Eva Longoria's Flamin' Hot Heads up SXSW Audience Award Winners

Snacks and sports win big this year with the crowds

"...has, at least when it comes to film, with Eva Longoria's Flamin' Hot leading the list of audience award..."

March 23, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: The Next Eva Braun

It’s probably not smart to tie the knot with someone who regularly bends your moral compass

"...themselves and the rest of us by avoiding the long lines at the polls...."

March 24, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Thomas in Love

"...an agoraphobe who hasn't left his apartment in eight long years, is desperate for human contact but unable to..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Evita

"...voguing again. This time she strikes a pose as Eva Peron, the cultishly worshipped former first lady of Argentina..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lazarus Effect

Medical students try to bring the dead back to life.

"...David Gelb. Starring: Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Donald Glover, Evan Peters, Sarah Bolger and Ray Wise...."

March 6, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Day Trips

"...reunion campground still owned by the original organization, says Eva Long of Driftwood. It was once part of a..."

April 19, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

We Own the Night

Joaquin Phoenix is dynamic, Mark Wahlberg subdued, and Robert Duvall trusty in this otherwise redundant story about brothers on opposite sides of the law.

"...James Gray. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, Eva Mendes, Antoni Corone, Moni Moshonov, Alex Veadov and Tony..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Tim Burton directs this film adaptation of the creepy kids' favorite

"...Directed by: Tim Burton. Starring: Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Asa Butterfield, Judi Dench, Rupert..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Abracadabra

Steve Miller brings the magic at Texas Medal of Arts

"...conscripted to play during the two-hour-plus ceremony at the Long Center. That proved lucky for those present, as his..."

March 6, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

House at the End of the Street

This scary-house movie starring Jennifer Lawrence is a strictly middling nonshocker.

"...Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Elisabeth Shue, Gil Bellows, Eva Link, Nolan Gerard Funk and Allie MacDonald...."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Spirit

Graphic novelist Frank Miller delivers this film version of Will Eisner's classic comic-book series.

"...Directed by: Frank Miller. Starring: Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Paz Vega, Sarah..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Golden Compass

The special effects are mostly spectacular in this story of a 12-year-old orphan whose fate is connected to a holy, multiverse war yet to come.

"...Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards, Ben Walker, Eva Green, Jim Carter, Tom Courtenay, Sam Elliott, Christopher Lee..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

No Joker: Steve Miller

Classic rocker clears the air tonight on public education

"...Arts Award from the Texas Cultural Trust at the Long Center. Among the honorees “having positively impacted the creative..."

March 5, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Happy Accidents

That a car crash of a video shoot turned viral is only half the story. What a long strange trip it's been for Winnebago Man.

"..."No," he says drily. "Eva Perón was a nursemaid of mine."..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Gets Mesmerized by First Look at Robert Rodriguez's Hypnotic

The Austin filmmaker blows the roof off the Paramount

"...opening night crowd-pleaser Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Eva Longoria's directorial debut Flamin' Hot, and HBO's new Austin-shot..."

March 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Banger Sisters

"...Starring: Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Rush, Erika Christensen, Eva Amurri and Robin Thomas. Its heart, at least, is..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mothering Sunday

Literary adaptation charts doomed romance between classes

"...Directed by: Eva Husson. Starring: Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Olivia..."

April 8, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The American Voice

Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections," and other new releases

"...Eva Moves the Furnitureby Margot Livesey..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Books Feature by Martin Wilson

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...historical evolution up to its contemporary struggle in finding relevance, both in the wake of social progress it has..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Entrances & Exits

Comings and Goings on the Theatre Scene

"...reticent and needs the utmost safety and sense of belonging to come into fullness. That's the kind of work..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Arts Feature

Vortex vs. Coronavirus: The Shows Really Do Go On

Melissa Vogt explains the how and the why

"...Live episodes of Eva McQuade’s Tia Chancla, Benajah T. Baskin’s Throwback Virtual Reading..."

Sept. 24, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Out of Time

Denzel does a Southern-fried potboiler.

"...Directed by: Carl Franklin. Starring: Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Cain and John Billingsley. Denzel..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

As Many Culinary Influences as Islands

Austin's Philippine "turo-turo" uprising

"...noodles and rice; sweet, baked tropical desserts; chorizo and longaniza; escabeche made with coconut or sugarcane vinegar; skewered barbecue;..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Winter's Tale

Neither Colin Farrell's charms nor Will Smith as the Devil can rescue this soggy valentine.

"...Crowe, Kevin Corrigan, Alan Doyle, William Hurt, Will Smith, Eva Marie Saint and Jennifer Connelly...."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

For Greater Glory

This epic starring Andy Garcia about Mexico’s anticlerical Cristero War of the late 1920s is a plodding and poorly plotted tale.

"...Oscar Isaac, Rubén Blades, Santiago Cabrera, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Eva Longoria, Peter O’Toole, Bruce Greenwood, Bruce McGill and Mauricio..."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dale Watson Lights Up the Screen in Yellow Rose

Starring the honky-tonk hero as himself

"...fact, Watson has cultivated that ingrained authenticity for so long it makes his inhabiting other personalities onscreen a somewhat..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

Vortex Repertory Company's Last: An Extinction Comedy

The magic cast by the company of this devised show pulls laughs from the impending demise of the planet

"...living supplies. They've recently taken on a New Girl (Eva McQuade), who's trying to learn the ropes. Then they..."

April 12, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

After a Fashion: Feathers and Beads

Your Style Avatar on the Texas Tease

"...undress, I was really there to see our friend Eva Strangelove, the international burlesque sensation from New Zealand whose..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Race To Balance Out the Supremes

Dems, Libertarians vie to break GOP lock

"...in Place 3, Paul Green in Place 5, and Eva Guzman in Place 9. There is little doubt that..."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

An Inspector Calls

Different Stages' production doesn't miss the mark, but it isn't especially powerful

"...whodunit as much as everyone-dunit. A destitute girl named Eva Smith commits suicide, and an inspector comes calling to..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

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