Evil Dead

Fans of the original horror trilogy have nothing to fear from this gory new reworking.

"...opens a book that’s been secured shut with barbed wire and flesh – a tome that followers of Raimi’s..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bringing Afghanistan Home

'Outside the Wire' collects 38 stories from the front lines

"...But the 38 contributors to Christine Leche's Outside the Wire (University of Virginia, 176 pp., $23.95) have every one..."

April 2, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Final Lineup for Old Settler’s Announced

The Hill Country’s rite of spring diversifies – again

"...Tyme Out, and locals Green Mountain Grass, Wood & Wire, and MilkDrive...."

Feb. 6, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

AFS Hosts ‘Oslo, August 31st,’ One of the Year’s Must-Sees

Joachim Trier’s second film is beautiful and brutal

"...a sudden movement might knock him off the high wire of sobriety. But as day turns to night, and..."

Dec. 4, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Turkey Chronicles: Deep Fried

Deep-frying your holiday bird

"...systems use a handle designed to hook onto a wire support or cage. Whatever system is utilized, make sure..."

Nov. 20, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

Flight

"...the in-flight entertainment. But after Flight descends from its high-wire act and becomes more earthbound, the film reshapes itself..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The House I Live In

Eugene Jarecki examines America's war on drugs and the collateral and self-inflicted damage it has caused within one African-American family.

"...families countrywide. (On the plus side, we have The Wire and Breaking Bad; the former show’s creator, David Simon,..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hornucopia

David Ash could be Bell County’s greatest gift to the ATX since Spoon

"...Cue up the Fleetwood Mac, 'cause after Saturday night's wire-to-wire thriller, I can't ... stop ... thinking about the..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Sports Column by Michael Corcoran

2 Days in New York

This ebullient domestic comedy by Julie Delpy, in which she co-stars with Chris Rock, is a follow-up to 2007’s 2 Days in Paris.

"...bliss; instead, this is a relatable rendering of the high-wire act that is juggling exes and steps, aging parents..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Words

As an examination of the writer's world, this film offers nothing new; as a romance it's not half bad.

"...ashtrays, crumpled balls of typing paper assaulting a circular, wire-mesh wastebasket, and red, red wine being consumed in great..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Hook Summer

Spike Lee returns to Brooklyn for this summer in the life of a 13-year-old.

"...grandfather he’s never met, Bishop Enoch (Peters of The Wire and Treme), pastor of the Lil’ Peace of Heaven..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Why I Binge Watch Bad TV

Who else has watched 174 hours of 'One Tree Hill.' Anyone?

"...watch “good TV” the same way. I enjoyed The Wire like any intelligent human but didn’t devour it like..."

Sept. 6, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Ambassador

With daring, gonzo filmmaking, this documentary film penetrates the blood-diamond trade in the Central African Republic.

"...well worth dissecting. But Brügger's film is also a high-wire balancing act for the filmmaker, and one that may..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Then There's This: Pool Plan Panned and Lauded

Council to consider grounds for improving Barton Springs

"...fence – with wrought iron in one section and wire mesh in another – and also a grand entry..."

Aug. 31, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

You Don’t Even Have to Go to the Movies Anymore

You really shouldn’t stop going to the movies

"...daily Statesman, which fills out their homegrown reviews with wire (meaning, reviews plucked from national sources) and The Austin..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The AggreGAYtor: August 6

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...• New study ties pupils dilation to sexuality. In..."

Aug. 6, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

From the Vaults: One From the Heart

This underrated Coppola flop is my favorite film from the Summer of 1982

"...Kinski is a circus performer who does a mind-blowing high-wire act. But as I said in my review, the..."

May 18, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Closer Look at the Paramount Lineup

Spike Lee, Amy Heckerling to present films

"...premiere of Fassbinder's 1973 sci-fi film World on a Wire; Iron & Wine's Sam Beam introducing The Third Man..."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Beef & Sage at 420

Comedy duo behind '4:20 Austin High' talk pedicabs and shorts

"..."It should have been The Wire," said Johnson, "like the first season of an HBO..."

April 20, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Gimme the Loot'

'Gimme the Loot'

"...If The Wire and The Odyssey taught us only one thing, it's..."

March 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

'Jamie Panzer: Bullshit Detector'

Panzer's tetrahedons are no bull

"...from piles of newly dug earth constrained by chicken wire, each one at the point of some imaginary equilateral..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Red Tails

George Lucas exec produced – and bankrolled – this action/drama about the historic Tuskegee Airmen.

"...aesthetic, and less attributable to director Anthony Hemingway (The Wire)...."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beetsolonely’s Top 40 of 2011

Forty songs to remember 2011 by

"...check in on revived post-punk warhorses (Gang of Four, Wire), and engage in blatant regionalism (Moonlight Towers, Flesh Lights,..."

Jan. 26, 2012 Music Post by Greg Beets

Give 'Til It Helps, Part 2

Here's Part 2 of our list, now check it twice and give to do good!

"...Wire folding crates..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

'The NFL Beat': Real Talk With Amos Lee

On 'Shady' McCoy, PPR vs. non-PPR, and more

"...this year was getting DeMarco Murray off of the wire for my flex spot. He has played the role..."

Nov. 23, 2011 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

The Stuff of 'Legend'

Words from wushu master Yuen Woo-ping

"...surprise here, another stunner. It combines digitally enhanced, high-flying wire work (à la his work in Ang Lee's Crouching..."

May 13, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Cedar Rapids

A wonderful cast turns Cedar Rapids into a semisweet charmer that fluxes between edgy comedy and palpable pathos.

"...gag at the expense of his old show, The Wire. At its center, this is a fish-out-of-water story with..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

He's Not in Wisconsin Anymore

Director Miguel Arteta on his bumpkin-in-the-big-city comedy Cedar Rapids

"...John C. Reilly (Cyrus) and Isiah Whitlock Jr. (The Wire – and to be fair, the film's side jokes..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lemmy

Motörhead founder Lemmy Kilmister is the subject of this thorough and entertaining rock & roll documentary.

"...serve to make the nimble-fingered bassist with the rusty, barbed-wire throat someone even your batty Aunt Dottie could relate..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye: Wish List

Looking back and looking forward

"...great actor whose stunning performances mostly fly under the wire. Elba first received much-deserved attention as Stringer Bell on..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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