Something Borrowed

Kate Hudson and Ginnifer Goodwin co-star in this kicky portrait of narcissism unbridled.

"...adaptation of the first of Emily Giffin's companion novels, Something Borrowed and Something Blue, Goodwin is Rachel, a sweet..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

'Something Went Wrong'

Six months after he was killed by an Austin cop, Jessie Owens' family still wants some basic answers

"...Owens' family began to feel his death might be something other than a tragic accident. "When it first happened,..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Something Completely Different

Comedy writers Bob Odenkirk and David Cross took everything they’d learned from past comic masters and made their Mr. Show variety show into something completely different.

"...television. Two men, Sid Caesar and Milton Berle, took, borrowed, and stole from radio and vaudeville the elements of..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Ron Deutsch

Summertime Blues

Auditioning for the blues – at band camp!

"..."Night Train," "Wang Dang Doodle," and "Smoking Gun" represent something old, something new, something borrowed, all blue. The set..."

June 22, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

On Paper

So New Media: something old, something new, something borrowed, something to do

"...up with many ideas, or decide whether to publish something or not, but I'll tell Ben if something sucks"..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Livin' Large!

"...Jackson (Carson) wants to be a TV news reporter something fierce. This young black man is anxious to break..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

Watch and prepare for your Oscar pool

"...Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj’s seven-minute-long “Borrowed Time” features a battered old CG sheriff in the..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Le Week-End

A long-married couple amusingly dance toward the kind of despair borne from overfamiliarity.

"...we see him as he makes the sound of something between a grunt and a sigh. It’s a meaningful..."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Darkest Minds

Earth's last children hunted by their parents

"...universe, the juxtaposition of family and tragedy might’ve produced something unique; instead, it feels like a pastiche of borrowed..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Drag Me to Hell

Sam Raimi makes a triumphant return to the "splatstick" horror genre he more or less invented with The Evil Dead and its two sequels.

"...tinnitus-inducing Foley cues that'll have audiences wishing they had borrowed a pair of grandma's Depends before entering the theatre...."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantasia

"...one -- the ever-popular “Sorcerer's Apprentice” sequence -- was borrowed from the original and placed in this new version...."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Who's Tommy

Zach's revival of the rock opera takes its cue from Alice in Wonderland, and while vivid, it lacks consistency

"...before Tommy's 1969 debut. Indeed, with this show it's something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue – and..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

Quinceañera

Don't confuse this Sundance charmer with My Big Fat Mexican Debut, for its farcical scenes of high hair and waltzes form a genial, light-comic prism for watching race, age, class, and sexuality collide in one of America's most economically and ethnically complex cities.

"...Gazmán-Rico and David W. Ross. Imagine Gary (Ross), a thirtysomething British pretty boy with a stalled television career, fine..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Rollercoaster

"...empty parking lot, pile out of the station wagon (borrowed from a counselor at their group home), and proceed..."

March 23, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Graveyard: Ungrateful Are We the Dead

Graveyard

"...alive and I’ve been dead,” cries Nilsson, “Must be something wrong with my head.” The chorus scrapes the bark..."

Sept. 9, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

It's Real and It's Spectacular: Seinfeld Stars To Raise Funds for Texas Dems

Any-size donation gets you in the (virtual) door Friday

"...Nineties show about nothing plan to fundraise about … something, right here in Texas...."

Oct. 21, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Austin Craft Brewers vs. COVID-19: Hi Sign and St. Elmo Brewing

How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 5)

"...Twitter is its rampant fecklessness, but I did read something pretty amusing on that platform the other night, micro-authored..."

April 20, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...numero two shows off the label's range. You know, something old, something new, something borrowed, something Canadian. With everything..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Glenn Miller

Box Sets

"...fondness for medleys and the old wedding axiom of "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" -- as..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

SXSW Record Reviews

"...Daughter, whose second US release, New Rock, is actually something new, something borrowed, and a couple of things that..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

City on Fire

"...wants him to drop police work in favor of something less hazardous. And as if that weren't enough, Hong..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Magic 8-Ball Says, 'Get a New Bass Player'

Memories of SXSW 2007.

"...a table, with a line of musicians waiting. Jackpot. Something old: Most improved goes to Jandek, whose set at..."

March 21, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

The Luv Doc: Smells Like Gold Bond

Wear something extra sexy ... with a plunging neckline

"...tabula rasa. Sorry if I owe you money or borrowed your lawnmower. On the bright side, I am mercifully..."

March 8, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

August rolls in with a fresh batch of tunes to keep you busy this weekend

"...rising newcomers like brash 10-piece rap group Pnthn, there's something for everyone this weekend...."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Studio Visits: Isabella Bur

Talk of doughnuts, divorce, and departures in a borrowed studio space

"...read about a torus in a math book, there's something elegant about that, but in my version they're clumsy...."

Aug. 23, 2013 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

The Lion King

"...Directed by: Roger Allers and Rob Minkhoff. Something old, something new, lots that's borrowed, more that's true...."

June 24, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Professors of Pleasure

Their name may suggest a lack of intelligence, but make no mistake, the Flaming Idiots are wise men when it comes to comedy.

"...spectacular and beautiful, in part because it's so unexpected, something you've never seen before. Then, the surprise begins to..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...weekend years later in New Orleans. The Pledge goes something like this: Anything for Nick Barbaro ... as long..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...Art Director Karen Hurley, and non-Texan writer Margaret Moser, borrowed some money from Nick's mom, borrowed more money from..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Doomed. Bourgeois. In Austin: The Films of Whit Stillman

Indie legend on Austin, Austen, and his landmark trilogy

"...indie filmmakers, and Metropolitan was made with friends and borrowed locations. "I'm glad that all the tricks to make..."

Oct. 11, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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