Wednesday Picks

"...C.E. Whalen. – Greg Beets When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

In Your Facebook

Do social networking sites strengthen communities or the class divide?

"...online community platforms. Seminal online community the WELL (Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link) was dedicated to free speech and mindful..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

The Grape Beyond

From Burgundy to Tuscany, the basics on wines one might soon find in Austin

"...also where most of the affordable action is these days. It has long been the bastard stepchild of the..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Sunshine

The sci-fi reunion of Danny Boyle and Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later) is never less than beautiful but has a profoundly implausible plot turn that cheapens the sentiment.

"...with screenwriter-novelist Alex Garland. (If you’re generous, think 28 Days Later; if not, 2000’s The Beach.) Set in the..."

July 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Arab Star

Texas journalist Aziz Shihab on Does the Land Remember Me?: A Memoir of Palestine

"...believed this country was about the best spot on earth. Being in New York there, and meeting people, and..."

July 20, 2007 Books Feature by Michael King

Graphic Novels

Godland Volume One: Hello, Cosmic!; Godland Volume Two: Another Sunny Delight; and Rocketo Volume One: The Journey to the Hidden Sea

"...adventures of Adam Archer, an astronaut who returns to Earth with cosmic powers after a disastrous mission to Mars...."

Nov. 17, 2006 Books Review by Ryan Rutherford

Open Festival Season

Taking aim at Banff and Blowin' Up a Spot

"...these are stories about family, about community, about the earth, about making babies – they're not mainstream stories."..."

April 28, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM

Bob Dylan says he doesn't know how a guy like him came out of a place like Hibbing. He's been saying things like that for 40 years and I don't know a rock critic who doesn't take him at his word. But I also don't know a rock critic who's been to Hibbing. I wanted to see for myself.

"...white). All along that road, huge ugly mounds of earth rose on either side. They were man-made, but I..."

March 17, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Written in Stone

UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation

"...Satellite photos – readily available on Google Earth and Google Maps – show that the massive tailings..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Aviator

Scorsese's best film in years is a work of bravura, classic Hollywood filmmaking.

"...most infamous and raggedy madman-cum-tycoon during his obsessive-compulsive final days overlooking the Vegas strip with Kleenex-boxed feet and Guinness-record..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Being Julia

There are so few really great film roles written for middle-aged women that when one comes along and it stars the near-perfect Annette Bening, it’s disappointing that the rest of the movie does not equal her performance.

"...queen of the British stage, although she knows her days of playing leading ladies will soon be over. Yet..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Exorcist: The Beginning

Help us, Lucifer. This prequel is cursed.

"...you’ve probably been saying to yourself, "Gosh, where on earth can I find a horror movie that features dead..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Will Travel for Wine

Chile and Argentina

"...huge Andean condors (the largest bird of prey on Earth) sweep the area looking for food was a nice..."

May 7, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra

An affectionate parody of 1950s sci-fi movies, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra spoofs ’til it poops out.

"...who uses science" to uncover the mystery of an Earth-bound meteor containing the powerful element atmospherium. Perky blond wife..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The saga ends (and ends) back in the Shire where it began.

"...the redemption of its wandering, shortish heroes and of Middle-earth itself. As a grand metaphor for the pains of..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tale of a Tale Spinner

How a ballplayer, a piano player, beatnik poetry, and Lubbock made Terry Allen an epic storyteller.

"...Bob," a high school gridiron hero who, his glory days faded, is reduced to robbing convenience stores; or of..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Toronto Diary

Dispatches from the 2003 Film Festival

"...are just learning from the past. It seems these days (to paraphrase an old Dylan song) that we're "stuck..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Northfork

"...films it is that includes such atmospheric beauties as Days of Heaven and Wings of Desire. Several storylines intertwine..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...style and no substance. Seeing the Flaming Lips these days is more than just a concert, it is an..."

June 27, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to inspire the scene until the end of Transexformers Sundays, when the torch was passed on to dedicated friends..."

May 9, 2003 Column

25th Hour

"...boy, knows he'll be mincemeat after a couple of days in the clink. That's a slim plot outline with..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

City Water Tunnel #3

If the Department of Environmental Protection hired someone to explain New York's City Water Tunnel #3, the largest non-defense public works project in the Western Hemisphere, that someone couldn't do a better job than performer Marty Pottenger, who delivers the truth of the project, as plain and raw as the earth that's being tunneled, as bright and ragged as the people tunneling.

"...Western Hemisphere. About what it's like to spend your days wrangling hundreds of pounds of dynamite, hundreds of tons..."

March 8, 2002 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Box and Beyond

Games, hardware, and other tech toys

"...Galactic Battleground, you might have failed to notice Empire Earth. More than a true gem of a real-time strategy..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Screens Feature by Brian Blouch

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...both the former and current president be given 30 days' notice so that they can check for papers that..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Diego-based umbrella group that includes the Headhunter, Tackle Box, Earth Music, Grilled Cheese, and Re-Constriction labels, so it's no..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

The French Kitchen Cooking School

"...simple cuisine reigns supreme and monster ducks roam the earth. As culinary regions go, Gascony keeps a lower profile..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Food Review by Pableaux Johnson

Capitol Chronicle

As Gov. Bush moves to D.C. in a wave of acclamation, the Legislature prepares to meet over redistricting and new legislation.

"...A couple of days later, at least Jefferson was off the hook. Bush's..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Column by Michael King

Time to Bounce

Rapping with Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, the funkiest Connecticut Yankees in King Arthur's Court

"...a quarter of a century later, Weymouth reflects on days long past from the sprawling, barnlike home in Connecticut..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Feature by John G. La Briola

It's Alive!

The unassuming, 42-year-old Bill Jones is Austin's premier garage-kit model maker, and that Godzilla leering down at you from the corner of the room is only 1 / 500th scale. Lucky you.

"...Kali; the reptilian Ymir from 20 Million Miles to Earth, stomping the Coliseum to so much Roman rubble. It's..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Readers weigh in on the recent Best Of Austin issue, and the Save Our Volente committe rebuts an article.

"...hear Mr. Hightower's wry and veracious commentaries on 94.3FM Saturdays at 7am, Sundays at 9am, and throughout the week...."

Sept. 29, 2000 Column

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