SXSW Film Reviews

Two years after graduation, a gang of high school buddies reunites for an evening of air hockey and reverse peristalsis.

"...suburban homestead appointed with foamy beer and Bon Jovi posters. But this is no feel-good nostalgia piece. Writer-director Sean..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Naturaltown

Vegetarian and Vegan Spots in Austin

"...be a relic of the past among the many posters and leaflets that cover the walls adjacent to the..."

March 9, 2001 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Naked City

The House considers a Top 10% law to address inequities at magnet high schools, and UT is embroiled in a free speech debate after a scuffle between faculty and university police.

"...anti-abortion group and students and faculty protesting huge color posters of late-term aborted fetuses displayed outside Gregory Gym. After..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...go to the Holocaust Museum in D.C., but life-sized posters of piles of corpses are not hung in public..."

March 2, 2001 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Mardi Gras Rioting on Sixth Street brands Austin "The Mace, Pepper Spray, and Rubber Bullet Capital of the World"

"...Janis Joplin on CNN to some Armadillo World Headquarters posters on the Austin edition of Antiques Roadshow. The biggest..."

March 2, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

After a Fashion

Guest reporter (and Blackmail owner) Gail Chovan brings news of the bountiful Mens Fashion Week in Paris.

"...styling from the house of Holland & Holland. Red posters emblazoned with anchors directed us to a large tent...."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

Bastrop ISD explains Confederate flag incident, Texas Civil Rights Project files suit against Taco Cabana, Young Conservatives of Texas oppose hate crimes legislation.

"...Bastrop ISD communications director Donald Williams. He said the posters were created by a counselor preparing material for the..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Something Weird

How Tim League discovered 110 drive-in films in an East Prairie warehouse and other stories of disappearing celluloid.

"...and Greta Garbo, as well as thousands of stills, posters, screenplays, and other paper artifacts from film history. Much..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Livin' Lavaca Loca

In the early Eighties, back when Jay Leno was still funny, he and a number of now-big name comics told jokes at a little place on Lavaca called the Comedy Workshop. Being there changed the life of one person, who recalls what it was like.

"...the ticket booth. Some old fliers, a couple of posters. My best friend, Chris Bonno, who I met at..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Angela Davis

Public Notice

Gather 'round the Yule log and the figgy pudding, get out a paper and pen, and jot down some of these items form our Annual Holiday Wish List 2000. Local organizations need you!

"...7. Guerilla art posters featuring a curiously powder-dusted Curious George W. in amusing..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Take Me to the River

Rock & Roll Books

"...with photos of the authors from the period and posters from concerts in Canada, where they hail from. The..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...across from UT one morning for four hours holding posters saying "George W. Bush Cut College Grants by 90%"..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Column

Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection (Rhino)

"...a number of authors and nifty photos of movie posters, toy ray guns, and the like. The Brain in..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Review by Ken Lieck

True Hollywood Stories

A copy of this compilation of celebrity interviews should be sent to everyone who works at Entertainment Tonight and Dateline NBC.

"...of interviews with people whose names appear on movie posters, so asking them to reveal themselves beyond their public..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Dancing About Architecture

Christmastime comes to Austin.

"...producing a commemorative Sweet Mary package of rare photos, posters, and a CD of Hattersley's legendary all-day Thanksgiving '72..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Will Travel for Food

Boston's Austin Grill imports native Austin tastes to Northern climes. Eli Kooris reports as to whether the venture is a success.

"...of nostalgia. Hanging amidst the colorful decor are framed posters -- Austin Music Awards, maps of the city, past..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Food Feature by Eli Kooris

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...we don't need to be asked twice. Pictures and posters adorn the walls of the ground floor, Miles Davis..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Get Crazy

"...the end of an era. In the background, concert posters advertising such disparate performers as Bobby Bland and the..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Coach's Corner

Patrick Ewing deserves better. And so does the Coach, who's been forced to watch (gasp!) the Olympics.

"...Times Square. Instead, his face is plastered on get-out-of-town posters...."

Sept. 29, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Postmarks

The Starbucks Showdown continues; and readers voice their opinions on last week's Best of Austin issue.

"...all of Austin's alternative free publications as well as posters and fliers. Did you forget that Mojo's runs Star-"bashing"..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Column

What's In Store

The city's self-storage business is changing as corporate giants push mom and pop operations aside.

"...August of 1990. Stevie Ray's storage unit contained mainly posters and other memorabilia from the music business. But Northrop..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Liquid Sunshine

Park Kerr Makes Tequila the Old-Fashioned Way, by Agonizing Over It

"...Nacional. He was searching through some old, 1930s Socialist posters in Mexico and there was that word, exactly as..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Tears of Joy Hot Sauce Shop

"...of pepper-related accoutrements -- custom gift baskets, books and posters, ceramic chili tchotskes, and my drop-dead favorite, wall clocks..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Food Feature by MM Pack

Food-o-File

The details on the upcoming Fourth Annual Texas Fiery Foods Show and the 10th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Contest.

"...dressings, mustards, ketchups, plus non-food items like clothing, cookbooks, posters, artwork, and kitchenware. In addition to hundreds of tasty..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Fotografía Pública: Photography in Print, 1919-1939

"...their work was incorporated by graphic artists in film posters, publications, and government propaganda ranging from Buster Keaton to..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Review by Taylor Holland

Your Name Here

Austin is becoming famous for its local brands; Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood reveals why.

"...nights a week, and a gift shop selling antiques, posters, postcards, T-shirt, caps, and all kinds of other tourist..."

July 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Crescent City Redux

The new version of Gumbo's has made the transition from mom-and-pop shop to a classy, upscale chain operation. It definitely makes the grade.

"...in a bi-level space decorated with framed Mardi Gras posters and ornate iron grillwork. Louisiana music plays jauntily in..."

July 21, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Truth and Reconciliation

The assertion of the individual is at the heart of the Austin Museum of Art's new show, "Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art From South Africa," which makes it fresh and full of surprises; it resonates with the hungry energy of a country emerging from oppression and brims with experimentation and unique, original perspectives.

"...In Zwelethu Mthetwa's vibrant color photograph on the posters for "Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art From South Africa," the..."

June 2, 2000 Arts Feature by Ben Willcott

Holiday In Town

Bed, Breakfast, and a Whole Lot More

"...are white and bare save for vintage Austin music posters, tastefully framed. The furnishings are the sort of beautiful..."

May 26, 2000 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Language of Light

The Children's Photographic Collective at Andrews Elementary

"...versadora Lourdes Perez. There are slides and prints and posters and all manner of visual representation, there is a..."

May 19, 2000 News Feature

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