More Flava Than Juicy Fruit

Wednesday Night SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...masterful guitar playing, and wonderful songs belie her relatively young age. Most recently, she was chosen as the opening..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature

The Wizards of Austin's Webzines Behind the Curtains

"...there's Andy Dillon, founder of "Austin Unscene" (http://www.austinunscene.com), a young webzine looking to scoop some of Austin's alternative stories,..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Sam Martin

Censorship 101

"...play an instrument and form a band and some young girl who has chosen to remove her clothes for..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Column

Reissues

"...introduced to the music of Frank Zappa at a younger age than most, through used albums with strange-sounding titles..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

What's Left of the Dial

Adults, Alternatives, and Anniversaries

"...like Joan Armatrading, or too loud, like the angry young Elvis Costello, struggled for years to get heard on..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Music Feature

I Saw the TV Glow

Probes the mystery behind an Are You Afraid of the Dark?-like children’s show

"...anyone who sensed something different in themselves at a young age, but didn’t have the language or anyone who..."

May 10, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Chevalier

Fascinating life story of the Black knight is foiled by its own polemic

"...bow and fencing saber with the swagger of a young man who thinks he’s invincible. As played by Kelvin..."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Cha Cha Real Smooth

The pains of growing up in this touching portrayal of post-college love

"...little out of their age range. Andrew's great with younger teens but short on adult friends. Domino's younger than..."

June 17, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Many Saints of Newark

Nothing holy about this Sopranos prequel

"...most engrossing. Fervent fans will be pleased to revisit younger versions of the Soprano crew schmoozing, cruising, and –..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Beth Sullivan

The Djinn

The dangers of a wish coming true in this childhood horror

"...balanced on the shelf in the apartment into which young Dylan (Dewey) and his late night AM soft rock..."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sundance Review: Cusp

Texas documentary raises and struggles with questions of consent

"...together, her boyfriend would complain and joke about how young she was, until one day it didn’t matter to..."

Feb. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Selome Hailu

Beautiful Something Left Behind

The hard path to healing when kids suffer a death in the family

"...mortality as viewed through the eyes of the very young. (The film was shot before the advent of the..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Abominable

A lot of fuzz and cuteness, but not much else to this yeti jaunt

"...apartment building of his rooftop refuge. The trio of young enablers are familiar types: Yi (Bennet), an independent-minded teenage..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Zach Theatre's Matilda the Musical

With its memorable characters and energetic performances, this production connects adults with their inner child

"...that children often dream of the day they'll become adults – free of bedtimes, homework, and overbearing authority figures..."

April 19, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Penguin Highway

A wonderful anime adventure into childhood ... with lots of adorable penguins

"...In a small Japanese town, Aoyoma (Kita) is a young genius – or rather, smart enough to know that,..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

It

This Stephen King adaptation floats with the best of them

"...but equally spellbinding novella and film, the protagonists are young kids, the dual themes are loss of innocence and..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beyond the Lights

A popular singer finds the courage to be herself with the help of a friendly cop.

"...a deft touch. Take, for instance, the introduction of young Noni (Jean-Jacques) belting out Nina Simone’s “Blackbird” with amazing..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

We Are the Best!

Lukas Moodysson gives us a captivating portrait of 13-year-old proto-punk girls in 1982 Sweden.

"...acknowledges at its start – an overlapping din of adults prattling on about politics and divorce. The occasion is..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...eye wash; eye masks, contact lens solution, gauze bandages, adult diapers, arthritis gel, #2 size baby diapers, Benadryl, razors,..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Childhood's End

A certain boy whose permanent address is Neverland has been buzzing Austin quite a bit this spring, and here are some thoughts on why Peter Pan is so much in the air these days.

"...at UT's Performing Arts Center all descending on Shakespeare's young lovers within a few months of each other; now,..."

May 10, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Time for Drunken Horses

Iranian masterpiece of Kurdish life.

"...with the sound of an off-camera interview between an adult voice and Ameneh (Ameneh Ekhtiar-dini), the young Kurdish girl..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Magnolia

Sprawling, meaning-laden spectacle from the director of Boogie Nights.

"...(Cruise), who's apparently spent the better part of his adult life as a sick and venal self-help guru, advising..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...to promote the Callner Music compilation of songs by adult film stars released earlier this year. Although this pedigree..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Exhibitionism

"...strokes, is also a vase — an optical illusion. Young Picasso has intensely expressive eyes and a two-toned face...."

Dec. 19, 1997 Arts Review

Children of the Revolution

"...married to Welch out of necessity) gives birth to young Joe (played as an adult by Roxburgh), who grows..."

May 23, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Losing Chase

"...another, alternately enraging and puzzling her husband and two young sons. After a particularly public and frightening “scene” atop..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Gay Place

You can't help but notice that adult proms are all the rage

"...(and last) and you can't help but notice that adult proms are all the rage for promoters and fundraisers..."

May 27, 2016 Column

Fairness, Consistency, Safety

Rosemary Lehmberg defends her record

"...And we have an important drug court in the adult system that has now served, oh, 3,100 people and..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

God Bless This Mess

The AFS Texas Documentary Tour: Doug Block's '51 Birch Street'

"...articulates the reaction of each of the groom's three adult offspring: "After 54 years of marriage to my mother,..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Adult Rodeo

"...Adult RodeoLong-Range, Rapid-Fire (Four States Fair) Out in the hinterlands..."

March 9, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Hess

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