AFS Cinema
Volume 34, Number 50
news
After the Flood, Before the Flood
As the area recovers from the Memorial Day flood, El Niño looms
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Point Austin: Intentional Ignorance
Voting rights decision fails to acknowledge the obvious
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Moratorium Now!
Cutting through the bullshit on STRs
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
There Goes the Neighborhood
Council digs into short-term rentals this week
BY NATALIA CIOLKO
Council: For the Birds
Taking on bullhooks, FFF Fest, and more
BY MICHAEL KING
Aug. 13: In the Zone Again
Council plays musical chairs, because what else do they have to do?
BY MICHAEL KING
Uber-Disgruntled
Those cheap Uber fares aren't doing drivers much good
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Turning the Tide on the Eastside
Community activists want Council to pump the brakes on commercial development along East Cesar Chavez
BY TONY CANTÚ
The Post-Marriage Equality Fight
Same-sex couples mount fight to ensure accurate birth, death certficiates
BY MARY TUMA
Violet Crown Trail Opens
First six miles of a planned 30 miles of trail open to the public
BY ROBYN ROSS
AISD High Schools Hit Target
TEA results for Austin improved from last year
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
AISD Debates Filling Board Vacancy
Austin ISD board defers vacant seat decision to subcommittee
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Road Ahead Murky After Voter ID Ruling
County says ruling won't impact November elections
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Travis Voter Registrar Tests "Text Request"
New system allows citizens to register to vote by text
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report
A thousand cuts
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Wise Guys
Blue Owl Brewing brings sours to the masses
BY ANNA TOON
Jenna's Asian Kitchen
Changing the conversation about Cedar Park
BY BRANDON WATSON
AC Date Night: Royal Blue Grocery & Garage Cocktail Bar
Picnic and park it Downtown
BY ADRIENNE WHITEHORSE
Food-o-File
New honors and old traditions
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
The Drifter
Mike Flanigin's accidental (and all-star) organ-grinding
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Playback: Red River Optimist John Wickham
Red River poker king John Wickham remains optimistic, Nazis stab concertgoers at Trailer Space, and Fun Fun Fun Fest gets its acre at Auditorium Shores
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Metallurgy
King Parrot
Dead Set
Myrkur
M
The Sword
High Country
Nile
What Should Not Be Unearthed
Kadavar
Berlin
Paradise Lost
The Plague Within
Abyssal
Antikatastaseis
Antigama
The Insolent
Cattle Decapitation
The Anthropocene Extinction
Godhunter vs. Destroyer of Light
Endsville
High on Fire
Luminiferous
Horisont
Odyssey
screens
Confrontational Cinema
Companion doc to The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence revisits Indonesian atrocities
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Back in Black
Capital City Black Film Festival returns for round three
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Help Desk
A smartphone first-timer tries to keep her head above the deep waters of interconnectivity
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
Film Reviews
Brothers: Blood Against Blood
Bollywood remake of 2011's underrated boxing saga Warrior
The End of the Tour
Fictional but satisfying portrayal of a David Foster Wallace interview by a Rolling Stone reporter
Fantastic Four
Marvel not at this Fox flop
The Look of Silence
Getting personal with Indonesia's bloody past in follow-up to The Act of Killing
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Napoleon Solo and and Illya Kuryakin don't transition well to the present
Meet Me in Montenegro
Real-life couple and co-directors explore whether love is better the second time around
Prince
Impoverished Dutch teen is lured by promises of wealth
RangiTaranga
Kannada-language mystery thriller
Straight Outta Compton
Picture about origins of rap group NWA shows off their snarly cool
arts & culture
Sistering the Brothers Grimm
Austin-born artist Natalie Frank makes fables viscerally visual in her exhibition at the Blanton
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
The Austin One-Minute Play Festival Is Back!
ScriptWorks presents another round of locally penned 60-second dramas – 70 staged back-to-back
BY STEPHANIE CARLL
Arts Reviews
BOOKS by Kevin McNamee-Tweed
In this collection of faux book jackets, you can totally judge books by their covers
Robin Hood: An Elegy
Rough edges aside, Generic Ensemble Company's new work makes an urgent statement that #blacklivesmatter
The Tree Play
For this story of a rain forest over a lifetime, Robi Polgar created a living, breathing poem
columns
Gay Place: Find Your Qummunity
Events for every stripe of the rainbow, especially Qumbia Queers and Going Grrls
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips: Sundew Trail in the Big Thicket, Kountze
Take a walk in one of the most biodiverse landscapes in the world
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: The Willfully Ignorant
The real danger is believing you've done the homework when you really haven't
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
