The Wine Enthusiast

June Rodil's passion for wine has shaped her career and the way Austin drinks

"...birthday and she's spending part of it cloistered in the Napol­e­on Room at Jeffrey's, taking a break from receiving,..."

June 27, 2014 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

The Revisionaries

When it comes to choosing public-school textbooks, what happens in Texas is of national concern – and this documentary captures these culture wars in full bloom.

"...As goes Texas, so goes the nation – at least that’s true in the matter..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Grey

Bloodthirsty wolves and the brutalizing Alaskan elements conspire against a band of airplane crash survivors.

"...It’s men vs. wolves in The Grey and the only dancing that occurs in this..."

Feb. 3, 2012 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

Zing Went the Strings (and Horns)

The Music Poll ruffles feathers

"...Taylor wrote me an email last week, complaining about the absence of categories for strings and horns in the..."

Jan. 26, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney puts the famed journalist, icon, and myth Hunter S. Thompson before his lens and comes away with a telling portrait of the man and his era.

"...by: Alex Gibney. It would hardly be surprising if the most brazen and incisive words ever spoken by Hunter..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Life Before Her Eyes

Although Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood deliver strong performances, this film from the director of House of Sand and Fog is a muddled affront.

"...experienced a Columbine-style rampage in her high school, and the upcoming 15th anniversary of that massacre is making her..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Spiderwick Chronicles

This children's fantasy holds a lot of emotional promise but get waylaid by an overabundance of CGI effects.

"...David Strathairn, Seth Rogen, Martin Short and Sarah Bolger. The advent of computer-generated imaging is a mixed blessing for..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Astros Defeat the Express, 6-4, in Round Rock

"...frequenting bars and nightclubs, hanging out with musicians and other people who think the sun is only a rumor,..."

March 30, 2007 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

The Grudge 2

Japanese director Shimizu may be the only director in history to have helmed a pair of Hollywood remakes of his two biggest hit films and managed to screw up both of them.

"...Fuji and Sarah Roemer. Japanese director Shimizu may be the only director in history to have helmed a pair..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Keeping Up With the Steins

This story about one-upmanship while staging a bar mitzvah in L.A., should, by all rights, be very funny, but, sadly, it is not.

"...sadly, but by this day and age, everyone from the Taliban to the RAHOWA skinheads to Deepak Chopra and..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dying Gaul

Playwright and screenwriter Craig Lucas debuts as a director of his own material with this nasty little story about interpersonal deceptions and Hollywood ethics.

"...Clarkson and Campbell Scott. Playwright and screenwriter Craig Lucas (The Secret Lives of Dentists, Reckless, Prelude to a Kiss,..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Greatest Game Ever Played

The improbable but true triumph of 19-year-old amateur American golfer Francis Ouimet at the 1913 U.S. Open is given the David and Goliath treatment.

"...violent directing debut, Frailty, to this period piece about the improbable but true triumph of a 19-year-old amateur American..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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

K-19: The Widowmaker

"...Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Christian Camargo and Joss Ackland. In the wake of last August's Russian naval disaster -- during..."

July 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Son's Room

"...accidental death leaves his family members struggling to find the means of coping with their grief in The Son's..."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Count of Monte Cristo

"...random twist of fate, but for a while during the first half of this, the umpteenth recent retooling of..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Legend of Bagger Vance

"...by: Robert Redford. Starring: Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Bruce Mcgill, Joel Gretsch, J. Michael Moncrief, Peter Gerety,..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Replacements

"...Langton, Gene Hackman and Keanu Reeves. Everybody loves underdogs. Their stories inspire timeless tales, those of individuals who defy..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Eye of the Beholder

"...time after viewing a midmorning press screening of Elliott's (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) new film..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Source

"...know it, you're probably already familiar with some of the work of director Chuck Workman. He's the one who's..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The General's Daughter

"...time every year, Hollywood invites us to watch as the military's dress-white cloak of honor and rectitude is ripped..."

June 26, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Castle

"...Directed by: Rob Sitch. Starring: Wayne Hope, Tiriel Mora, Charles Tingwell, Anthony Simcoe, Sophie Lee,..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Walk on the Moon

"...Anna Paquin, Liev Schreiber, Viggo Mortensen and Diane Lane. The summer of '69 … the summer the whole nation..."

April 9, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Thief

"...Chukhrai. Starring: Vladimir Mashkov, Eketerina Rednikova and Misha Philipchuk. The theme explored in the Oscar-nominated Russian film The Thief..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Big Lebowski

A case of mistaken identity embroils the supremely go-with-the-flow character of the Dude (Bridges) in an intersecting mix of kidnapping, pornography, German nihilists, sultry women, gumshoes, missing money, and missing toes.

"...Buscemi, John Turturro, David Huddleston and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The Coen Brothers -- Joel and Ethan -- go for..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Only Thrill

"...Lawrence. For Reece McHenry (Shepard) and Carol Fritzsimmons (Keaton), the love they share has been the defining characteristic --..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Wings of the Dove

"...Alison Elliott, Charlotte Rampling, Elizabeth Mcgovern and Michael Gambon. The Wings of the Dove is yet another in a..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Year of the Horse

"...purebred rock & roll band is still deep in the trenches, slogging through tour after tour and producing some..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Watermelon Woman

An African-American lesbian filmmaker struggles entertainingly to find antecedents.

"...lesbian filmmaker struggling to find antecedents or self-reflections in the history and artifacts of cinema's first century, you'll come..."

July 18, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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