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The Great Gatsby
A great American novel does not always a great movie make, but Baz Lurhmann, a director of delirious excess, certainly seems an apt fit for the Roaring Twenties.
"...spectacularly wrong, in its retelling of the doomed Jay Gatsby (DiCaprio), a self-invented entrepreneur with criminal ties who is..."

May 10, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gatsby Cocktails: Classic Cocktails from The Jazz Age
Sturdy little page-turner shakes up some winning drink recipes
"...whisperings and the champagne and the stars.” —The Great Gatsby..."

May 11, 2013 Food Post by Gracie Salem

Alamo Drafthouse Goes All Out for Gatsby Opening
Dress up, drink up, and party like it's 1929
"...spirit of Baz Luhrmann’s opulent new film, The Great Gatsby, unlike any other theatre in the country. They've designed..."

May 7, 2013 Food Post by Gracie Salem

Fitzgeralds Everywhere
Four new books riding the Gatsby wave
"...Lurhmann’s contemporary take on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, books with any mention of Fitzgerald and co., real..."

June 12, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

This Week's Waste of Time
A literary classic made into a video game classic.
"...OK. I give. I'll make the faux-Nintendo Great Gatsby video game This Week's Waste of Time. And despite..."

Feb. 17, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Burning
Extraordinary Korean drama adds emotion to the thriller equation
"...meticulously designed apartment. He’s an enigma – the Jay Gatsby to Jong-su’s Nick Carraway...."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

From the Vaults: All for the Love of You
Carey Mulligan steals hearts as Daisy Buchanan in 'The Great Gatsby'
"...Daisy, Daisy … Jay Gatsby is half-crazy, all for the love of you...."

May 10, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

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This Hamptons-set hip-hop story about love and success is modeled after The Great Gatsby.
"...set in the Hamptons and modeled after The Great Gatsby...."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Place: Ho-HoHos
One "Gay Place": Two big holigayz
"...Gatsby: Roaring Twenties New Year's Eve Glitz with the ritz..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Christmas Bacon
Christmas bacon is on the menu at the ND again
"...Gatsby: Roaring Twenties New Year's Eve Glitz with the ritz..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

SXSW Picks & Sleepers
Picks & Sleepers
"...local release, Battle Cry for Help, proves they did. (Gatsby's, 10pm) -- Michael Bertin..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Lousy Carter
A charismatic David Krumholtz plays the titular lit professor
"...students scoffing at Lousy’s graduate course on The Great Gatsby with half-baked political analyses, seems banal...."

March 29, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

At Wit’s End: Bob Byington on His Dry New Comedy, Lousy Carter
“My career puzzles people, including myself”
"...played by David Krumholtz, whose specialty is The Great Gatsby. As if that weren’t sad enough, within the first..."

March 27, 2024 Screens Post by Shawn Badgley

Nightmare Alley
Guillermo del Toro goes into the dark of greedy souls in this noir remake
"...Doctor T.J. Eckleburg surveying the wasteland in The Great Gatsby. Biblically christened Enoch, this stillborn presence presides over Nightmare..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Martin Eden
Bafflingly relocated Italian adaptation of Jack London's novel skates by on charm and cheekbones
"...as Dreiser’s An American Tragedy and Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. What’s more, the contradictions in London’s semi-autobiographical titular character..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Qmmunity: Nostalgic for Queer Days Past
"...uttered an unexpected "Wait, wha...?" while rereading The Great Gatsby for the first time in years last weekend. I'm..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

SXSW Music: Wednesday, March 14, 2018
"...Kelela at the Gatsby..."

March 15, 2018 Photo Gallery

Playback: Five Nights on Dirty Sixth
Is Dirty Sixth Street the wasteland the music scene makes it out to be? Five straight nights answer loud and clear.
"...Emo's moved. Saturday night they're docked outside of the Gatsby, a cocktail bar utilizing its patio as a quality..."

July 17, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Thursday Picks & Sleepers
SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb
"...ambitious. (Also: Sat., 8:20pm, Central Presbyterian Church; 11pm, the Gatsby) – Doug Freeman..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Gay Place: FA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA
Your gay apparel isn't gay enough. Time to go shopping.
"...dress to the nines ... the 1929s, that is, Gatsby-style. Fri., Dec. 5, 9pm. Gatsby's. www.fb.com/thelesbutanteandtheboss...."

Dec. 5, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

The Good Eye: She of Many Hats (and Antlers)
Learn a little more about the woman who parties like it's 1929
"...jazz." She plays lots of cocktail hours and, after Gatsby, flapper weddings...."

Aug. 15, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Top 10 Most-Read Film Reviews of 2013
Hey, 'After Earth' lands on a list that isn't worst-of-year
"...6) The Great Gatsby (D: Baz Luhrmann)..."

Jan. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Best and Worst of TV in 2013
From 'Breaking Bad' to 'Bunheads,' this list has it all
"...(AMC) Long has Don Draper masqueraded as a Jay Gatsby with Jon Hamm's jawline, but in the period drama's..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

The Wolf of Wall Street
Martin Scorsese's latest take on the American hoodlum is a relentlessly wild ride.
"...of a Long Island tycoon (how quickly The Great Gatsby fades). Wonderful performances abound throughout the film, including supporting..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Food-O-File
Comings and goings at local kitchens
"...couldn't help but notice some changes. Jazz-age-themed nightclub the Gatsby (708 E. Sixth), is the newest nightspot in that..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food Events
May 24-25
"...• Gatsby Gala Put on your pink suits and flapper dresses..."

May 24, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Bedside Manner
The books I haven’t read keep me warm at night
"...F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925) is likely my favorite novel of all-time; it’s..."

April 16, 2012 Books Post by Russ Espinoza

Indecent Proposal
"...tenacious, idealized quest for love brings to mind Jay Gatsby, a man who wields his wallet like a weapon...."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bob Byington's Taking Lousy Carter to Locarno
Austin filmmaker kicks off the festival season internationally
"...a soulless college campus, Carter is interpreting The Great Gatsby for an antipathetic graduate class when one of the..."

July 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Live Celebrations of Desire
People who need people make for one helluva compelling show
"...revolution of Moulin Rouge and the gilded soirées of Gatsby."Thu., July 28, 8pm. The Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 512/480-9562. $20-140...."

July 22, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

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