Armchair Cinephile: The Cine-Mini
PICK OF THE WEEK: It’s another slight week for new releases, with only one title to get very excited over (and even it is only half-new): The Mike Judge- and Don Hertzfeldt-sponsored The Animation Show (Paramount) is being offered now as a two disc set, combining the earlier first volume with a second that enjoyed…
Asia Kitchen
Release Date: 2007-01-17 Asia Kitchen 1739 S.W. Loop 410 675-3170 I hate driving, but I do love going to Asia Kitchen. My personal philosophy has become: if it would take longer than an hour for me to ride there on my bicycle, I don’t want to drive. (I’ve convinced myself this is “critical regionalism,” but…
Victim of the Nineties
If you read this on Wednesday, Johnathan Bryant Moore will most likely be alive. If you read this any day after, he will probably be dead. There will have been no zero-hour reprieves for Officer Fabian Dominguez’s killer, no Supreme-Court intervention, no silence-shattering call from the governor’s office. There will have been no late-breaking innocence…
Victim of the Nineties
If you read this on Wednesday, Johnathan Bryant Moore will most likely be alive. If you read this any day after, he will probably be dead. There will have been no zero-hour reprieves for Officer Fabian Dominguez’s killer, no Supreme-Court intervention, no silence-shattering call from the governor’s office. There will have been no late-breaking innocence…
Victim of the Nineties
If you read this on Wednesday, Johnathan Bryant Moore will most likely be alive. If you read this any day after, he will probably be dead. There will have been no zero-hour reprieves for Officer Fabian Dominguez’s killer, no Supreme-Court intervention, no silence-shattering call from the governor’s office. There will have been no late-breaking innocence…
Victim of the Nineties
If you read this on Wednesday, Johnathan Bryant Moore will most likely be alive. If you read this any day after, he will probably be dead. There will have been no zero-hour reprieves for Officer Fabian Dominguez’s killer, no Supreme-Court intervention, no silence-shattering call from the governor’s office. There will have been no late-breaking innocence…
Victim of the Nineties
If you read this on Wednesday, Johnathan Bryant Moore will most likely be alive. If you read this any day after, he will probably be dead. There will have been no zero-hour reprieves for Officer Fabian Dominguez’s killer, no Supreme-Court intervention, no silence-shattering call from the governor’s office. There will have been no late-breaking innocence…
Hustle and Flow
San Antonio Rampage vs. Manchester Monarchs 5pm Sun, Jan 21 $4-74 AT&T Center One AT&T Center Parkway (210) 444-5000 Ticketmaster.com When most non-NHL fans think of ice hockey, images of burly men with bad teeth engaged in fisticuffs almost immediately come to mind. In recent years the National Hockey League has made efforts to change…
Victim of the Nineties
If you read this on Wednesday, Johnathan Bryant Moore will most likely be alive. If you read this any day after, he will probably be dead. There will have been no zero-hour reprieves for Officer Fabian Dominguez’s killer, no Supreme-Court intervention, no silence-shattering call from the governor’s office. There will have been no late-breaking…
Victim of the Nineties
If you read this on Wednesday, Johnathan Bryant Moore will most likely be alive. If you read this any day after, he will probably be dead. There will have been no zero-hour reprieves for Officer Fabian Dominguez’s killer, no Supreme-Court intervention, no silence-shattering call from the governor’s office. There will have been no late-breaking innocence…
Victim of the Nineties
If you read this on Wednesday, Johnathan Bryant Moore will most likely be alive. If you read this any day after, he will probably be dead. There will have been no zero-hour reprieves for Officer Fabian Dominguez’s killer, no Supreme-Court intervention, no silence-shattering call from the governor’s office. There will have been no late-breaking innocence…
Victim of the Nineties
