Cookbooks

Gift guide

"...Chocolate Obsession: Confections and Treats to Create and Savor..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Something Wicked This Way Comes ... Again!

Dueling Macbeths on the stages of Austin prove once again this Shakespearean killer's undying popularity.

"...infected and obsessed with watching him accomplish those goals. Obsession seems a good word to me in regard to..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Writes of Spring

"...As he ages, Thomas' obsession with crapping up the house is replaced by his..."

April 9, 1999 Books Review

Screen Trash

Garbage Stands Out from the Rubbish Heap

"...(titled -- what else? -- Garbage) examining the American obsession (or non-obsession) with trash. And by trash, we don't..."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Friendship

Tim Robinson obsesses over Paul Rudd in A24 black comedy

"...For Craig, the burgeoning bromance quickly morphs into an obsession. Austin’s enigmatic personality exhilarates him, and Robinson and Rudd’s..."

May 16, 2025 Movie Review by Dex Wesley Parra

A Traveler's Needs

Isabelle Huppert stars as an eccentric French tutor in Hong Sang-soo's latest

"...Hong experiment with form again. Such experiments come from obsession and fascination, and poetry has loomed large in several..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Love Lies Bleeding

Kristen Stewart stars in a blood-soaked romance for the ages

"...Saint Maud, Glass showcased an aptitude for stories about obsession and magical realism. In Love Lies Bleeding, she cements..."

March 15, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Deep Sea

Gorgeous Chinese animated feature mixes wonderful fantasy with touching drama

"...gourmet dish (a quiet commentary on mainland Chinese cuisine's obsession with turning unsustainable ingredients into overpriced entrées)...."

Nov. 24, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Manodrome

Jesse Eisenberg is haunting as a fractured victim of MRA nonsense

"...trace of self-hatred – a trait exposed by his obsession with fellow bodybuilder Ahmet (Sesay). All that adds up..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Talk to Me

Possession horror comes in with a bang and ends with a scream

"...a hand-shaped talisman. But when Mia forms an unhealthy obsession with the spirit world, the friends soon learn that..."

July 28, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The YouTube Effect

Video killed the radio star. So who's it after next?

"...Showbiz Kids. On the other hand, there is his obsession with the impact of technology on our lives, starting..."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Once Upon a Time in Uganda

The true, crazy story of Wakaliwood

"...wife Harriet into some long-suffering victim of her husband's obsession, because she's just as obsessed...."

July 7, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: A Book of One’s Own

Queer book releases from this June, perfect for building a tiny Borrower house

"...take on the British royalty in Diana: My Graphic Obsession. Described as an "unorthodox biography," the history of Diana..."

June 30, 2023 Column by James Scott

Texas GOP's Book Bans Are the First Step in Anti-Public Education Crusade

Banning books (for Jesus!)

"...The book bans are a relatively recent obsession of the far right and have followed their previous..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Lights, Camera, Stupidity in Austin-Made Satire

Bryan Connolly's Make Popular Movies spoofs how films are (and aren't) made

"...critic that informed a key scene, in which Lou's obsession with a bad review sabotages what should be a..."

March 31, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Lost King

The charming, unlikely, and mostly true tale of the hunt for Richard III

"...Obsession is what they call it when you're wrong. When..."

March 24, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Menu

Restaurant satire cuts into class and the culinary arts

"...satire The Menu, a cutting examination of our deranged obsession with dining...."

Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Blonde

Treatise on fame turns Marilyn Monroe's life into a horror story

"...the Coward Robert Ford. In both films Dominik tackles obsession, fame, and immortalization after death. With Jesse James, he..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Owen Kline Turns the Funny Pages

New movie looks at the grotesque and absurd sides of collection

"...was what I wanted to do, that was my obsession."..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Claydream

The dueling feuds that overshadowed the career of Will Vinton, innovator of claymation

"...Vinton's career, how Gardiner's grudge turned into a deadly obsession, and then how Knight took the company Vinton had..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe dissects director David Lynch’s lifelong obsession with The Wizard of Oz. Director in attendance...."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantasia Review: Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin

Inside the mind and art of France's genius of decay

"...of such ghoulish classics as Witchfinder General (The Magnificent Obsession of Michael Reeves) and The Pit and the Pendulum..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nope

Jordan Peele's sci-fi horror/satire on minor celebrity is a "yeah"

"...believing their camera keeps them safe, of our dangerous obsession with being seen – together into a truly coherent..."

July 22, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Watcher

Stalker thriller is coldly gorgeous and creepily enthralling

"...they make the title increasingly enigmatic, as Julia’s rising obsession turns into the stalkerish behavior she says she sees...."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animated

A Disney-free lineup goes global

"...work yet (with Beryl reminiscing about her sister’s lifelong obsession with dead things). The hand-drawn pencil short has a..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Eternals

Marvel’s immortal heroes overstay their welcome

"...sojourn at the Distinguished Competition, he mixed his ongoing obsession with the blurry lines between superheroes and gods, and..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Becoming Cousteau

The life and regrets of the man who made us fall in love with the ocean

"...a few of the occupations on his résumé. Cousteau’s obsession with the “dream world” of marine life began after..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bergman Island

The eternal story: filmmakers making films about filmmakers making films

"...upon themselves. She occasionally pricks the bubble of filmmaker self-obsession through encounters with Fårö islanders utterly unengaged with the..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Chris Atkins Investigates Who Killed the KLF?

How to make a documentary when no one wants to talk about it

"...telling the story of the KLF has been an obsession for him, and he actually first contemplated making the..."

Oct. 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

No Man of God

Elijah Wood dissects the mind of Ted Bundy

"...of critics and viewers that worry that the cinematic obsession with serial killers ends up lionizing them, but it..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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