Figure in the Frame

The exhibit Arnold Newman: Masterclass gives us all a lesson in the power of the photographic portrait

"...since his death in 2006 at 88. The 200 framed prints include 28 from the HRC's extensive Newman collection,..."

March 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Single-Stream Recycling

Why is Austin losing money from recycling when Dallas and San Antonio are making money?

"...There's good news and bad news about Austin's single-stream recycling program. In the five months from its inception..."

April 17, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

P2C05

"...Single Frame Meet Austin's most enigmatic band...."

March 4, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Single Frame Ashtray

Texas Platters

"...Single Frame AshtrayWetheads Come Running (Already Gone)..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Single Frame

"...Single Frame..."

May 13, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

TCB

Rollergirls, Greencards, Tolkien, and rock & roll for credit at UT. What more is there?

"...Framed..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Because I Said So

With a lazy, cliché, and rabid plot and paper-thin character development, this comedy's idea of fun involves the intergenerational discussion of orgasms.

"...only guilt. Lots and lots of guilt. The perpetually single mom, Daphne (Keaton), is wildly overbearing. After marrying off..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Three ... Extremes

This lush and horrific anthology film from three of the finest craftsmen working today – Fruit Chan, Chan-wook Park, and Takashi Miike – is an instantly memorable and squirm-inducing assemblage.

"...Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors, a Kwaidan (itself a single-director, four-story work). The lush and horrific Three … Extremes..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

99 Bands

Ninety-nine local bands on Red River waiting to be heard

"...best represents Red River? There is, of course, no single answer, but Austin's Single Frame is a singular place..."

July 8, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Hoop Dreams

Groundbreaking documentary follows five years in the lives of two promising high school basketball players from Chicago.

"...commenting on, but it's a film best discovered -- frame by frame, joy by tragedy -- on its own..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Incredibles

Animated take on the superhero genre overflows with wonderfully silly shenanigans and knowing insight into modern parenting.

"...1999 film, The Iron Giant, remains one of the single most affecting films ever created). Much of what made..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bad Moms

Women can be comically raunchy and ill-behaved, too

"...and the best thing about the film), a randy single mom who instigates most of the bad behavior, and..."

July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

J. Edgar

The man who played Dirty Harry directs Leonardo DiCaprio as America's top cop, J. Edgar Hoover.

"...the look of J. Edgar is spot-on. The time frame jumps around, spanning decades in a single leap, but..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stealing America: Vote by Vote

This documentary account of Election Day 2004 thinks it has the answer: conspiracy and treason, Republican-style.

"...problem, however, is that Stealing America doesn’t contain a single objective frame, so it’s impossible for reasonable viewers looking..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Single Frame

Record review

"...Single Frame..."

April 21, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Crackin' Up

The Arm muscles up to 'Call You Out'

"...one of those rare tours with local art-rock trio Single Frame. The fire from SXSW 06 hasn't quite burned..."

April 14, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Tarzan and the Lost City

"...lamented Johnny Weissmuller had more charismatic chutzpah in a single digit than Van Dien has in his whole abflexed..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Twogether

"...exasperatedly exclaims: “You can't change the world with a single conversation.” Agreed. Instead, Twogether presents a gauntlet of conversations,..."

April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Something New

Think Bridget Jones' lovelorn but marriage-obsessed single woman, only make her a neat-freak, not a basket case, and a comely African-American, not a plumpish, pasty Brit in this genre-tweaking romantic comedy.

"...easy-bake romantic-comedy trappings. Think Bridget Jones' lovelorn but marriage-obsessed single woman, only make her a neat-freak, not a basket..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Omen

Julia Stiles is miscast, although Mia Farrow delights in this unnecessary remake of a perfectly good child-as-Antichrist movie.

"...the mind reels before even the unspooling of a single reel of this finely honed yet utterly pointless remake...."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Support the Girls

The hidden rules of life in Andrew Bujalksi's breastaurant comedy

"...Lisa is featured in nearly every single frame of the film (shot by longtime Bujalski DP..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Thursday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...True Love Is Blind" is this year's first great single. Debut LP, The Best Little Secrets Are Kept, is..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

The Equalizer 2

Denzel Washington action sequel is a total misfire

"...Since single-handedly taking out the Russian mafia, ex-CIA agent Robert McCall..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The 22nd Annual Austin Film Festival

A photograph sparks a global odyssey

"...Dickerson, who brought a camcorder. The resulting film, A Single Frame, became much bigger than that striking image...."

Oct. 30, 2015 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

St. Vincent

Bill Murray plays a hard-hearted grouch who warms to his new neighbors – Melissa McCarthy and her young son.

"...sap perhaps compensates for St. Vincent’s darker edges, which frame the film to an extent uncommon for a comedy...."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

21 & Over

Some clever moments rescue this fall-down-drunk comedy from its baser instincts.

"...and Chon practically comatose at the edge of the frame...."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Plastic Platoon

Paul Hanley and Kieran Healy on their 10-year tour of duty to make a stop-motion Vietnam epic starring action figures

"...and director of photography/editor/sound designer Healy have made a 12-frames-per-second, 104-minute statement on America's Southeast Asian imbroglio: awash in..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fay Grim

The lunatic charm of Parker Posey is the best reason to see this wild, borderline-screwball sequel to Hal Hartley's 1998 film, Henry Fool.

"...on the lam for the past decade. Fay, a single mother to a smart, tenuous little chip off the..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...between punk and power pop. Their upcoming "One Day" single is backed with a cover of the Replacements' "Don't..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

It's a Russell Crowe's nest of a performance in this seafaring adventure.

"...at sea, and to his credit, Crowe, as the single-minded captain both tough and fair, makes it all come..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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