If you read this on Wednesday, Johnathan Bryant Moore will most likely be alive. If you read this any day after, he will probably be dead. There will have been no zero-hour reprieves for Officer Fabian Dominguez’s killer, no Supreme-Court intervention, no silence-shattering call from the governor’s office. There will have been no late-breaking innocence…
Victim of the Nineties
If you read this on Wednesday, Johnathan Bryant Moore will most likely be alive. If you read this any day after, he will probably be dead. There will have been no zero-hour reprieves for Officer Fabian Dominguez’s killer, no Supreme-Court intervention, no silence-shattering call from the governor’s office. There will have been no late-breaking innocence…
Victim of the Nineties
If you read this on Wednesday, Johnathan Bryant Moore will most likely be alive. If you read this any day after, he will probably be dead. There will have been no zero-hour reprieves for Officer Fabian Dominguez’s killer, no Supreme-Court intervention, no silence-shattering call from the governor’s office. There will have been no late-breaking innocence…
Strange Bedfellows
Factory Work 10am-4pm Tue-Fri, 10am-9pm Thu, 10am-5pm Sat, noon-5pm Sun Jan 17-Apr 8 $5 suggested donation Jamie Wyeth and Robert Rosenblum 6:30pm Thu, Jan 18 $5 suggested donation McNay Art Museum 6000 N. New Braunfels 824-5368 Mcnayart.org Andy Warhol: Cool, detached, abstract. Jamie Wyeth: Realist standard-bearer. Jean-Michel Basquiat: Street-smart graffiti artist. Kindred spirits? You wouldn’t…
The Mashup
From the Editor In politics, as on the stage, some things go together like rama lama lama ke ding a de dinga dong — and when they do, you should think “grease,” as in grease the wheels for business as usual. And when you hear politicians singing about how the American people are tired of…
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Strange Bedfellows
Factory Work 10am-4pm Tue-Fri, 10am-9pm Thu, 10am-5pm Sat, noon-5pm Sun Jan 17-Apr 8 $5 suggested donation Jamie Wyeth and Robert Rosenblum 6:30pm Thu, Jan 18 $5 suggested donation McNay Art Museum 6000 N. New Braunfels 824-5368 Mcnayart.org Andy Warhol: Cool, detached, abstract. Jamie Wyeth: Realist standard-bearer. Jean-Michel Basquiat: Street-smart graffiti artist. Kindred spirits? You wouldn’t…
That’s a Wrap
So, the weight of the all-important “Wrap” is now on my shoulders, as the legendary Brian Villalobos has fled north (insert emo-Zach-Braff music here) to pursue a life of fabric-sculpture-making. At least that’s what I like to imagine him doing. Lucky for you, he’s also agreed to find time in his oft-(craft?)filled schedule to carry…
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IRAQ: It’s the oil, stupid!
The devil lurking in the details of the 96-page Iraq Study Group report has mostly escaped notice in the United States. Page 84 of the report by a 12-member panel headed by former Secretary of State James Baker and former Congressman Lee Hamilton includes a recommendation that the Iraq National Oil Co. be privatized. Surprise!…
Strange Bedfellows
Warhol immortalizes Factory workers: “Self Portrait with Skull,” 1978. Factory Work 10am-4pm Tue-Fri, 10am-9pm Thu, 10am-5pm Sat, noon-5pm Sun Jan 17-Apr 8 $5 suggested donation Jamie Wyeth and Robert Rosenblum 6:30pm Thu, Jan 18 $5 suggested donation McNay Art Museum 6000 N. New Braunfels 824-5368 Mcnayart.org Andy Warhol: Cool, detached, abstract. Jamie Wyeth: Realist standard-bearer.…
Strange Bedfellows
Factory Work 10am-4pm Tue-Fri, 10am-9pm Thu, 10am-5pm Sat, noon-5pm Sun Jan 17-Apr 8 $5 suggested donation Jamie Wyeth and Robert Rosenblum 6:30pm Thu, Jan 18 $5 suggested donation McNay Art Museum 6000 N. New Braunfels 824-5368 Mcnayart.org Andy Warhol: Cool, detached, abstract. Jamie Wyeth: Realist standard-bearer. Jean-Michel Basquiat: Street-smart graffiti artist. Kindred spirits? You wouldn’t…
That’s a Wrap
So, the weight of the all-important “Wrap” is now on my shoulders, as the legendary Brian Villalobos has fled north (insert emo-Zach-Braff music here) to pursue a life of fabric-sculpture-making. At least that’s what I like to imagine him doing. Lucky for you, he’s also agreed to find time in his oft-(craft?)filled schedule to carry…
