Factory Girl

Sienna Miller nails Edie Sedgwick's gamine naivete in this biopic, but the film feels far too pat for its own good.

"...detritus, a persona that pays cheap, brassy coinage to Factory Girl subject Edie Sedgwick while at the same time..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Bread Factory, Part Two

Part two of Patrick Wang's esoteric examination of art in Upstate New York

"...Where to end with Patrick Wang’s two-part A Bread Factory? This dense but nimble story of an art collective,..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Bread Factory, Part One

Part one of Patrick Wang's epic satire of small-town art life

"...(Daly) and Greta (Henry-Macari). Housed in an old bread factory, the duo have been staging theatre, hosting filmmakers to..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

24 Hour Party People

"...is something Buddy Holly sang about. 24 Hour Party People -- which cheekily touches on all the above to..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Samsung-Adjacent Affordable Housing Complex Is Probably Not Cheap Enough for Factory Workers

What does “affordable” really mean?

"...affordable housing development adjacent to the massive Samsung chip factory will bring 537 units to Northeast Austin in the..."

Oct. 16, 2023 News Post by Mae Lackey

Excuse Factory

Accusations fly between SXSW and Factory People over afterparty shutdowns

"...What a week it's been for FactoryPeople, the upscale south-side retailer: First, owners Le and Thomas..."

March 21, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

FOMO Factory Does It for the Gram

The new, colorful “immersive selfie space” arrives

"...Enter the FOMO Factory. Billed as Austin's first "immersive selfie space," this two-story..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Screens Feature by Emily Beyda

Like a Poisonous Chemical Factory Downtown

"...Dear Editor, If there were a chemical factory downtown spewing out hellish filth, poisoning bars and restaurants,..."

May 6, 2005 Postmarks

Assaulting the Stand-Ups at Austin's Heckle Factory

The New Movement: Our favorite content(ious) providers

"...The Heckle Factory show at Austin's New Movement Theatre encourages the audience..."

April 10, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Touring the Technology Factory

Human Code's Award Winning Multi-Media Mission

"...recently reported that in North America alone, 37 million people have access to the World Wide Web.) Still, there..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Screens Feature

How a Small Town Has Fared as a Microchip Factory Brings in Billions

Has Taylor, TX, become Boomtown, TX?

"...the area back to the 1800s. There are few people who know the history of Taylor so well, or..."

April 28, 2023 News Feature by Abe Asher

SXSW Film Review: 'Things People Do'

Moral ambiguity is center stage in this directorial debut

"...In Things People Do it's the one who believes the most strongly..."

March 8, 2014 SXSW Post by Joe O'Connell

A Capital Idea

How Josh Baer helps people 'quit their jobs' to join the bustling hive at Capital Factory

"...It's on that floor you'll find Capital Factory, Austin's Easy-Bake Oven for tech start-ups – small companies..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Urban Tejano

Tortilla Factory pulls down a Grammy nomination as Best Tejano Band as the almost four-decade-old local institution gets ready to reinvent the genre

"...Tortilla Factory birthed a new kind of Latin soul from 1973..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dos Estaciones

Tequila shortage inspires naturalistic Mexican drama

"...Teresa Sánchez stars as María García, whose grand tequila factory – the pride of her life and the heart..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

On Ondine on Film

The pope and the artist, the hotel and the factory

"...Ondine, one of the most legendary members of the Factory and a star of the film, had it. In..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

On Ondine on Film: Editor's Cut

This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

"...Ondine, one of the most legendary members of the Factory and a star of the film, had it. In..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

After a Fashion

Join Stephen on his adventures with Buh-buh-buh-buh-Bing's widow, some cuties at Club DeVille, and the scene at Factory People, Austin's latest grab at its allocated 15 minutes.

"...column for about three years, and you always encourage people to come to this show. I decided to take..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Tesla Updates Travis County on Community Investments, “Ecological Paradise” Progress

Massive workforce development, still no data on water usage

"...River Alliance, and Del Valle ISD, as the Tesla Gigafactory, the second-largest factory building in the world, prepares to..."

Oct. 19, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Eating Animals

Natalie Portman narrated documentary about the ethics of farming versus factory farming.

"...a history lesson about the rise of America’s quintessential factory farm, the atrocity-laden, fast food chicken spot, Colonel Sanders’..."

June 29, 2018 Movie Review by Jessi Cape

Potiche

Catherine Deneuve stars in this French comedy set in 1977 about a trophy wife.

"...a rich, sexist adulterer (Luchini), who owns the umbrella factory that was founded by Suzanne’s father and was part..."

April 22, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kinky Boots

One man's ailing boot factory and a transvestite's need for extra-large thigh-highs become a perfect match in this British comedy about tolerance.

"...(including Shaun of the Dead's Nick Frost as a factory-floor cad). Based on a true story, as far as..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

It's SXSW all over, especially all over that other acronymically correct paradise, Austin's SoCo, our hallowed South Congress Avenue, south of the river. See what our Style Avatar has been up to and what he recommends.

"...hanging the art for its Metal Pig show, and Factory People was alive with activity...."

March 18, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Bootmen

"...understand. Wants the lad to stay on at the factory 'cause the money's steady, innit? Though little does 'e..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Darwin's Nightmare

This delicately horrific yet artful documentary examines the destruction of Lake Victoria by the omnivorous Nile perch, and the dire consequences this causes the Tanzanian people.

"...effects, and the end result of globalism on the people it was presumed to help. The prognosis is beyond..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Requiem for Dominic

"...accused of murdering eighty fellow employees in a chemical factory. Dominic has been labeled "the butcher of Temesvar" and..."

July 26, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Huntsman: Winter's War

Modernized fairy tale is a wan follow-up

"...from the first film) to not cast actual little people in the roles...."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

New in Town

A strident Renée Zellweger stars in this forgettable fish-out-of-water comedy.

"...arrives in small-town Minnesota to shake up its underproducing factory. It pains me to report that the film –..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Master Blaster

Q&A with Dave Alvin

"...One of the good things about Shout Factory absorbing Hightone is the resulting compilations. A recent set..."

Nov. 19, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

DVDanger: Crawlspace/Sightseers

This week's horror lesson: Can't stay home, don't dare risk leaving

"...can't get away for a road trip, because the people in the caravan park are on a killing spree?..."

Dec. 14, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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