'Spaghetti Modern'

In this group show riffing on Austin culture, the secret is in the source

"...'Spaghetti Modern'..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Let the Corpses Tan

Deliciously lurid crime drama is pulp in all the best ways

"...Giallo has been a touchstone of modern genre cinema, from meta-commentaries like Berberian Sound Studio to..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Django Unchained

As entertaining and subversive as Django Unchained is, Tarantino's latest also suffers from a certain slackness.

"...Django Unchained has obvious roots in the spaghetti Western – Django being the name of a character..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bratz

Bring some bratitude and a passion for fashion, and you'll be almost as giddy as a 10-year-old girl.

"...closets. No, I’m not jealous.) The film nicely incorporates modern-day computer artifacts into the plot, as when mean girl..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Frequency

"...of slack for this patently ridiculous tale about a modern man talking with his long-dead father through a space-time..."

April 28, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part One: The Good, the Badass, and the Weirder

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...his master, Renfield is the very model of a modern minor film critic at year's end. "He's coming," this..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Comin' Back at Ya!

Tony Anthony resurrects his 3D Western for Drafthouse Films

"...Ever watched a modern 3D movie and think, "Well, that's great, but when..."

March 4, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...aren't you doing sci-fi, why aren't you doing a spaghetti western, why aren't you doing, you know—it was also..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

This Shakespeare rendition is not so much a reconceptualization as a recontextualization of the 400-year-old play. This Romeo + Juliet is a rich visual feast, besotted with the fervor of its acrobatic camerawork and kinetic staging and its mind-bending aggregation of unrelated but resonant fragments of 20th century iconography. It is a Shakespearean work thoroughly conceived for the screen. DiCaprio and Danes again prove that they are two of the best actors of their generation. And William Shakespeare has once more demonstrated that he is a storyteller for all time.

"...extravagance. The movie's appearance might more accurately be termed modern than contemporary, a stylized fabrication that defies the specifics..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Outlaw

Alex Cox, still shooting film, and the finger, after all these years

"...alternative subculture (the punk-fueled soundtrack, with songs by the Modern Lovers, Iggy Pop, and, okay, Circle Jerks, didn't hurt)..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Aiming for the Big Kill

Scott Martin on the inaccurate West in his new gunslinger flick

"...few of the Westerns from the sixties, a few Spaghetti Westerns, rather than the newer ones...."

Oct. 18, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pasta Modern: New & Inspired Recipes From Italy

"...pasta dish that feels original. Enter Francine Segan's Pasta Modern, and presto: Pasta has become exciting again...."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Rango

Watch out, cartoon critters: There’s a new sheriff in town, and his name is Rango.

"...custodians to the theatre. (One of the hallmarks of modern-day animation is that it contains jokes aimed at different..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...Kitty Gordon is built for the airwaves -- rock, modern rock, AAA, Top 40, you name it. They also..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...leads with Nick Hakim and Unknown Mortal Orchestra – modern leads of integrating psych rock with R&B. Jazz drumming..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...of Fire,” speaking about guns, has such a delicious, spaghetti western intro. What’s your favorite western and who’s your..."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...fuse Stax-era soul and the Beatles into something surprisingly modern, you won't find many rough edges on Lume's EP2,..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...you knew this was status quo. Unlike so many "modern rock" bands, Spoon delivers the goods live, and last..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

DVDanger: 'Devil's Pass', 'Die, Monster, Die!', 'The Whip and the Body', 'Birth of the Living Dead'

A modern shocker, two vintage terrors, and a history lesson in zombies

"...and depends upon his true love, family servant Katia (spaghetti western heroine Ida Galli.)..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Q&A Hole: Why Would Someone – Why Would Anyone – Vote for Trump?

With Leslie Bonnell, Arcie Cola, Lashonda Lester, Tim Doyle, and more

"...melting pot is filled with ceviche, pho, naan, and spaghetti – along with the people that brought these to..."

Nov. 8, 2016 News Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

ACL Music Fest Preview

"...a trio from Texas cut such a swathe through modern music. San Angelo's Henry, Jojo, and Ringo Garza honed..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

Friday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Oxbow performance is more than a show; it's a modern-day initiation into Artaud's Theater of Cruelty. The San Francisco..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Page Two

We struggle with the obscenity of a special legislative session aimed at redistricting, and we mourn the passing and celebrate the life of Al Ragle, an almost unsung hero of the Austin music scene.

"...resistant to punk at first. The breakthrough was the Modern Lovers album, which after listening to a number of..."

June 20, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...graciously send me home with a steaming plate of spaghetti and meatballs...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...Venice in 1962. Is this character based upon the spaghetti Western-era Clint Eastwood or Lex Barker, one of the..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

Record Reviews

"...Faced with the prospect of being forever relegated to modern rock radio's flashback lunch hour (for "Centerfold" or maybe..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...down, beads of sweat percolating on your brow, a spaghetti Western sunset ever on the horizon. The brothers’ nomadic..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Qmmunity: Gaybor Day

Labor organizing is a part of LGBTQ history, and so is going to fun little gay events

"...us doesn't hunger for the subpar strip mall sit-down spaghetti of our youth? Great news: This Saturday, Sept. 3,..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Column by James Scott

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...attention span of post-Trump Americans. "Mohawk Town" applies a spaghetti Western filter to the all-American "(Ghost) Riders in the..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...back 10 centuries, strives for oneness with God, while modern church staple "How Deep the Father's Love for Us"..."

March 19, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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