Aural Pleasure
Robbers & Cowards Cold War Kids (Downtown Records) Buzz bands. I typically find myself wanting to blatantly hate them purely to resist trends, but in the end, the endless amount of press they receive is usually warranted. Last year, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah came completely out of left field with their distinctively shaky sound.…
Latino Lite
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The Art Capades
Eduardo Daniel Rodriguez, Carol Benson 11am-5pm Wed-Fri, 11am-6pm Sat, noon-4pm Sun Through Feb 23 Joan Grona Gallery 112 Blue Star 225-6334 Joangronagallery.com ‘Thread Bare’ and ‘Slip On’ Noon-6pm Fri-Sun Through Jan 21 Closing reception: 6-9pm Jan 19 UTSA Satellite Space 115 Blue Star 212-7146 It’s possible it was a premeditated, orchestrated moment — and even…
South Texas Cinema
Running a bit late with this month’s column, and I sincerely apologize. Really, sorry. It’s been a busy few weeks. Wait — you did notice, didn’t you? Oh. I see. (Prick.) Next Tuesday through Thursday, January 23-25, 20-something SA filmmaker (seems like there’ve been a few of those lately, no?) Chris Sparling presents three consecutive…
Aural Pleasure
Robbers & Cowards Cold War Kids (Downtown Records) Buzz bands. I typically find myself wanting to blatantly hate them purely to resist trends, but in the end, the endless amount of press they receive is usually warranted. Last year, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah came completely out of left field with their distinctively shaky sound.…
Latino Lite
Rick Perry can be called many things, but “Latino” certainly isn’t one of them. Perhaps he’s been hanging around those border sheriffs featured in his campaign commercials a little too much or has too dark a tan, because Latino Leaders magazine named him one of its Top 101 Most Influential Leaders in its December 2006-January…
The Art Capades
It’s possible it was a premeditated, orchestrated moment — and even likely that Art Capades’ critical faculties were softened by the press equivalent of cheesecloth over the camera lens (lunch at at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, including champagne, to announce the imminent arrival of The Masterpieces of French Painting from the Metropolitan Museum of…
Strange Bedfellows
Factory Work 10am-4pm Tue-Fri, 10am-9pm Thu, 10am-5pm Sat, noon-5pm Sun Jan 17-Apr 8 $5 suggested donation Jamie Wyeth and Robert Rosenblum 6:30pm Thu, Jan 18 $5 suggested donation McNay Art Museum 6000 N. New Braunfels 824-5368 Mcnayart.org Andy Warhol: Cool, detached, abstract. Jamie Wyeth: Realist standard-bearer. Jean-Michel Basquiat: Street-smart graffiti artist. Kindred spirits? You wouldn’t…
South Texas Cinema
Running a bit late with this month’s column, and I sincerely apologize. Really, sorry. It’s been a busy few weeks. Wait — you did notice, didn’t you? Oh. I see. (Prick.) Next Tuesday through Thursday, January 23-25, 20-something SA filmmaker (seems like there’ve been a few of those lately, no?) Chris Sparling presents three consecutive…
Aural Pleasure
Robbers & Cowards Cold War Kids (Downtown Records) Buzz bands. I typically find myself wanting to blatantly hate them purely to resist trends, but in the end, the endless amount of press they receive is usually warranted. Last year, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah came completely out of left field with their distinctively shaky sound.…
The Art Capades
It’s possible it was a premeditated, orchestrated moment — and even likely that Art Capades’ critical faculties were softened by the press equivalent of cheesecloth over the camera lens (lunch at at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, including champagne, to announce the imminent arrival of The Masterpieces of French Painting from the Metropolitan Museum of…
Strange Bedfellows
Factory Work 10am-4pm Tue-Fri, 10am-9pm Thu, 10am-5pm Sat, noon-5pm Sun Jan 17-Apr 8 $5 suggested donation Jamie Wyeth and Robert Rosenblum 6:30pm Thu, Jan 18 $5 suggested donation McNay Art Museum 6000 N. New Braunfels 824-5368 Mcnayart.org Andy Warhol: Cool, detached, abstract. Jamie Wyeth: Realist standard-bearer. Jean-Michel Basquiat: Street-smart graffiti artist. Kindred spirits? You wouldn’t…
