KMFA Premieres Icons of Broadway

Classical station's new show salutes musical theatre legends

"...program at 89.5FM devoted specifically to American musical theatre. Icons of Broadway, which premieres at noon Saturday, July 11,..."

July 10, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Icons or Wish List?

"...Have Spoken,” News, Dec. 8] an article on Austin icons or a wish list by Austin developers of the..."

Dec. 11, 2006 Postmarks

The People Have Spoken: Here are your icons

The results of our "Icon or Eyesore?" contest are in

"...Town Lake hike-and-bike trail. As a result, some reader-nominated icons are of the same grand nature. We've therefore tabulated..."

Dec. 8, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Austin Dive Bars That Are Neighborhood Icons

Come for the cheap drinks, but stay for the community

March 15, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

Celluloid Icons

The larger-than-life John Milius and the enigmatic, introverted Harry Dean Stanton come into focus

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Texas Culinary Icons

Austin is the place to try true Texas treats, from chicken-fried steak to frozen margaritas

March 13, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Homoween, Day 3 : Gay Icons

Homoween: Day 3!

Oct. 27, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Designating Icons Is Nonsense

Dec. 2, 2006 Postmarks

Becoming Leslie

The complicated real life behind Austin's weird icon

"...Like most portraits of icons, Becoming Leslie dips into hagiography, although the film does..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Snowden

Oliver Stone tackles the famous whistleblower

"...hate him, Stone or Snowden, both of these American icons make for dramatically breathtaking cinema...."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gimme the Loot

This prize-winning indie debut follows two wannabe graffiti artists on one long night.

"...planning to tag one of New York City’s biggest icons: the apple at the Mets’ Citi Field (née Shea..."

May 17, 2013 Movie Review by Monica Riese

Gran Torino

Clint Eastwood directs and stars in what could be a perfect career-capper due to the perceptive way the character he plays seems to be a culmination of all the roles he's played before.

Jan. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hard Candy

Metaphorically speaking, Little Red Riding Hood eats Humbert Humbert in this story of an online predator and his jailbait, gamine prey.

"...photographer Jeff (Wilson) and 14-year-old Hayley (Page) make goo-goo icons at each other before meeting in the flesh at..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Profile of L.A. radio deejay Rodney Bingenheimer, perpetual handmaiden to rock & roll royalty.

"...– and by extension, the country – to future icons David Bowie, the Beatles, the entire glam movement, the..."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mystic River

Clint Eastwood's newest is a dark, lachrymose tale of slowly snaking evil.

"...is what can be expected from our aging cinema icons, here’s to the golden years, dark though they may..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cut

"...direct-to-video purgatory but for the presence of erstwhile teenybopper icons Ringwald and Minogue (whose billing, shall we say, is..."

April 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Source

"...on the genesis and lasting influence of these cultural icons of the 20th century...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SPAMARAMA: The Movie

This Austin-made companion piece to the event blends truth and fiction in a quasi-documentary that purports to explain how SPAMARAMA all began.

"...band's stranded-in-the-Seventies career. Cameo and extra appearances by local icons such as Kinky Friedman, Alvin Crow, Sammy Allred, Guy..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

My Fellow Americans

"...and foremost as a truss-busting romp in which geriatric icons Lemmon, Bacall, and Garner can park their Master Thespian..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Original Gangstas

"...by this new film's attempt to bring their action icons, superstars of the 1970s' so-called “blaxploitation” genre, into the..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Harriet the Spy

"...retro film speed manipulation with updated cultural and ideological icons and an aggressively Nineties soundtrack by Jamshied Sharif. It's..."

July 12, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Farinelli

"...parallels between this historical figure and modern-day, pop culture icons such as... Michael Jackson, perhaps? Scriptwriter Andree Corbiau has..."

June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Star Trek: Generations

"...helm to Captain Picard, they become the two largest icons to be joined on screen since King Kong met..."

Nov. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

There Goes My Baby

"...with distinctly separate agendas. They come across as emblematic icons rather than real individuals. Much the same problem is..."

Sept. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

"...numerous documentaries tracing the lively literary exploits of Beat icons William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, someone has finally brought..."

Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Days of Chez Nous

"...its realistic feel. Despite the characters resemblance to unfleshy icons, the set they move through and their individual appearances..."

May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cannes Festival of Humor in Advertising

"...life? Got me. Not to be outdone, other advertising icons such as babies, dogs, kittens and home and hearth..."

March 13, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Larks on a String

"...less than a veritable mountain of crucifixes and religious icons) and tossing things about; together, they flirt, philosophize, and..."

June 7, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Austin Chronic: Cheech and Chong and Toking With a Troll

Stoner icons materialize for surprise C-boy’s appearance

"...still there. The next afternoon, the two elderly stoner icons arrived in style to the Paramount Theatre for the..."

March 29, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Interview: Swervedriver

British shoegaze icons tune out doom and gloom with latest music

"...A decade into their reunion, British shoegaze icons Swervedriver dismiss Nineties alt-rock nostalgia completely with Future Ruins,..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Michael Toland

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