At Play in the Fields of the Lord

"...John Lithgow, Kathy Bates, Daryl Hannah and Tom Waits. The ponderous At Play in the Fields of the Lord..."

Jan. 24, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lee Isaac Chung Recalls Growing Up in the Fields of Minari

New family drama speaks to a different kind of immigration story

"...Korean immigrant, accuracy is everything - even down to the details of farm life. In fact, especially those. He..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Iron Orchard

Texas wildcatter literary classic is a sometimes too-faithful adaptation

"...In 1966, Edmund Pendleton Van Zandt Jr. published The Iron Orchard, a lightly fictionalized tell-all book about the..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Blue Kite

"...Pu Quanxin. Chinese director Tian Zhuangzhuang's early films (On the Hunting Ground, Horse Thief) have been compared to the..."

Sept. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Keeping Room

Slow-burn thriller is a Western with a feminist slant

"...Two Union soldiers deliriously scout in advance of the infamous march of William Tecumseh Sherman, which set the..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Keepin' Up With the Jones Family

The Jones Family Singers hear the spirit speak in Austin

"...September 2005: Hurricane Rita is threatening to postpone the fourth annual Austin City Limits Music Festival. At the..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Art Fights the Power

The Liberating Artwork of Malaquías Montoya

"...I Pledge Berkeley, California,1968: The Chicano Movement is born. Cesar Chavez and his newly..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

The Best CBD Capsules and Pills for Pain

The benefits of the CBD capsules seem to be endless

"...become an essential part of many individuals’ wellness routine. The wide range of health benefits that this hemp extract..."

May 14, 2020 Chron Events Post

The Green Mile

"...Sam Rockwell, Barry Pepper and Harry Dean Stanton. Oh, the time and money we all could have saved had..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Shape of Jazz to Come

The Ornette Coleman Quartet is coming to the Bass Concert Hall

"...rare date with Neil Young and has now upped the ante with the announcement of its 2010-11 season. Highlights..."

April 14, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Daily Hustle: 12/6/10

Meet Police Monitor candidates tomorrow

"...Finalists for Police Monitor have been narrowed from the original six to four. And tomorrow, the public can..."

Dec. 6, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Let's Go Hide in the Delightful Designer Forts of Fortlandia

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center brings back its fancy forts right when we need them

"...If the wildflowers can still spring up in a year like..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dar Williams, In the Time of Gods

Mythic themes – Pete Seeger as ‘Storm King’ – in everyday life

"...hasn’t played in Central Texas since 2008. That was the last time she toured with a new album. Sunday..."

Dec. 11, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Praise From the 'Predators' Premiere

How home-town talent made sequel possible

"...It may have been the presence of Oscar-winner Adrien Brody that generated the press..."

July 8, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

More Dope Chinese, Wheatsville Brings the Curbside, Kyoten Sushiko Shutters

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

"...culled from numerous PR releases, official posts, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Sept. 30, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Critics Table's Grand Tales

The winners of the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Anyone who has attended previous awards ceremonies hosted by the Austin Critics Table – most often, lengthy affairs that..."

June 4, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Critics Table's Crème de la Crème

The winners of the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The crowd could hardly compete with the one packed into..."

June 5, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Tides of March

Ready for a blue wave in November's midterms? That'll depend on the race.

"...The quadrennial challenge for state Democrats is finding the perfect..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Tilling the Soil of Tomorrow

How one design firm is tackling technology gaps to build the farm of the future

"...When Simone Wittmann and Federico Lameri found themselves on a small farm in West Africa last summer,..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Clairvoyant

Iron Maiden, Brent Grulke, Billy Joe Shaver (& Lester Bangs)

"...I lost my wallet in Poland last October – the night we returned to Krakow from Auschwitz. That put..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Developing Stories: Protecting the Waterfront (Part 2)

Council vote to determine future of waterfront

"...Storm waters continue to swirl around the redrafted Waterfront Overlay Ordinance, set for a possibly lively..."

May 1, 2009 News Column by Katherine Gregor

London Fields

Buried crime drama finally emerges after legal scandals

"...Directed by: Mathew Cullen. Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Amber Heard, Jim Sturgess,..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Movie Review

The Gatekeeper

"...Brooks and Joe Pasqual. John Carlos Frey pulls off the proverbial hat-trick in his low-budget indie film The Gatekeeper...."

July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Man From Elysian Fields

"...or is Mick Jagger turning into John Hurt? In The Man From Elysian Fields, Jagger plays Luther Fox, the..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields

The work of this elusive songwriter and curmudgeonly frontman of the Magnetic Fields is examined in this sympathetic documentary.

"...think Stephin Merritt was going to cozy up to the camera and reveal his deepest-darkest, did you? This is,..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Feel the Burn

Austin author and wildland firefighter Mary Pauline Lowry takes readers inside the fire line in her novel Wildfire

"...of interesting jobs. She's worked in construction, and with the Texas Council for Family Violence. She is a women's..."

July 24, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

The Egg & I

How an experimental treatment for major depression introduced me to the medical magnet and the return of 'energetic' medicine

"...on my back in a dimly lit room on the seventh floor of a Dallas research hospital. A device..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

The Gospel According to Lee Fields

Soul man tells it all ahead of Saturday’s ice cream social

"...of sweet soul music topped by soul survivor Lee Fields, 67. His “Honey Dove” is a confection so pure..."

June 22, 2018 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The New World

Instead of a great story about the conflicted origins of the American nation, Terrence Malick interrupts his transcendental observations for a dopey love story between John Smith and Pocahontas.

"...Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, August Schellenberg, Wes Studi, David Thewlis, Raoul Trujillo and Irene Bedard. As the camera moves..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...liked an awful lot of it. That essentially describes the reaction of the Austin Critics Table to the last..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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