genre effort, with polished, craftsmanlike direction from debuting helmer..."

July 11, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Nico and Dani

This Spanish import is a coming-of-age dramedy whose (nearly) teenage stars are natural actors, whose direction is unforced, and whose sexual themes are treated with candor and humor.

"...the more self-aware of the two, craftily thwarting the double dates that Nico (Vilches) plans with two local girls..."

March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Dancer in the Dark

Björk goes goes to the death chamber in musical interludes.

"...later in life. Gene and Selma share a ramshackle double-wide rented to them by their neighbors, local cop Bill..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Harmonists

"...the day disassembled and put back together with sly double entendres and marginally off-color barbs. Frommermann forms the group..."

April 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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