How Stella Got Her Groove Back

"...better than it really needed to be. Even with Stella's success all but assured by its source material (a..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Leon and Stella Alesi: Love Conjures All

Leon and Stella Alesi provide ocular proof of a life in the arts

"...Stella Alesi is a painter, acclaimed for her large photorealistic..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Who Is Stella Burden, and Why Are They Saying Those Terrible Things About Her?

When the Rude Mechs do a show about acting, they find madness in the Method

"...They call her "the other Stella."..."

March 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Stella San Jac

Mixed offerings at Westin eatery

"...But a lack of pretense is not a concept. Stella San Jac, the eatery occupying the Downtown Westin, is..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Stella Adler and the American Theater

UT's Harry Ransom Center, which acquired the complete archive of Stella Adler, celebrates her impact on American acting in the symposium Stella Adler and the American Theater

"...coiled like no one before him. He trained with Stella Adler. So did Warren Beatty, Martin Sheen, Harvey Keitel,..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Fantastic Fest Interview: Living After Midnight With Jeremy Gardner and Christian Stella

Monstrous fantasy coincides with relationship drama (and karaoke)

"...After Midnight, his newest film with longtime collaborator Christian Stella, which receives its Texas premiere this weekend at Fantastic..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"Stella Alesi: Journeying" at Prizer Arts & Letters

The artist extends her protean skills toward the bold and minimal

"...The Austin-based artist Stella Alesi has gone journeying, and she wants you to..."

March 22, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips: Stella Mare RV Resort, Galveston

Pair of beach houses offer an island retreat

"...Stella Mare RV Resort in Galveston goes beyond just supplying..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

First Look: Stella San Jac

Even more Southern hospitality

"...as long as the Chronicle has been covering food. Stella San Jac, the Southern-inflected restaurant on the bottom floor..."

Aug. 19, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Stella Blue Is in the Pink

New salon to hold grand opening, Thursday, April 1

"...It's time to let it go. Stella Blue, the new salon opening in Pink's old space,..."

March 31, 2010 Design Post by Claire Harrison

Eastciders on Barton Springs Is Gone, Hi Sign Brewing Turns Six, Fogo de Chão Flexes Plantwise, Live Fire Beefs It Even Better, There’s Bourbon and Biscuits at Stella San Jac, and (how do you like it?) More, More, More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Bourbon and biscuits? Yes! The Westin Austin’s Stella San Jac (310 E. Fifth) has begun hosting a..."

March 22, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

RIP Stella Boes

The Carousel Lounge's dancing waitress passed away Monday.

"...Stella Boes, the patriotic, colorful beehive-sporting waitress (and quite a..."

March 7, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

Eastciders on Barton Springs Is Gone, Hi Sign Brewing Turns Six, Fogo de Chão Flexes Plantwise, Live Fire Beefs It Even Better, There’s Bourbon and Biscuits at Stella San Jac, and (how do you like it?) More, More, More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

March 24, 2023 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

How Stella Got Her Masters Back: Reversion Rights

March 2, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Asylum

In this adaptation of Patrick McGrath's novel, Natasha Richardson and Ian McKellan wonder if the patients have taken over the asylum.

"...enters into this morbid, exceedingly gothic world, with wife Stella (Richardson) and tyke Charlie (Lewis) in tow, you know..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Five Feet Apart

Meet cute on the teen ICU takes a turn for the corny

"...the respiratory system. Now in their late teens, both Stella (Richardson, in a strong performance) and Will (Sprouse) have..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

30 Days of Night

This film's high-concept stroke of genius lies not with its vampire clan but with the setting: a tiny Alaskan hamlet where nightfall indeed lasts all month.

"...of Barrow's citizenry (including George as his estranged wife, Stella) are systematically attacked by the bloodsuckers. So much so..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Baxter

Director Showalter (Comedy Central's Stella) misses a terrific opportunity to pull back the curtain on "the other guy" – the Baxter is the lead man's second fiddle in your standard romantic comedy – and ends up making a pretty good case for why the sad sack never gets the girl.

"...fittingly enough, at the altar. Lifelong Baxter Elliot Sherman (Stella’s Showalter, who also wrote and directed) looks to finally..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Last Kiss

The Italian film which was adapted for the American remake starring Zach Braff.

"...Directed by: Gabriele Muccino. Starring: Giorgio Pasotti, Martina Stella, Pierfrancesco Favino, Marco Cocci, Stefania Sandrelli, Giovanna Mezzogiorno and..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

House Hunting

Underdog Stella Roland challenges incumbent Dawnna Dukes to represent East Austin in the Texas House of Representatives.

"...more contentious electoral battles. For one thing, Dukes' challenger Stella Roland -- a political unknown who has never held..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Alvin Schwartz's beloved nightmares come to the screen

"...It’s in this culturally incendiary time that misfit teens Stella (Colletti), Auggie (Rush), and Chuck (Zajur), in a framing..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: Maineland

From sea to shining sea: Chinese teens tackle American boarding school

"...if being a teenager wasn’t hard enough, Chinese immigrants Stella and Harry have to navigate the ups and downs..."

March 12, 2017 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Diary of a Mad Black Woman

The fitful story of how one black woman gets her groove back

"...Taylor, Lisa Marcos, Tiffany Evans and Cicely Tyson. Like Stella a few years ago, this new movie tells the..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rear Window

One of Hitchcock's most accessible films is also one of his most gleefully deviant, dealing as it does with such fun urban pastimes as voyeurism and spousal mayhem.

"...Lisa Fremont (Kelly, looking positively diaphanous) and take-no-prisoners nursemaid Stella (Ritter), Jeffries spies what appears to be a murder..."

July 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cold Comfort Farm

"...Schlesinger, with screenwriter Malcolm Bradbury, brings to the screen Stella Gibbons' popular 1932 English novel, which is, among other..."

June 14, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Photograph

Get ready for romance with this Valentine’s release about family secrets

"...Directed by: Stella Meghie. Starring: Issa Rae, Lakeith Stanfield, Chelsea Peretti, Chanté..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TCB

Pink elephants, dancing waitresses, and setups only equal one of Austin's still-hidden treasures.

"...The Stella Story..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Stella

"...Stellaby Marc Parent..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Books Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

My Old Ass

39-year-old Aubrey Plaza doles out advice to her younger self

"...Directed by: Megan Park. Starring: Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Percy Hynes White, Alain Goulem, Maddie Ziegler,..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Enfants Terribles

Cruiserweight, armed and ready

"...sons of bitches, like, all of the time," insists Stella Maxwell, 24, sitting at a picnic table outside Trudy's..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

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