The Dinner Game

"...Directed by: Francis Veber. Starring: Catherine Frot, Alexanadra Vandernoot, Daniel Prevost, Francis Huster, Jacques Villeret..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Waiting Game

"...by: Ken Liotti. Starring: Daniel Riordan, Michael Raynor, Terumi Matthews, Eddie Malavarca, Dwight Ewell, Debbon Ayer and Will Arnett...."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Valet

This flat French farce has a couple of likable characters, one or two decent jokes, and a lot of missed opportunities.

"...who's honed his craft on fast-paced farce. Having written the screenplay for La Cage aux Folles, he also wrote..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Dinner for Schmucks

Corporate climbers get their schadenfreude on in this new Steve Carell comedy.

"...Bruce Greenwood, David Walliams, Ron Livingston and Larry Wilmore. The most memorable, sweet, and absurdly amusing characters in Dinner..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Le Placard (The Closet)

"...Dustin Hoffman's red spangly Tootsie dress for Daniel Auteuil's leather chaps and condom beanie-hat, and you've got the basic..."

July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Raped by the Players

A lawsuit against an Austin dot-com firm reveals a world of fast times.

"...The jury's verdict was succinct, but contradictory: Yes, Lisa Capece..."

Jan. 18, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Designated Mourner

"...Starring: Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson and David De Keyser. The Designated Mourner is one man's elegiac yet disdainful recollection..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Stages of Inebriation

To drink or not to drink – for local thespians, no question

"...Want to hear some good drinking stories? Ask theatre people. Between their research for playing soused characters, work..."

July 3, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Doing Sports the Craig Way

Mike Butts profiles sports stats man and voice of the Texas Longhorns, broadcaster Craig Way, of KVET's Sports Day and Fox Sports Southwest's High School Extra Live.

"...sports-crazed mind. It's a Thanksgiving night, and he's foregoing the traditional after-meal living-room couch flop to broadcast a high..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Features Feature by Mike Butts

SXSW Eco: Beyond the Burlap Bag

Environmentalists ponder how to mainstream eco-culture

"...Environmentalism faces one key problem: burlap bags. Or rather, as Graceann Bennett, managing partner at Ogilvy & Mather,..."

Oct. 10, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Feasts That Define the Millennium

Food, the Original Commodity

"...The past millennium has witnessed profound changes in the ways..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

The Last Horror Movie

The U.S. premiere of this self-reflexive horror film from England is presented in Austin by Fangoria magazine.

"...video. That said, this unrated, low-budget DV mindwarper from the UK has several things going for it, chief among..."

June 18, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jeopardy! National College Championship Winner on the Road to Victory and Settling Back Into Life at UT

The $250,000 winner talks strategy and what's next

"...When Jaskaran Singh sat down for dinner as a child, he sat on the edge of..."

March 2, 2022 Screens Post by Sheryl Lawrence

The Slow Dying of Johnston High

State accountability standards may close a school on the edge of survival

"...The night Austin state Sen. Kirk Watson urged the community..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Sway: The Moo Sway Roasted Pork Shoulder Dinner

Family-style feast is fabulously delicious, yet awkwardly served

"...At the relatively new and always packed Sway Modern Thai restaurant..."

Aug. 8, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

The Rules of the Game

How Hudson's on the Bend captures the spirit of cooking fearlessly

"...Hudson's on the Bend3509 RR 620 N., 266-1369 Tuesday-Thursday, 6-10pm; Friday-Saturday, 5:30-10pm;..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Food Feature by MM Pack

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The NFL Beat': Mock Draft

The 'Chronicle' gets Draft-y with a li'l help from friends

"...This is "The NFL Beat" and today I brought some friends. We..."

April 17, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Burgers & Booze: Spec's is the Place

Burgers and tots make good eating and good memories.

"...for some cocktails to be prepared at an upcoming dinner in Houston, and couldn't pass up one of the..."

Sept. 26, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

Pressing the Flesh

The world's leading adult toy manufacturer for men wants to take the stigma out of sex

"...Steve Shubin, inventor of the Fleshlight and founder and CEO of Interactive Life Forms,..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

The Luv Doc: Running Late

The kind of unforgivable transgression that can ruin a promising career.

"...up this morning to find coffee spilled all over the kitchen and a broken coffee pot (glass) and grounds..."

May 7, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

“It’s Like a Family Business, Except Rock Stars”: The Kindred Bond of We Don’t Ride Llamas

Afro rock sibling band is defiantly unconventional on new EP The Oracle

"...For most zoomers and younger millennials, the entrance of the video game Rock Band into our..."

April 29, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

After the Pandemic at the Alamo Drafthouse

New management, new owners: Can the Austin movie chain retain what made it special?

"...The oldest operating Alamo Drafthouse in the nation still survives...."

July 2, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

Cracking the Nightmare Code

Director Mark Netter on his new techno-horror

"...The great science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke once wrote, "Any..."

Sept. 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Telling The David Whiting Story or, the Cesar Romero Joke

Louis Black reflects on working decades ago with Walter Reuben

"...The David Whiting Story or, the Cesar Romero Joke, being..."

Feb. 16, 2015 Screens Post by Louis Black

'NFL Analysis 101': The Last of the Southern Belles

"...day, my pupils. We need to dive right into the heart of our subject. Since last we met, much..."

March 9, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

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

The Stink Is All Over

The BS Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Takes Over Austin

"...That's all one needs to know to comprehend the phenomenal expansion of the Big Stinkin' International Improv &..."

April 17, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Getting in on the Game

"...killing yourself, where in town can you feast on game? Your options are surprisingly vast, with an ample handful..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Food Feature

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