Tokyo!

This triptych of short films by directors Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-ho is a gorgeous, sprawling mess.

"...Ayumi Ito, Nao Omori and Teruyuki Kagawa. Falling somewhere between the horrors of Three … Extremes and the beauties..."

April 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bishop Allen

Thursday

"...a side hug and noogie out of pure joy. Twee without being cutesy or cloying (the woozy horns of..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Friday

"...circa 1989, Brooklyn's Pure at Heart churns out precocious twee pop served sunny-side up. A fleshed-out collection of singles,..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Handicapping SXSW 09 Wednesday night showcasers

"...a decade behind them, Camera Obscura still delivers bittersweet, twee-tinged pop beyond compare, and upcoming fourth LP My Maudlin..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

SXSW Interviews

The Decemberists, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Dan Auerbach

"..."If somebody else said that, it might sound twee," chuckles the singer...."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

International Bands

Wednesday

"...Theoretical Girl (Sat., Latitude 30, 9pm) Brit-twee as f**k and twice as pretty...."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

SXSW Showcases

Friday

"...Girl, Lilys, and Whorl. 2009 marks a year of twee-vitalization (sorry) and a slew of new releases. This showcase,..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Off the Record

Grupo Fantasma gets a Grammy nod, a tribute to the Cactus Cafe's Griff Luneburg, and tripping daisies with Woozyhelmet

"...cranks out sweaty basement jams with neurotic tendencies, teetering between contagious twee pop and the abrasive guitar noise of..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Fantastic Fest: The Good, the Bad, and the Nacho

Fantastic Fest

"...with nerdy panache by Javier Gutiérrez) says, "It's a twee, epic, absurd song, like love when it's real." Viva!..."

Sept. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Rock Me Sexy Shakespeare?

Hamlet 2 didn't give us fresh legs

"...another indie comedy that regurgitated elements, from gross-out to twee to self-referential, that I'd already seen in two-dozen other..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Mister Foe

Equal parts sweet and perverse, this Scottish coming-of-age story about a teenage voyeur is unpredictable and compelling and premieres exclusively in Austin.

"...film is unpredictable in places where it might be twee, and subversively fanciful in others where it might be..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gypsy Italian Bistro

New Italian bistro on Barton Springs Road restaurant row

"...The ambience falls somewhere between the arts centers that cast their literal and figurative..."

April 18, 2008 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

Who's Running for D.A. of Bikini Bottom?

It's not what Montford says, it's where she says it

"...dogs" ad to do that, a spot so awkwardly twee that Kinky Friedman's campaign would have thought twice.) She..."

March 24, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 08 Film Reviews

"...markets, only to explode in fractal bliss. Tipper Newton's twee "The Timebox Twins" uses garage pop and Gondry-style not-so-special..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

No Kids

Saturday

"...Likely To seduced in the basement stacks. Call it Twee&B: Songs like "The Beaches All Closed" and "Bluster in..."

March 14, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Inevitable Influx

Asia, Africa, and everything after

"...should be branded on the backs of this sextet, twee Camera Obscura female harmonies floating in an easy-swaying breeze...."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Rock Out, Lady Writers

Women writers score big at the Oscars... or at least bigger than usual.

"...taking a swipe at Oliver's part in the unbearably twee, terribly disingenuous Lars... well, mostly refrain. Congratulations, ladies...."

Jan. 22, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Juno

This indie comedy is funny, smart, cool, and heartfelt, and features breakout showcases for star Ellen Page and screenwriter Diablo Cody.

"...and her irony, and you learn how to read between the lines, to the scared, confused, and royally pissed..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

August Rush

August Rush is a rather prosaic, oddly anxious, contemporary take on Oliver Twist, with Robin Williams – in nasty-man twee mode – thrown in for bad measure.

"...on Dickens' Oliver Twist, with Williams – in nasty-man twee mode, a newish one for him – thrown in..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Imperial Teen

"...of rock-up "One Two" gets perfectly sequenced, while the twee "Room With a View" unspools about as exciting as..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Off the Record goes the distance at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore; Snake Eyes Vinyl relocates; Belaire and Tacks, the Boy Disaster ship overseas; and more

"...relocate on Burnet Road, South First, or somewhere in between. "I need more support from the surrounding businesses," says..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Voxtrot Reviewed

"...and, while his songwriting is still striated with a twee angst, it's also darker and rife with an urgent..."

May 18, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Peter Bjorn & John

Trolling South by Southwest 2007

"...backed the buzz convincingly enough, PB&J's sound was sandwiched between an ambitious Britpop pomposity and more straightforward indie twee..."

March 23, 2007 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Glam X Glam West

Kate X took in some Pop Levi and now can't shake it.

"...night at the Ale House was a twitchy, twittering, twee, peg-legged, black eye-lined ponce-fest. While not quite fey enough..."

March 16, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

SXSW Showcase Picks

Spend the evening with your favorite record label.

"...melt some faces. The international influx comes from Swedish twee-popper Loney, Dear, a further reflection of broadened aural horizons..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

Loney, Dear

"...haunting his parent's basement for years, cranking out rather twee recordings that share sonic wavelengths peculiar to Brian Wilson..."

March 9, 2007 Music Review by Dan Oko

Mutual Appreciation

Writer/director/actor Bujalski has been branded the “emo Cassavetes”: His movies have an astoundingly lifelike rhythm full of small moments that only add up to something bigger later on.

"...discussion of vegetarian iron deficiency and moves on as twee popster Alan (Rice) finds a drummer (Micka) to gig..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Best of Slate: A 10th Anniversary Anthology

Why fork over $13 – or $9.97, if you use the fulfillment service on Slate.com's click-through ad – to read anything that's free online?

"...more astute. Other selections prove Slate can be as twee and irrelevant as anything in the McSweeney's cosmos (Edmund..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Books Review by Marrit Ingman

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...Patio Ultra-vivid Denver pop quartet Dressy Bessy curbs the twee and ups the sass factor on their 2005 LP,..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Belle & Sebastian

Record review

"...appear on this particular Life Pursuit: precisely layered folksy twee-pop, impeccable harmonies, and clean melodic lines. The brilliance resides..."

March 10, 2006 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

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