Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Tangerine Dream, Eastside Kings Fest, Magic Rockers of Texas, and more recommended shows

"...Rican pianist Esteban Alvarez and El Salvadorans Teresita y Mauricio Callejas and crooner Alejandro Caslo as ripe complement to..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Passages

Often-explicit drama probes the turmoil of a lopsided love triangle

"...Sachs’ enthralling eighth feature, he and his regular co-screenwriter Mauricio Zacharias return to the more experimental bent of Keep..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

AFS Cinema Celebrates Max Fleischer, the Man Who Made Betty Boop Boop-Oop-a-Doop

AFS Cinema spotlights the animation revolution created by Max Fleischer in the Fleischer Studios Legacy

"...process, but for Rockin Pins CEO and Fleischer superfan Mauricio Alvarado, it's worth the effort. He said, "What's amazing..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Premiere) "El Carrito" Director/Screenwriter: Zahida Pirani, Producers: Zahida Pirani, Mauricio Piratova, Ran Yan After a harrowing event, an untrusting..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Marksman

Liam Neeson is the action man again in this border thriller

"...mortally injured in the melee, as is cartel jefe Mauricio’s (Raba) brother. The dying Rosa implores Hanson not to..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Checking In: Conjunto Los Pinkys Readies for the New Normal

“Conjunto has survived [here] for decades and will continue to do so”

"...sound and singing power of Santiago “Chago” Garza, Boni Mauricio, and Flavio Longoria...."

Aug. 31, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music Rolls Out Second Artist List

Wire, Jucee Froot, plus 207 real acts and one Hollywood contrivance

"...Mauricio Sanchez (Monterrey, Mexico)..."

Nov. 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

A Different Kind of Taco

Baja-style tacos are Rosarito’s specialty, and Austin’s obsession

"...oversaturation. In 2014, when Carlos Acosta and his cousin Mauricio Davila first parked their brightly painted taco truck alongside..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Food Feature by Aaron Teel

How TV Talks About Abortion

Showrunners wonder why shows avoid stories about a common experience

"...on the WB’s Everwood in the early Aughts, and Mauricio Mota, creator of Hulu’s East Los High. The three..."

June 11, 2018 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

“Practical Acts of Perception” at grayDUCK Gallery

Cande Aguilar, Jorge Purón, and Mauricio Sáenz challenge what we see through sihfts in scale and proportion

"...the show's three artists. Cande Aguilar, Jorge Purón, and Mauricio Sáenz, all born just this side or the other..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Do It Like an Hombre

My best friend is gay

"...Directed by: Nicolás López. Starring: Mauricio Ochmann, Alfonso Dosal and Aislinn Derbez. Not reviewed at..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Little Men

Friendships are tested in this bittersweet coming-of-age tale

"...Men, Sachs’ latest (co-scripted with the same writing partner, Mauricio Zacharias), real-estate stress wrecks its ball again...."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A la Mala

Mexican comedy about a woman who makes her livelihood flirting with other women's men.

"...Directed by: Pedro Pablo Ibarra. Starring: Aislinn Derbez, Mauricio Ochmann, Papile Aurora, Daniela Schmidt, Luis Arrieta and Juan..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations Announced

Boyhood, Kumiko earn multiple nods

"...Jim Jarmusch Only Lovers Left Alive Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias Love is Strange..."

Nov. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Love Is Strange

Heartfelt, seriocomic romance about two longtime partners who wed after 40 years, then discover all is not bliss.

"...Director Sachs, co-writing with Mauricio Zacharias, goes to great lengths to imbue Ben and..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film: Selected Shorts

From 3,597 submissions, 106 emerge

"...Cicada Princess Director: Mauricio Baiocchi Cicadas spend a long time planning......"

Feb. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Food-O-File

Taco originality is alive and well in Austin social media

"...honorable mention for the Most Austinta­tious Taco went to Mauricio Davila Farias for his suggestion honoring the late Leslie..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Nominees for Independent Spirit Awards Announced

Matthew McConaughey's golden run continues

"...Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias, Keep the Lights On..."

Nov. 27, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Scenes From a Marriage

'Keep the Lights On'

"...writing the script, we [Sachs and his writing partner Mauricio Zacharias] took out the beginnings and ends and we..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

For Greater Glory

This epic starring Andy Garcia about Mexico’s anticlerical Cristero War of the late 1920s is a plodding and poorly plotted tale.

"...Eva Longoria, Peter O’Toole, Bruce Greenwood, Bruce McGill and Mauricio Kuri...."

June 1, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

International Bands

Saturday

"...Largely instrumental beats from Guarulhos soundscaper Mauricio Takara morph into funky percussive affairs onstage...."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Nov. 5-12

"...JOURNEY FOR JUSTICE TOUR Carlos Mauricio speaks on his experience as a torture survivor as..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature

Democratic Donor in Deep Doo-Doo

Accused has strong connections to former Senate candidate Mikal Watts.

"...been reporting on the saga of major Democratic donor Mauricio Celis, who was indicted Friday on charges of theft,..."

Nov. 20, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Watts Ends Exploratory U.S. Senate Campaign

San Antonio millionaire says he wants to spend more time with family, motive speculation abounds

"...immediately, the Quorum Report website noted Watts' connections to Mauricio Celis, a Democratic contributor under investigation for both practicing..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Election Donors

"...PasoHunt Corp.$160,472 B.J. ‘Red’ McCombsSan AntonioRed McCombs Automotive Group$160,116 Mauricio R. CelisCorpus ChristiSelf-Employed attorney$160,000 James TresterPlanoRyan & Co.$158,618 Lowry..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

TV Eye

'If it didn't happen on television, then it didn't happen'

"...Salgado, Chelve Benitez, Rogelia Dominguez, José Felicito Figueroa, José Mauricio Torres, Stanley Augusto Vargas, and Marco Antonio Villaseñor (age..."

April 15, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Big Mischief

Like the protagonist in his latest novel, Miss Spellbinder's Point of View, novelist Edward Swift is still battling the "disease of the literal minded."

"..."Well, my friend Mauricio Bustamante took me to his Mexican village and he..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Aterciopelados, Planeta MX, San Antonio, June 29

"...conga line on the mighty stop-time propulsion of baterista Mauricio Montenegro and percussionist Roberto Cuao. Ace guitarist, Alejandro Gomezcáceres,..."

July 6, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

Resurrection Blvd. may not be the perfect show about the Latino experience, but it's a step in the right direction; also, Sex and the City's third season disappoints.

"...an older brother who is a trainer and ex-boxer (Mauricio Mendoza), a son in UCLA medical school (Nicholas Gonzalez),..."

July 7, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dracula: Sizzling Movement

In Dracula, Houston Ballet and artistic director Ben Stevenson take the familiar story of vampire and victim into the world of ballet and create a masterpiece of theatrics, dancing, and choreography.

"...also gave them depth. Dracula's henchman Renfield, danced by Mauricio Canete with robust dramatic flair and feats of kinesthetic..."

April 21, 2000 Arts Review by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

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