Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...The Sundance Film Festival released its first programming wave this afternoon,..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

If I Had My Way

Guitar hero Evan Johns lives!

"...The old man in a hat walked up to Dale Watson during..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Texas Two-Step

Richard Linklater and Matthew McConaughey on their true-crime comedy, 'Bernie'

"...Stepping into the interview suite at the Four Seasons during South by Southwest to speak..."

April 27, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM: Stirling at Road's End

Stirling Silliphant had a marvelous gift for writing, but he sold it out

"...Stirling Silliphant had the face of a man who'd compromised too..."

April 22, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

'New Works: Sunyong Chung'

Chung's two new sculptures offer a sublime glimpse of heaven and earth in balance

"...Austin Museum of Art – Downtown, 823 Congress, 495-9224..."

June 25, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Wharton Dancer

The flourishing legacy of the late Lone Star dramatist Horton Foote

"...On March 14, Horton Foote would have celebrated his 94th birthday...."

March 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

McCoy the Top QB Ever? Talk to the Ghost of VY.

Colt poised to be the winningest college QB

"...Vince Young. Go ahead and say it. Everyone else will repeat the mantra..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Off the Record

Surprise, guess what Bay Area metal behemoth played Stubb's after all?

"...Nothing Else Matters..."

March 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

First, Free Comic Book Day, and Then – Ka-Baam!!

Comic books and comedy improv go hand in hand, sometimes with repulsor rays

"...1) Nobody gives a shit about superheroes these days. We left those hyperbolic..."

May 2, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dancing Through Uncharted Territory

Choreographic explorers Sharir & Bustamante and their 20-year expedition of discovery

"...On Sept. 23, 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned to St. Louis after more than..."

May 13, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Life, Death, and Dance

Robert Duvall loves to tango. Robert Duvall loves Buenos Aires. And Robert Duvall loves Luciana Pedraza, the ravishing Argentinean-born woman who plays opposite him in Assassination Tango, a film in which the screen legend somehow conflates all these things.

"...Robert Duvall loves to tango. Robert Duvall loves Buenos Aires. And..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Woodman Cometh

In promotion of his new film 'Hollywood Ending,' reluctant traveler Woody Allen appeared briefly in Austin to talk bats, barbecue, and why he'll never go back to stand-up.

"...In a clever stroke of counter-programming this weekend, Woody Allen's new..."

May 3, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

The best of the new fall shows

"...For this year's new television series, the fall season may..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Short Cuts

The SXSW Film Festival begins, Scott Dinger is honored, and other noteworthy items of local film news.

"...All Movies, All the Time Dept.: For those of you..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Thou Shalt Not ...

Each one of Krzysztof Kieslowski's 10-part Decalogue is constructed carefully enough to be seen on its own. But together, they are a jigsaw puzzle of color, texture, emotion, and meaning. We take a look at this extraordinary series, which the Austin Film Society will screen at the Alamo Drafthouse on Saturdays through March 3.

"...Until the Sundance Channel acquired the television broadcast rights last March, Krzysztof..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Final Flowering

With Cold Sassy Tree, distinguished composer Carlisle Floyd crafts an opera to crown his lengthy career.

"...In the parlor of a house in a small town in rural..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jumping on the Bard-wagon

With the arrival of September, Austin is again awash in Shakespeare. Five productions -- from a minimalist Romeo and Juliet to a deconstructed comedy goofing on all the plays -- are currently playing Central Texas stages.

"..."It's the movie," says Bill Sheffield, board member of the Austin Shakespeare Festival..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Book Reviews

My Grandfather's Finger

"...by Edward Swift University of Georgia Press, $24.95 hard..."

May 21, 1999 Books Review

Exhibitionism

Altamont Now: Maybe Later

"...Altamont Warehouse, through September 26 Running Time: 1 hr, 40..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Arts Review

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...South by Southwest is a game of numbers: approximately 845 showcases/bands, divided by five..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

These Are the Days

Extolling an Exciting New Era of Austin Theatre

"...It's the end of an era. The phrase is uttered so casually and frequently..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...PUBLIC ACCESSD: Bryan Singer; with Ron Mar quette, Dina Brooks, Burt..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Alex Ring Isn’t Austin FC’s Captain Anymore, and That’s Just Fine With Him

The steely Finn is staying in the now

"...Amid the hype and optimism (misplaced as it was) that..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Features Feature by Eric Goodman

The Holy Glow of TV in Hollywood Priest

New documentary on the life and faith of producer priest Bud Keiser

"...There's a photograph in new documentary Hollywood Priest. A tall man,..."

May 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

World-Class Trombonist Andre Hayward's Spiritual Journey

"Big Butter" brings his warm sound to Austin

"...Standing onstage with saxophonist Elias Haslanger's local quintet, Andre Hayward..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Charles Dickens' Prolific Work Comes to Several Austin Stages

There's more than Scrooge on Austin stages this holiday season – which is just as his creator would want it

"...Move over, Ebenezer! Make room onstage for Pip and Miss Havisham and Magwitch,..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

10 Freaks and Geeks to Redefine Austin Music

Local passion projects with singular visions

"...Attic Ted Once upon a time in the Nineties, San..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Hornography

"...Tough to look back on Texas football in 2013 with any semblance of..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Sports Column by Chase Hoffberger

Gay Place: Get in Here!

Check our Ho-rizon: Your hot, gay summer is about to kick off, big time

"...See the first listing for details on how to get into our upcoming Queer..."

May 18, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

TV Eye

Forget Lost: The British Survivors starts with a disaster scenario, too, but skips all the hinky stuff

"...Like most of TV-view-ing America, I tuned into Lost last week. I did so..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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