The Girl From Monaco

This French film is equal parts sex farce, Mai-Decembre romance, middle-aged white male fantasy, and wannabe Hitchockian intrigue.

"...Alexandre Steiger. It's impossible to say with any assurance whether The Girl From Monaco is incredibly subtle or simply..."

July 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Band of the Month: The Moonhangers

The Moonhangers give outlaw country a good name

"...As the first installment of my new (hopefully) monthly spotlight on..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Post by Darcie Stevens

For the Sick: An Interview With Michael D. Williams

A post-jail interview with Eyehategod's frontman.

"...In “Last City Zero,” the opening poem from Cancer as a Social Activity: Affirmations..."

June 20, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Going Long

Scoping Out the Long Fringe of FronteraFest 2000

"...The Off-Center..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

I Got the Hook-Up

"...Gretchen Palmer, Tommy “Tiny” Lister, Helen Martin and John Witherspoon. New Orleans' answer to Suge Knight -- minus the..."

June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

"...Portillo and Jose Alcalá. In each of our lives, there comes a time when we develop a keen sense..."

April 21, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Ref

"...Glynis Johns and Raymond J. Barry. What with all the holiday tunage on the soundtrack, and the plethora of..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jack the Bear

"...Sinise, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Andrea Marcovicci, Art Lafleur and Reese Witherspoon. Jack the Bear is a bear alright -- at..."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Can we all finally just be excellent to each other?

"...Remember when irony wasn't the prevailing mainstream mindset? The last time we saw that..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

On the Sidelines With New Documentary Fathers of Football

Bradley Beesley throws out the playbook for his high school doc

"...be called an ethnographic documentarian - filmmakers who embed themselves in a community to examine them. At the same..."

April 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Soul of the Scent

Perfume and pleasure in Alyssa Harad's 'Coming to My Senses'

"...nose into my wrist and inhaled deeply, pondering for the first time in years the perfume I’d rotely put..."

July 11, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Are We on the Edge?

Two solo shows of Gemma Wilcox show the artist's imaginative approach to theatricality, a rich sensitivity to character, and a winning sense of humor

"...Running Time: 55 min..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Going Long

Scoping Out the Long Fringe of FronteraFest 2000

"...The Off Center..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Story of Qiu Ju

"...Jun and Yang Liu Chun. Anyone ever caught in the wheels of bureaucracy will relate to Chinese director Zhang..."

July 23, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Damned in the USA

"...Rev. Donald Wildmon, Jesse Helms, Alphonse D'Amato, Andres Serrano, Luther Campbell and Lou Reed. Finally able to be seen..."

Jan. 15, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Inner Circle

"...Hoskins and Bess Meyer. Some major miscalculations got in the way of what might have been an interesting movie...."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

When the Bulleit Hits the Bon Appetit

The whiskey company brings three dimensions of win to a new frontier

"...Even if you’re not the sort of person who hangs out in bars and..."

April 2, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Boxtrolls

The third time isn't the charm for this animated film from the studio that gave us the magical Coraline and ParaNorman.

"...The third time out is decidedly not the charm for..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Return of Lila Downs

‘La Reyna’ makes another rare stop in Austin – tonight

"...Lila Downs performs with all the force of a tropical depression. On 2012’s Pecados y..."

April 9, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

This is the finest Potter film yet – darker, funnier, and more epic than everything that has come before.

"...Rhys Ifans, Jason Isaacs, Helen McCrory and Peter Mullan. "These are dark times," the Minister for Magic (Nighy) announces..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Daily Hustle: 10/11/10

House the Homeless founder now author

"...Dallas Observer columnist Jim Schutze jokingly described as “disguising the homeless as not homeless by giving them homes” –..."

Oct. 11, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Family Stone

This likable romantic comedy runs the gamut of emotions – hitting tenderness, rage, remorse, and everything in between – but there are too many characters with too little chemistry to be a real keeper.

"...sense that Sarah Jessica Parker, late of Sex and the City, would want to avoid typecasting and steer clear..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Man Who Knew Too Little

"...Joanne Whalley, Richard Wilson, Alfred Molina and John Standing. Whither Bill Murray's career? The pockmarked comedian's last substantial role..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The AggreGAYtor: January 4

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Tammy Baldwin does some swearing. Today's AggreGAYtor sticks to the rivers and lakes that it's used to...."

Jan. 4, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Up on the Sun

Defining the classic Meat Puppets sound

"...Longtime local Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets always calls..."

June 19, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Bray Wyatt: Follow the Buzzards

WWE superstar on horror, power, and the allure of the ring

"...Bray Wyatt remembers the first time he saw the fireflies. That’s when the..."

Aug. 15, 2016 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Equality Texas and the Dangers of 'Good Enough'

Sarah Davis endorsement falls short on promoting LGBT equality

"...a sign as anything that Texas still has a long way to go towards LGBT equality. Tuesday Equality Texas..."

Jan. 24, 2014 News Post by Brandon Watson

All in the Patrizi Family

New East Austin food truck culls 50 years of family values

"...typically cater to trailer truck gastronomy. It’s meant for the big table, the long time. It’s the unofficial food..."

June 5, 2013 Food Post by Chase Hoffberger

Moms the Word

Whoopi Goldberg on the black woman comic who started it all

"...inside Whoopi Goldberg. You can see for yourself when the multitalented, what-hasn't-she-done comedian/Oscar-winning actress/co-host of The View/drinkslinger on the..."

May 17, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The LuvDoc's Celebrity Corner

A chat with Meg Bodi, master of esthetics

"...Along with a dozen or so other part-time degenerates, Meg..."

Aug. 15, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

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