The Hottest State

Ethan Hawke writes and directs this story based on his own novel about a lovesick narcissist in New York City.

"...Laura Linney, Sonia Braga, Michelle Williams and Ethan Hawke. The actor Ethan Hawke directed and adapted this movie that’s..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Life, the Universe, and Everything' Bowl

"...When you lead the Longhorns to the National College Championship, there’s bound to..."

Sept. 17, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

The Hills Have Eyes II

This sequel to last year’s remake is as witless and simpleminded as the irradiated humanoids that serve as the franchise’s bad guys.

"...Reshad Strik. This sequel to last year’s remake of the 1977 horror classic The Hills Have Eyes is as..."

March 30, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ant Bully

Childhood's fascination with all things small and squirmy makes this story of a boy who becomes an ant a pleasant, if undernourished, tale.

"...Directed by: John A. Davis. Consider the allure of the ant: Nowhere else can the budding..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Tommy Lee Jones has made a modern Western in the culturally askew tradition of Peckinpah, Huston, and Boetticher. Don't let the near-impossible-to-remember title keep you away from this singular and slightly surreal scorcher.

"...Melissa Leo, Vanessa Bauche and Levon Helm. Don't let the near-impossible-to-remember title keep you away from this singular and..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ringer

A Farrelly brothers comedy that purports to have a message about treating the intellectually challenged as regular human beings and stars Johnny "Jackass" Knoxville is about as disingenuous as a comedy that urges us to see past a person’s body size to appreciate the beauty within and stars Gwyneth Paltrow in a fat suit.

"...by: Barry W. Blaustein. Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Brian Cox, Katherine Heigl, Camille Chen, Geoffrey Arend, Bill Chott, Luis Avalos,..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Jacket

This mix of amnesia, time travel, and Adrien Brody adds up to a fairly forgettable experience.

"...Brad Renfro. Amnesia and time travel – two of the cinema’s most recurrent narrative devices – are given another..."

March 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Sauce Boss

Lauri Raymond looks back on – and forward to – the life and times of SASS dressing

"...son, Ben Raymond-Henshaw, was born at home at 1:22pm. The exact time of the birth of Sisters & Brothers..."

June 11, 2004 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Love is never having to say "I erased you."

"...David Cross. Oftentimes, love can lead to regret. In the best-case scenario, we learn from the experience and move..."

March 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Under the Tuscan Sun

Bella Italia substitutes for the Caribbean in this clunky but enjoyable version of How Frances Got Her Groove Back, starring Diane Lane.

"...Oh, Lindsay Duncan and Raoul Bova. Writer/director Wells turns the eponymous memoir by Frances Mayes into a predictable but..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Fighting Temptations

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé join the church choir.

"...marketable music – that his Vegas-showgirl drag act in the dreadful Boat Trip looks like Bressonian minimalism by contrast...."

Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Safety of Objects

"...Klein. A guitar. An antique chest. A Barbie doll. These are some of the objects that fill (but do..."

March 14, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Trials of Henry Kissinger

"...and murders? Who encourages nuclear proliferation? Who calls for the secret invasion of a country without a declaration of..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

More Than Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibition on Davy Crockett features a short stage show with the hero of the Alamo appearing live and in person. The two Austin actors who alternate in the show describe how they bring that King of the Wild Frontier to life day in and day out.

"...my ticket to see Davy Crockett in Texas at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, the register spits..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

All Over the Guy

"...is sometimes just a matter of good timing. In the romantic comedy All Over the Guy, the physical and..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Emperor's New Groove

"...Directed by: Mark Dindal. Instead of venturing out to the theatre to see the Mouse's newest, I'd have been..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Yards

"...by: James Gray. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan, Ellen Burstyn, Faye Dunaway and Steve Lawrence...."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pokémon: The First Movie

"...Directed by: Kunihiko Yuyama and Michael Haigney. There is a new definition of the term, “critic-proof movie,”..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Greil Marcus and the Mad Parade

In his book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, Greil Marcus explained punk to the world and created a bible for that music's true believers. As Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals opens its stage adaptation of Marcus' book, the author talks about the Stones, the Sex Pistols, and the "mad parade" of history.

"...have. He was finishing up his new column for the online magazine Salon and is planning a visit to..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

The Postman

"...Tom Petty. Kevin Costner tends to arouse in me the same protective instincts as the sweet old geezer who..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Daytrippers

"...in your memory long after you think you've left the theatre. The unassuming comedy is an observantly written and..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postcards from the Fringe

Guerilla Media Collective Searches For the D.I.Y. Truth

"...meet Virtual Reality on 42nd Street." That's one of the phrases Paco Nathan, president of Fringeware, Inc., has used..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Brad King

In Through the Out Door

And Vice Versa: Politicians Hit the Revolving Door

"...Governor -- admired for his intelligence and command of the issues. John Hall was praised for his integrity while..."

Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Birdcage

Based on its French predecessor, La Cage aux Folles, this American comedy tells the story of two gay men trying to pass as straight for a family gathering.

"...Folles may rest assured that Mike Nichols' adaptation of the famed French film (itself based on a French play)..."

March 8, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Before the TV series, there was the movie in which a Nineties Valley Girl discovers her true calling.

"...Candy Clark, David Arquette, Hilary Swank, Paul Reubens, Donald Sutherland and Rutger Hauer. Yup, Buffy's The Chosen One alright...."

Aug. 7, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Road to Urinetown

Composer Mark Hollmann on the show's creation and success

"...They knew it was a stinker of a title. They..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...big news. Ten years after city and county officials gathered to announce that they'd found the four men responsible..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Years of the Dead

The Mexico of now, David Garza writes, is not held only within the borders of Mexico itself. It has spread northward, re-entered its old space, in a sense. For so many of the Mexicans, displaced but still infatuated with the idea of spirit and ghost, the nation itself is a ghost in the back of the head.

"...The Years With Laura Díazby Carlos Fuentes translated by Alfred..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

The AggreGAYtor: August 8

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Branch kicks off his campaign with a kick in the head, President Obama takes a stand against Russia's pogrom,..."

Aug. 8, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Counting the Cocktails Onstage

The tally on tippling in some classic American dramas shows characters drinking to excess

"...Playwrights love to get their characters liquored up. 'Cause nothing says "Stagy self-destruction on..."

July 21, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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