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Butler Opera Center's Così fan tutte
This production brings Mozart's test of female fidelity into the modern world of Tinder and high finance
"...some sort of line between pre- and post-Weinstein? No. The coercion of women to please powerful men is and..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards
The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Capital T Theatre had a reason to crow at the Austin Critics..."

May 27, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What Does the Future Hold for Flip Happy Crepes?
Popular South Austin trailer will have to move
"...The real estate slump that saw prime undeveloped lots around..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Raven
John Cusack plays Edgar Allan Poe in this historically imaginative but dull and off-putting detective story set in old Baltimore.
"...frankly dull and frequently off-putting Sherlock Holmes-ian take on the final days of Edgar Allan Poe. It's neither grotesque..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'The Magic Flute'
Mozart's opera gets a techno remix at UT's Butler Opera Center
"...life, but are you ready for a Queen of the Night with a head the size of an Olympic..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The Fall of the House of Usher': When Debussy was a Poe boy
With UT's hosting of the Debussy International Congress comes a Halloween treat: an operatic adaptation based on Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher'
"...Tired of the same old haunted mansions with chain-saw psychos and hockey-masked..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Invitation
Tedious vampire flick should have stayed in the grave
"...It almost feels like yesterday that Twilight changed the course of young adult fiction as we know it...."

Sept. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Changes at UT’s Fine Arts Library Cause a Rift in the College of Fine Arts
Showdown on the fifth floor
"...floors: On one, rows and rows of books filling the length and breadth of its 18,000 square feet, with..."

March 30, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Year of the Booster
The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...For anyone feeling down about the state of our city, the 24th edition of the..."

May 25, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin and the Academy
'Tree of Life,' 'Bullhead' score Oscar nominations
"...The Tree of Life, filmed throughout Central Texas by longtime..."

Jan. 24, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Fresh and the Cured
Two local charcuterie wizards surf the old wave
"...On a blustery, cold Sunday at HOPE Market, the aroma and smoke draw you toward Ben Runkle's booth...."

Dec. 24, 2010 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Fun for the Whole Family
Traversing the Texas Book Festival
"..."They fuck you up, your mum and dad," Philip Larkin..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Cable Channel Shell-Game Shuffle
The FCC is investigating Time Warner; African-American weekday news anchors are few and far between
"...The Federal Communications Commission is investigating Time Warner Cable and..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

The Dark Knight
The visuals soar and Heath Ledger's Joker is magnificent, although this Batman movie is grim and chilly, as if made for our age of anxiety.
"...Chin Han. Being Batman is a drag. One day there are nipples on your body armor, the next, zero..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The World's Fastest Indian
Anthony Hopkins' great performance as Burt Munro, the real-life New Zealand codger and Indian motorcycle enthusiast who in 1967 set a land speed record that still stands today, is not enough to crash through this unabashedly sentimental wall of schmaltz.
"...Lawford. All one needs to know about Burt Munro, the real-life New Zealand codger and Indian motorcycle enthusiast who..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Back to the Grind House
On the occasion of QT 6, an ode to the demented poetry of triple bills in iniquitous theatres
"...Beginning at about the age of 12, I frequently traveled to New York..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Talking Art at the Top
The executive directors of the city's museums shed light on the local visual arts scene
"...If you didn't know, the Austin Museum of Art is not going to build..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

The Haunted Mansion
Eddie Murphy heads up this latest Disney amusement ride-turned-movie.
"...worth with this summer’s box-office bonanza of Pirates of the Caribbean. But the Johnny Depp x-factor so integral to..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Parent Trap
"...Walter, Simon Kunz, Elaine Hendrix and Ronnie Stevens. In the sunny, innocent years that preceded the scourge of adolescence,..."

July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Perry the Executioner
Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally
"...Keith Hampton still had not heard a word from the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Time was of the..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage
How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago
"...In the Nineties, Austin's cultural scene could afford to dream big...."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap
Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions on water plan
"...– Invocation at the Sept. 14 LCRA board meeting..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Backstage Crew
Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show
"...The Dream Team Scheme..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

You Fill in the Blank
"...Dear Editor, Jimmy [Flannigan] didn’t want to give the Kinser family a second chance at running the Butler..."

June 28, 2019 Postmarks

SXSW Film Review: Before the Sun Explodes
A weird and crazy night in West Hollywood
"...interested in uncomfortable spaces, and her new feature Before the Sun Explodes is lodged in one such uncertain territory:..."

March 15, 2016 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

Guess the Fest
Predict Fun Fun Fun Fest’s line-up and win sweet prizes
"...Let the divination begin. Fun Fun Fun Fest organizers Transmission Events..."

April 25, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Kindness of Strangers
Harry Ransom Center restoring Gone With the Wind costumes
"...$30,000 laying around? How about $100, $25, or $10? The Harry Ransom Center, custodian of film producer David O...."

Aug. 11, 2010 Design Post by Anne Harris

SXSW Live Shot: Take Me to the River
Memphis does it again, fostering racial (and age) harmony
"...Like the new documentary that inspired it, Saturday afternoon’s all-star Take..."

March 16, 2014 Music Post by Scott Schinder

SXSW Live Shot: Foster the People
Jell-O shot with your spring night ‘Supermodel’ pop?
"...Butler Park, the green space adjacent to the Long Center,..."

March 15, 2014 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

'X: The Erotic Treasury'
Celebrate V-Day with Susie Bright's erotica anthology
"...edited by Susie Bright is sure to leave even the most virginal of erotica readers wet… and not just..."

Jan. 28, 2009 Books Post by Kate X Messer

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