Luxury Industry

Introducing a new head for business: Internal Affairs

"...promising time to be getting involved in a so-called “luxury industry,” but it’s never been that to me. My..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Music Post by Zoe Cordes Selbin

Lapdogs in Luxury

The NOLA adventure really begins … with some sweet digs.

Jan. 10, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Gun Shy

"...as a deep-cover agent, on the run, moving from luxury suite to luxury suite, a man alone. Troubled by..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Review: L'oca d'oro

Italian concept brings luxury without the pomp

"...to parse out what actually deserves to be called luxury. Most of what we get is ostentation. From the..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Disobedience

Rachel Weisz explores the complexities and joys of choice in Britain's Jewish communities.

"...This somber film about the luxury of human choice begins somewhat strangely: An elderly rabbi..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Chevalier

The latest playful foray from the Greek filmmaking avant-garde

"...what I do know: Six men are aboard a luxury yacht for a spear-fishing vacation in the Aegean. Soon..."

June 17, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Parental Guidance

The actors deserve credit for the professionalism they bring to this family comedy stinker.

"...same rating as its name. Just don’t expect the luxury of dozing off. Things get noisy, as you can..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Savages

Oliver Stone’s movie is volatile, nasty, hypnotic, gory, and nearly irrestible – at least when the young 'uns aren't onscreen.

"...lives with them in hedonistic, copacetic bliss in a luxury home in Laguna Beach, Calif...."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Gary Oldman is John le Carré's unflappable spy, George Smiley, in this dandy espionage tale.

"...rappelling and cool seducing that it feels like a luxury to nestle in with the staid and resolutely unsuave..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tower Heist

Sensitive to the zeitgeist of the moment, this Brett Ratner film with the A-list cast is a real people-pleaser.

"...Ben Stiller plays Josh Kovacs, the manager of a luxury condo building in Manhattan called the Tower. There, he..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Coco Before Chanel

Before she became a world-renowned brand, Coco Chanel was a girl of few prospects but with lots of pluck.

"...name became synonymous with French couture, perfumes, and other luxury goods, Gabrielle Chanel was a girl of few prospects...."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wendy and Lucy

From the director of Old Joy comes this minimalist story about a girl (the elfin Michelle Williams) and her dog getting by in society's margins.

"...that Wendy has no support system. Lucy isn’t a luxury; she’s a lifeline – Wendy’s one tie to a..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Avenue Montaigne

A young Frenchwoman moves to Paris from with nothing but the knapsack on her back and the innocent gleam in her eye.

"...Montaigne in search of a life of wonder and luxury. Never mind that she can’t afford a meal, much..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Architect

This well-meaning social drama about the intersecting lives of a dysfunctional, upper-middle-class family in suburbia and the residents of a deteriorating public-housing project is flimsy at best.

"...kind of personal crisis, but you’re seldom given the luxury to fully appreciate the reasons for their turmoil. For..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Home at the End of the World

Michael Cunningham's novel is the basis for this story of a love triangle in which everyone's in love with Bobby (played by Colin Farrell).

"...wrote the screenplay as well, simply doesn’t have the luxury here of a novel’s length and breadth to dig..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Happy Times

"...Soon, Zhao's prevarications have inflated the minibus into a luxury hotel with an exclusive clientele. This setup suggests that..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Quills

"...spent the last decade of his life in confined luxury, passing his time in the “therapeutic” pursuit of writing..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Impostors

"...old time overacting in roles that allow them that luxury. (Molina, as the histrionic Shakespearean actor modeled on John..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Guantanamera

"...gasoline for one's crappy Russian-made sedan is a coveted luxury and the national currency ranks third in desirability behind..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Gone Fishin'

"...There are some semi-amusing gags involving alligators, a runaway luxury boat, and Gus' sleepwalking tendencies, but nothing that had..."

June 6, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Ridicule

An earnest visionary devoted to improving dire conditions back home must play games of wit with the court of Versailles in order to win backing for his drainage project.

"...home. Once at Versailles, Ponceludon is seduced by the luxury of the court and the dizzying lifestyle of the..."

Dec. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Venice/venice

"...clearly autobiographical. Jaglom goes further. He allows you the luxury of not liking him. Venice/Venice (it's hard to talk..."

Dec. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Louis Black

Pictures From a Revolution

"...never cynical and often bravely honest. “We lost the luxury of a dream,” Meiselas admits. “But the Nicaraguans lost..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Chris Walters

The Object of Beauty

"...and MacDowell are indolent young Americans living in a luxury hotel in London. They ran out of cash well..."

May 10, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

IPic Will Be Second Austin Cinema to Reopen

Local branch of luxury chain firing up starting June 11

"...National luxury cinema micro-chain iPic has announced that its Austin location..."

June 9, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: The St. Anthony Hotel

The legendary San Antonio hotel reopens with the look of modern luxury

"...in 1909, the St. Anthony was the city's first luxury hotel in a town that now boasts nearly a..."

July 31, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Pondering Downtown Condos

Frequently Asked Questions

"...Sales agents at the luxury projects – the Four Seasons, the Austonian, and the..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Little Hotel on the Prairie

Proposed hotel and golf course would be constructed on city-owned parkland.

"...of a trend to convert "underutilized" parkland to private luxury and, maybe, a return on the public's dollar?..."

March 24, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Moving on Up

River Woods residents forced out of affordable apartments which are being demolished for a new luxury complex

"...division of Trammel Crow, which is planning a 256-unit luxury apartment complex for the site. The story would be..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Boxes With a View

UT Jumps on the Skybox Bandwagon

"...figures provided by UT officials indicate that the new luxury suites will cost more than three times as much..."

Oct. 4, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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