Broken China
Zhang Yimou’s Curse is a sensual feast of persistent beauty and decay
Aural Pleasure
Robbers & Cowards Cold War Kids (Downtown Records) Buzz bands. I typically find myself wanting to blatantly hate them purely to resist trends, but in the end, the endless amount of press they receive is usually warranted. Last year, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah came completely out of left field with their distinctively shaky sound.…
The Art Capades
It’s possible it was a premeditated, orchestrated moment — and even likely that Art Capades’ critical faculties were softened by the press equivalent of cheesecloth over the camera lens (lunch at at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, including champagne, to announce the imminent arrival of The Masterpieces of French Painting from the Metropolitan Museum of…
The Bar Tab
For months I’d ridden by San Antonio Homebrew on my bike without ever giving the place more than a third thought. The windows looked dark. There wasn’t a large sign in the front. Were the lights on? Were they even open? By the name of the place, I assumed they served beer-making supplies. (Yes, I…
Broken China
Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia) Dir. Zhang Yimou; writ. Zhang Yimou, Wu Nan, Bian Zhihong; feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Liu Ye (R) The title Curse of the Golden Flower, which may or may not be an accurate translation of the Chinese Man cheng jin dai…
Sound and the Fury
I, ROBOTICO Since Bombasta specializes in creating stylistic, rhythmic, and cultural collisions, it’s not a huge surprise that the Latin-funk band is taking its beat-crazy synthesis to one of SA’s foremost jazz venues, Luna Fine Music Club. The group’s debut Luna gig on Saturday, January 20 will also serve as a birthday bash for Bombasta’s…
The Art Capades
It’s possible it was a premeditated, orchestrated moment — and even likely that Art Capades’ critical faculties were softened by the press equivalent of cheesecloth over the camera lens (lunch at at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, including champagne, to announce the imminent arrival of The Masterpieces of French Painting from the Metropolitan Museum of…
The Bar Tab
San Antonio Homebrew Supply 2809 N. St. Mary’s 737-6604 Beer: $4 pint Credit cards For months I’d ridden by San Antonio Homebrew on my bike without ever giving the place more than a third thought. The windows looked dark. There wasn’t a large sign in the front. Were the lights on? Were they even open?…
Broken China
Chow Yun-Fat stars as the Emperor of ancient China in Curse of the Golden Flower. Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia) Dir. Zhang Yimou; writ. Zhang Yimou, Wu Nan, Bian Zhihong; feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Liu Ye (R) The title Curse of the Golden Flower, which…
Sound and the Fury
I, ROBOTICO Since Bombasta specializes in creating stylistic, rhythmic, and cultural collisions, it’s not a huge surprise that the Latin-funk band is taking its beat-crazy synthesis to one of SA’s foremost jazz venues, Luna Fine Music Club. The group’s debut Luna gig on Saturday, January 20 will also serve as a birthday bash for Bombasta’s…
The Art Capades
It’s possible it was a premeditated, orchestrated moment — and even likely that Art Capades’ critical faculties were softened by the press equivalent of cheesecloth over the camera lens (lunch at at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, including champagne, to announce the imminent arrival of The Masterpieces of French Painting from the Metropolitan Museum of…
Worshipping at the Altar of Green Curry
Asia Kitchen 1739 S.W. Loop 410 675-3170 I hate driving, but I do love going to Asia Kitchen. My personal philosophy has become: if it would take longer than an hour for me to ride there on my bicycle, I don’t want to drive. (I’ve convinced myself this is “critical regionalism,” but it could be…
Bring it on Down to Alleged-Murder-Ville
