Sidewalks of New York

"...spineless, and manipulative while the women are soft-headed, flyweight romantics (particularly Graham, even though she's been set to Early..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Paris, Je T'Aime

Eighteen short films by an international who’s-who of filmmakers make up this omnibus celebrating the joys and sorrows of love and Paris, organized by neighborhood.

"...about a heroin-smoking actress abroad that recalls the French New Wave. Sylvain Chomet’s “Tour Eiffel” throws back to Jean-Luc..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Prime

With genuine sparks between its two lovestruck leads and a delightfully flinchy performance from Meryl Streep, this comedy is just what its title implies: prime.

"...the tables on the Allen and Mariel Hemingway May-December romantics. Here, it’s the 37-year-old divorcée Rafi (a luminous Thurman..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Love Without Pity

"...Eric Rochant. Starring: Hippolyte Girardot and Mireille Perrier. A new French director presents this film about cynical young romantics..."

Sept. 27, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sweet November

"...preprocessed pap of this sort ought to make true romantics rise up and replace Cupid's quiver with a Sig..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

aGLIFF Opening Night Film Blitzed! Dances the Night Away

Nightclubbing with Britain's answer to Studio 54

"...Bowie was a universally loved icon, and the burgeoning New Romantics were an easily spotted target. "You left your..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

A Thanksgiving feast with Speak, A Welch Family Affair, and Ornette Coleman

"...more fine print lately than a subprime-mortgage broker. The new romantics signed earlier this fall to Atlantic Records imprint..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Screening Calls

What to see and when and where to see it at SXSW Film 04

"...up reading ladies' mag Cosmopolitan and then applies his newfound knowledge to the divorcee next door (Kane). Director Ganatra..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature

Horizon: An Alternative to the Big E3 Presentations

Local gaming website Venus Patrol takes the reins

"...imagine that a website with "We are video game romantics" as its unofficial slogan will bring games with a..."

May 20, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Trouble in Mind

Hayes Carll got a guy sent back to prison!

"...of characters from his past, hard-luck ramblers and brokenhearted romantics, many drawn from his experiences living in Crystal Beach...."

June 6, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...New Romantic Pop..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Five Degrees from Beethoven

UT pianist Anton Nel, figuratively descended from a line of teachers beginning with Beethoven

"...harpsichords due to lack of interest in his odd new invention. The sustain pedal did not come for another..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

After a Fashion

Our Style Avatar has a mystery date with a "gladiator" … or does he?

"...was ordered to attend Russell Crowe's screening of his new movie A Beautiful Mind for Governor Rick Perry. I..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Flashback, Cash Back

The Trickle Down Economics of Eighties Music

"...by Minh Whoever coined the phrase, "Everything old is new again," must have been from Austin, because increasingly, local..."

July 18, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Gettysburg

"...order he gives them is shared by the unabashed romantics who surround him -- among them, Lang's exuberant Pickett..."

Oct. 15, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Utley

SXSW Music: Mega Third List

L7, the Cult, Loretta Lynn and 556 more added to the Fest

"...herein with a whopping 58 local entries. Behold Austin’s new SXSWers:..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...@ Auditorium Shores One of the crown jewels of New Orleans music. Don't let the "brass band" title fool..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Art Fun in the Summertime

May

"...Script Works Ahead Three nights of new plays by member playwrights of Austin Script Works, a..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What Kind of Austin Dater Are You?

Try our handy dandy love quiz and find out where you should spend V-Day

"...you and your sweetie are: A) Arguing over what new restaurant to try B) At a show or out..."

Feb. 13, 2020 Food Post by Emily Beyda

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...in the ground forming a vast grid somewhere in New Mexico. When lightning strikes, it bounces across the rods..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Playback: Altered States

Three Austin artists that are changing their tune

"...in one week, three notable Austin music-makers are debuting new creative transformations. One diversifies with an old-school approach, another..."

April 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: Should I?

If we have learned anything from the last 4,000 years of recorded civilization it’s that deception and conspiracies are always a good idea

"...I started seeing someone I met at a friend's..."

March 25, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Saturday SXSW Sleepers

"...Miss Garrison10pm, Maggie Mae's New single "Al Sol de Noche" came out March 1,..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Friday Showcases

Korea, Japan, Spain, Africa – see the world from single showcases

"...earn a return booking with endearing Americana harmonies, and new chillwave heroes the Fin and delicate pop romantics Moumoon..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Darren, the Devil and the Drowned Souls

Saw' director Bousman opens the tent of 'The Devil's Carnival'

"...franchise. Yet for a generation of disaffected goths and romantics he's the man behind Repo! The Genetic Opera. That..."

April 18, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday blurbs slim down from the Wednesday bloat

"...Professor throughout his seven-year recording career, one that reached new heights last year on 1982, made with fellow Lawrence..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Off the Record

Johnny Depp hits the Continental Club; Eric Johnson crashes the Texas Music Hall of Fame

"...in part by the Chronicle's Austin Music Awards, the new institution will induct five performers (plus ties) and one..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Benjamin and Byron's Long-Term Affair

An émigré author, a bad-boy poet, and an epic trilogy at its end

"...sense of tradition and an adherence to authenticity: "The Romantics loved playing games with fragments and frames, but for..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Books Feature by Roberto Ontiveros

Motel Aviv

Alt Box

"...modern alt-radio with "The Arsonist" and "Effigy." F for FakeNew Hieroglyphic..."

July 1, 2011 Music Review by Austin Powell

Loaded Dice

Less is no longer more to Iron & Wine's Sam Beam

"...a collared shirt and slacks, his thick brown beard newly trimmed...."

Jan. 28, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

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