Everything Is Illuminated

An amusing road trip through Ukraine leads to epiphanies of history and memory in actor Liev Schreiber's only partially illuminating adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel.

"...Directed by: Liev Schreiber. Starring: Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin and Laryssa Lauret. Jonathan Safran Foer’s acclaimed novel..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Everything Is Illuminated

Loretta Fischer's Tarrytown shed is totally famous.

"...Loretta Fischer is totally famous. Her landscaping and her garden "shed"..."

May 8, 2008 Design Post by Cindy Widner

Show Me Pizza Is in Your Internets, Streaming Your Food on Twitch

Up-and-coming pizzeria shares the beauty of food being made

"...on Twitch! – for all the world to see? Is this some attempt at distraction, just another tech gambit..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: 'Life,' the Universe, Everything

The devastating illumination of Terrence Malick's new film

"...night at the Paramount. A new work by Malick is always eagerly awaited, as this is only the fifth..."

June 3, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Book Review

Jonathan Safran Foer's 'Everything Is Illuminated' has appeared under an unusually beneficent conjunction of stars for a debut novelist. The first chapter was excerpted in 'The New Yorker'. The book was featured on the very cover of 'The New York Times Sunday Book Review'. Reviewer Roger Gathman explains why all the fuss is being made.

"...Everything Is Illuminatedby Jonathan Safran Foer..."

April 26, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Akashic's 'USA Noir' Takes You Hostage in a Good Bad Way

This new crime anthology's got more swank items than an uptown fence

"...lines, until I found it: "Phelan's First Case" by Lisa Sandlin, from Akashic's earlier Lone Star Noir collection. The..."

Nov. 6, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Jewish Book Fair 2002

Clip and save this schedule for the Austin Jewish Book Fair, which takes place throughout November, and then go see these authors

"...The Jewish Book Fair, taking place throughout November, has, with its..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Books Feature

Terror in the Skies in 7500

Director Patrick Vollrath on reinventing the hijacking drama

"...plane, and built the story of what would become his new film, 7500, around that technical obstacle...."

June 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Metallica Creates a New Monster

Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, and Nimrod Antal go 'Through the Never'

"...There are bands, and then there is Metallica. When Nimrod Antal was directing the metal leviathan's..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Upcoming ...

We survey the landscape of upcoming literary events and author appearances.

"...Austin resident Neal Pollack in attendance -- or the Jewish Community Center's 18th Annual Jewish Book Fair -- with..."

July 19, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

News/Print

Don't forget to take your bilberry extract.

"...for UT Press to release The French in Texas (François Lagarde, editor; $55, $24.95 paper)?... Secondly, Louis Mendoza and..."

April 4, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits

This fantastical show, like a circus, delivers one engaging act after another

"...the mating rituals of the stork until you've seen this show...."

March 5, 2010 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

News/Print

Whatever you're looking for is right here.

"...the news that will lead to certain deluge and logistical shooting pains: The Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest, pronounced..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Hard Sell

"...If, as writer David Gates says, "there is an expectation now that the writer's first effort must..."

April 27, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Soundpainting Bowie

In The Bowie Project 2, everyone is Bowie, and nothing stays the same

"...the David Bowie song "Fame," just tangible before it dissolved into wavering keyboard and guitar, punctuated by jazzy crashes..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

TV Eye

Independent Lens rolls out more standout docs

"...Yes, this is the time of year to be jolly, eat..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Beyond Himself

Roger Gathman talks to Jonathan Safran Foer about the author's unconscious grasp of the Jewish literary tradition.

"...guide and faux world-class cocksman in Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything Is Illuminated, has the outsized, comic dimension of a..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

The Souvenir

Joanna Hogg's dreamlike memoir of love and loss in 1980s London

"...In early 1980s London, Julie (Swinton Byrne) is the kind of bright young thing that would, in..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Men

Alex Garland's mix of gender and myth is saved by its villain

"..."Are you local?" For some people reading this, those three words will be enough to summon a..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Le Havre

Aki Kaurismäki's distinctive blend of deadpan humor and quotidian melodrama comes through in this new film.

"...Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki. Starring: André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Blondin..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...will be attending the literary banquet of the year is over. The Texas Book Festival has announced the full..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Reviews

Gorgeously shot and superbly acted, Felicidades is a fascinating nightmare.

"...D: Lucho Bender; with Gaston Pauls, Pablo Cedron, Silke, Luis Machin, Carlos Belloso. (35mm, 100 min.)..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Hollis Chacona

"Andy St. Martin: The Weight" at Prizer Arts & Letters

In his newest show, the artist is, as ever, nothing if not commitment incarnate

"...out of my mind. Which has nothing but also everything to do with Andy St. Martin and "The Weight,"..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Otello

Austin Opera staged a victory worthy of the Lion of Venice

"...His face is bathed in a sickly green light, emerald..."

Nov. 20, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

PJ Harvey Troubles the Water

Stubb’s sell-out offers little hope yet God-like force

"...The black flag backdrop illuminated a goat-headed animal negotiating with a two-headed dog, possibly..."

April 29, 2017 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Bennu Coffee’s New Place on South Congress

The popular caffeinery spawns a new edition near all those bats

"...gorgeous custom-built bar? The one that’s open 24/7 and is usually filled with people slaking their need for caffeine..."

July 18, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Buck Alamo

First look at the new film starring Sonny Carl Davis

"...and has stories about the good old days before everything fell apart. "Played Threadgill's a couple of times," he..."

Sept. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: American Animals

A docudrama as audacious as the heist it re-creates

"..."Audacious heist" is the most cliched adjective-noun combo in cinema, and..."

March 19, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Mea Culpa Redux, and Again Mea Culpa

Confessions of an evil dwarf

"...that begins the last day of South by Southwest is a coda to the event, a thoughtful postscript lacking..."

March 23, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Finding peace in the wonderful chaos of SXSW

"...the SXSW staff gathers for an informal closing party, listening to the Diamond Smugglers at Emo's...."

March 25, 2005 Column by Louis Black

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