Treeless Mountain

So Yong Kim is an astute observer of young people as demonstrated with this film whose story is mostly told on the expressive faces of its two very young protagonists. Never overly sentimental or forcibly cute, Kim’s austere shooting style and scarcity of narrative accouterments provide a nice counterbalance to the sweetness of her young stars.

"...wordlessly explicate the fears and joys of their circumscribed lives remains keen. Treeless Mountain’s 7-year-old Jin (Hee-yeon Kim) and..."

June 12, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spice World

"...Directed by: Bob Spiers. Starring: The Spice Girls, Richard E. Grant, George Wendt, Mark Mckinney, Claire Rushbrook,..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Faster Than Sound: Music Lab Explores Consolidation

Rehearsal space’s Oltorf location posted for sale; Hi, How Are You Day draws the Flaming Lips; and Esme Barrera tribute launches Girls Rock El Paso

"...Warning of a possible shutter hasn't been delivered to renters through any official channels. Aguilar hadn't heard..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Heartland Theatre Collective’s Little Bird

The vulnerability of small things is at the heart of Nicole Oglesby’s drama of girls and ghosts in East Texas bayou country

"...the avian creatures that inhabit East Texas' Piney Woods, girls like Willa, who touched the bird, and her bestie..."

June 15, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Eye of the Dolphin

This family film is charming enough to inspire young girls to grow up wanting to swim with live dolphins rather than groom My Little Ponies.

"...better audience for Eye of the Dolphin than preteen girls. Add in decent performances and gorgeous underwater cinematography, and..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aquamarine

Based on a young adult novel by Alice Hoffman, the film is about two best girlfriends who meet up with … a mermaid!

"...I liked how it was actually made for tween girls. We never get any movies, and we’re totally growing..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...recording arm of home-shopping conglomerate QVC, began issuing its Live at Gilley's series this summer, recordings of Carl Perkins,..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Brokedown Palace

"...parental issue via the time-honored method of lying, the girls convince Darlene's conservative parents that Hawaii is indeed their..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

When the Whip Comes Down

‘Some Girls Live in Texas,’ ravished by the Rolling Stones

"...July 18 performance in Fort Worth on 1978’s Some Girls tour, a DVD tie-in to the LP’s new deluxe..."

Oct. 19, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Snow Angels

Filmmaker David Gordon Green guides his cast, headed by Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale, through a fumbling world of nursed grudges and blown opportunities.

"...school marching band, the type of boy beloved by girls who wear horn-rimmed glasses and study photography – takes..."

April 4, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Five Pet Cats in Modern Fiction

And you won’t believe what happens to the third one

"...Jonas, of course, from Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived In the Castle – which creepy narrative is, btw,..."

Feb. 15, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Above the East China Sea

In her most ambitious novel, Sarah Bird entwines the tales of two teenaged girls, both on Okinawa but in different eras

"...and Above the East China Sea, about two teenage girls in Okinawa from different time periods, is no different...."

May 16, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Lookadoos and Don'ts

Motivational speaker shares 'cool rules' with Texas high schoolers

"...High school girls, R U ready 2 B dateable? Like, really dateable?..."

Nov. 14, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

The Brothers Solomon

With three great comic talents in Will Forte, Will Arnett, and director Bob Odenkirk working together in relatively untried and controversial comedy territory, the only result is a syrupy fable about love and family.

"...in a bar, right? Then there’s Dean (Saturday Night Live’s Forte), who kicks off a blind date by planting..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Undertow

Cross-pollinate the arthouse film with B-movie backwoods gothic, and you get something like Undertow’s peculiar fusion of high and low culture.

"...in his other pictures (George Washington, All the Real Girls), director and co-writer David Gordon Green worships at the..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Two Can Play That Game

"...its share of comic pleasantries and attempts a breezy, just-us-girls tone with a certain amount of success. (In one..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Council Recap: Water and Housing

Council takes on excessive water bills, "missing middle" in housing

"...bills, and zoning to allow for a Boys and Girls Club facility in District 1...."

April 8, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

International Week Results; Champions League Action to Come; Bonus High School Playoff Coverage

"...April 3-4, and all four quarterfinals will be shown live at 1:30pm on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. Tuesday: Liverpool..."

March 29, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Sabrina by Nick Drnaso

This machine is temperamental but it will give you things

"...in her City of Boys collection, in her novel Live Girls. The unrelenting bleakness of effect there. The bleakness,..."

July 10, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ten Good Bites of Prose

Food and its preparation spans literary genres like a rich thick gravy

"...– Kirsten Bakis, Lives of the Monster Dogs..."

May 5, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Belle & Sebastian Hikes Energy Rates

Time to dance with the Scottish posh pops – Friday at the Moody

"...Chris Geddes rang up ahead of the band’s ACL Live at the Moody Theater show on Friday to talk..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Merlin Enchantment at Zach

Shana Merlin, that is – making improv magic with Wizards

"...marking the move with an improv showcase tonight starring Girls Girls Girls and Merlin Works instructors...."

Jan. 13, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Ladies, You're Topps

Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls opens aGLIFF 23

"...experience the charming wonder that is Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, it might also be surprising to learn that the..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Torch of the Mystic

Sir Richard Bishop, keeper of the flame

"...Bishop's modus operandi. Through his time in Sun City Girls to his solo work, Bishop has taken disparate influences,..."

May 26, 2009 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

First Daughter

This movie's tortured young protagonist and clueless dad just happen to be members of the First Family of the United States.

"...let go of his little girl and let her live her own life, dammit. First daughter Samantha Mackenzie (Dawson’s..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sorority Boys

"...K.O.K. house to tuck in their namesake appendages and live undercover as women in the feminist-minded D.O.G. house sorority...."

March 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Visions of Sugar Plums

It may be old news to most of us, but every December thousands of children discover The Nutcracker for the first time, and it inspires many to take up dance. Dawn Davis was one of them, and she talks to three young ballerinas about what The Nutcracker means to them.

"...was going to be a ballerina for real. We lived in the small community of Lake Jackson, about an..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Arts Feature by Dawn Davis

Only the Brave

"...the Brave centers on Alex and Vicki, two teenage girls in blue-collar Melbourne whose strong spirits and artistic aspirations..."

May 5, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

There Goes My Baby

"...boys began hearing the siren call of Vietnam, and girls had nowhere to go for safe, legal abortions. Like..."

Sept. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Weekend at Bernie's II

"...like some hellish Mobius Strip. Better to let him live and suffer his crimes on The Late Show. McCarthy..."

July 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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