Son of Rambow

Amid this endearing story about two boys in Eighties England who join together to make their own Rambo movie, lies an uncommon, unaffected portrayal of young male intimacy.

"...a strict (and unspecified) religious sect in the early-Eighties, young Will Proudfoot (Milner) is a runty innocent mourning the..."

May 16, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Zeppelin 3

"...“Free trip to Norway,” read the email subject line. That got my attention. So did frostbite..."

March 28, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Wednesday Sleepers

The 'Chronicle' says see these SXSW acts directly afterwards

"...without sacrificing its strong southern roots. The L.A.-based soul man is a left-handed guitar slinger but also put in..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

Left Behind

AISD moves to close Webb Middle School – and transfer the "merchandise"

"...United States and calls on one of the students, Mañuel...."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

FronteraFest 2007: The lowdown

"...This year's Short Fringe – the traditional showcase of performances 25 minutes or less – runs Jan. 16 through..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Arts Feature

This Be an Empty World Without the Blues

Sometimes a sandwich – and its maker – is a hero

"...I needed to start a 32-year friendship with the man who did as much for Austin as anyone I've..."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week"Hoy marchamos, mañana votamos" – Rallying cry of Monday's pro-immigration protesters...."

April 14, 2006 News Feature

A Dream Pursued

The Young Eight is showing the world of classical music what it means to be young, gifted, and black

"...Making it in classical music is no waltz in the..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pregnant Fantasy, Primal Scream

SXSW's Japan Nite turns 10

"...and Thee Michelle Gun Elephant have helped establish Austin's landmark music festival as a U.S. beachhead for Japanese artists...."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

'Secuestro Express'

Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'

"...from his home in Caracas, and Avellán from the Troublemakers Studio in Austin, where she works with her husband,..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King

Secuestro Express

This Venezuelan film about the kidnappings that are endemic in Caracas bursts with stylish technique and gruesome tension.

"...Directed by: Jonathan Jakubowicz. Starring: Mía Maestro, Rubén Blades, Carlos Julio Molina, Pedro Perez, Carlos Madera..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM

Happiness costs. I know better now than to indulge this happiness, but still I drive on and I can't or won't stop. It isn't right that I and my Chevy, and you and your car, eat up the world's resources at the rate we do. We're driving in sin.

"...lifted off my father; it would descend again, and remain all his days, but for this one night it..."

May 27, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Touching All Those Hands

Remembering Boyd Vance, his life and legacy

"...knew the Boyd Vance of the working week, the man who ran Pro Arts Collective, or the Boyd Vance..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Memoriam: Boyd Vance

Boyd Vance, founder and director of Pro Arts Collective, acclaimed musical theatre performer, and leader in nurturing and promoting African-American arts for a quarter of a century, has died

"...school at St. Stephen's Episcopal. Five years later, he made an auspicious debut on the Paramount Theatre stage in..."

April 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Looking Like Texas

District 51's Eddie Rodriguez represents the future of the state's people and policies

"...of the 2003 congressional donnybrook) displaced former Rep. Glen Maxey, who responded by recruiting his young aide – Rodriguez..."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Line Dancing

Austin's Michael Arthur has made an improbable career out of drawing theatre and dance companies in rehearsal

"...Many a young artist has aspired to follow in the..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...way out to avoid Governor Pinhead's "No new taxes" mantra...."

Jan. 28, 2005 Column

Eat, Memory

The food staff on their fondness for holidays past: epiphanies, friendship, near-disaster, disaster, and always a full plate

"...I became part of a close-knit, hodge-podge group of young friends from many different backgrounds. What we had in..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap

Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions on water plan

"...us knowledge and wisdom and understanding, that we might make good and godly decisions that will bless our customers..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

New Elf in Town

Flaming Idiot Rob Williams trades his torches for the pointy little slippers of David Sedaris' department-store elf in 'The Santaland Diaries'

"...guy to headlining star. A pair of pointy ears made Orlando Bloom into a Middle-earth dream date for millions..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dogville

Lars von Trier's new film is both masterful and misanthropic.

"...Directed by: Lars von Trier. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, James Caan, Patricia Clarkson, Jeremy Davies, Ben..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Reviews

"...Haute Tension D: Alexandre Aja; with Cécile de France, Maïwenn le Besco, Philippe Nahon, Oana Pellea..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Catch That Kid

Kids commit heist – all for a good cause.

"...Directed by: Bart Freundlich. Starring: Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot, Jennifer Beals, Sam Robards, John Carroll Lynch, James..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'The New Yorker,' My Mother, and Me

An Austin writer courses through her favorite magazine's festival circuits.

"...cover to cover when it comes, always have," says Ma, a retired physician. "There were years when I didn't..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Books Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the artist (the first two times in the Austin American-Statesman). In fact, there is no implication that there was..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Column

Jimmie and Georgia

At their Southern Dinette, family-style soul food took on a whole new meaning.

"...few blocks east of the interstate. A carload of young white guys cruising that corridor in those days often..."

July 4, 2003 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Sheet Music

Summer Reading

"...a Georgia slave and her plantation owner, not only manufactured "the Sound of Young America" like Fords off the..."

June 6, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TCB

Are you ready for the fallout?

"...band's first album since 1999's 13, is due in May, and that scarcely a month after SXSW, Blur is..."

March 7, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

What's in a Face?

A lot, Mike Woolf discovered while making his short doc 'Growin' a Beard' -- and especially If the face Has got whiskers on the chin and Jowls

"...At the end of the Shamrockers' dirgelike track "Hangman Drums," Kevin Russell erupts into a fumarole of guttural..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

The Quiet American

"...Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Tzi Ma, Robert Stanton, Holmes Osborne and Pham Thi Mai Hoa...."

Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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