Love & Friendship

What took Whit Stillman and Jane Austen so long to find each other?

"...just that. Sure, she’s lately been dealt a losing hand – recently widowed, she’s dependent on the generosity of..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Don't Let Us Get Sick

Sunday at the Saxon, Will Indian fundraises for a new liver

"...also been working with the Cornell Hurd Band and James Hand. I did the guitar work on James Hand's..."

July 19, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Transporter 3

Jason Statham returns for the third venture in this action series, which is surprisingly better than you might expect.

"...Atrakchi. Statham has become something of a poor man's James Bond via this international action smorgasbord franchise, and frankly,..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

Off the Record goes the distance at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore; Snake Eyes Vinyl relocates; Belaire and Tacks, the Boy Disaster ship overseas; and more

"...collection on Bloodshot Records. The 2-CD, 42-song set includes James Hand's version of "Corrina Corrina," the Western swing standard..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Sahara

Based on the popular Clive Cussler book, Sahara may be asinine, but it’s also goofy, good fun.

"...percussion legend McConaughey as Dirk Pitt, the novelist’s Yankified James Bond-lite, a strapping, bronzed American archeologist who works for..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

King Arthur

In this cinematic retelling Arthur and his men are trained to be a warrior SWAT team for the Roman Empire.

"...pages of the script. Owen is too classy, too James Bond-handsome to realistically portray the not-yet-King Arthur; I for..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Am the Jellyfish That Walks Upon the Land

The Mother of all pop bands

"...the midway and trippin' out on the ferris wheel. James E. Waymsy is trippin' out on the calliope. I..."

June 30, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Lovers on the Bridge

Carax's stridently anti-romantic romance is curiously full of extravagant visual panache.

"...is a stridently anti-romantic romance. His lovers live a hand-to-mouth existence, living in the wreckage of Paris' oldest bridge..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wing Chun

"...motion. A troublemaking gang of sex-starved men is on hand to set up the fight sequences, but the heart..."

July 1, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Last of the Mohicans

"...what you might expect, this fourth film version of James Fenimore Cooper's novel, once mandatory reading in grade school,..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Unsane

Steven Soderbergh's big-budget iPhone thrill ride.

"...The is-she-or-isn’t-she? narrative linchpin of Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer’s screenplay is nothing new, but a freshly motivated..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Bicycle Thief

Police say James Clayton befriended – then ripped off – many Austin bicyclists

"...between ads for a little girl's pink bike with handlebar tassels and a mountain bike with a rusty chain..."

April 10, 2009 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Blair Witch

Stay out of the (noisy) woods

"...Directed by: Adam Wingard. Starring: James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott, Wes..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hey Beautiful

Hot Club of Cowtown fiddler Elana James calls the tune on her second solo disc

"...honky-tonk has cleared a sizable dance floor for Elana James and her band. Since they're celebrating the release of..."

April 24, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Broken Spoke Legends

James White counts down the Broken Spoke's greatest hits

"...and shopping centers that surround the Broken Spoke, owner James White reflects that when he opened the South Lamar..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Ghosts of the Abyss

"...Directed by: James Cameron. Starring: Bill Paxton. Say what you will of..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...we take him at his palabra. – Raoul Hernandez Remembering James Hand..."

July 2, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

James Hand

"...James HandMighty Lonesome Man (Hillgrass Bluebilly)..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

James Hand

SXSW showcase reviews

"...James HandSaxon Pub, Friday, March 18..."

March 18, 2011 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

No Law & Order

"...melodies. Fifteen years together has given the band a handful of albums, such as their Massive release, Love Songs..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

The Ameripolitan Awards Return to Austin for Ceremony’s 10th Anniversary

Ray Benson, Augie Meyers, and Flaco Jiménez will be honored Feb. 18

"...Fox, Lisa Pankratz, Rick Trevino, Brennen Leigh, Melissa Carper, James Intveld, Rosie Flores, and, curiously, Britt Daniel...."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Faster Than Sound – Summer in the City: Concerts, Protests, Relief Controversy, Potentially Less HAAM

Clubs navigate show safety, local musicians soundtrack protests, and HAAM asks for city aid.

"...Austin Country Music legend James Hand died June 8 from heart complications. Tough, poetic,..."

June 12, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

We Have an Issue: What’s Next, and How Fast Can We Get There?

In this week's issue, the rallying cry to defund police catches on, and Republicans try to quash vote by mail for good

"...RIP James "Slim" Hand: "Combining real Texas toughness and teary-eyed vulnerability,..."

June 12, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

It Chapter Two

Back to Derry as the Losers Club takes on Pennywise again

"...Directed by: Andy Muschietti. Starring: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone,..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Curse of La Llorona

Latest Conjuring spin-off is a pale imitation of James Wan's original

"...Now the big name in the horror world is James Wan, the man who kick-started a long line of..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

Vin Diesel returns to kickstart this action series

"...operative Xander Cage is the millennial generation’s answer to James Bond. Trading in 007’s classic tuxedo and dry martini..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lights Out

Prepare for an onslaught of jump scares

"...online shorts caught the attention of contemporary horror mogul James Wan (the Saw movies, the Insidious movies, the Conjuring..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Fifty Shades of Grey

For all the commotion, it's just another wish-fulfillment fairy tale about a naive girl and her Prince Charming – but with tame BDSM.

"...Based on an obscure novel by E L James, Fifty Shades is the story of Anastasia Steele (an..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Annabelle

The doll from hell is back.

"...seen Rosemary’s Baby – or pretty much any film James Wan’s had a hand in since helming 2007’s Dead..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What Maisie Knew

Young Maisie’s divorced parents are negligent, not cruel, in this contemporary take on the novel by Henry James from the co-directors of the Deep End.

"...could, with her unconscious aid, do each other.” Henry James wrote that just before the turn of the 20th..."

July 12, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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