Oldboy

This 2003 revenger from Korean upstart Chan-wook Park is a multilayered, intensely performed, shockingly violent, and viscerally visual tour de force.

"...television – but which is, in reality, a cell. Days, months, and years go by with no explanation given..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Missed Call

Takashi Miike's latest is a disappointing, second-rate Japanese horror film.

"...nearly 20 movies bearing his directorial credit in the last four years alone – and with this film his..."

April 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Aviator

Scorsese's best film in years is a work of bravura, classic Hollywood filmmaking.

"...most infamous and raggedy madman-cum-tycoon during his obsessive-compulsive final days overlooking the Vegas strip with Kleenex-boxed feet and Guinness-record..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cellular

Feels like a B-picture, but a smart, finely tuned one that wouldn’t have been out of place in Roger Corman’s mid-Seventies stable.

"...genre – have been mining the myriad story possibilities inherent in modern technology for years now, with haunted cell..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Northfork

"...gloom hangs over what remains of Northfork and its last remaining inhabitants, whose reluctant departures are not unlike those..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Alex & Emma

"...addict who must deliver an entire novel in 30 days in order to pay off some Cuban mafioso. He..."

June 20, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Scorpion King

"...to have a clear idea of what he's doing here. The action sequences, of which there are many, are..."

April 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM

Michael Ventura observes the great John Cassavetes at work on the set of his next-to-last movie Love Streams.

"...Cassavetes' living room beside the camera that filmed his last scene as an actor -- isn't the story I'm..."

March 8, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Crying in the Chapel

The Texas Hill Country features an unexpected wonder: The Most Holy Theotokos of New Sarov sheds tears of myrrh at Christ of the Hills Monastery in Blanco

"...long referred to their area as God's Country. It's where the one billion-year-old Enchanted Rock rises over the much..."

June 22, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

3000 Miles to Graceland

"...name, or wanting to. 3000 Miles to Graceland falls somewhere in the middle of these two extremes, and then..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation 2001

"...have a slow sales year now and again, but there's still a lot of his burnished Detroit steel cruising..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Liberty Lunch is finally reduced to dust bin debris even as Mueller Airport hosts the "Airport Rave" and some 6,000 attendees, one of which was NOT Biz Markie, who was a no-show. Who says there are no more live music venues in Austin. Once-local guitarist Evan Johns hospitalized in DC with severe liver problems, just as Bad Livers finish recording a new album. Ken Lieck, King of the Segue.

"...gone. I know, it's been gone since a few days after the "Gloriathon" (shudder), but I mean now it's..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Exposing the Subgenius; Austin clubowners gather to mourn the Steamboat; Earthpig moving to the taxicab center of the universe; and Jonathan Richman breaks down.

"...stealing their ideas in his film True Stories). Locally, there have been bands directly linked to the Church, such..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Going for Broke

Fruit Salad Days

"...describing him as a "freaked-out music fan." In fact, where other label chiefs might not be able to list..."

June 18, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Preying on Atheists

The Oldest Motive: Revenge

"...have been arrested within hours, tried and convicted within days, and would even now be serving a term in..."

June 4, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Corruptor

"...the Hong Kong film industry's key players over the last few years, Chow found himself buoyed by rabid stateside..."

March 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Waterboy

"...Coraci, who reined in the manic comic in their last outing, The Wedding Singer, takes the opposite tack this..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Western

"...film took home the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes last year, which is as much an indication of the..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Air Bud: Golden Receiver

"...directors and producers start equating “family” with “mediocrity,” that's where things tend to go wrong. And despite its good..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Five Days Makes One Weak

"...Yep, it's over, and just like every year there's a million large and small observations to make as..."

March 27, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Kingpin

Harrelson and Quaid bowl a perfectly hilarious game in this Farrelly Brothers farce.

"...the thoroughly unctuous Ernie “Big Ern” McCracken (Murray). These days, Roy divides his time between hawking bowling supplies to..."

July 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Seven

A serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi is hunted by two New York City detectives in this hellish take on Nineties film noir.

"...Lee Ermey and John C. McGinley. Director Fincher, whose last outing was the butchered-by-the-studio Alien 3, seems more comfortable..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Smoke

"...Smoke leaves you wanting another not long after the last one has been extinguished. Knockout ensemble performances like these..."

June 30, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brainscan

"...Ryder Smith and Jamie Marsh. Flashback. It's tough these days, I suppose, to come up with a genuinely original..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Matinee

This film is a fondly humorous look back at the last gasp of America's innocence, being a kid, and, in particular, monster movies.

"...Matinee is a fondly humorous look back at the last gasp of America's innocence, being a kid, and, in..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Deep Cover

"...this one over in my head for a couple days now and I can't figure out if I liked..."

April 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2024, Power Ranked!

Welcome to Top of the Hops IX

"...Click here to jump straight to the brewery rankings...."

Oct. 17, 2024 Food Post by Eric Puga

City Workers Protest City Manager’s Mandatory Return to Office

Protesters say it will be disastrous for recruitment and retention

"...City employees with the union AFSCME Local 1624 protested last week at City Hall against City Manager Jesús Garza’s..."

June 2, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Sound Unseen is Blowing Up Your Stream

The hybrid music and movie fest unifies the ATX and the Twin Cities

"...degrees in Oxford. 33 in Minneapolis. 80 in Austin. Wherever Jim Brunzell goes, he noted, “Fall is here.”..."

Nov. 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Restaurant Weeks, Triumphant Tiki Freaks, Yellowbird's Milton Speaks, Mind the Top Chef Peeks

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as..."

Sept. 22, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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