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Empire of Light
The bulb glows dim in Sam Mendes' tribute to picture palaces
"...local skinheads and other racist bullies and Thatcherites violently spill over into the Empire’s lobby, it starts to feel..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Silent Twins
True story of siblings gives little insight into their inner lives
"...no one but each other, why their personal bonds spill over into occasional knock-down, drag-out fights, or why they..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Council Passes Protections for Central, Eastside Creeks
Pollution, erosion, and development safeguards included
"...Council's unanimous vote comes after an acidic waste spill earlier this year from the Samsung Austin Semiconductor facility..."

June 24, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Language Lessons
Natalie Morales and Mark Duplass test the online connections formed in lockdown
"...to offer. So when her own personal problems accidentally spill into their time together and any sense of healthy..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Selome Hailu

Homewrecker
Cringe-inducing and clunky intergenerational black comedy
"...The sloth-like pacing isn't helped by Built to Spill guitarist Doug Martsch's distorted 50's pop soundtrack. The sound,..."

July 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
Music we’re playing
"..."2,000 Light Years from Home." – Raoul Hernandez Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston..."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Wolf House
Chilean found footage animation is a technical miracle
"...illustrations that burst through the frames of the wall, spill into the floor, or break into abstractions. Maris inner..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Photograph
Get ready for romance with this Valentine’s release about family secrets
"...the impact of multiple hurricanes and the BP oil spill on the economy and culture. He starts out with..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Faster Than Sound: Body Rock Turns 10
Riders Against the Storm and Chorizo Funk’s decade-built dance institution endures, Monday City music meetings, and more
"...Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston: Continuing tribute releases..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More
Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave
"...and a fight erupts mid-coitus, causing her pent-up feelings spill over. (World Premiere) "Reminiscences of the Green Revolution" (Philippines,..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Daniel Johnston's Death Begins Its Reverberations Around the Globe
“He’s legendary, but he was first a legend in his own mind, then he became a real legend.”
"...had influenced, including Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy, Built to Spill, the Preservation All-Stars, the Districts, and Modern Baseball. Early..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour 2019
The fest's best shorts are a diverse treat
"...Look, although I can only spill so many words about these films due to column..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Faster Than Sound: Music Lab Explores Consolidation
Rehearsal space’s Oltorf location posted for sale; Hi, How Are You Day draws the Flaming Lips; and Esme Barrera tribute launches Girls Rock El Paso
"...the Flaming Lips, Yo La Tengo, and Built to Spill, pinpointing the supportive peers and sustaining indie standards of..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Tea With the Dames
Share a cuppa with the great British ladies of the screen
"...in their 80s) are all equals here as they spill the tea in a course of several get-togethers at..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Kingsman: The Golden Circle
The bloody spy series returns
"...likely to succeed as long as there’s blood to spill...."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Live Music to See This Weekend
The music staff helps you navigate the next three days of shows
"...Solstice Festival Various locations Friday-Saturday, June 16-17..."

June 16, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Sleeping With Other People
Raunchy but sweet rom-com stars Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis
"...Too often in romantic comedies, the romance and comedy spill out of the water pipe with only one temperature..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Animated Short Films
Five Oscar nominees, plus some extra treats.
"...within tangibly three-dimensional environments and allows their emotions to spill out into the world whenever appropriate...."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
Touching documentary captures Campbell's final tour, which is made more poignant and brave because of the musician's worsening Alzheimer's.
"...write: Glen Campbell made the tears well up and spill over. Bring your handkerchiefs, because this is some seriously..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Seeing the Invisible
Margaret Brown dives headfirst into the BP Gulf oil tragedy
"...is there informing folks affected by the BP oil spill about an upcoming community meeting with an attorney handling..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

'At Any Price' and 'The East' Ask for Answers
Occupy Wall Street, capitalism, and SXSW Film
"...the film, which feature the consequences of an oil spill, the BP oil spill happened. Then, a week after..."

March 18, 2013 SXSW Post by Brandon Ney

Crows, Frankensteins and Danger at Staple! 2013
Local indie media con mixes webTV innovators with comic legends
"...White Lightning HQ, and podcasters from Geek Bombast and Spill.com's League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen...."

Feb. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Association Announces Year-End Awards
'Zero Dark Thirty' named Best Film of 2012
"...MSN Movies, Movies.com, ScreenCrush, Slackerwood, Smells Like Screen Spirit, Spill.com, Twitch, and YNN Austin...."

Dec. 21, 2012 Screens Feature

You Don’t Even Have to Go to the Movies Anymore
You really shouldn’t stop going to the movies
"...media scene here – think Aint It Cool News, Spill.com, Film School Rejects, and Slackerwood (recently umbrella’ed into AFS’..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Thursday International Bands
Thursday, pace yourself
"...Uncle Bad Touch (Fri., 1am, Spill; Sat., 8pm, Club de Ville)..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers
Thursday blurbs slim down from the Wednesday bloat
"...is reminiscent of bands like Pavement and Built To Spill. – Zoe Cordes Selbin Night Beats..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
Director Sophie Fiennes gives us this elegant examination of the highly personal artwork of German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer.
"...resembling battered, open manuscripts pile on top of and spill over one another. Mammoth canvases painted with molten lead..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Take Shelter
Is Curtis LaForche slowly going mad or is something apocalyptic about to happen? Michael Shannon stars in this truly unsettling movie.
"...to be at first glance. Does the nearby chlorine spill we hear about on the TV news in the..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Another Earth
Shaky science fiction shacks up with a corny redemption tale in this Sundance Film Festival double award-winner.
"...true identity until a plot contrivance forces her to spill the truth. The ideas of the duplicate planet and..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers
Thursday SXSW can't escape the blurbs!
"...driving, swirling Northwestern guitar anthems à la Built To Spill and Walla's own Death Cab for Cutie. – Doug..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

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