Promised Land

Matt Damon and John Krasinski star in this modern morality tale about fracking in America; Gus Van Sant directs.

"...Krasinski developed with Dave Eggers). Set in rural Pennsylvania, Promised Land tells the story of a moral conflict in..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vaults: The Roots of 'Promised Land'

Before John Krasinski and Matt Damon, it was Krasinski and Dave Eggers

"...starts back when the new Gus Van Sant movie Promised Land, which stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski –..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Promised Land

Wildly ahistorical Danish epic adds an intriguing level of court intrigue and class aspiration to a familiar plot.

"...moments, there's something of early Werner Herzog about The Promised Land (Bastarden), writer-director Nikolaj Arcel's retelling of a true-life..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Old Friends John Doe and Michael Mogavero Combine Paintings and Poetry to Reach the "Promised Land"

The exhibition at Bale Creek Allen Gallery celebrates a 47-year-old friendship

"...To understand what's so special about the exhibition "Promised Land," opening this week at Bale Creek Allen Gallery,..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

OUTsider Review: Promised Land

Rudy Ramirez and his quest for queer belonging

"...show, part musical, and part religious experience, Rudy Ramirez’s Promised Land left the Vortex audience satisfied during Saturday night..."

Feb. 21, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Rachel Van Middlesworth

IAF: The Promised Land Visits the Hilton

Preachers quiz the gubernatorial candidates – and ban them from preaching

"...afternoon. Cortés called on the membership to build the "Promised Land" of a "relational community," a community built upon..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Affordable Housing & the Promised Land

Proposition A and Austin's affordability predicament

"...$250 million. It's not a lump sum, but includes land acquisition ($100 million), rental housing assistance projects ($94 million),..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Why Is Austin Such a Promised Land for Food Entrepreneurs?

The land of milk and honey and consumer packaged goods

"...and social media driving people to constantly scour the landscape for the next best thing, Austin must continue to..."

March 8, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

The Promised Land

Jews and Neighbors Lay Competing Claims

"...vehicle trips per day, on what's now purely vacant land, on streets where traffic is already too heavy for..."

March 6, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Preview: Promised Land Use

Austin Oaks, Plaza Saltillo loom large at Thursday meeting

"...work his backstage magic to broker an agreement among landowner Capital Metro, developer Endeavor, and the nearby neighbors over..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council Attitudes on Land-Use Change as Limits on Building Near Houses Are Eased

Council cuts compatibility with little opposition

"...In the latest sign that the politics around land-use has dramatically shifted in Austin, City Council directed staff..."

June 9, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Secular Cinema in the Holy Land

Screenwriter Noah Stollman talks about how to make a movie about Jerusalem without taking on 2,000 years of tumult

"...the Great American Songbook, Your Show of Shows, the land of Israel, or celebrity kabbalists, you're close but wrong...."

Jan. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

We Were Promised Jet Packs (and a Whole Lot More)

When will technology catch up to the movies?

"...you may have noticed a group called We Were Promised Jetpacks. Yes, science fiction has promised us a lot..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Duty

Batten Down the Hatches, a New Land Use Code’s Blowin’ In!

Long-awaited draft of post-CodeNEXT revision to go live Friday

"...street to ACL Fest – the city will, as promised, publish online the long-awaited new draft of a revised..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Mapping the Land Development Code Madness

Trying to make sense of the proposed changes

"..."primarily residential in character and use." It got the promised one-lot reduction on the north side of the street;..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Surfwise

This documentary is a revealing portrait of Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, the spiritual father of Israeli surf and the corporeal father of a nine-child surfing dynasty in California.

"...marriages) to go on a religious quest to the promised land and then a fact-finding mission into the “psychosexual..."

June 6, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hostel: Part II

Roth has accomplished the near impossible: He's crafted a vastly superior sequel to Hostel, one that supersedes the original's sadistic quotient, gore effects, and narrative subversiveness.

"...American twentysomethings to Europe where, instead of finding the promised land of girls gone wild and copious copulation, they..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Keeping Up With the Steins

This story about one-upmanship while staging a bar mitzvah in L.A., should, by all rights, be very funny, but, sadly, it is not.

"...partner (Miller, smarming it all the way to the promised land), who earlier threw his own bar-mitzvah boy a..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Prince of Egypt

"...one that will lead the young studio into the promised land. Like their source material, the Book of Exodus,..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Highway 61

"...commonly travelled path to the west and the Californian promised land, they head south on an inward journey. Backed..."

Aug. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Cloud 9 and Rising

Jesus, space rock from Denton: Lift to Experience

"...eloquent lines as, "So begins the exodus to the land of the unclouded day." (See review at austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-03-15/music_phases15.html)..."

May 31, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Page Two: Grand Schemes and Enthralling Documents

Film, conspiracy theories, and conspiracy theories on film coalesce as SXSW looms

"...sure I'll be going on a lot about The Promised Land. I had to look at the film for..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Graphics

"...does point out that when Jews came to the Promised Land after their period of enslavement in Egypt, they..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Books Feature

Annihilation

Alex Garland's SF mystery is weird for weirdness' sake.

"...Directed by: Alex Garland. Starring: Gina Rodriguez, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Natalie Portman, Oscar..."

March 2, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Mountaintop

Katori Hall's drama probes Martin Luther King Jr.'s mortality and legacy on the last night of his life

"...out of Egypt, might not live to enter the "Promised Land" with them, but that he'd seen it from..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Film

Daily Reviews and Interviews

"...The Promised LandDocumentary Feature, 24 Beats per Second D: Matthew Wilkinson..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

My Country, My Country

Using the Iraqi democratic elections in early 2005 as its focal point, this powerful documentary is the sad lament of Iraqis who truly want the best for their homeland, despite seemingly overwhelming odds.

"...beleaguered nation who truly want the best for their homeland, despite the seemingly overwhelming odds against such. The film's..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Thank You for Smoking

This snarkily playful little comedy gets so wrapped up in its own barbed witticisms that it fails to land even the lightest sucker-punches on the institutions it aims to skewer.

"...in its own barbed witticisms that it fails to land even the lightest sucker-punches on the black, bleak big..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Leininger's Many Holdings

"...Promised Land Dairy. Leininger is sole owner of this Floresville..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Feature

Headlines

"...a contract for APD body cameras, and plenty of land use discussions, including the return of Plaza Saltillo and..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature

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