The Battle of AlgiersAlso Out Now The Battle of Algiers

In the wake of this country's most recent exercise in colonialism, Criterion has released, on three DVDs, Gillo Pontecorvo's 1966 masterpiece, a film so rich in aesthetic and political relevance as to be almost uncanny

"...Collection has released, on three DVDs, Gillo Pontecorvo's 1966 masterpiece, The Battle of Algiers, a film so rich in..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Galaxy Cafe

A kicky cafe signals that Southwest Austin is ready to outgrow its chains

"...bold but complementary. An enormous soup plate held the masterpiece of a spinach salad ($6.50). Baby spinach and arugula..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

World of Wonders

Dispatch No. 2: World of Wonders

"...last film, The Gleaners and I – a true masterpiece – Varda remains one of our most honest, curious,..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Garden State

A mash note to love that speaks to Generation Y as powerfully as The Graduate did to the Boomers.

"...a revelation. The comparison to Mike Nichols’ generation-defining ’67 masterpiece is more than apt. At times Garden State feels..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brian Eno

Reissues

"...Jets, is the clarion call, opening with glam rock masterpiece/Velvet Goldmine staple "Needles in the Camel's Eye" before descending..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Music Review by Michael Chamy

The McCormick Method, Revealed

Analyze anything in three words!

"...effectively named "Look Out: Mafia!" Even David Foster Wallace's masterpiece, Infinite Jest, might be better expressed, titularly, as "Look..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Twilight Samurai

A near masterpiece, this atypical samurai movie is more an epic of the heart than the battlefield.

"...out. But then, of course, you’d be missing a near-masterpiece of cinematic subtlety and that rarest of exports: a..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fires Were Shot

Texas platters

"...picking burrows its way into the listener's consciousness. Three-minute masterpiece "Hiroshima" is New Ageian in its harmonic restraint and..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Still Scary, Still Subversive

Alamo's Roadshow of the Living Dead brings George Romero to Austin

"...itself. Last spring's remake of Romero's cunningly subversive 1978 masterpiece Dawn of the Dead proved a surprise hit and..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Tin Drum

"...among the many extras in Criterion's release of Schlöndorff's masterpiece of Nazi carnivalesque. Then check out the scene that..."

July 16, 2004 Screens Review by Courtney Fitzgerald

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