'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'

Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin

"...The South hadn't been kind to Bruce Springsteen...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Wild, the Innocent, and the Five Armadillo Shows

"...local poster artist Micael Priest snuck a copy of The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle onto..."

April 3, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Flight of the Innocent

"...Jacques Perrin. Ten-year-old Vito (Colao) lives in Calabria, in southern Italy, a place where the sun bakes sleepy villages..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Defending the Innocent in Texas

The Texas Center for Actual Innocence is open for business at the UT Law School

"...of Law professor Bill Allison received a call from the Wisconsin Innocence Project asking if he would act as..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

The Turning

Henry James' creepy classic resurrected yet again

"...If a story has been adapted 30 times for the screen, it's pretty essential that anyone going for version..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Pot Smokers

What kind of monster doesn't feel a paternal urge to shelter the innocent?

"...wine, and I only drink on social occasions. My brother-in-law has always been a pot smoker and doesn't really..."

July 29, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Notes on Kamp: The Only Way Is Abolition

The death penalty is too flawed to be saved

"...This week, Chase Hoffberger digs into the story of death row inmate Louis Perez (see "Reasonable..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Second verse, much the same as the first: The Games may have changed but Katniss Everdeen is still our favorite pawn.

"...Wright, Jena Malone, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Liam Hemsworth, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Lynn Cohen, Stanley Tucci, Amanda..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Killer

Fincher and Fassbender deflate the assassin myth

"...There are few more overblown creations of fiction than the..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Endless

Sibling banter and cosmic terror means observational comedy horror.

"...There's no more abused term in horror fiction than Lovecraftian...."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Repo! The Genetic Opera

This cyber-gothic opera set in an unsavory world of the near-future stars Sarah Brightman, Paul Sorvino, and Paris Hilton, among others.

"...and Terrance Zdunich. What could be more suited to the classic operatic format than a cyber-gothic story of family..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Albert Brooks again sallies forth where others fear to tread, although his comic results are more mildly amusing than riotously funny.

"...Tenney and John Carroll Lynch. Perhaps only Albert Brooks, the master of angst-ridden comic self-doubt and oblivious boorishness, would..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

On the Nightshift: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Keep Running

At Moody "with the white-hot light of the oncoming train”

"...band that needs no introduction. Right? Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band!”..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

The origins of the iconic Amazon princess

"...If the comic book historian in you skews Marvel, you may..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Were the Urban Pioneers

Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown

"...Think of the Puritan settlers, eking out a new life amid impossibly..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Friend of the Family

In Thomas Mallon's new nonfiction book, the strangest figure in the JFK assassination is the most honest one.

"...Lee Harvey Oswald was in her front yard under the oak tree playing with his daughter Junie. His wife..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Enemy of the State

"...him or hate him, Tony Scott only steals from the best. Enemy of the State is littered with echoes..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: Flip Dictum

Wherein the Luv Doc engages in some easy moralizing

"...that he could be closer to his ex and their children. He was very nice, polite, and charming at..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

"Daniel Johnston: I Live My Broken Dreams" Tells the Story of an Artist

The first-ever museum exhibition of Daniel Johnston's work digs deep into the man, the myths

"...underestimate. His songs were mostly simple tunes that covered the same territory – love, redemptive and unrequited; his own..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Review: The Endless

Spring team head on a familiar but reinvented roadtrip

"...wrote, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." The Endless, the third feature from genre-bending innovators Justin Benson..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How the "Night of the Slasher" (Almost) Never Came

SXSW Midnight short's frantic journey to be made

"...Ask most filmmakers about making a short, and they'll tell you it's quicker and easier than a feature...."

March 17, 2016 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Says Sorry About the Demon

Sci fi film fest announces final lineup for final outing

"...It was with sadness that we announced that Other Worlds - the Austin-born celebration of science fiction and..."

Nov. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Pepe Was Martyred by the Right

Austin-linked SXSW doc Feels Good Man liberates the frog

"...When you hear "Pepe the Frog" your first thought is most likely "Why are..."

March 13, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Night He Came to Fantastic Fest

Genre fest announces Halloween for opening night

"...is coming early to Austin this year – or rather, Halloween is. Fantastic Fest has announced that the revamp..."

Aug. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Music Lover's Guide to Austin

The essential sounds, sights, and settings of Austin music

"...So your plane just touched down and the pilot said, “Welcome to Austin: the Live Music Capital..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Page Two: We Are the Eggmen

In the abstract, people are usually good about defending free speech. They fall apart in the specifics.

"...When in school we first learned about the United States Constitution – and especially the first 10..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Column by Louis Black

A Chip off the Auld Sod

Off the Bookshelf

"...One of the nice things about freelancing as opposed to being on..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Books Review

Innocent Blood

"...little problems and Landis' beautiful vampire feeds only on the evil and corrupt. She's life's little carrion crow in..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Framing the Guilty?

Houston police thought they had their man – so the evidence was no problem

"...The police were not looking for LaShandra Charles and her..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Ken Paxton Blocks Payment to Formerly Incarcerated Man Declared Innocent

Declared innocent, Alfred Dewayne Brown has appealed for compensation due to unjust imprisonment

"...That's the latest wrinkle in the case of Houstonian Alfred Dewayne..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

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