The New Girlfriend
A Frenchwoman discovers the secret hidden by her best friend's husband
"...Director Ozon, who made an unforgettable splash with 2003’s Swimming Pool, a movie that deals with fluid, disconcerting questions..."
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Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
A Poem Is a Naked Person
Les Blank’s doc on Leon Russell began shooting in 1972 and is finally released
"...calmly removes a number of scorpions from an empty swimming pool before turning that surface into a mind-blowing psychedelic..."
Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
It's Blanco, Beeeyotch
A state park comeback at the crossroads
"...were damaged which resulted in water loss in the swimming area...."
July 31, 2015 Chronolog Post by Alexa Harrington
Ships and Giggles Show Tips Waitstaff Overboard
Comedian Rob Gagnon and friends take it to the river
"...Austin's portion of the Lower Colorado and stops for swimming opportunities (or swimportunities, as the kids say) along the..."
July 9, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
The Good Eye Looks Back
All the best glimpses caught by the Good Eye in 2014
"...Since guest-starring in my all-time favorite column of 2014, ("Swimming While Fat," May 16) Austin Slave to Fashion blogger..."
Dec. 26, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry
Austin Film Festival: “Spoke” & Crazy Carl and His Man-Boobs
Docs cheer a legendary dancehall and a favorite hometown weirdo
"...outsider mayoral candidate on a “No growth and nude swimming” platform...."
Oct. 29, 2014 Screens Post by Michael Agresta
Lit-urday: 'The Vacationers'
Emma Straub's new novel reviewed
"...like it could have been taken from Leanne Shapton's Swimming Studies. Combine the hardcover with a few other equally..."
June 7, 2014 Books Post by Amy Kamp
On My Way
In this road movie, Catherine Deneuve plays a Frenchwoman having an existential crisis on wheels.
"...his or her life, examined the complicated mess they’re swimming in and thought, “Fuck it, I’m outta here”? That’s..."
May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
SXSW Daytrip: San Marcos With the 'Yakona' Crew
The filmmakers behind the eco-doc take us to the river
"...settlements, even a theme park with mermaids and a swimming pig, and last but not least, the bobbing bottoms..."
March 12, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer
About Last Night
Sexual perversity is released with gleeful abandon in this second film outing for Mamet's 40-year-old play.
"...locations from a bar to a ballpark to a swimming pool, and so on, and only the surface is..."
Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
The Legend of Hercules
Kellan Lutz muscles his way into classical mythology.
"...pretty. In one scene, his beloved comes upon him swimming in a pool. Traditionally, it is the actress so..."
Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black
2nd Annual Blue Hole Concerts for the Park
Best of both summer solar systems – live music and coolant
"...Springs send me into cardiac arrest, but the magic swimming hole at Blue Hole Regional Park in Wimberley feels..."
June 7, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Do or Do Not
SXSW sports docs follow heroes' journey
"...years, her mother has recently died, she hasn't been swimming in 21 years, and sports doctors say this journey..."
March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell
The AggreGAYtor: August 10
Your daily dose of LGBTQ news
"...wetness: Jezebel has a stroke-by-stroke round-up of the Olympic swimming gay fan-fic...."
Aug. 10, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson
This Week's Waste of Time
Cool your Olympic fever with free games
"...popular events. Most events like the 100m Race and Swimming involve little more than tapping the arrow keys quickly..."
Aug. 3, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch
Confessions of a Mind on Overdrive
Troy Dillinger has so much to give
"...a game show. "We even had an inflatable 15-foot swimming pool to go with the theme of the evening,"..."
Feb. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt
Tomboy
In this French film a 10-year-old girl moves into a new neighborhood and pretends to be a boy because, well, it seems like boys just have more fun.
"...trims her bathing suit into swim trunks when a swimming expedition is planned, and molds a penile lump from..."
Dec. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Page Two: Delusions and Grandeur
Delusions and Grandeur
"...there a photo of a golf cart in a swimming pool on the cover of our special 20th anniversary..."
Sept. 2, 2011 Column by Louis Black
Horrible Bosses
While this comedy aims for new nadirs in raunchiness, the rest of its humor coasts on obvious gags and recycled jokes.
"...as a horrible boss in the piercing Hollywood comedy Swimming With Sharks. He plays the lying and manipulative boss..."
July 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Beer Convenience
Finding great craft brew selections in unlikely places
"...Row that's not a restaurant. Need a sixer after swimming at the springs or kite-flying at Zilker Park? Thom's..."
June 24, 2011 Food Feature by Lee Nichols
Off To Vote for Tovo
"...Replacing the typical Austin campaign imagery of healthy people swimming in cool spring waters with a Hoffbrau steak swimming..."
June 13, 2011 Postmarks
Soul Surfer
It's the true story of surfing sensation Bethany Hamilton, who lost an arm to a shark at the age of 13.
"...only lightly touched upon, which leaves the main story swimming in the narrative eddies. To be fair, Quaid and..."
April 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Deep End: New Works by Sonya Berg
Large graphite waterfalls and little empty swimming pools compel the eyes here
"...There are more empty swimming pools in the Champion Gallery than in an entire..."
Nov. 19, 2010 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner
Jack Goes Boating
Philip Seymour Hoffman directs and stars in this drama about a nebbishy middle-aged man with minimal social skills.
"...of how to make a quotidian event such as swimming lessons seem rife with joy and laden with the..."
Oct. 1, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Anton Chekhov's The Duel
This is an even-handed portrait of discontented lovers: A love that starts out in a fever winds up with lots of pistol-waving.
"...the outer bounds of Russia. Drinking, sunning, shopping, and swimming: On the surface, the only difference in their days..."
Sept. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Nanny McPhee Returns
Emma Thompson stars as the titular nanny in this family film, which she also wrote.
"...bedmates and cause pigs to fly and perform synchronized swimming routines. The film’s humor is designed to work for..."
Aug. 20, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
I Am Love
Tilda Swinton brings a haunting mix of ethereality and carnal gravitas to this fearlessly melodramatic Italian movie, which she also co-produced.
"...sexy camerawork of director of photography Yorick Le Saux (Swimming Pool) to the throbbing, atavistic score by John Adams...."
July 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'
CinemaTexas program notes
"...And you better start swimming..."
June 4, 2010 Screens Feature
Letters to Juliet
There's a lovely little arthouse movie buried in this romance starring Amanda Seyfried, although the film's commercial aspirations get in its way.
"...is not only miscast, he’s misstyled, all oven-baked and swimming in oversized blazers and pants). Still, one can appreciate..."
May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Will Never Trust the 'Chronicle' Again
"...Hello, Because Deep Eddy was the Best Swimming Pool in the “Best of Austin 2009” [Sept. 4],..."
