SXSW Premieres Remastered Print of The Breakfast Club

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Breakfast Club at SXSW

"...Cue up your John Hughes nostalgia for the SXSW Film premiere of the newly remastered version of..."

March 2, 2015 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Breakfast Club

"...Anthony Michael Hall and Ally Sheedy. Before lapsing into the land of the insipid, where the reigning presumption is..."

July 5, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film: Breakfast Club Still Fresh After 30 Years

Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy celebrate restored print

"...with Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald on Monday for the premiere of the 30th anniversary edition of The Breakfast..."

March 17, 2015 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Film: Breakfast Club Anniversary

"...Breakfast being served to movie goers in the lobby of..."

March 17, 2015 Photo Gallery

The Faculty

Co-written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson and George Huang (Swimming With Sharks), The Faculty is pure Robert Rodriguez: jam-packed with action, suspense, humor, horror, and plenty of cinematic homages.

"...Salma Hayek, Famke Janssen and Usher Raymond. One of these days, somebody's going to build a full-fledged drive-in theatre..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The DUFF

Bye-bye bullies and basket cases; enter the DUFF – shorthand for designated ugly fat friend.

"...made nowadays without invoking John Hughes? This one revives The Breakfast Club (turning 30 this year; pause to grimace..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dennis the Menace

This film adaptation is based more on the TV series than on the comic strip.

"...Plowright, Lea Thompson and Paul Winfield. Writer-producer-director John Hughes these days comes dangerously close to promoting child abuse. What..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Greatest Stories Ever Told

The 2010 Paramount Summer Film Classics

"...rousing speech to fellow students and parents, I quoted the immortal Ferris Bueller: "Life moves pretty fast. You don't..."

May 21, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Other Worlds Austin Review: The Axe Murders of Villisca

Austin's Owen Egerton embraces the horror

"...a teen evading ghosts, or being a teen evading other teens? That's the underlying tension of The Axe Murders..."

Dec. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Second Fiddle Takes a Bow

Scene stealers at the Paramount Summer Film Classic Series

"...cog in British military intelligence organization MI6. Of course, the global supervillians had their henchmen, but most of them..."

May 25, 2012 Screens Feature

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

"...Newly ambulatory, Lazlo leveled up to the turntable – perfectly positioned for someone two-and-a-half feet tall...."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rerun at the D.A. Corral

Republican Shane Phelps challenges Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle for a second time, and seems to be trailing.

"...The sun was creeping up over the horizon when Ronnie..."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Carillon: Update

New American Grill Menu Soars

"...Watkins (who drew national attention as executive chef at the Driskill Grill) unveiled his refreshed “New American Grill” menu..."

Feb. 1, 2010 Food Post by Katherine Gregor

Where to Watch the World Cup in Austin

So many venues! So many screens! So early in the morning!

"...15, takes place in Russia, which means you’ve got the perfect excuse to start drinking at 7am. Find out..."

June 7, 2018 Sports Post by Eilish O'Sullivan

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

High adventure and fun times in an unexpectedly entertaining sequel

"...It was the sequel for which no one was asking. 1995's Jumanji..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Closer Look at the Paramount Lineup

Spike Lee, Amy Heckerling to present films

"...May we direct your attention to the newly released slate for the Paramount's annual Summer Classic..."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Playback: That’s the Breaks

In studio with Confucius and Fresh, hosts of KUTX’s first ever hip-hop specialty show

"..."Rappers are the new rock stars," declared Fresh on 98.9FM during last..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Flight of the Night Bird

Harry Akin opened for business on Christmas Eve, 1932, selling hamburgers for 15 cents apiece. Cuisines Editor Virginia B. Wood reveals how Akin turned his hamburger stand into Austin's former restaurant empire.

"...By the time beloved Austin restaurateur Harry Akin died in 1976,..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Richard Linklater Gets the Mondo Treatment

Local gallery pays tribute with a new poster exhibit

"...posters and Austin, and you think Mondo. So when the local printmasters announced that this SXSW season would see..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Savage Touch

Coming Full Circle

"...Warfield, a professor of African-American studies at UT. At the time, an African-American-oriented station of any sort was desperately..."

April 30, 1999 News Column

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...readers, your wait to learn who will be attending the literary banquet of the year is over. The Texas..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Public Notice: The New Apartheid?

Everyone hates the non-transect zones

"...It's early yet in the review process for the first draft of CodeNEXT, the..."

March 3, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Rise of the Machines

Marc Bianchi takes his Space Holiday here in Austin.

"...It's like a tractor beam emanating from the funnest corners of Austin: the Velvet Rut. You move..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Readers and fans of the literary, you might want to grab a napkin before..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...I want to tell you about the men and women with the live fireworks exploding off..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Second Helpings: Mexican Breakfast

"...into a side street is a real find in the artsy district between the Capitol area and the UT..."

March 19, 2004 Food Feature

Foxtail Supper Club Adds Camaraderie to Your Socially Distanced Dinner Table

Share a meal with friends in separate homes

"...& Rye, launched an at-home immersive dining concept after the pandemic threw a wrench into plans for a brick-and-mortar...."

May 22, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt's metaphorical novel gets an award-season adaptation

"...adaptations of novels can be quite complicated. Teasing out the essence and often nuanced themes of a story cinematically..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Jeremy Piven stars in this swift-moving, cynical, equal-opportunity offender about a team of used-car liquidators.

"...title and a bottomless reserve of cynical, scattershot humor, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard is a swift-moving, equal-opportunity..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...Thomas, Lisa Davis, and all those we've lost along the way...."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

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