Chef Matt Jennings Collaborates with Olamaie’s Chef Michael Fojtasek

The Austin Food and Wine Alliance dinner series starts June 28

"...of Boston’s The Townsman will collaborate with Olamaie’s chef Michael Fojtasek on a dinner that will blend the nouveau..."

June 27, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

My Gear: Experimental Soundscaper Michael C. Sharp

A look into how the artist makes his Synth Vehicles for Guitar

"...the tires, breaking the blackness and overwhelming your senses. Michael C. Sharp revels in this moment. On his latest..."

July 16, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

News of the Black Iron Brothertons, of Michael Carranza and Danielle Martinez’s Tare, of Abby Jane and her Bakeshop, of Little Ola and King Cakes, of Tiffany Chen and Those New Cookies

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

"...taking reservations every Thursday through Sunday. Created by chef Michael Carranza and pastry chef Danielle Martinez, whose culinary backgrounds..."

Jan. 16, 2024 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sphere

"...-- I suggest at least a cursory skim through Michael Crichton's source novel before going to see Sphere. This..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Paddington

We extend a big bear hug to Paddington.

"...Hawkins, Nicole Kidman, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton, Peter Capaldi, Samuel Joslin and Madeleine..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Much Ado About Nothing

Branagh, as the film's director and star – captures Shakespeare's captivating comic romance at the peak of flavor.

"...Directed by: Kenneth Branagh. Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves, Emma Thompson and..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Other Side of the Door

The portal between the living and dead is once again breached

"...career as an antiquities dealer. It makes for a blend I don’t recall ever seeing before...."

March 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hot Fuzz

Simultaneously smart and silly, Hot Fuzz demonstrates that it's not necessary to be a buffoon in order to lampoon.

"...This send-up of buddy-cop movies is a thoroughly entertaining blend of wry British humor and climactic, over-the-top action-film heroics...."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stepping Razor -- Red X

"...documentary, Jamaican reggae superstar Peter Tosh was a strange blend indeed. Part paranoid, part religious mystic, and part genius..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Pink Panther 2

Steve Martin returns as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau, but no Beyoncé in sight. Smart girl.

"...on the subject); Martin’s co-writers, first-timers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (who, I’m guessing, will make a tidy..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Hands on a Hard Body

Unpretentious insight into the nature of human aspiration can be found in Bindler's documentary about the yearly contest in which Jack Long Nissan of Longview, Texas, gives a new hard body pickup to whomever can keep his or her hands on it the longest.

"...100-degree heat for a modest set of wheels that Michael Dell or Jim Bob Moffett could cover with glovebox..."

July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

This Land Is Your Land

This muckraking populist grab bag of a film isn't so much a documentary as it is a harried piece of grassroots agitprop.

"...first and foremost, meant to agitate), but ever since Michael Moore elevated the form to a whole new level..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Slow West

A whimsical and wistful fable follows a young romantic and a hard-nosed realist out West

"...Directed by: John Maclean. Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Caren Pistorius, Ben Mendelsohn, Rory McCann, Tony Croft,..."

May 22, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Life

"...Jr., Bernie Mac, Ned Beatty, Nick Cassavetes, Obba Babatundé, Michael “Bear” Taliferro and Lisa Nicole Carson. This odd mixture..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Three Wishes

"...Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joseph Mazzello, Seth Mumy and Michael O'Keefe. I have only one wish, and that is..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Thelma & Louise

"...Ridley Scott. Starring: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald and Stephen Tobolowsky. Thelma (Davis) and..."

May 24, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cumbia de la Pachanga!

Nine hours at Fiesta Garden's Latino Music Festival on Saturday turns into a rock en Español empanada

"...rockers Mexican Institute of Sound and Chihuahua-originated black-hat Tejano Michael Salgado – rocked Austin’s Eastside every watt as memorable..."

June 2, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Your City Manager Semifinalists (Updated)

"...available. Drum roll please: Your five external candidates are Michael Brown, Wayne Cauthen, Rick Cole, JeLynne Burley, and Marc..."

Jan. 3, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Tony Gilroy to Receive Austin Film Festival Honor

Rogue One, Bourne writer to be awarded

"...Cards, writer of the Bourne trilogy, and director of Michael Clayton, he's been omnipresent as a creative force and..."

May 8, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hands Up Hoodies Down

Zell Miller III mounted a stirring, provocative blend of slam poetry, dance, improv, and rap

"...it represents: men like Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, or Michael Brown. Maybe members of our own community. Maybe someone's..."

March 20, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Brush With Danger

The obvious martial arts skills of the brother and sister filmmakers, Ken and Livi Zheng, don't compensate for this film's wooden drama.

"...Zheng, Livi Zheng, Nikita Breznikov, Stephanie Hilbert, Norman Newkirk, Michael Blend, John McFarland and Melissa Pang...."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Chronicle' Upsets BookPeople at Krieg, Sets Sights on Other Sixth & Lamar Businesses

Now it's on to the rest of that intersection. What's up, Whole Foods?

"...been safe if she slid. Swear. Luckily, our unique blend of offense and opportunism scored six times one inning..."

June 13, 2007 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth photograph by Michael Crawford SONIC YOUTH: Every SXSW, it's the same thing:..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...2001 on his Chairkicker's Music label. (Beerland, 8pm) -- Michael Chamy..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...Elephant Stone 9:15pm, Hotel Vegas PatioElephant Stone's luscious blend of Paisley Underground psych, Indian classical music, and dance..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...Fire. Filling out the trio is yet another Brit, Michael Winterbottom, who brings his music doc about Wolf Alice,..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...attention over the last few months with its intoxicating blend of visual fl air, internal wit, narrative complexity, and..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Malignant

Homage to giallo is fun, but is it good?

"...their home, its presence triggering electronics – an old-fashioned blender whirs, the light of the fridge flickers, all tricks..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...Mohamed Abunama-Elgadi and her quartet specialize in a hypnotic blend of traditional Nubian "Songs of Return" and Sudanese pop..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...to spread the anti-gospel like a sweet, sulphuric disease. Michael Toland Gruff Rhys..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

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