Alpha Dog Dir. and writ. Nick Cassavetes; feat. Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin, Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone, Harry Dean Stanton, Christopher Marquette (R) According to the Associated Press, 25-year-old American expatriate Jesse James Hollywood (which, apparently, is somehow not a pseudonym), formerly of Los Angeles, California, was teaching English and…
Sound and the Fury
I, ROBOTICO Since Bombasta specializes in creating stylistic, rhythmic, and cultural collisions, it’s not a huge surprise that the Latin-funk band is taking its beat-crazy synthesis to one of SA’s foremost jazz venues, Luna Fine Music Club. The group’s debut Luna gig on Saturday, January 20 will also serve as a birthday bash for Bombasta’s…
The Art Capades
Eduardo Daniel Rodriguez, Carol Benson 11am-5pm Wed-Fri, 11am-6pm Sat, noon-4pm Sun Through Feb 23 Joan Grona Gallery 112 Blue Star 225-6334 Joangronagallery.com ‘Thread Bare’ and ‘Slip On’ Noon-6pm Fri-Sun Through Jan 21 Closing reception: 6-9pm Jan 19 UTSA Satellite Space 115 Blue Star 212-7146 It’s possible it was a premeditated, orchestrated moment — and even…
All Ears
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The Art Capades
Eduardo Daniel Rodriguez, Carol Benson 11am-5pm Wed-Fri, 11am-6pm Sat, noon-4pm Sun Through Feb 23 Joan Grona Gallery 112 Blue Star 225-6334 Joangronagallery.com ‘Thread Bare’ and ‘Slip On’ Noon-6pm Fri-Sun Through Jan 21 Closing reception: 6-9pm Jan 19 UTSA Satellite Space 115 Blue Star 212-7146 It’s possible it was a premeditated, orchestrated moment — and even…
The Shwag-Fried Steak-Off
“It’s a method for making shwaggy cuts of meat taste good,” explained my opponent, whom I’ll call the Shwagist. (Shwag, I should point out, is slang for crap — the opposite of quality.) The Shwagist contends there’s no reason to impose quality ingredients on a recipe the entire purpose of which is to make shwag…
Return to Paradise
Volver Dir. Pedro Almodóvar; writ. Pedro Almodóvar; feat. Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo (R) Maybe it’s cinematic sacrilege to admit I’ve never desired ownership of a Pedro Almodóvar movie, because the goodness (and sometimes disconcertion) sticks in a way that’s uncanny and magical. For me, the occasional rental suffices; or…
All Ears
Your favorite songs (and others you don’t like so much) are mashed to perfection in Best of Bootie 2006. Of all the awfully familiar “best of” and “top 10” compilations I trolled through this month and last, one came as a surprise: Best of Bootie 2006, the sequel to a 2005 album that I somehow…
Return to Paradise
Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) smiles vacantly as visions of sugarplums dance in her head. Volver Dir. Pedro Almodóvar; writ. Pedro Almodóvar; feat. Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo (R) Maybe it’s cinematic sacrilege to admit I’ve never desired ownership of a Pedro Almodóvar movie, because the goodness (and sometimes disconcertion) sticks in…
Solitary Man
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Ich bin ein transvestite
I Am My Own Wife 8pm Fri, 7pm Sat, 2:30pm Sun Through Feb 11 $20 adults, $15 students and children The San Pedro Playhouse Cellar Theater 800 W. Ashby 733-7258 If you had to turn your head in horror during Doug Wright’s Quills (play or film, pick one) take heart that the San Pedro Playhouse…
A Distinguished Mom ‘n’ Pop
Uptown Deli & Grill 612 McCullough Ave. 223-3354 10:30am-8:30pm Mon-Sat Credit Cards Price Range: $4.25-$7.49 Accessible It’s tough to develop a serious restaurant from the ground up these days. Not only are construction costs likely to mount into the millions, but there are the at-times insurmountable-seeming rules and regulations of federal, state, and local governments…
Solitary Man
Of Montreal, with A Hawk and a Hacksaw and DJ Jester the Filipino Fist 8pm Sun, Jan 21 White Rabbit 2410 N. St. Mary’s 737-2221 Sawhiterabbit.com It’s been said that collaborating with a band is like making a film, while recording on your own is akin to painting. Much like Prince in the early ’80s…
Latino Lite
