Top Books to Read in 2020 As Everything Falls Apart
In a COVID-strained year, tales of families repairing their lives and the caste system's effect of Black Americans made an impact
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Arts, Dec. 17, 2020
Festival 2019: Truth Worth Telling With Scott Pelley
Newsman Scott Pelley had words of advice about media in the modern age
Arts, Oct. 28, 2019
Festival 2019: On Second Look
Oscar Cásares and De'Shawn Charles Winslow keep it all in the family
Arts, Oct. 28, 2019
Festival 2019: Dave Campbell's Favorite Football Stories
The longtime sportswriter still recalls all those great games
Arts, Oct. 28, 2019
Tim O'Brien's Love Letter to His Sons
In Dad's Maybe Book, the author of Going After Cacciato is going after fatherhood
Arts, Oct. 24, 2019
UT Professor on the Making of Texas Film Epic Giant
Don Graham's Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film
Books, April 12, 2018
Review: If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd
The highs and lows of one of the most iconic Southern rock bands
SXSW, March 14, 2018
Review: The World Before Your Feet
The art of walking … and doing little else
SXSW, March 13, 2018
Review: Social Animals
Doc is a smart cautionary tale on the power of social media
SXSW, March 12, 2018
The Greatest Meets the Brainiest in SXSW Doc Ali & Cavett
Outside the ring and on the couch with Muhammad Ali and Dick Cavett
Screens, March 8, 2018
Joe O’Connell’s Top Reads of 2017
These three novels and one memoir are all memorable for the ways they plumb the depths and mysteries of memory
Arts, Dec. 28, 2017
The Son Rises With Philipp Meyer
Austin author on adapting his award-winning novel for AMC
Screens, April 6, 2017
SXSW Film Review: David Lynch – The Art Life
Doc excavates the creative mind of the eccentric artist
SXSW, March 14, 2017
SXSW Film Review: Becoming Bond
The secret life of the forgotten James Bond
SXSW, March 12, 2017
SXSW Episodic: American Gods
It's old gods vs. new in Starz adaptation of Neil Gaiman novel
Screens, March 11, 2017
SXSW Film Review: Rat Film
Doc transforms unwelcome critters into metaphor of human inequality
SXSW, March 11, 2017
California Dreams' Postcards From the Edge
Hybrid doc explores the fringes of Hollywood hopefuls
Screens, March 9, 2017
Pornocracy Details the Fall of the Adult Film Industry
Documentary investigates the corporate porn multinationals
Screens, March 9, 2017
The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of High Noon
Glenn Frankel’s new book on the classic film explores a very timely history
Screens, March 2, 2017
Top Books to Make Our Lone Star Shine
Five works of fiction and nonfiction reveal new depths of humanitity in their Texas characters
Arts, Dec. 29, 2016
The Devil’s Sinkhole
by Bill Wittliff
Arts, Nov. 3, 2016
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2016: The Best Stories of the Year
Edited by Laura Furman
Arts, Nov. 3, 2016
God and Comedy
Screenwriter Michael Zagst chooses laughter with Divine Access
Screens, May 12, 2016
Where Is Your Mind?
Stories of the Mind brings mental health issues to light
Screens, May 5, 2016
SXSW: Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
Doc on longtime life coach surprisingly straight forward
Screens, March 15, 2016
SXSW: Learning to See
Photographer captures unrecorded insects of the Amazon
Screens, March 13, 2016
SXSW: The Hollywood Shorties
Doc on the story of the little people sports team is sweet and compelling
Screens, March 12, 2016
Paging Mr. Herman
Paul Reubens' hard work results in Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Screens, March 10, 2016
Writer Pat Littledog
The Austin-based author of Afoot in a Field of Men is afoot again
Arts, March 3, 2016
A White-Knuckle Western
Co-directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks aim to Kill or Be Killed
