The Unknown Country

Lily Gladstone takes a road trip through small, meaningful stories

"...After the death of her grandmother, Tana returns to visit the Oglala Lakota reservation for..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Anime adaptation of bittersweet romance adds a little honeyed soap

"...unnamed disease or accident, she’s basically housebound by a grandmother who confuses love with control, and who hires a..."

July 9, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Rebuild the Guild

Michael Yates and his fellow artisans bring new life to Austin's cadre of craft

"...of Austin Artisans is building a coffin for his grandmother. She's the one who commissioned it...."

Oct. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sister Bobbie

'Sister Bobbie' puts the 'Family' in Willie Nelson and Family

"...Hotel. "My grandfather loved the gospel singing, and my grandmother was really active in the church and was a..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Raising Victor Vargas

"...Victor’s sexual coming-of-age is his emotional maturation. His Dominican grandmother is raising Victor and his brother and sister on..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Home Grown

Why Chef Louis Lambert's Palate Is a Product of his Texas Roots

"...interest in food, but his visits to his paternal grandmother's home in Port Arthur cemented it. His family there..."

April 26, 2002 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Elizabeth Morris: 100 Years of Memories in Austin

Of back porches, corrupt politicians, and fireworks at Zilker Park

"...in East Austin each evening and listening to their grandmother’s stories. That grandmother came to Texas from Alabama as..."

April 5, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

"We Know Who We Are. We Know What We Want."

In this inaugural exhibition at W&TW's new permanent home, nine artists provide an inquiry of breadth and depth

"...is also summoned. Lauren Cross brings forward from her grandmother's time Black women – specifically religious Black women –..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Five Fantastic Options for Filipino Cuisine in Austin

Finding family via bold and delicious feasts

"...I consider it to be an inheritance from my grandmother. She used to have a small business in our..."

June 25, 2021 Food Feature by Adam Wood

Exhibitionism

"...MY VISITS WITH MGM (MY GRANDMOTHER MARTA): SURVIVING IN AMERICA..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Arts Review

Southern Comfort

Homestyle Eats in a Post-Virginia's World

"...cornbread, bringing back memories of summer meals at my grandmother's table. A cinnamon-scented bowl of peach cobbler topped off..."

June 6, 1997 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Final Destination Bloodlines

Death comes for us all (again) in the popular horror franchise

"...Iris’ granddaughter. Stefani is plagued by visions of her grandmother’s death – only it wasn’t her death, because Iris..."

May 16, 2025 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Thelma

A nonagenarian seeks revenge after being scammed

"...happens to so many old people (including Margolin’s own grandmother), she gets scammed. It’s that modern variant of a..."

June 21, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Petite Maman

Magical French tale is a strange tribute to Totoro

"...her mother’s childhood home after the death of her grandmother, Petite Maman is kin to Sciamma’s Tomboy, a perfect..."

May 6, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Sator

Occult horror will hold you in its dark, subtle spell

"...malevolent woodland titular specter being the name that his grandmother (Peterson, playing a version of herself here) gave to..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jeany's Ginger Elixir Is "The Caribbean in a Bottle"

Varied flavors put you on island time

"...the flavors of home, especially the fresh juices her grandmother made. Jeany's Ginger Elixir was born many recipe tests..."

July 24, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Austin Chefs Share Their Holiday Traditions

Try something completely different this year

"...to the perpetrator, Hilbert wrote, "I thought of my great-grandmother's hands breaking challah, rolling egg noodles with a broomstick,..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Day Trips

Texas-born Pulitzer Prize-winning author Katherine Anne Porter left a literary legacy

"...with three other siblings to live with her paternal grandmother in Kyle, south of Austin...."

Dec. 18, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

'May the Passenger Pigeon Sing Thee to Thy Rest'

Second-Place Winner

"...My grandmother told me that the passenger pigeon traveled in flocks..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Perry Tyson Midkiff II

Under the Same Moon

The film's parallel stories of a mother and son seeking each other across geographical divides is never more than one small step away from mawkishness and cliché – but as a sociological study, it’s fascinating.

"...hasn’t been back since. Now Carlitos lives with his grandmother and waits for Sundays, when Rosario calls him from..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Georgia Rule

Despite the presence of three acting powerhouses – Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, and Lindsay Lohan – this movie about three generations of "difficult" women never rings true.

"...park her for the summer with her with her grandmother Georgia (Fonda) in a small Idaho town rife with..."

May 11, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Night Journal

Though the structure of Elizabeth Crook's The Night Journal could be labeled with lit-crit buzzwords like 'mise en abyme' and metafiction, the best descriptor available for it is the slightly awkward 'story-within-a-story'

"...The titular journals are those of the protagonist Meg's great-grandmother, Hannah. The relationship between the characters allows for some..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Books Review by Jess Sauer

In Her Shoes

Even if these Shoes are not perfectly stitched, the fit is nevertheless comfortable and the look is polished.

"...assisted living community in Florida where Ella (MacLaine), the grandmother she never knew she had, lives. While there, her..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Triplets of Belleville

Move over Disney and Pixar: Sylvain Chomet’s Oscar-nominated animated feature is the kind of work that could only be authored by a singular individual.

"...hints). The story is one of a boy, his grandmother, and his dog, and a dream of riding in..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Mongolian Tale

"...story of two children raised by a nurturing surrogate grandmother. A boy and a girl, everyone assumes they will..."

Jan. 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Greenfingers

"...gets, moments before opening a birthday present, when your grandmother leans over and confides, “I knitted that myself, you..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton

"...a former sharecropper, is the 62-year-old mother of 11, grandmother of 38, and great-grandmother of 15 who, as the..."

Sept. 6, 2001 Movie Review by Anne S. Lewis

Potluck at the Pedernales

'Chronicle' Cuisine Writers Prepare a Feast

"...This recipe comes from my mother's grandmother, my great-grandmother Hudson, who passed it down to my..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Kikujiro

"...just begun and Masao, who lives alone with his grandmother, is lonely because all the other kids have gone..."

June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Color of Paradise

"...children to the home the boy shares with his grandmother (Feyzi), two sisters (Sharifi, Safari), and his father (Mahjoob)...."

June 9, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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