Shadow Magic

"...Peiqi, Xing Yufei, Xia Yu and Jared Harris. Shadow Magic imagines a time before movies, a time when people..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Practical Magic

"...swing it, the most appropriate way to see Practical Magic would be as part of an evening that also..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

She Wants Revenge: The Horror of The Queen of Black Magic

How director Kimo Stamboel summons up an Indonesian classic

"...remake classic Indonesian horror film The Queen of Black Magic. After all, it was the movie that scared him..."

Feb. 11, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The Magic Flute'

Mozart's opera gets a techno remix at UT's Butler Opera Center

"...in the Butler Opera Center's new staging of The Magic Flute, opening this weekend in UT's McCullough Theatre. The..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

It Takes Two to Make Magic

Writers work alone – unless they have partners

"...at the ATX TV Festival focused specifically on the magic of two...."

June 8, 2014 Screens Post by Amy Gentry

Point Austin: Magic Numbers

At budget time, the public safety numbers become sacrosanct

"...remains committed, to bringing up police staffing to the magic 2-cops-per-1,000-citizens ratio." (Note: the rest of the city budget,..."

Aug. 19, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Magic Time

Oh, the sights you'll see at First Night Austin

"...sights. Locales that seem familiar and ordinary are made magical and extraordinary by art...."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Those Magic Moments

Composer, classicist Stephen Barber's encoding and imprinting

"...his résumé puts him in the top echelon of modern composers/arrangers: from his tutelage under Parks and Corigliano to..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Slow Magic of Stop-Motion

Henry Selick on adapting Neil Gaiman's Coraline

"...adaptation of Newberry Award-winning author Neil Gaiman's Coraline, a modern day take on the classic fairy-tale tropes...."

Feb. 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Faster Than Sound – The Music Relief Magic Number: $20 Million

Music Makes Austin budget proposal warns full-capacity touring won't return until 2022

"...Bob Dylan's band for five years, appearing on 2006's Modern Times and toured with Taj Mahal's Phantom Blues Band...."

April 30, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Strange Magic

Andrew Porter talks about his debut novel, 'In Between Days,' and his mysterious creative process

"...a midlife crisis amid the inherent entropy of the modern family unit. Porter, who directs the creative writing program..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Books Feature by Roberto Ontiveros

Into the West

"...the West takes place once upon a time in modern Ireland. Papa Riley (Byrne) clearly loves his two young..."

Sept. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Nicolas Cage plays a master sorcerer who selects a seemingly average guy to become his protégé and save New York City from his arch-nemesis.

"...Teresa Palmer, Monica Bellucci, Alice Krige and Jake Cherry. Magic is the one thing in very short supply in..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Frances Ha

There's a tour de force performance by Greta Gerwig and no small amount of magic in this winning movie by Noah Baumbach about a generation in flux.

"...screenwriting credit – is a study in contradictions. A modern dancer whose career is winding down before it ever..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

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June 25, 1999 Music Feature

47 Ronin

Keanu Reeves is a samurai warrior fighting supernatural forces in this twist on the ancient Japanese tale.

"...background is a way of providing context for this modern adaptation that, in classic Hollywood style, jettisons almost everything..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Ever After

"...her castle to set their storymaking straight. Realism supplants magic in this new version; gone are the pumpkins that..."

July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Titus

Taymor creates a spectacularly imaginative piece of Shakespearean cinema set in a world out of time.

"...lustily served up by young Will. Even accounting for modern American moviegoers' relish for bloodshed in their entertainment, the..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Thunderstruck

NBA star Kevin Durant appears as himself in this family film wherein a stroke of magic causes him to swap talents with a klutzy 16-year-old.

"...or is that just the sad reality of our modern times that cross-brands success. I know these basketball triumphs..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

What the Right Hand Is Doing

Magician turned sitcom star Harry Anderson returns to Austin at Palmer Auditorium this weekend, and his former partner and cohort, Austin author Turk Pipkin, looks back as he looks forward to reuniting with his old pal.

"...Saturday evening, September 4, magician turned sitcom star (and former Austinite) Harry Anderson will..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Turk Pipkin

La La Land

This bittersweet musical will make your heart soar

"...of an arriving train. With La La Land, a modern musical lovingly stealing looks from the classics, the toe-tapping..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

"...Within our modern world lives another world, one of demons and demon..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour

The men don't know, but the little girls understand.

"...is indeed a true marvel. And now that those modern-day Mouseketeers have turned a tad feral, Cyrus has been..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Sixth Sense

"...and cinematographer Tak Fujimoto's brilliantly evocative visuals, which turn modern-day Philadelphia into a bleak, funereal wasteland. There's also a..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"Lesbian Vampires"

"...to its original songs of desire and longing, this modern take on vampirism breezes along. Its leads are appealing..."

July 22, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Especially on Sunday

"...directors, Especially on Sunday perfectly captures the spirit of modern Italian filmmaking while managing to conjure shades of Fellini,..."

Oct. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rango

Watch out, cartoon critters: There’s a new sheriff in town, and his name is Rango.

"...custodians to the theatre. (One of the hallmarks of modern-day animation is that it contains jokes aimed at different..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beauty and the Beast

"...Jean Marais and Josette Day. Cocteau works his visual magic on the age-old story of a girl and her..."

Oct. 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mighty Joe Young

"...animatronics and the computer wizardry of Industrial Light & Magic, leaving the original's sense of wonder in the dirt...."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Mighty

"...Gandolfini and Meat Loaf. British writer-director Peter Chelsom made magic with his first two movies, Hear My Song and..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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