On the Pork Trail

Noel Coward once declared that "Any part of the piggy / Is quite all right with me" but we found five pork dishes at Austin restaurants that are more alright than others.

"...pork is also the most beloved viand in China, France, Spain, and parts of Latin America. While any Jew..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...For his 50th film, Claude Chabrol, France's gimlet-eyed master of the double cross, directed this comic..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Celebrating Beaujolais Nouveau

"...in some small village in the Beaujolais region of France, wine producer and marketing genius Georges Duboeuf is surely..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Food Feature

Belgian Sans Nonsense

Il Rifugio's Belgian Fare Delightful in Its Simplicity

"...Sandwiched as it is between France, Germany, and the Netherlands, Belgium boasts a cuisine that,..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Armagideon Time

Hanuman Care Kit Lands in Austin -- Sort of

"...go overseas to secure proper releases, while the whole Calvin-Russell-as-Jerry-Lewis-in-France thing has been well-documented. Which makes the recent twist..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Xenophobia?

International Acts at SXSW

"...... AT THE TEXAS UNION BALLROOM A FILETA (Corsica, France): If only somebody could've gotten some Corsican band whose..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Our Place, Chez Nous

Veteran French Restaurant Continues to Please

"...signature take on pommes dauphinoises. Specialties from many of France's different regions keep the restaurant from being pigeonholed as,..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Our Place, Chez Nous

Veteran French Restaurant Continues to Please

"...signature take on pommes dauphinoises. Specialties from many of France's different regions keep the restaurant from being pigeonholed as,..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Belmondo (Breath less) playing a truck driver in Nazi-occupied France. He agrees to help a Jewish family escape to..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 21-27

"...Revolution would not have succeeded without extensive aid from France. So I’m a little late, but I am hereby..."

March 21, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

International Musicians Keep Austin’s Scene Alive, but They Struggle to Stay

Putting the “world” in Live Music Capital of the World

"...“gig” as a 12-year-old while on vacation in Apt, France. A group of buskers were short a pianist, and..."

Nov. 29, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

White Bird

A grandmother recounts to her grandson the trauma of growing up in Nazi-occupied France

"...of growing up a young Jewish girl in Nazi-occupied France...."

Oct. 4, 2024 Movie Review

Lee

Underwhelming biopic of the underappreciated war photographer Lee Miller

"...in the film’s beginning idyll in the South of France pre-war, where she meets her eventual husband. (That role..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Other Laurens

Lackluster Belgian neo-noir about a PI investigating his dead twin's sudden death

"...not the one who went to the South of France and became a business tycoon. He’s the failure, the..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Presidential Candidate Cornel West Hosts Music Industry Roundtable at Carver Museum

Sentimental talk invites Bill Callahan and Alphabet Workers Union

"...pointing to costly programs launched in South Korea and France, and proclaiming, “Every federal budget is a moral document.”..."

April 17, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

SXSW Film Review: Mamifera

At 40, Lola navigates unexpected pregnancy and decisions

"...International Women’s Day was not lost on the audience. France, on the spectrum’s other end, fortified abortion as a..."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...King Henry IV, who became king of France in 1589, was a regular at La Tour d’Argent..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...can find a way to escape. Cast: Kristine Froseth, Frances Fisher, Beau Bridges, Ryan Hurst, D.B. Woodside, Max Mattern,..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Promised Land

Wildly ahistorical Danish epic adds an intriguing level of court intrigue and class aspiration to a familiar plot.

"...William Wallace having an affair with Princess Isabella of France (who, in reality, would have been three at the..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Anselm

Two postwar German masters: one in front, one behind the camera

"...now an entire 200-acre complex in the south of France. Warhol used a factory: Kiefer, it is clear as..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Napoleon

Ridley Scott's superficial biopic is all strategy, no tactics

"...he rises to become the most powerful soldier in France, then its leader, then the dictator of Europe, until..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Strangler

Restored French serial killer flick is more Albert Camus than Freddy Krueger

"...writer/director Vecchiali in as much as he interacts with France's increasingly isolated society, as much as Dangret does, or..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Inventor

The life of Leonardo da Vinci recounted in charming stop motion

"...tale, recounting Da Vinci's twilight years in semi-exile in France after he infuriated the truculent and anti-intellectual Pope Leo..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Carmen

Did Bizet's classic tragic opera need a soft reboot?

"...is far more profound in its country of origin, France. I’m guessing most Americans couldn’t guess at the plot..."

July 7, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival Announces 2023 Film Lineup

LGBTQ film fest starts 36th year with musicals, mystery, more

"...D: Oliver Peyon France, 2022, 98 mins. This French adaptation of a Philippe..."

June 28, 2023 Screens Post by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 23-29

"...about Isabeau of Bavaria, who served as Queen of France from 1385 to 1422. Was she a corrupt, greedy,..."

June 23, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Saint Omer

French true-crime drama gives sharp insight into the immigrant experience

"...15-month-old on a beach at rising tide in Northern France, Saint Omer follows the structural conventions of a typical..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

All Quiet on the Western Front

Shocking, graphic, and mournful adaption of the World War I epic

"...hyped on war propaganda about the German invasion of France, but their future has been selected for them. “You..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

World Cup Watch: On Top of the World

Well, how about that Argentina?

"...a final worthy of the moment, with Argentina outlasting France in a penalty shoot-out after a 3-3 gem that..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Sports Feature by Nick Barbaro

World Cup Watch: And in the End …

Sixty-two games down, and only two to go

"...The Championship (9am Sun.): France vs. Argentina. Mbappé vs. Messi. Europe vs. South America...."

Dec. 16, 2022 Sports Feature by Nick Barbaro

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