Former Becker Winemaker Russell Smith's Wines Now In Austin

Quality Spanish wines priced to party

"...Russell Smith spent 13 years as winemaker at Becker Vineyards...."

Dec. 5, 2013 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Russell Brand Cancels SXSW appearances

Russell Brand cancels SXSW appearance for film's world premiere

"...Coming, the opening-night film at SXSW about the comedian/philosopher Russell Brand, might be in search of a new title...."

March 13, 2015 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: Gourds Co-Leader Jimmy Smith Heads to Montana

Jimmy Smith heads for higher ground, Pete Mitchell reaches a higher plane, and Izzy Cox would like to remain upright on terra firma

"..."No," says Jimmy Smith, letting out a jackhammer laugh as he stares pensively..."

July 29, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Songs of Innocence and Experience

From poetry scrawled on walls to poetry inscribed on CD: the saga of the Gourds.

"...Jimmy Smith, bassist and songwriter for the Gourds, lives there. The..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

American Job

"...Directed by: Chris Smith. Starring: Randy Russell, Tom Wheeler, Charlie Smith, Eric Lezotte,..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...though he'd reprise the mama's-boy role for the Grant/Rosalind Russell vehicle, His Girl Friday.) On the verge of divorce,..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...Dir/Scr: Leslie L. Smith; Prod: Leslie L. Smith, John P. Scholz; DP: John..."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...hint of vulnerability beneath a steely exterior. - Claiborne Smith..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

A Mutual Respect

Russell Lee's documentary photographs of the Great Depression helped fashion our collective visual memory of that era, but his greatest achievement may have been the trust he engendered in his subjects.

"...I wish I had known Russell Lee in the Sixties, when he taught photography at..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Pocahontas

"...Irene Bedard, Judy Kuhn, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, Russell Means and Linda Hunt. Here is a movie that..."

June 23, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Festival Reviews

"...3 when it inevitably lumbers into local theatres. -- Russell Smith..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Feature

Desperate Remedies

"...Stewart Main and Peter Wells. Starring: Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, Lisa Chappell, Cliff Curtis, Michael Hurst and Kiri Mills...."

July 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Filmmaker

Chris Smith's American Movie depicts one man's passionate struggle to make a film.

"...Chris Smith didn't set out to become a documentary filmmaker. But..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Independence Day: Resurgence

ID:R is probably everything you were expecting and less

"...to 1996’s popcorn blockbuster ID4 and it isn’t Will Smith. It’s Randy Quaid. His crop-dusting, boozy, Vietnam vet-cum-alien abductee..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Food-o-File

April's rush of foodie events may be over, but May has even more in store

"...was the eminent departure of longtime Becker Vineyards winemaker Russell Smith. Smith has purchased property in Spain that includes..."

May 4, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

1999 Film Critics Poll

"...Paul Schrader (Affliction), David O. Russell (Three Kings), Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature

Reflections

SXSW Film Festival and Conference

"...Garrett Fisher; Ed: David Leonard; with John Glover, Brooke Smith, George Dickerson, Missy Yager, Will Arnett, Chris Noth...."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Following January’s tease of six titles, SXSW Film has..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Way Back

In this film set in 1940 and directed by Peter Weir, seven multinational prisoners in a Siberian labor camp escape and walk 4,000 miles to safety in India.

"...desert, to freedom in India. Harris' cagey curmudgeon, Mr. Smith, puts it bluntly right off the bat when he..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Food-o-File

Our own Wes Marshall wins Wine Press Award, Louie Mueller Barbecue named Official Best Barbecue in Texas, and more

"...now public knowledge. Longtime Twin Liquors go-to wine guy Russell Smith is the official winemaker of record at Becker..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

What Love Is

Writer/director Callahan keeps his characters talking from the first frame to the last – and like all great chatterers their preferred topic is love and all its variations.

"...American independent cinema, a time when filmmakers like Kevin Smith and Richard Linklater were making small, personal movies about..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Tasty Twosomes

Wes Marshall lays out the laws of pairing food with wine at Thanksgiving and provides some recipe ideas.

"...expert advice. As for the wine experts, we contacted Russell Smith of Twin Liquors and John Roenigk of the..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Control Freaks

Film Top Tens

"...Best Screenplay: Kevin Williamson (Scream 2); Kevin Smith (Chasing Amy); Albert Brooks (Mother)..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

A Bird in the Hand

"...Russell Smith's capsule review of Selena ("Film Listings," Vol. 16,..."

April 4, 1997 Column

Nominees for Independent Spirit Awards Announced

Matthew McConaughey's golden run continues

"...David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook..."

Nov. 27, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Hate U Give

Astounding adaptation of YA novel critiques race in modern America

"...by: George Tillman Jr.. Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Anthony Mackie, Issa Rae, Common, Algee Smith, Sabrina..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Sudden Death

"...piece of information that should be added to Amy Smith's Enviros article on county judge candidates ["Not Keen on..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Column

The Austin Songwriters Group Symposium Returns With Country Hitmakers

Including Russell Sutton, who got his start at the gathering

"...Nine years ago, Russell Sutton was working a job at Dell and writing..."

Jan. 7, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Best Bites

The Cuisines Staff Noshes Through 2000

"...10. Twin Liquors: Manager Russell Smith used to be a winemaker at Flora Springs..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Postmarks

Good News, Bad News

"...According to film reviewer Russell Smith, Charles Dickens is boring, but Sick: the Life..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Column

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