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March 13, 2009

Volume 28, Number 28

news

food

  • Texas Culinary Icons

    Austin is the place to try true Texas treats, from chicken-fried steak to frozen margaritas

    BY MICK VANN

  • Shiner at 100

    After 100 years, the Spoetzl Brewery still shines

    BY LEE NICHOLS

  • St. Patrick's Day Revels

    St. Patty's Day isn't all about the booze, but booze is good, too

    BY WES MARSHALL

  • Food-o-File

    Wheatsville Co-op celebrates its 33rd anniversary, and Zoot reopens at its new location

    BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD

  • Event Menu

    Your local food events for March 14-17

    BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD

music

screens

  • SXSW FILM

    • Good Company

      Welcome to Austin and SXSW Film 09

      BY KIMBERLEY JONES

    • Film News

      Welcome to the great state of South by Southwest

      BY JOE O'CONNELL

    • Every Step They Take

      Kathryn Bigelow dramatizes the dangerous business of bomb detonation in The Hurt Locker

      BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN

    • The 11th Hour

      Tim McCanlies eyes the finish line

      BY JOSH ROSENBLATT

    • The Bee's Knees

      Andrew Bujalski's uncommon process

      BY KIMBERLEY JONES

    • Magnificent Obsession

      Charting the unlikely ascension of Troll 2 from crappiest movie ever made to cult darling

      BY MARC SAVLOV

    • The Watchmen

      Three documentaries shine a light on playing to the audience

      BY KIMBERLEY JONES

    • Boys Who Like Boys

      Two takes on the bromance in Humpday and I Love You, Man

    • Found Film

      The rehatching of Tobe Hooper's 1969 debut, Eggshells

      BY LOUIS BLACK

    • An Expanding Definition of Family

      Karen Skloss' personal documentary explores mothers and daughters and the choices they make

      BY SARAH JEAN BILLEITER

    • Animated Ladies

      Signe Baumane and Sarah Jane Lapp illustrate their points

      BY ANNE S. LEWIS

    • Rock and a Hard Place

      Exploring the elusiveness of fame and the ethics of the mash-up in 24 Beats per Second

      BY JOSH ROSENBLATT

    • It Came From Down Under

      Aussie films swarm SXSW 09

      BY DARCIE STEVENS

    • Shot on Location

      For All Mankind filmmaker Al Reinert goes walking on the moon one more time

      BY ROBERT FAIRES

    • In a World Where ...

      Plumbing the depths of Joe Dante's Trailers From Hell

      BY MARC SAVLOV

    • The Cutting Edge

      Trailer maker Mark Woollen talks shop

      BY SPENCER PARSONS

  • We Thank You Very Sweetly

    Remembering once and forever Munchkin Clarence Swensen

    BY JOE O'CONNELL

  • TV Eye

    A new workplace sitcom addresses the tough questions. Like, if eyeballs explode at minus 20 degrees Celsius.

    BY BELINDA ACOSTA

  • Film Reviews

    The East, Man of Steel, Midnight's Children, and This Is the End

the arts

columns

  • Page Two: The Incredibles

    SXSW Film lines 'em up

    BY LOUIS BLACK

  • Letters at 3AM

    How far are you willing to go to make a picture?

    BY MICHAEL VENTURA

  • After a Fashion

    Stephen gears up for SXSW and spring: Should he choose the pink crocodile or the one-shoulder with ruffles?

    BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER

  • Day Trips

    Bigfoot Wallace lived a life as big as Texas

    BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

  • Gay Place

    South by So Gay

    BY KATE X MESSER

  • Playing Through

    The Aztex look to turn Austin into a soccer town

    BY THOMAS HACKETT

  • Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

    Starbucks in church, Brits tortured Obama's grandfather, and more

    BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

    • The Luv Doc: The Sugar Tit

    Are you living in the Burger King's Castle?

    Postmarks

    Letters to the editor, published daily

books