Avocados Banned, More Mrs. Johnson's Planned, Micklethwait's Celebrates, Garrison Bros x Ice Cream Pros, and More …

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

"...They pile up, don’t they, all those condiment packets..."

Feb. 16, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Movie Titles for 1997

"...NIGHTS 4.0 (M.B.) 10/31/97 BOOTY CALL 3.0 (R.S.) 3/7/97 BOX OF MOONLIGHT 3.5 (M.B.) 9/19/97 BOYS LIFE 2 4.0..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Avocados Banned, More Mrs. Johnson's Planned, Micklethwait's Celebrates, Garrison Bros x Ice Cream Pros, and More …

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

Feb. 18, 2022 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

After a Fashion

This week, After a Fashion goes south -- South Congress, that is, to visit with old friends and discover new faces.

"...THE TIKI QUEEN & MRS. X Hangin' at IDoL the other day, in walked..."

March 2, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Nanny Diaries

An awful lot of good talent was squandered on this by-the-numbers film version of the bestselling tell-all about the child-rearing habits of the rich.

"...to keep things spicy. Johansson and Linney are both excellent in the leads, as the college grad who takes..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Speed Racer

The Wachowski brothers' hyperbolic film is supersaturated with outrageously eye-popping visuals, but there's nary an honest emotion in sight.

"...Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Matthew Fox, Paulie Litt, Scott Porter and Roger Allam. There's more..."

May 9, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It Came From Corsicana

Mrs. Telling Meets Mrs. Not Telling

"...I read you something?" she says in a throaty Texas twang which, through occasional crisp consonants and fastidious vowels,..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Books Feature by Marion Winik

After a Fashion

Put this column on the top of your holiday shopping list, and while you're at it, pick out something special for Zsa Zsa Gabor.

"...STANDING BY "It's just a game," people try to explain to me when I point out that I loathe..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The True Value of a Seven-Cent Nickle

"......"

Oct. 14, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

The Ransom Center's Hidden Riches

The UT History department continues their "welcome back" festivities.

"...our continuing coverage of the UT history department’s welcome-back-to-Garrison extravaganza, last Friday we saw professor David Oshinsky and archivist..."

Feb. 4, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

After a Fashion

State Democrats party, David Byrne gets shorn, and "After a Fashion" readers learn more about how to be a good customer and how not to be a fashion victim.

"...pieces from the 1870s to the 1970s, collectors and experts alike can share appraisals and holiday cheer, and New..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Alexander McQueen minces no words; and the flip side of good customer service.

"...I've done my penance for saying horrible things about Alexander McQueen. Whether for the House of Givenchy, or for..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Musings on Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

"...Bouvier Auchincloss. Not much has been said about Janet, except that she raised her daughters to marry well, as..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Books Feature

Envy

Director Barry Levinson tackles the human vice of envy in this comedy starring Ben Stiller and Jack Black.

"...comedy such as this is understandable, but Envy’s horrid mix of poorly done black comedy and the incessant striving..."

May 7, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Venom: The Last Dance

One last pas de deux between Tom Hardy's reporter and the hellraising symbiote he plays bodily host to

"...is a lot of new plots. Remember when the exposition-spouting butler turned up halfway through Spider-Man 3, or how..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Season's Grazings

"...passed away during the Christmas of 1976, and the next year my younger sister and I joined Mother for..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Food Feature

Sxsw

"...Okay, take a deep breath. Hold it. Exhale. Again. There. Feel better? Look, just calm down. So..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...assumed that every man, woman, and child in the galaxy will see the film at least once. The only..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Smith turns his stoner Greek chorus into leading men on a mission.

"...whole lot on your receptiveness to jokes about oral sex, the word “fuck,” and whether or not you find..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...with Ron Mar quette, Dina Brooks, Burt Williams, Larry Maxwell, Charles Cavanaugh, Brandon Bo yce. (NR, 92 min.) Before..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Cure the Post-Holiday Blues with Austin Free Week

Not ready for festivities to end? These are bound to lift your spirits.

"...Whiskey Shivers ft. Sour Bridges, Harvest Thieves, Mayeux & Broussard @ Mohawk..."

Jan. 3, 2017 Events Post by Thomas Danh

DVD Watch: When Horror Came to Shochiku

Criterion box set restores a lost corner of J-horror

"...four finally see release as a typically gorgeous but extras-free Criterion box set. Amongst them, 1968's The Living Skeleton..."

Dec. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Better Place

For nearly 30 years, Primarily Primates has offered a refuge for misplaced animals

"...and made their way from Hanover, Mass., to Central Texas in 1978, primate sanctuaries weren't really done. While working..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Fool for Love

"...don't talk to me about NBC's sweeps entry The Sixties. My snazzy new VCR isn't set up properly, I..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

'Counting Water'

Third-Place Winner

"...never thought I'd miss, now that he wears the oxygen mask for his apnea. It's dead quiet there too...."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Carolyn Lindell

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...the trash today & I’m on fire), the various Spandexed and Kevlar’d and super-powered heroes of the screen will..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar says, 'Ward, we have to talk about Mel Gibson ...'

"...STYLE X Today is the debut of SX's Style X (By)..."

March 18, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Wednesday Sleepers

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Michael ChamyBOYSKOUT8pm, Lava Lounge Patio San Francisco's Boyskout brandishes ambisextrous neo-lezzie affect(at)ions, living up to their debut, School of..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Best of Austin – Friday

BOA all day, erryday

"...credentialed? Come dig the rest of Austin's bounty beyond SXSW. – Kate X Messer, "Best of Austin" editor MORNING The..."

March 20, 2015 Features Feature

Gay Place

The Gay Place loves you. All of you. Hard. And will miss you when you are gone.

"...visit (or for you locals: that marathon of 5am Mrs. Johnson's stops every night for 12 in a row)...."

March 19, 2010 Column by Kate X Messer

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