Rick Perry can be called many things, but “Latino” certainly isn’t one of them. Perhaps he’s been hanging around those border sheriffs featured in his campaign commercials a little too much or has too dark a tan, because Latino Leaders magazine named him one of its Top 101 Most Influential Leaders in its December 2006-January…
On the Streeet
Deck Searching for SA’s Roots in the River Recently, I got a message that ice-cream king Justin Arecchi wanted to talk. I went to his new location on Main Street in Monte Vista and found myself listening to something he deeply cared about: downtown and the current state of the River Walk. An hour later…
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Fighting Fascism with Fantasy
Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) Writ. & dir. Guillermo del Toro; feat. Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones (R) Don’t worry, he’s with me: director Guillermo del Toro and the Pale Man (Doug Jones), a creature from del Toro’s newest dark fantasy, Pan’s Labyrinth. Though not the bloodiest or most…
The Say-Town Lowdown &ndash Guest Column
With thousands of universities competing for students, faculty, funds, and respect, how can one upstart institution stand out? At the moment, administrators at the University of Texas at San Antonio (where, full disclosure, I teach) are eyeing NCAA football, but back in February 2005, a presidential library seemed a way to advance the school’s grand…
Will ACLU Shake Its Money Maker?
Far be it from the Current to thumb any tender spots in the reputation of arguably the nation’s most visible and tireless legal team, the American Civil Liberties Union. After all, if it weren’t for their unmatched record in the highest court in the land, the Current would never have learned that its ancestors were…
On the Street
Deck Searching for SA’s Roots in the River Recently, I got a message that ice-cream king Justin Arecchi wanted to talk. I went to his new location on Main Street in Monte Vista and found myself listening to something he deeply cared about: downtown and the current state of the River Walk. An hour later…
Fighting Fascism with Fantasy
Don’t worry, he’s with me: director Guillermo del Toro and the Pale Man (Doug Jones), a creature from del Toro’s newest dark fantasy, Pan’s Labyrinth. Though not the bloodiest or most consequential conflict of the 20th century, the Spanish Civil War occupies mythical status. A rehearsal for World War II in which fascist forces perfected…
The Say-Town Lowdown &ndash Guest Column
With thousands of universities competing for students, faculty, funds, and respect, how can one upstart institution stand out? At the moment, administrators at the University of Texas at San Antonio (where, full disclosure, I teach) are eyeing NCAA football, but back in February 2005, a presidential library seemed a way to advance the school’s grand…
On the Street
Deck Searching for SA’s Roots in the River Recently, I got a message that ice-cream king Justin Arecchi wanted to talk. I went to his new location on Main Street in Monte Vista and found myself listening to something he deeply cared about: downtown and the current state of the River Walk. An hour later…
The Mashup
From the Editor In politics, as on the stage, some things go together like rama lama lama ke ding a de dinga dong — and when they do, you should think “grease,” as in grease the wheels for business as usual. And when you hear politicians singing about how the American people are tired of…
Fighting Fascism with Fantasy
Don’t worry, he’s with me: director Guillermo del Toro and the Pale Man (Doug Jones), a creature from del Toro’s newest dark fantasy, Pan’s Labyrinth. Though not the bloodiest or most consequential conflict of the 20th century, the Spanish Civil War occupies mythical status. A rehearsal for World War II in which fascist forces perfected…
The Say-Town Lowdown &ndash Guest Column
With thousands of universities competing for students, faculty, funds, and respect, how can one upstart institution stand out? At the moment, administrators at the University of Texas at San Antonio (where, full disclosure, I teach) are eyeing NCAA football, but back in February 2005, a presidential library seemed a way to advance the school’s grand…
