The Last Days of Chez Nous

"...Australian film from director Armstrong (My Brilliant Career, Mrs. Soffel) presents a microcosmic story of an extended family in..."

May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Flower of My Secret

This florid film comes across like Almodóvar riffing on Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant and Douglas Sirk's (Imitation of Life). The story about a writer who is dissatisfied with her life marks the return of Almodovar's dark, delicious humor.

"...and have been missing the fun and entertaining Almodóvar of his halcyon years with films such as Women on..."

April 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM: The Inevitability of the Unexpected

The unexpected always happens

"...as the past, but really, it is a mode of behavior, the collective behavior of human beings romping with..."

March 25, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Force of Circumstance

Houston honky-tonks + Americana surrealism = Robert Ellis

"...In the back gallery room of the Menil Collection in Houston, Robert Ellis stares at..."

June 3, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Wisdom of Years

Whatever Way the Wind Blows

"...was finishing high school, a friend left a tape of Palermo's rockabilly band, the Vibrato Bothers, in Willis' car..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Sarah's Key

Two parallel stories from different eras intertwine and inform each other in this film based on Tatiana de Rosnay’s best-selling novel.

"...act, since one story is set amid the atrocities of the Holocaust and the other concerns a journalist in..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Common Law

Annulment – as if the marriage never happened?

"...if I get an annulment then it's like the marriage never happened?..."

June 30, 2006 Column by Luke Ellis

Texas Supreme Court Considers Same-Sex Divorce

Should Austin couple married out of state be granted divorce here?

"...a divorce, must the state actually recognize a couple's marriage? And, does the Texas Attorney General have the right..."

Nov. 5, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Common Law

Annulment – as if the marriage never happened?

"...As last week's "Common Law" discussed, lots of people understand the basics of divorce but know very..."

July 7, 2006 Column by Luke Ellis

Girl in a Band: Kim Gordon

Q&A with Sonic Youth bassist about her new memoir

"...Gordon played bass in Sonic Youth. All but three of them she spent married to bandmate Thurston Moore, a..."

Feb. 26, 2015 Music Post by Neph Basedow

That's a Wrap

Notes From the Austin Film Festival and Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference

"...The meaning of the title eludes me; in fact, I suggest the..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Improvising Every Second

The secret history of Austin Circle of Theaters director Latifah Taormina, from Second City to the Committee and beyond

"...you meet brings with them an entire novel's worth of stories. It's the discovery of that narrative we stumble..."

March 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Lowell Bartholomee

Into the "Not Done"

The Dances of Jean Fogel Zee

"...Jean Fogel Zee wants to show you glimpses of God. The Austin artist wants each member of her..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Arts Feature

Zimmerman Sues City

District 6 Council member challenges campaign finance law

"...U.S. District Court requesting an injunction against the city of Austin’s campaign finance restrictions. Zimmerman wants to end the..."

July 28, 2015 News Post by Michael King

No, Really. I Can't Quit You.

State tries to block gay divorce

"...Same-sex marriage is banned in Texas, and that means same sex..."

Dec. 24, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

DVDs

This 1951 film about a middle-class Japanese family trying to arrange a marriage for their 'aging' 28-year-old daughter is considered one of Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu's most characteristic

"...about a middle-class Japanese family trying to arrange a marriage for their "aging" 28-year-old daughter is considered one of..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

SXSW Film & TV Festival Announces Jury & Special Awards

Bob Trevino Likes It, Grand Theft Hamlet win top prizes

"...Southwest announced the 2024 Jury and Special Award winners of the 31st SXSW Film & TV Festival...."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Jon Dee Graham

"...are how I work things out." At the time of his solo debut – after two decades being Everyone..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Music Review by Tim Stegall

Levitation Interviews

Sat., 6:15pm, Elevation Amphitheater

"...bassist Kim Gordon announced their separation after 27 years of marriage. The art-rock act's dissolution swiftly trailed...."

April 29, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Cram Session

Catching up on the first three seasons of Friday Night Lights

"...isn't a terrible place to jump in: A lot of the series' high school-aged characters have graduated and been..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Goose & the Gander

The Rise and Recover and what it's like to live like a rock star – sometimes

"...across the alley, the line spills into a pool of young men with younger women latched onto scrawny arms...."

Jan. 21, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Summer Reading

Reviewing the Central Market Cooking School

"...University of California Press, 256 pp., $24.95 (to be released in..."

May 26, 2006 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Nine Essential Albums From Willie Nelson’s 90 Years

Wishing the Texas outlaw icon a Willie nice birthday

"...ambassador won’t be gone for long: The 50th anniversary of his storied 4th of July Picnic concert lands at..."

April 28, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Texans Can't Divorce While Pregnant, Can Use IVF for Now

Divorce, fertility, and Dobbs: What's up?

"...wrap their heads around the immediate and long-term consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision in June, eliminating..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Austin Film Festival Brings Paul Dano's Wildlife to Town

The actor becomes director with literary family drama

"...whose metaphorical milkshake gets drunk in the closing moments of There Will Be Blood. Or maybe as the young..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Future Was in Toronto

Toronto International Film Festival showcased the fall's big films

"...Every September, after the close of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), we begin to..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Le Soleil

The vast majority of the customers are Vietnamese, which is something we love to see

"...Sunflower Vietnamese Restaurant with his wife, and with the dissolution of their marriage, Tommy opened Le Soleil on his..."

May 13, 2005 Food Review by Mick Vann

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Austin girds its loins for its biennial journey up Granite Mountain.

"...Some time back, the crack investigative reporter (what kind of crack, we're not sure) at one of the local..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

A Small Green Cow

He Waits and Watches Quietly as the World Moves On Around Him

"...These days he is surrounded by a veritable menagerie of inanimate animals: a curious plastic penguin, a solemn stuffed..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Jay Hardwig

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week: "We try to create a house that..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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