The Zoot Allure

Don't Take the class, charm, and reputation for granted

"...be Stewart Scruggs (along with his partner at Wink, Mark Paul). Scruggs was coming home...."

June 20, 2003 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood shares her considerable files on food with you lucky folks.

"...partners Larry Foles and Guy Villavaso, and PR maven Paula Biehler were busy working the room, making sure guests..."

April 25, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

TV Eye

Crooner Chris Isaak plays himself to charming effect on his self-titled Showtime series.

"...the verge of a meltdown when hit by tornadoes. Mark-Paul Gosselaar (NYPD Blue), Corbin Bernsen (L.A. Law), and track-and-field..."

June 7, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood thought her previous column about local chef changes was pretty comprehensive until the last few days of January, when all kinds of newsworthy information began pouring in via phone, fax, and e-mail.

"...sous chefs Mike Hall and Eric Polzer, pastry chef Mark Paul, and wine steward Gary Thompson are no longer..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Impeccable Vista

"...and foodstuffs available weekly from local growers and farmers' markets. The cuisine at Brio Vista reveals that chef Scruggs..."

April 23, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

How Do You Know

Who would have guessed that a rom-com from the director of Broadcast News and starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, and Jack Nicholson would turn out this wan and dull?

"...Directed by: James L. Brooks. Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Jack Nicholson, Kathryn Hahn, Mark Linn-Baker..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Third World Cop

"...Directed by: Chris Browne. Starring: Paul Campbell, Mark Danvers, Winston “Bello” Bell, Audrey Reid, Carl..."

July 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Monos

Colombian child-soldier drama is a bleak look into the cruelty of innocents

"...Buenaventura, Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Laura Castrillón, Deiby Rueda, Paul Cubides, Sneider Castro, Karen Quintero, Julián Giraldo, Wilson Salazar,..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flood Closes Some Lamar Restaurants

Cleanup effort ongoing

"...the restaurant was closed for Memorial Day but owners Mark Paul and Stewart Scruggs got there after the water..."

May 26, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Waiter, There's a Lawyer in My Soup

Austin attorney blasted for trying to extract money from several restaurants

"...Brees, the first thing I did was laugh," said Mark Paul, who co-owns wink and ZOOT restaurants with Stewart..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl, with Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, is an engagingly sordid meditation on protofeminism.

"...Starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas, David Morrissey and Ana Torrent...."

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Daddy Day Camp

Someone should blow "Taps" for this outing and put it out of its misery.

"...Directed by: Fred Savage. Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Paul Rae, Lochlyn Munro, Richard Gant, Tamala Jones, Josh McLerran..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. 3000

This Bernie Mac baseball flick is standard genre fare.

"...Bernie Mac, Angela Bassett, Michael Rispoli, Brian J. White, Paul Sorvino, Chris Noth and Evan Jones. After his 3,000th..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...First, I find it remarkable that the star of the show, Jenny Larson, is..."

June 27, 2003 Column

The Hulk

"...Bana, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas, Paul Kersey and Cara Buono. Hulk smash good, Puny Human,..."

June 20, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Person

What happened when Mark Danielewski and his rock star sister POE showed up at a branch of the Dallas Public Library

"...to scholars of postmodern literature and the skater/surfer set. Mark Danielewski's House of Leaves is about a house that..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Cleopatra's Second Husband

"...Alexis Arquette, Radha Mitchell, Boyd Kestner, Bitty Schram and Paul Hipp. Thanks to the likes of Neil LaBute and..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Trick

"...by: Jim Fall. Starring: Quentin Leupp, Tori Spelling, John Paul Pitoc and Christian Campbell. Its title bluntly suggests the..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Dead Man On Campus

"...Directed by: Alan Cohn. Starring: Tom Everett Scott, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Poppy Montgomery, Lochlyn Munro, Randy Pearlstein and Corey..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fusing Southwestern and Asian Cuisines Brio Grande

"...too, satisfied; a cut of beef, criss-crossed with grill marks placed over a mild but delicious white-bean passilla pepper..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Arts Feature

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Summer: The Donna Summer Musical

Now is the Summer of our discontent after this flat jukebox

"...In the 2015 sci-fi film The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is left for dead on the..."

May 7, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

AFS Cinema Announces Reopening Date, First Lineup of Films

The arthouse mecca brings new titles, immortal classics

"...Mark your calendar: July 15. AFS Cinema, the two-screen theatre..."

June 9, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"Kevin Greer: As the World Stood Still" at Davis Gallery

One man's mark-making movements set this show on fire

"...of abstract work impressive enough to serve as a marker in his personal history of having dealt with Our..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas House District 47: Workman’s Blues

Can anybody beat Paul Workman?

"...A recent analysis by Rice University political scientist Mark P. Jones identifies this as one of the 15..."

May 11, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Holiday Viewing: Diner

Or how I fell in love with Mickey Rourke

"...a tale of a film that left an indelible mark on my adolescence: 1982’s Diner...."

Dec. 16, 2017 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

AFF Revisits the Perfectly Looney What’s Up, Doc?

Paul Feig presents the 1972 screwball comedy on Sunday

"...kid, I'd never seen a screwball comedy,” Bridesmaids director Paul Feig told NPR’s Steve Inskeep in 2011, explaining why..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Pluckers Hosts Ultimate Lip Sync Battle

Contest entry deadline looming

"...Pluckers Wing Bar owners Mark Greenberg, Dave Paul, and Sean Greenberg are celebrating the..."

Aug. 18, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Music List 10

The Damned, 2 Chainz, War on Drugs, and 242 more added

"...Chainz, South By Southwest’s artist tally crests the 2K mark, by our estimation: 2,188...."

March 6, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Seduced by Austin

Jesse Herman – hospitality pro, mover and shaker with the Austin Food & Wine Festival – is making his mark on his adopted town

"...Moreland, Eddie Wilson, and Tom Gilliland in making his mark on the River City. After establishing a track record..."

April 25, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Health Is the New Drug

Boxing Lesson’s must-see music video

"...psychedelic Austin trio’s cosmic journey was made possible by Mark Miks, who built Wayne Coyne’s spacecraft for the Flaming..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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