My Obsession: The Killer Looks of Edwige Fenech

Bow before the Queen of Giallo

"...time I saw her. It was around 2005, and my (now) husband was introducing me to a genre of..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Column by Sarah Jane

My Obsession: Fleabag

Snarky British comedy mines the prick in all of us

"...co-owner, Boo, whose cause of death is initially a mystery. Then there's Fleabag's boozehound of a brother-in-law Martin (Another..."

May 10, 2019 Screens Column by Beth Sullivan

My Obsession: Fresh Off the Boat

Asian cinema expert calls this sitcom the series America needs right now

"...a mother of three boys who has an odd obsession – Stephen King novels. She might think Halloween is..."

June 29, 2018 Screens Column by Jenny Nulf

My Obsession: TV Monster Movies

Forget Seventies glamour: The decade’s made-for-TV movie monsters were the real stars

"...it was the made-for-television horror movies that really caught my attention...."

July 27, 2018 Screens Column by Amanda Reyes

My Obsession

Joe Nick Patoski leaves this terrestrial plane -- radio plane, that is.

"...KGSR-FM). So when I say satellite radio has changed my life, you need to understand what kind of life..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

My Obsession: Music Videos

aGLIFF director just can't get enough of the golden age of music videos

"...music was a big deal in the Brunzell household. My dad loved "The Boss" and my mom loved "Babs,"..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Screens Column by Jim Brunzell

My Obsession: Norma Jean & Marilyn

How HBO’s Monroe biopic highlighted the need for #MeToo

"...worse. While these TV movies still stand out in my mind (obviously), few left quite the impression that Norma..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Screens Column by Britt Hayes

My Obsession: The Dick Van Dyke Show

Was the Sixties sitcom a harbinger of horror?

"..."World's Friendliest Man" is full of references to horror, mystery, and the macabre...."

Oct. 13, 2017 Screens Column by Joe Gibson

The Carmichael Show

Pushing boundaries with NBC's sitcom

"...It's one of my favorite jokes of the last few years, repulsive on..."

June 23, 2017 Screens Column by Kahron Spearman

My Obsession: Therapy With Nineties Supermodels

Escape via the long gay tradition of diva worship

"...as editor at Harper's Bazaar. The other magazines in my ever-growing stack were loud in their declarations – "best..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Screens Column by Brandon Watson

My Obsession: Cozi TV

Channel showcases the best and worst of syndicated TV

"...choices at the buffet table to choose from. But my rampant consumption of all of these contemporary wonders hit..."

March 24, 2017 Screens Column by Josh Kupecki

My Obsession: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

Streaming the wildly popular video game and discovering a randomly generated reality show

"...the late Eighties and early Nineties, I often found myself watching older, bolder peers play video games. As Ataris..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Screens Column by James Renovitch

Match Game

AFS programmer exposes his [BLANK] for the classic game show

"...a raging cultural phenomenon, it was never on in my house, but DeBartolo's stories were so funny that I..."

April 28, 2017 Screens Column by Lars Nilsen

Scrubs

Finding real-life parallels in the hospital sitcom’s mentor-student relationship

"...Blake in M*A*S*H. But in Scrubs' season 5 gutpunch "My Lunch," J.D. and Cox run into a former patient..."

June 2, 2017 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

My Obsession: Time Travel in Movies

Falling down the wormhole of chronophysics in film

Jan. 26, 2018 Screens Column by Bears Fonté

Ernie Kovacs

Breaking the fourth wall with the legendary comedian

"...where he plays mumbling, alcoholic writer Sidney Redlitch to Jimmy Stewart's straight-laced book publisher Shep Henderson...."

May 12, 2017 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

My Obsession: Bob Byington Dials in to the 555

Austin filmmaker shares his love for new sketch comedy series

Feb. 17, 2017 Screens Column by Bob Byington

A Flame in My Heart

"...Directed by: Alain Tanner. Starring: Myriam Mezieres, Aziz Kabouche and Benoit Regent. L'amour fou. Made..."

Aug. 30, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Life in The Real World Kult

Please Take My MTV

"...to be called a complete-ist. Yes, as a teenager my bedroom was plastered with posters of Duran Duran. Yes,..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature by Adrienne Martini

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

An unsatisfying film/experiment/prank that combines the forces of Werner Herzog and David Lynch.

"...and Loretta Devine. Produced and "presented" by David Lynch, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done is the..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Close My Eyes

"...made, but as Owen careens off into self-pity and obsession, something darker happens. AIDS as the result of unprotected..."

Dec. 27, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

This unasked-for sequel goes down like an overdose of baklava

"...comic purpose the original’s Windex gags, etymological jokes, and obsession with everything Greek: You laughed at this once before,..."

March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...got tapped as a 1970s transistor radio. Scrolling past my Guns n' Roses holdings toward her Mediterranean of Morrissey,..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Food Issue Extra Helpings: My Relationship as a Google Doc

Foodie favorites find an OCD home

"...the lights went down at the Alamo Drafthouse during my first date with my now-boyfriend, my mind was running..."

Feb. 10, 2014 Chronolog Post by Monica Riese

Hyde Park Theatre's My Season With the Astros, Expos, and Phillies

One man's sports obsession becomes a charming one-act exploration into mediocrity

"...We all have preoccupations, obsessions, and passions. But Ken Webster – actor/director/producing artistic director..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

My ATX Television Festival With the Scrubs Cast

The medics of Sacred Heart reunite in Austin this June

"...The show debuted on NBC less than a month..."

Feb. 6, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Notes From a Kitchen: A Journey Inside Culinary Obsession

Jeff Scott focuses on 10 brilliant, food-obsessed chefs

"...In my mind, the most appealing aspect of Jeff Scott's two-volume..."

April 20, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Cyrano, My Love

The true (possibly) tale behind the writing of the French classic

"...Cinema will always have an obsession with theatre. As its heir, sibling, and occasional usurper,..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Song for My Father

An epic and personal reminiscence of Don Walser and what he meant to Austin

"...rejected wholesale everything that had come before it. To my knowledge, nobody from the "songwriters guitar pull" at Headliners..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Mark Rubin

Other Worlds Austin Review: Be My Cat: A Film for Anne

Bizarre Romanian horror brings insane spark to found footage

"...Be My Cat (which screened as part of Other Worlds Austin's..."

Dec. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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