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Sorry, Charlie, Too Much Cheer
Silencing a bar that's been coming through loud and queer
"...and her team worked to built a costly band shell to keep the music inside CUC and away from..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Tyler Pratt

Bully
The documentary Bully is devastatingly effective when it comes to putting faces on harassed children and giving them a voice.
"...when it turns the camera on two sets of shell-shocked parents trying to make sense of their children's bullying-related..."

April 13, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Coriolanus
Ralph Fiennes directs this terrific contemporary update of Shakespeare's timeless play about war.
"...shoot in Serbia, which nicely fits the film's doomy, shell-shocked feel). Into the hinterlands he goes, meeting up with..."

March 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

News (and Attitude) From SXSW Interactive
My iCal is already packed, how about yours?
"...the ultra-cute kids video series and book Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (Read Audra Schroeder's thoughts about that..."

Jan. 11, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Giving the Sidekick a Spotlight
From behind the shadow of the Ninja Turtles comes 'Casey Jones'
"...rather than focusing on the heroes in a half shell, it centers on Jones, the turtles' mask-wearing, hockey stick-wielding..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rio
In this animated film from the makers of Ice Age, a domesticated macaw finally learns to fly.
"...the equally sheltered Linda bust out of her wallflower shell and shake her ass atop a gigantic, bird-themed Carnival..."

April 22, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cajun Roulette
"...Also try the boudin, gumbo, oysters on the half shell, and red beans and rice. 700 E. Sixth, 472-0985...."

March 4, 2011 Food Feature

Made in Dagenham
This film dramatizes a historic labor strike for equal pay that was conducted by the women of a British auto plant in 1968.
"...since her husband returned from World War II a shell-shocked mess. Encouraged by Albert Passingham (Hoskins), a union rep..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Shorts at Sundance
David Lowery and the Zellner Bros. to do the 'Dance
"...and the stakes of winning grow in importance."Marcel the Shell With Shoes On" (Director: Dean Fleischer-Camp; Screenwriters: Jenny Slate..."

Dec. 6, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Turd Blossom at TBF
Texas Book Festival announces 2010 lineup

Aug. 26, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Red Riding: 1980
This second installment in a three-part dramatization of dirty dealings in Yorkshire is concerned with the notorious corruption mill that powers the region’s law enforcement.
"...familiar faces from the first film – including the shell-shocked john BJ (Sheehan) and the Rev. Laws (Mullan), who..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: Abandoning Illusions
Chris Hedges on the inevitable consequences of empire
"...between us and our adversaries are fictional." An Empty Shell..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Column by Michael King

'The Dragonfly Queen'
Composer Chad Salvata takes his Dragonfly Princess to the next stage of her evolution
"...dragonfly Xephyra, they are at sea on the White Shell Ship. And because the whole show takes place on..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
In this comedy sequel, the CG action moves to Washington, D.C., as the Smithsonian's exhibits are put into storage during a renovation.
"...reason for anyone over the age of 12 to shell out the better part of a sawbuck to endure..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Everlasting Moments
Swedish master Jan Troell's period drama tells the story of a woman who learns new ways to see herself and her life as she discovers the art of photography.

April 17, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart
This update of a Greek tragedy has a modern look but the same old sense of the inevitable
"...Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (a Rave Fable)..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Holiday Dessert Contest Winners Recipes Revealed
Two winners of Faraday's Holiday Dessert Contest share their winning recipes
"...degrees and set aside one deep 10-inch, unbaked pie shell. 4 large eggs, beaten 2 cups sugar 3/4 cup..."

Dec. 1, 2008 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Miracle at St. Anna
Spike Lee fights the good fight but loses the battle in his bloated and muddled World War II epic that pays tribute to the Army's Buffalo Soldiers.
"...is an oversized man-child, a “chocolate giant” to the shell-shocked Italian child (Sciabordi) he befriends, a religiously superstitious soul..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Down on the Bayou
Mobile Loaves & Fishes set up shop Monday in Bayou Vista, TX, just north of Galveston Island.
"...I guess that makes me homeless." The degree of shell shock rivaled any I witnessed at the Austin Convention..."

Sept. 16, 2008 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

Aztex 1, New Orleans 0
"...end. Austin completely dominated the game, but with the Shell Shockers playing 10 men behind the ball almost the..."

May 25, 2008 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Enchanted
Romance, dry satire, and musical comedy blend in this new Disney film, which stars a delightful Amy Adams.

Nov. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Risk for Beauty
Sally Jacques sends dancers flying off a pair of federal buildings to give us a moment of transcendence
"...Blue Lapis Light collaboration performed on the abandoned concrete shell of the Intel building. The work, which was just..."

June 15, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
This first feature from Bosnian director/writer Jasmila Zbanic offers up a slice of life after hell in which a widowed mother and daughter still veer perilously between fear and hope.
"...from the former Yugoslavia included not just the by-now-routine shell-shocking of the civilian populace but also the less-obvious psychic..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Man Push Cart
A small gem of a film about a small man doing small things in a very, very, very large world.
"...pay off the note on his cart, much less shell out for a new Chrysler or even a third-hand..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Austin Film Society's Sublime Lines
Essential Cinema series: Japanese Animé
"...The series ends with Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, directed by Mamoru Oshii and released in..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Screens Feature by Sofia Resnick

Flyboys
This story of the Lafayette Escadrille squadron, who become the first U.S. fighter pilots, is surprisingly inert.
"...a cross of iron (or even a buckled copper shell casing) might want to stop watching the skies...."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All 'Round Republic Square
A new context of major civic buildings may yet make a people place of our historic downtown park
"...More good news: The no-Intel-inside shell across San Antonio from Republic Square will come down..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

CSI: Travis County
Why Is the Medical Examiner's Office so screwed up?
"...the cases Burnet Co. Justice of the Peace Peggy Shell Simon cited in a harsh letter she sent Bayardo..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Over the Hedge
Canny casting and a sly anti-consumerist message give this animated feature extra adult appeal, but like a lot of animated fare it’s overly busy and splashy.
"...turtle. (“I’m naturally tentative. There’s even places in my shell I’ve never been,” Shandling moans.) Verne and the gang..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Matador
A curious, postmodern sort of buddy comedy, The Matador is like Death of a Salesman if Willy Loman had been a contract killer.
"...of fatalities” crumble into so many empty and worthless shell casings. By happenstance, Noble, on assignment in Mexico City,..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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