Aftersun

Poignant final holiday sums up a beautifully captured father-daughter relationship

"...Directed by: Charlotte Wells. Starring: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio and Celia Rowlson-Hall...."

Nov. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: The Dragon on Sennett's Hill

Hollywood is an electric dragon

"...Mexican area then. The only night I ever drank mescal, I challenged several neighbors to a fight. Big, Jeff,..."

March 12, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

God's Creatures

Stillness and violence in this startling tale of an Irish fishing community

"...Davis and Anna Rose Holmer. Starring: Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi and Declan Conlon...."

Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

ALC Steaks Food Truck Totaled

Shoal Creek waters overwhelm parked vehicle

"...into it, but the truck didn't move" reports Scotty Mescal, public relations manager for ALC Steaks...."

May 27, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Lost Daughter

Olivia Colman is coiled and complex in this portrait of motherhood

"...Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard and Paul Mescal...."

Dec. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jenny Nulf's Top 10 Films of 2022

"...that captures grief in a very tender way. Paul Mescal's performance is so complex and tragic...."

Dec. 16, 2022 Screens Feature

Where the Crawdads Sing

Cardboard characters get soggy in this swampy melodrama

"...these men have the same intense sensitivity of Paul Mescal as Marianne’s love interest, Connell). Edgar-Jones’ easygoing allure isn’t..."

July 15, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Review: Normal People

Hulu series understands intimacy, but forgets the characters

"...novel of the same title, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal give shining performances as Marianne Sheridan and Connell Waldron,..."

May 15, 2020 Screens Post by Selome Hailu

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Ancient wines, the Texas Whip, and the truth about tequila

"...All tequila is mescal, but not all mescal is tequila.If you are being..."

July 7, 2006 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2022 Awards Short Lists

Everything Everywhere All At Once leads nominee pack

"...of Inisherin • Brendan Fraser, The Whale • Paul Mescal, Aftersun Best Supporting Actor..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Josh Kupecki's Top10 Films of 2022

"...Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin), Caleb Landry-Jones (Nitram), Paul Mescal (Aftersun)..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Screens Feature

Austin Food & Wine Festival 2022

"...Aaron Paul's Meet the Maker session for their new Mescal, Dos Hombres..."

Nov. 8, 2022 Photo Gallery

Sarah Polley's Women Talking Announced for Austin Film Festival

First wave includes the eagerly-awaited Nanny

"...together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal). As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond..."

Aug. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Keep Date Night Alive With Our Al Fresco Dining Checklist

You have the time, why not make it special?

"...around town. The Austin Shaker does curbside orders for mescal and home-bartender needs. Craft breweries are selling to-go beer,..."

May 29, 2020 Food Feature by Alex Detmar

Circling Back to La Condesa

After so much tumult, is the perennial favorite still on point?

"...in a cocktail with tobacco-infused tequila, vanilla-infused brandy, lemon, mescal essence, and a rim of volcanic saffron salt, but..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Lucinda Hutson's Colorful Love Letter to Mexico

Two decades of additional research make her latest book shine

July 5, 2013 Books Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Freedmen's

There's room for improvement at Freedmen's

"...not an exception. The Smokin' Cactus ($8), made with mescal, grapefruit, lime, jalapeño-infused agave syrup, and smoked sea salt,..."

June 21, 2013 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Food-o-File

A roundup of this weeks food news

"...January, whipping up $6 custom cocktails with tequila and mescal...."

Dec. 21, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Torche

"...Pieces" detonates a fuzz bomb. A merry-go-round riff and mescal vocal layering tattoos "Snakes Are Charmed," and if the..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Creative Cocktails Star of Austin Mezcal Festival

Takoba Restaurant & Cantina hosts Saturday tasting

"...War Confederate soldiers. As with the people-watching at a mescal festival, the quirky atmosphere here is built right in...."

Oct. 23, 2012 Food Post by Gracie Salem

Second Round of Papi Tino's Culinary School Competition

Week Two: Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts

"...creme fraiche-sour cream sauce and a gastrique infused with mescal The pork belly, while perfectly tender, lacked enough salt..."

Sept. 15, 2012 Food Post by Gracie Salem

Bar Crawl Listings

The crawl route

"...Full bar, beer, specialty cocktails, wine, extensive tequila and mescal lists; live acoustic cantina music 14. The Volstead Lounge..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Food Feature

Crawl No. 3

East Side Show Room, Cheer Up's, Papi Tino's, Hotel Vegas, the Volstead, Gypsy Lounge, the Grackle, St. Roch's Bar

"...the live acoustic cantina music and extensive tequila and mescal selections add authenticity. I couldn't help feeling that Morticia..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Papi Tino's

"...first-rate bar pouring an impressive range of tequilas and mescals. When the sonidos are playing, and the mescal is..."

June 15, 2012 Food Review by Rachel Feit

Hecho en Mexico

"...mole blanco, a traditional sauce made with various nuts, mescal, and chiles gueros, was very authentic, but the thin..."

June 4, 2010 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Top Cocktails of 2009

Claudia Alarcón's quest for unique signature drinks

"...at this awesome gastropub, but the combination of smoky mescal, muddled pear and fresh jalapeño, pear brandy, and sparkling..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

On Watching Cine las Americas' La Hora Fria and John Huston's 'Under the Volcano'

While getting ready to go

"...hallucinatory return of Yvonne (Jacqueline Bisset) and a terrifying mescal-fueled misunderstanding...."

Nov. 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Curra's Long-Bar

Oh, Curra's, how could you?

"...tossed with tomato, cilantro, and green onions, glazed with mescal and served with rice and vegetables. Instead, the server..."

June 15, 2007 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Good Cuisine and an Interesting Scene

The 'Saveur' Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival

"...Kolaches. They were pouring Bloody Marys and Del Maguey Mescal, but I had to pass... Later that day, Chronicle..."

April 22, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Saving Darma

A UT linguist travels to northern India in a quest to preserve the local language of the Darma Valley

"...local alcoholic brew that tastes a little like Mexican mescal. Again and again, people tell us they're so happy..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Feature by Dan Oko

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