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From Star Wars to Magpie, Daisy Ridley Traces an Eclectic Career in SXSW Session
The actress discusses the pleasures of producing
"...day after the world premiere of her feature film Magpie, Daisy Ridley sat down on Sunday with moderator Mia..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
A commando unit takes on the Nazis in this hyperviolent Guy Ritchie action-comedy
"...screenplay.) That’s not meant entirely as a dig. A magpie director with eclectic taste – who else can list..."

April 19, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Man Called Otto
Tom Hanks' "grumpy old man" phase stumbles with this discordant comedy about death
"...Magpie director Marc Forster has tried his hand at an..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Souvenir Part II
Second part of Joanna Hogg's chronicle of loss
"...iconography. The screening becomes a full-blown fantasy sequence, a magpie's nest of The Wizard of Oz, French New Wave,..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Trip to Greece
Coogan and Brydon's latest culinary comedy is a dish too far
"...to the overtly political films speckling the CV of magpie director Michael Winterbottom (The Road to Guantánamo, 24 Hour..."

May 22, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Earth to Echo
A trio of suburban kids befriend an alien entity in this Spielberg-influenced family film.
"...be told, it’s a fitting modus operandi given the magpie ways of the film that shares his name. Earth..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Radiohead week: Existential crisis?
Radiohead's two-night stand in Austin reviewed
"...Little (Limbs) Daily Mail (new) Myxomatosis (Thief) Morning Mr. Magpie (Limbs) The Gloaming (Thief) The Amazing Sound of Orgy..."

March 8, 2012 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Neko Case
Stubb's, March 31
"..."Vengeance Is Sleeping," "The Next Time You Say 'Forever,'" "Magpie to the Morning," "Red Tide" – only got better..."

April 3, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Atonement, Etc. -- Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition
Books for which we confess our true feelings, reconsider our disdain, or finally find room: top 10-plus, 2002 edition …
"...Indian Reservation has stayed with me since reading Debra Magpie Earling's Perma Red (BlueHen). The smell of spearmint and..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Books Feature

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere
3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival
"...Magpie (United Kingdom) Director: Sam YatesProducers: Kate Solomon, Daisy Ridley,..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Reviews: The Souvenir Part II
Joanna Hogg's sequel is the portrait of the artist as filmmaker
"...iconography. The screening becomes a full-blown fantasy sequence, a magpie's nest of The Wizard of Oz, the French New..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"Post-Apocalyptic Harvest" at Atelier 1205
Artists Erika Huddleston, Tammy West, and Amy Scofield salvage beauty from a sundered world
"...And Scofield, ever the eschaton's busy magpie, has matched West's methods in a materially inverse fashion:..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Celeste Ng Loves Independent Bookstores
The author of Little Fires Everywhere helps us prep for Independent Bookstore Day
"...do you approach a new bookstore? Are you a magpie for pretty covers, do you make a beeline for..."

April 27, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Review: Eberly
Style rules over substance at South Lamar hot spot
"...risk, that a menu was not developed with a magpie's eye. Eberly as it stands is a demographic chart,..."

March 24, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Is the Hideout’s Improvised Play Festival Just Too Much to Deal With?
Three nights of shows from across the city, the nation, and … London?
"...And I haven't even mentioned the text-message play, Magpie's Diner – created in collaboration with the legendary Physical..."

April 14, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sala & Betty
Can Teresa Wilson define Austin dining again?
"...reflect the way Austin now eats. Sala is a magpie of contemporary dining. Breakfast and lunch is counter service..."

April 24, 2015 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

SXSW Film: Ryan Gosling and Guillermo Del Toro Recap
A visionary talks with a first-time director you might have heard of
"...Toro, comparing the directorial task to that of a magpie collecting seemingly unrelated objects for its nest...."

March 14, 2015 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

ACL Music Fest 2014 Saturday Listings
Blurbing Saturday ACL
"...ballads remains vital on last year's eighth studio effort, Magpie and the Dandelion. – Doug Freeman Beats Antique..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature

David Bowie
"...Whether you think David Bowie a thieving magpie lifting others' ideas or a genius twisting passions to..."

May 3, 2013 Music Review by Michael Toland

SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed
Late-night fare and short film lineup announced
"...Magpie Director: Russell O. Buh On a trip to reconnect..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Radiohead
"...the vindictive throb and purposeful truncation of "Morning Mr. Magpie," cobweb-cluttering "Little by Little," and headphone rave "Feral," the..."

March 4, 2011 Music Review by Austin Powell

Neko Case
"...of Carolyn Mark, Kelly Hogan, and Lucy Roche leave "Magpie to the Morning" to yesteryear as well. At 42..."

March 6, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

R.I.P. 'Arthur'
The death of Arthur Magazine
"...What started in 2002 as a magazine skewed toward..."

Feb. 27, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Heaven up Here
27 reason to further investigate the UK roster of bands at SXSW 2006
"...of Manchester songsmith Stephen Fretwell? Just you wait; debut, Magpie is as close to beauty and loss as you..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Summer Reading
Our Books writers beat the heat with the summer's best -- and breeziest -- books.

May 31, 2002 Books Feature

Summer Reading
Words gone wild! The best and the breeziest for beating the heat in 2002
"...Perma Red (BlueHen, $24.95), the debut novel by Debra Magpie Earling, a love song to Louise and the story..."

May 31, 2002 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Judge Chip Kidd by His Covers
"...the book. Then he employs what he calls "the magpie method," which is: "picking, choosing, borrowing things that have..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Books Feature by Cary L. Roberts

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