By the Sea

Angelina and Brad topline this modern-day arthouse relic by Jolie Pitt

"...for everyone; you’ll need to dive back into European arthouse cinema from the Sixties to find anything quite like..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me

Touching documentary captures Campbell's final tour, which is made more poignant and brave because of the musician's worsening Alzheimer's.

"...and FM airwaves. As a loving portrait of an artist fading away before his very eyes, I’ll Be Me..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Three for the Road

Dream team scions Warren Hood and Emily Gimble add up 58 years of Austin roots

"...bounce in his step carries him into Threadgill's World Headquarters on this warming June day, and he's greeted with..."

July 12, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Al Franken: God Spoke

The film follows around comedian and politico Franken without managing to either inflame or inspire the viewer or add much new information to Franken's already well-documented history.

"...documentary from Doob and Hegedus is puzzling in its dearth of lasting meaning. It manages to follow around comedian..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper comedy dozen't add up.

"...Directed by: Shawn Levy. Starring: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Tom Welling, Piper Perabo and Hilary Duff...."

Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The saga ends (and ends) back in the Shire where it began.

"...exhilaration as The Lord of the Rings, flawlessly combining state-of-the-art effects with a streamlined (compared to the novels, anyway)..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Tuxedo

"...past three decades thanks to his astounding feats of martial artistry and sly comedic skills, uses wire harness rigs..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dark Days

Six years ago, Marc Singer wasn't homeless, and he wasn't a filmmaker. With Dark Days, he became both.

"...too much with different things. I wanted a fresh start." Years later, Singer brought that experience to Dark Days,..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

Fantasia

"...Francis Glebas, Gaetan Brizzi and Paul Brizzi. Starring: Steve Martin, Bette Midler, James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Quincy Jones..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Love Letter

"...Tom Everett Scott, Ellen DeGeneres, Julianne Nicholson and Gloria Stuart. “Darling, do you know how much in love with..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Letter to Isaac

"...dad too. He was unique. He was tender and smart. He was a dear friend. In our profession, the..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Column

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...and not since Madonna recorded "Material Girl" has an artist so clearly used a song title as an announcement..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

Postmarks

Home Is Where the Tax Credits Are

"...As spokesperson for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, we commend The Austin..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

Brain Boom

Austin's Techno Geeks and Slackers Cash In

"...it goes away for whatever reason, I can always start my company then," he shrugs...."

March 20, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...designation, but let's not quibble: Tito & Tarantula is hardly a household name. Maybe you've heard of the Cruzados..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Showgirls

Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas' flimsy and illogical story about Vegas showgirls is a sad excuse for this prurient and purulent tale that nevertheless has its cult adherents.

"...the kinder. She can't act. Or dance. But that's hardly her fault. No one can blame this former Saved..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...Engulfing Billy Perkins in living color, Paul McCartney, Bonnie Raitt, Cherie Currie, Dee Dee Ramone, and Joe..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Tim Kerr Sets His Own New Colors

Austin "Self-expressionist" paints visionary artists, photographs their environments, accompanies with old time music duo Up Around the Sun

"...don't divide it into 'This is music, this is art, blah blah blah,'" Kerr continues...."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Getting Busy

Joe Swanberg's prolific, provocative career

"...his 2011 films – Uncle Kent, Silver Bullets, and Art History – and discussed his recent return to form..."

June 3, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...State Executive Committee, Green Party of Texas..."

July 12, 2002 Column

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...emotionally and physically stable, successful in a Austin-based dot-com startup company making God knows what...."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...sellers and Waterloo Records/Shiner Bock Texas Top Ten List chart hogs. The live souvenir business has been good to..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Music Amidst Used Furniture

The History of the Red River Strip

"...age 30, eagerly explaining the plans he and his partners (Nathan Tate and New York City émigré Abigail King)..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Music Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...story lines about the evil done by devils on earth. Singer co-wrote both films with collaborator Christopher McQuarrie, and..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...all Altman's venomous belittlement of his characters. Buck Henry's smart script, which was adapted from Joyce Maynard's novel, employs..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Control Shift

Thoughts on adjusting to hard times from former opera director Kevin Patterson

"...Austin's arts scene has never seen a season as turbulent as..."

May 13, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jessie Otto Hite: With the Blanton built, the director takes her leave

With the Blanton Museum of Art's new galleries open and drawing record crowds and the companion building set to open next year, Jessie Otto Hite has decided to retire as director in 2008

"...From the time she started as an employee of the art museum at UT..."

June 29, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two

Gratitude and goodbye to Will Eisner, whose comic 'The Spirit' is the epitome of great American art

"...died on Monday. I had a truly terrible night, hardly sleeping, racked by thoughts and the minor pains accumulated..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Bare-Bones Blanton

The economic downturn hits the world of art museums, including UT's Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art.

"...not surprising that UT's Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art last month laid off four members of its staff..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...it thrown out, then reinstated, then (for the most part) superseded by the courts and the Legislature, even as..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

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