Silent Days and Nights

Discovering Live Cinema... Again

"...theatre and backers. The first festival, a retrospective on French comedian Max Linder, drew only a handful of people,..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Screens Feature

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...than trophies and applause is the inescapable bottom line. Simply put, the holiday season is the most lucrative time..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sixth Street Blues

Downtown festivals cramp merchants' style

"...fallen into the eye of the committee's storm is French Smith...."

July 26, 1996 News Feature

Bob Trevino Likes It

In search of a father figure, a young woman befriends a stranger on Facebook

"...Directed by: Tracie Laymon. Starring: Barbie Ferreira, John Leguizamo, French Stewart, Lauren 'Lolo' Spencer and Rachel Bay Jones...."

March 28, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

OroBianco Italian Creamery Makes Magic With Water Buffalo Milk

Making mozzarella from white gold

"...the delightfully rhythmic scientific name, Bubalus bubalis) were charged simply with clearing out the vegetation until the Italian folks..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Page Two: When Pointing an Accusatory Finger, Three More Point Back at You

This ugly political season grows ever more vicious

"...Armchair ideological purists, who rather than run for office simply post on social media, liberated from the restraints of..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Column by Louis Black

DVDanger: Hellions

We binge-watch this month's horror for you

"...know about, like spitting in the OJ) turn from simply unpleasant to malevolent, and it's always a question of..."

Feb. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Combat Rock

New doc unearths Cambodia's rock & roll spirit

"...Khmer Rouge swept in and overran the American and French embassies, setting in motion the black-clad madness of Pol..."

June 19, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

All About That Banchan

Singing the praises of Austin's unsung Korean cuisine

"...Red Mango and Pinkberry, and Tous Les Jours, a French-Asian bakery – didn't plant their flags here until 2010...."

Jan. 30, 2015 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

You Want Fries With That?

The Hyde Park Bar & Grill has a few pleasant surprises

"...got so small, then you probably remember when the french fries at Hyde Park Bar & Grill were the..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

5 Kitchen Tips From Joanne Chang

The Flour founder knows her stuff

"...baking pan, cut around the edge, and then just simply unfold to get a perfect-fit parchment round...."

July 31, 2013 Food Post by Monica Riese

Bedside Manner: In Memoriam

A few mournful words for books discarded

"...unfortunately that’s rarely been the case. The fact is, simply, that I either genuinely don’t have the time for..."

April 30, 2012 Books Post by Lindsey Flatt

Veg Out!

There's no better place than Austin to branch out into meat-free eating

"...and cheese burritos from Taco Bell, and Fritos with French onion dip. After college, I graduated to Boca burgers..."

March 30, 2012 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Unraveling Shakespeare's Life

Dr. James Shapiro tackles the Bard one slice at a time

"...of his career and in the wake of the French Revolution, around 1800. And he goes on to live..."

March 23, 2012 Books Post by Robert Faires

Somnio's Cafe

Somnio's delicious local cuisine vacillates between homestyle and chef-inspired

"...the competition. Not because they're unworthy, but because they simply can't be as inexpensive as places that are using..."

July 30, 2010 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Letters @ 3AM

As much fun as it is to blame speculators and oil companies, and as certain as it is that some reforms would help, the real culprit is global demand

"...the headline "Energy Independence May Be a Pipe Dream": "Simply put, many energy executives don't believe America can free..."

July 18, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

What Becomes a Legacy Most

Forever is in large part about what an artist's legacy means to the living

"...meant to him – until Honigmann asked him to simply say it in his native Korean. He does, and..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Miser

While director Karen Sneed's vision for this Moliere comedy is clear, it's not always consistently presented

"...With appropriate vocal accompaniment, from between two French doors banked by classical columns, items of clothing, both..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Media Watch: Bow Chica Wow-Wow

The life and times of a porn-music impresario

"...Austinite can extol the talents of composers of rare French adult films and discuss, in depth, the relative pros..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

Point Austin: Getting Wello

Join the fight for universal health care

"...single-payer system (i.e., national health care along Canadian, British, French, or even Cuban lines – take your pick) and..."

July 6, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Eating Fresh in Texas

Local foodies are reveling in a festival of produce

"...several days before they sprout and go downhill. The French chef Joel Robuchon realized that "if you give the..."

June 22, 2007 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Page Two: The Heroic and the Holy

Grindhouse squeezes transcendent kicks from a classic form

"...the score). There is clearly the influence of the French New Wave. There is even one sequence that to..."

April 6, 2007 Column by Louis Black

We Have Met the Future, and It Is Us

Film on the Web, part II: the movies

"...So, maybe, it is finally becoming like what the French New Wave guys (at 28 or 29) liked to..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I'm in town is hit the Omelettry for some French toast. Not only is the food top-notch, but the..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Column

The Game Is All

We catch up with some major players in Austin's gaming universe

"...sounds so much like a cliché answer from a French guy."..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Screens Feature by N. Evan Van Zelfden

Point Austin: Chasing the Money

Austin campaign finance reform is much less than meets the eye

"...daily lives, not only of their own "employees" (that's French for "the used") but entire regions of citizens, I..."

March 24, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Paul Rusesabagina: Human Rights in Action

Real-life hero of 'Hotel Rwanda' is honored for saving lives

"...who speaks with a powerful cadence and a slight French accent. To a capitivated audience, he delivered short lesson..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

The Island of Dr. Ersek

Austin's media-friendly Robert Ersek is the king of pop cosmetic surgery

"...office, paneled in dark wood and decorated with ornate French furniture and a large portrait of himself. Normally he..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Ribbon on the Highway

Here comes Jimmy LaFave

"...beret tops him. He doesn't wear it like a French intellectual. He wears it the way UN peacekeepers or..."

May 6, 2005 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Europe's "fettered" capitalism has failed to maintain employment, keep French senior citizens alive, or keep its welfare programs in..."

May 21, 2004 Column

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