Before the Rains

This story about life and love in southern India during the twilight of British rule is exquisitely photographed but emotionally overwrought.

"...Nandita Das, Rahul Bose, Lal Paul and Jennifer Ehle. The spice must flow, yes, but also the blood in..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Luv Doc Recommends: Rude Mechanicals' Black Eye Ball

The Off Center, Saturday, August 20, 2005

"...you should feel nervous about attending an event called the Black Eye Ball. Sounds like something held at a..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

View From the Top

"...a small-town girl who dreams of a life in the sky, servicing first-class passengers on route to Paris or..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Monkey's Mask

"...in detective fiction, n'est-ce pas? So even Down Under, the lesbian private eye Jill Fitzpatrick (Porter) ought to know..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Can the Earth Be Saved?

Walter Cronkite and the creation of Earth Day

"...At long last, on April 19, the University of Texas at Austin is honoring the legacy..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Douglas Brinkley

Austin on the Hoof

Rounding up the Austin steak house scene

"...starting out with six years at Pelican's Wharf, where the main entreés were rib eyes and prime ribs ......"

Jan. 14, 2005 Food Feature

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera

The plodding stage musical finally comes to the big screen, its relentlessly bombastic score intact with a vengeance.

"...Andrew Lloyd Webber’s plodding stage musical finally comes to the big screen after several false starts, its relentlessly bombastic..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Review: “Eye Moon Cocoon”

VLM's installation emphasizes environmental power of small gestures

"...a remarkably idiosyncratic fashion in her current solo exhibit “Eye Moon Cocoon” at Women & Their Work...."

Nov. 27, 2023 Arts Post by Meher Qazilbash

Faster Than Sound: Is the Broken Spoke Too Broken?

Allegations of intolerant behavior at the honky-tonk arise following Queer Eye feature

"...To premiere its new season filmed in the Austin area, the hosts of Netflix's Queer Eye donned..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Signal

A trio of tech-savvy twentysomethings get waylaid and wind up as subjects in a weird but stylish sci-fi mystery.

"...– allow a cross-country trip to get waylaid by the provocations of a mysterious hacker. After being drawn out..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Julian Schnabel's unorthodox but true story about a protagonist who is stripped of all self-movement and expression is equal parts reverie, despair, and social experiment.

"...and Olatz López Garmendia. In his brilliant new film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, painter/sculptor/director Schnabel (Basquiat, Before..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

TV Eye

The 'Friday Night Lights' depth chart

"...Friday Night Lights, the new NBC series tailored after the 2004 film (and..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Perfect Man

Less a feature film than 90 minutes of tweenage feminine wish fulfillment, The Perfect Man is like Teen People come to life.

"...Directed by: Mark Rosman. Starring: Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear, Chris Noth, Mike O’Malley, Vanessa Lengies, Ben Feldman..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Yes Men

The Yes Men are a couple of prankster activists whose target in this movie is the World Trade Organization.

"...and Chris Smith. Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum are the Yes Men. They’re a couple of prankster activists who,..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Public Eye

"...an idea as it was casting Joe Pesci as the great freelance photographer Weegee, whose brutally realistic tabloid photos..."

Oct. 23, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Duke of Burgundy

This character study of mistress-and-servant lesbian role-playing is gratifying without being sexually explicit.

"...rendings, and endings. So too, it turns out, are the romantic foibles of those who would corset their emotions..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Armstrong Lie

What's a filmmaker to do with all the footage shot during Lance Armstrong's inspirational bicycling comeback in 2009 but reshape it into a documentary about a sports hero who couldn't stop lying?

"...People think that their inner bullshit detectors are finely tuned instruments that protect..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet

A lovely, enthralling examination of the Paris Opera Ballet from Frederick Wiseman.

"...Directed by: Frederick Wiseman. In his fly-on-the-wall examination of the world-class Paris Opera Ballet, Wiseman travels..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Georges Melies never saw the Apollo astronauts tee off on the moon, but the..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

South for the Marijuana

The gringo travels to Mexico in search of weed and wisdom.

"...After you cross the international bridge you turn right and follow the railroad..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Austin Avalanche of Rock & Roll!

When IRS Records' 'The Cutting Edge' Came to Town and Made Me Want to, Too

"..."They say that 90 people a day move to Austin...."

March 16, 2001 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

The Original Kings of Comedy

"...Directed by: Spike Lee. Starring: Bernie Mac, Cedric The Entertainer, D.l. Hughley and Steve Harvey. Spike Lee's new..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

With PBS' Point of View (POV) documentary series, columnist Belinda Acosta has found a place where her ideals about the medium collide with reality.

"...It started with Katie Couric's shoes. The girl has fabulous shoes, shoes that I "ooh" and..."

June 16, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Land of the Freberg

Interview with radio-comedy pioneer Stan Freberg

"...At the grand old age of 78 years, most folks are..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

The Broken Spoke’s Terri White & More Featured on Queer Eye

Locally-filmed reality show picks three Austin music subjects

"...The cast of Netflix’s Queer Eye made unexpectedly long stays..."

Jan. 2, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

One for the Money

Heigl plays bounty hunter Stephanie Plum in this adaptation of the first book in Janet Evanovich's bestselling crime series.

"...Directed by: Julie Anne Robinson. Starring: Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, John Leguizamo, Daniel Sunjata, Sherri Shepherd,..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

The Women's Realm

"...Mary-Louise Parker, and Kyra Sedgwick are a few of the first-string players headlining series in what could be called..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

By the Book

Recent Fiction and Nonfiction Reviewed

"...The Eye of Horus: A Novel of Suspenseby Carol Thurston..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Books Feature by Adrienne Martini

Ghost in the Shell

Scar Jo as cybernetic warrior

"...The inevitable live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s groundbreaking manga and..."

April 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story

An Austin woman confronts Internet cruelty with compassion

"...You’ve probably noticed, and I know I’m stating the obvious here, but the Internet can be an incredibly..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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