Polish Wedding

"...Daniel Lapaine and Rade Serbedzija. First-time writer-director Theresa Connelly's Polish Wedding is a shotgun affair. This scattershot movie mixes..."

July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Demon

This astute Polish ghost movie is an instant genre classic

"...Polish import Demon is, hands down, not only an instant..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Feeling Minnesota

"...is taken from a Soundgarden lyric) may have the polish and sheen of a studio job, but feels more..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Burton's best work in ages is eye candy of the highest order and as eminently watchable as a hilltop Halloween pyre or a Día de los Muertos parade run amok.

"...to the equally luminous Victoria (Watson) and ends up wedding Carter’s Corpse Bride instead. The understandably flustered groom is..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Over the course of a wedding weekend, a group of misfit friends and lovers chase..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Three of Hearts

"...as to what to do about her sister's impending Polish wedding. Connie had chosen that occasion to come out..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wasted Years

Iron Maiden

"...thing they got, actually, in Poland” is how a Polish journalist puts it, his soccer team later pitted against..."

May 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

1998 Austin Theatrical Movie Openings

"...PLEASANTVILLE 2.5 (M.B.) 10/30/98 PLUMP FICTION 0 (M.S.) 9/4/98 POLISH WEDDING 2.0 (M.B.) 7/31/98 POST COITUM 3.0 (S.D.) 6/26/98..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Uwaga!

Polish metal got me to Poland

"...up every five minutes, keeping alive the 12th century Polish folklore of the thunder lizard Prince Krakus stepped to..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Heart and Soul

Lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...they have a lot of exotic meats. Your mother’s Polish...."

Oct. 25, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Love Me if You Dare

Love and malice, as only the French can do it.

"...bent – Sophie’s classmates mercilessly taunt her for her Polish immigrant parents, while Julien’s mother is slowly succumbing to..."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Letters at 3AM

The Holocauust reminds us that in order to save ouselves we must know ourselves

"...wheel as it moves forward. Our very birthdays and wedding anniversaries are historical observances, a recognition that our own..."

July 20, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Ukrainians With Austin Family Defy Death to Get Here

Seeking refuge in Austin

"...The babies arrived safely at a Polish hospital on March 8, one day before Russian forces..."

March 18, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Live Shots

The Montreal Jazz Festival skronks Zornumental

"...Reed & Laurie Anderson – in trio with Zorn. Polish trumpet behemoth Tomasz Stanko won't be crisping Emo's anytime..."

July 9, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Fantastic Fest 2015: Demon

Polish ghost story comes wrapped in tragedy

"...place over three days: before, at, and after the wedding of Peter (Itay Tarin, in an enthrallingly physical, almost..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Quips & Squealers

Monday, Apr 5

"...and rehearsing offstage, and those long hours result in polished performances from a tightly-knit cast. I predict a lot..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

Comedians With Theatre Damage

The fourth annual Austin Sketch Fest scripts itself silly

"...then, if it works, we'll write it out and polish it. It happens both ways – maybe equally."..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Scanlines

Time Indefinite (1993)

"...expose a subject's soul through its very lack of polish. In McElwee's case, that subject is almost always himself...."

April 3, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...hip being stupid. An encounter with a cranky elderly Polish woman who speaks no English leads to a job..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Mike & the Moonpies

"...the band's tight stage energy with Adam Odor's production polish. The title track's sawdusted nostalgia and a cover of..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Moontower Review: Martin Short

The evening with Short was long on classic comedy

"...as his character Franck Eggelhoffer, the flamboyant designer and wedding planner from the Nineties film Father of the Bride...."

April 22, 2016 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

ACL Music Fest 2013 Sunday Listings

Blurbing Sunday ACL

"...front, Red Baraat peddles the pulsating rhythms of Indian wedding music with a touch of New Orleans second line..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature

Bedside Manner: Pierogi and Potboilers

Smutty and adorable

"...a woman in a department store to remove her wedding ring for examination, the protagonist says: “I had not..."

Jan. 10, 2011 Books Post by Sarah Smith

Letters at 3AM: Jesus Walking the Panhandle

The Christian cross is a question mark

"...drama teacher we'll call Norma. She sported pink toenail polish – risqué, back then, for a teacher in the..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Friday Picks

"...Face)" even incorporates elements of the Mighty Sparrow's "Obeah Wedding."..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...he begins to fall for a young woman (Heche). Polish filmmaker Holland (Europa Europa) directs from a script by..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

All About Guitars

"...nice spring day, among cherry blossoms, peacocks, and a wedding procession, but Beeman and Adkisson -- the band's two..."

April 16, 1999 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

Net Worth

"...a jilted lover to give the toast at your wedding. Wolff certainly did dispel any lingering overoptimism at the..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Harvesting a Heritage

A Trio of New Texas Cookbooks Preserve Regional Cuisine

"...is also well represented, and so are the German, Polish, French, and Italian ethnic influences that helped shape the..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...restaurant, whereas here the scene takes place at a wedding. To say any more would spoil the sequence. Simon..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature