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.

"...Directed by: Livi Zheng. Starring: Ken Zheng, Livi Zheng, Nikita Breznikov, Stephanie Hilbert, Norman Newkirk, Michael Blend, John McFarland..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lekar Hum Deewana Dil

Two kids elope and discover marriage is tougher than it looks in this Bollywood film.

"...Directed by: Arif Ali. Starring: Nikita Dutta, Rohini Hattangadi and Armaan Jain. Not reviewed at..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review

The Saratov Approach

This faith-based, true-life thriller tells the story of two Mormon missionaries who were kidnapped and held for ransom while serving in Russia in 1998.

"...Directed by: Garrett Batty. Starring: Corbin Allred, Maclain Nelson, Nikita Bogolyubov, Alex Veadov and Bart Johnson...."

Jan. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Butler School of Music

Two concerts – one by Harvey Pittel, one for the late Rose Taylor – pay tribute to 'living in a song'

"...an aria from Sergei Rachmaninoff's Aleko, sung by bass Nikita Storojev, to selections from Sweeney Todd, performed by Butler..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'From Dusk Till Dawn' to See Light of Day

Debut date and all the details on Robert Rodriguez's TV series

"...(Warehouse 13, Without a Trace) and Juan Carlos Cota (Nikita, Heroes.)..."

Jan. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye: Insiders Trading TV Tips

TV insiders Noah Hawley and Kyle Killen trade tips

"...Thursday, Jan. 27: The Vampire Diaries, 7pm, and Nikita, 8pm, both on the CW; Archer at 9pm on..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Letters at 3AM: The Missiles of October

Reflections on the Cuban Missile Crisis

"...The Soviet Union, headed by Nikita Khrushchev, secretly placed nuclear missiles in Cuba. The U.S.,..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

It Came From the Idiot Box

Small-screen sci-fi: TV themes

"...Though neither Nikita Khrushchev nor Orson Welles was pulling the nation's collective..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

McClellan, Salinger and Ziegler

Where does the former Bush spokesman fit into the history of the office?

"...that he talked directly with Communist Party First Secretary Nikita Kruschev. It was during their walk around his dacha..."

June 21, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

And the Award Goes to ...

The 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Dance UmbrellaCLASSICAL MUSICSymphonic PerformanceShostakovich: Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar" Nikita Storojev with Austin Symphony OrchestraChamber PerformanceTwo to Tango: Nuevo..."

June 8, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar," Nikita Storojev with Austin Symphony OrchestraChamber PerformanceMozart: Sonatas for Piano..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

The United States military is moving inevitably toward reinstating the draft

"...anyone who's watched TV shows like Alias, La Femme Nikita, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or Angel knows that torture..."

May 14, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art, as presented during its annual ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...Nikita Storojev, Boris Godunov..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Nikita Storojev, Boris Godunov..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"It's Extremely Easy to Frighten People"

Insightful foreign policy critic Noam Chomsky explains the upcoming war, previewing his Austin appearances.

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Search Through the Skies

The new musical Jouét represents a journey not only for the title character, a pop star in search of a home, but one for Austin composer Allen Robertson and for the city's Zachary Scott Theatre Center, which is producing its first original musical.

"...Florida. "Nikki" was none other than former Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, and in the song the old Cold Warrior..."

April 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Short Cuts

Bill Maher flops in onscreen attempt to cut Harry Knowles down to size.

"...filmmaker Guy Magar (Stepfather III, USA Network's La Femme Nikita), the seminar covers the entire directing process "from script..."

March 30, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM

They may not truthfully reflect the way we live, but sometimes the big and small screen present honest explorations of the way we dream. The year 2000 gave us some exceptionally fine works in this regard.

"...achieve your humanity? If not, why not? La Femme Nikita's final episode did something unheard of: Taking its sexy..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

The Tigger Movie

"...Soucie, Andre Stojka, Peter Cullen, John Fiedler, Ken Sansom, Nikita Hopkins and Jim Cummings. Bats in the Hundred-Acre Wood?!..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From Scully to Spock

The Sights and Sounds of Worldcon

"...discussing such genre heroines as Xena, Buffy, La Femme Nikita, and Scully, "Venus Re-Armed and Dangerous."..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Anna

"...Directed by: Nikita Mikhalkov. A highly personal chronicle of the collapse of..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pointed Remembrances, Pointless Arguments

Letters at 3AM

"...men we'd only seen on TV: John Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev. As with child abuse, no one likes to..."

May 9, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...one from stylish action-adventure director Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita, The Professional)...."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Kong re-make of Luc Besson's arthouse smash La Femme Nikita, and while (surprise!) it lacks the subtlety of that..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

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