A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...local ABC affiliate KVUE. Punching the theme for the late-night talk show are the twin saxophones of father-and-son duo..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Coco

A moving and colorful addition to the Pixar filmography

"...and no less than Guillermo del Toro released the calaveras similar The Book of Life in 2014 – this..."

Nov. 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Casa de mi Padre

Will Ferrell commits 100% to this goofy, all-Spanish-language soap opera-cum-horse opera.

"...“Mexico is the bestico,” declares an incidental Casa de mi Padre character played by..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rent

Despite the grating, workmanlike direction of Chris Columbus, this boisterous film is a vivacious, wiseacre musical and an inarguable morality lesson: Love is all you need.

"...L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Anthony Rapp and Tracie Thoms. Playwright Jonathan Larson’s Rent opened on Broadway just shy of..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mi Vida Loca: My Crazy Life

"...before in a commercial movie. Sad Girl (Aviles), a Latina gang girl from the Echo Park section of Los..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cooler

The performances of William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, and Maria Bello shine as brightly as the lights on the Vegas strip where the film is set.

"...Maria Bello, Shawn Hatosy, Ron Livingston, Paul Sorvino and Estella Warren. Something of the old Las Vegas is captured..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wind in the Willows

"...John Cleese, Stephen Fry, Bernard Hill, Michael Palin, Nigel Planer and Richard James. Where did this come from and..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Silent Tongue

"...Directed by: Sam Shepard. Starring: River Phoenix, Alan Bates, Richard Harris, Dermot Mulroney, Sheila Tousey, Jeri Arredondo..."

June 17, 1994 Movie Review by Alvaro Rodriguez

Wax, Or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees

"...Directed by: David Blair. Starring: David Blair. Harder to describe than it is..."

July 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fast, Fresh, Portable, Affordable

Hello, hungry traveler. Welcome to the land of the breakfast taco!

"...a lengthy Mexican breakfast tradition in local restaurants, a large immigrant population from the northern states of Mexico, where..."

March 14, 2003 Food Feature

Public Notice: The Planning Stages

Land Use Commissioners, public swing into action on the LDC

"...It's been a busy week for those pondering the Land Devel­opment Code rewrite – city staff, politicos, the general..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Queen of Versailles

How does 90,000 square feet sound?

"...Directed by: Lauren Greenfield...."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hostel: Part II

Roth has accomplished the near impossible: He's crafted a vastly superior sequel to Hostel, one that supersedes the original's sadistic quotient, gore effects, and narrative subversiveness.

"...Directed by: Eli Roth. Starring: Lauren German, Roger Bart, Heather Matarazzo, Bijou Phillips, Richard Burgi..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Happily N'Ever After

The animated Happily N'Ever After isn't just cynically humorless, it's shoddy-looking to boot.

"...cinematic fairy tales for the kids (e.g., Walt Disney's Cinderella), for the adults (e.g., Pan's Labyrinth, The West Wing),..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Undead

This Australian horror film arrives at the tail end of a recent and very substantial cinematic zombie overdose. Unfortunately, there are only so many ways to slice the walking dead.

"...George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead; and Romero’s own Land of the Dead) the cineplexes are positively overflowing with..."

July 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Day After Tomorrow

A new Ice Age cometh

"...Directed by: Roland Emmerich. Starring: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ian Holm, Emmy..."

May 28, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pure Beef

Some years ago, Barbara Chisholm writes, hipsters clearly informed us that Thai, Indian, Italian even -- anything but a steak house -- was cool. Not a slave to fashion, Austin Land and Cattle Company proudly flew its steak house flag. It was beefy when beefy wasn't cool.

"...Austin Land and Cattle Company1205 N. Lamar, 472-1813..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

William Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream

"...Pfeiffer. For my money the most gloriously, enchantingly trivial play in the Shakespearean canon, A Midsummer Night's Dream may..."

May 14, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Craft

Teen witches made high school a dark and brooding place long before vampires took over as the kings of teen cool.

"...pretty dark one at that, keeping the audience off balance with a colorful blend of teen high jinks and..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nights in White Satin

Streaming Spotify all the way back to the reel-to-reel

"...covers with the plug-in microphone and my trusty gray plastic Silvertone AM/FM radio, waiting breathlessly for the first notes..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Will Travel for Food and Wine

Well-made wine, exquisite food, and great art – Spain should be on anyone's short list of travel destinations

"...Looking for a trip with spectacular wine, food equal to any in the world, myriad..."

June 26, 2009 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Cultural Coolness Around Texas This Month

"...Rhapsodies in Black: The Art of the Harlem Renaissance Museum of Fine..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: Santa Fe, N.M.

Art and food in the enchanting city of Santa Fe

"...who has visited or ever thought about exploring the Land of Enchantment. Surrounded by mountains with a mild desert..."

Nov. 12, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Food-O-File

Foodie innovators land grants and La Corsha rep replies to Wonderland backlash

"...Alliance awarded $25,000 in culinary innovation grants at a gala last week at the AT&T Executive Education & Conference..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Nothing Less Than Magical

Veterans of the Zilker Summer Musical recall enchantment on the hillside

"...you can see for free in Zilker Park. The latter qualifies as a sure bet by virtue of the..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postscripts

Local bestsellers for '99.

"...of 1999. Some of those lists were printed in last week's issue; the remainder are printed below, with store..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

I'm So Excited!

Pedro Almodóvar's comic romp aims sky high.

"...Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar. Starring: Antonio de la Torre, Hugo Silva, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Laya Martí, Javier..."

July 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall..."

May 14, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

This Japanese mind-twister from Shion Sono screams with madness and mayhem.

"...his personal and kaleidoscopic genre iconography, returning you to slack-jawed sentience, and then setting your proverbial pants on fire...."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Luv Doc Recommends: 'Hammy and the Kids'

La Zona Rosa, Sunday, September 5, 2010

"...their southern neighbors. In fact, in a lot of places along the U.S.-Canadian border, there's not much of a..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

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