Black Sea

This undersea actioner stars Jude Law as a submarine captain leading a team of Brits and Russians in the recovery of a sunken fortune.

"...doc One Day in September and has always been attracted to extreme masculinity, whether in documentary form (Touching the..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mad Dog and Glory

"...McNaughton. Starring: Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Bill Murray, Kathy Baker and David Caruso. After his shocking film debut..."

March 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

How Nice to Be Under the Sea

Kristin Hogan's plushy show drops you into an octopus' garden

"...Last summer, we met a deep-sea cephalopod so cute it won both our hearts and..."

May 27, 2016 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...than 75 stages throughout the Texas capital. Among the international, national, and hometown musicians on the expansive lineup, the..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...Not just setting local temperature records for the month of June, this year’s Oblivion..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Letters at 3am: The Future Dot-Dot-Dot

Ellipses express exactly my sense of the future

"...You get accustomed to the nonsense that passes for commentary. It functions as the political equivalent..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Balm: New Paintings by Bradley Kerl

Painter Bradley Kerl leads us from inside to outside and beyond

"...The sky is in that brief time of transformation that comes every evening at..."

June 18, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM: If We Make It Through December

Everywhere I looked for a merry Christmas, I found contradictions too disturbing to ignore and paradoxes too entrenched to resolve

"...The thing about Christmas is that you know what's going to happen to the kid...."

Dec. 13, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Filmmaker Hospitalized

SXSW filmmaker Benh Zeitlin recovering after a major car accident

"...One day at the festival, Rooftop Films founder Mark Rosenberg tells me..."

March 11, 2008 Screens Post by Spencer Parsons

SXSW Film Award Winners

And the winners are...

"...They're just wrapping things up at the SXSW Film Awards Ceremony, which means the embargo's..."

March 11, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Filmmaker Hospitalized

"...One day at the Festival, Rooftop Films founder Mark Rosenberg tells me..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature

From the Vaults: Bats vs. Aurochs

Before "Beasts of the Southern Wild," there was "Glory at Sea"

"...This weekend The Dark Knight Rises has commandeered the national box office. In Austin, where we generally have 4-8..."

July 20, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...you wake up in your FEMA trailer to find that your savings have been stolen from your peanut can...."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Benh Zeitlin Fund Set Up

Donation fund set up for Benh Zeitlin

"...Rooftop Films has set up a donation fund to help foot hospital bills for SXSW filmmaker..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 08 Film Awards

The rundown

"...Special Jury Award: "The Second Line" D: John Magary Animated Shorts..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature

Benh Zeitlin Benefit

Helping to defray hospital bills for injured SXSW filmmaker Benh Zeitlin

"...One thing that keeps filmmakers returning to South by Southwest year after..."

April 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Wind

"...Directed by: Carroll Ballard. Starring: Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey, Cliff Robertson, Jack Thompson, Stellan Skarsgard..."

Sept. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

The Core

"...awry, which in turn results in various and sundry unnatural disasters (superstorms, big lightning, oddly focused beams of microwave..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Troy

This big-budget adaptation of The Iliad tries mightily, but the end result is the sound and fury of Homer undone.

"...Brian Cox, Diane Kruger and Julie Christie. Any film that pairs Peter O’Toole and Julie Christie in a mega-budget..."

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"..."Do not write down to readers, write straight at them, and if they have to reach some that..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Albert Brooks again sallies forth where others fear to tread, although his comic results are more mildly amusing than riotously funny.

"...and oblivious boorishness, would have dared envision a comedy that, just as its point-blank title states, searches vainly for..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Mutiny: A Ballet in Several Parts

Part II, Illustration Not Validation

"...been a mutiny in a ship of the United States Navy. The truths of this film lie not in..."

May 14, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Theatres of War

World War I film series complements Ransom Center exhibit

"...end all wars": World War I. Often called the Great War, it lasted four years, and remains one of..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Avocado Margaritas

Two ways to enjoy the Tex-Mex favorite

"...Curra's Grill in Austin is well-known for its signature avocado margarita, and Azul Tequila also makes a version...."

Aug. 1, 2008 Food Feature

Culinaria: The United States: A Culinary Discovery

"...Culinaria: The United States: A Culinary DiscoveryEdited by Randi Danforth..."

March 24, 2000 Food Review by Pableaux Johnson

In Stitches

More Fantastic Fest programming includes the 'Pede, Pt. 2

"...is back for more and making its world premiere at Fantastic Fest 2011...."

Sept. 7, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Finntroll

Finnish metal returns to Emo's for a sequel

"...Top 10 lists are slave to consumption – what you did and didn’t ingest. Disclaimer dispatched, my 2010..."

Feb. 3, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Complimentary Mustache Rides

It’s a great time to sport facial hair in the ATX.

"...As evidenced by the international acclaim for the Red River-endorsed Austin Facial Hair Club,..."

Nov. 30, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part Two: The Bane of Michael Medved

Savlov's Top Ten extras

"...set does: Sony's Ray Harryhausen Collection. It Came From Beneath the Sea, Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers, and 20..."

Jan. 7, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Danny Brown: All Grown Up

Detroit MC kicked a chronological power hour Sunday

"...you wouldn’t have known it from his knockout performance at Emo’s last night...."

Oct. 24, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

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