Space Invaders on a Shoestring Budget

Monsters is the best monster movie of the millennium (so far)

"...Let's come right out and say it upfront: Gareth Edwards' Monsters is the best..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

What a Longer, Stranger Trip It's Been

Jim Van Bebber on 'The Manson Family'

"...When director Jim Van Bebber and producer/cinematographer Mike King decided to make an..."

April 8, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Expert Marx Man

Gabe Kaplan knows Groucho, and he's bringing him back to life on stage.

"...The quintessential wiseacre. The crown prince of smart-aleck comebacks. The sardonic..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Everybody Loves a Wynn-er

Will Wynn is his own flavor of ice cream -- pure vanilla, but mixed with nuts

"...On the one hand: Will Wynn is the pro-business, tight-fisted, basic-services-hawking anchor of..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Murder Most ... Peculiar

A rogue's gallery in the Gregory Steen murder case

"...Testimony continued this week in the capital murder trial of Gregory Steen, charged with the 1997..."

March 8, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Dead Man Blues

7-CD box set contains all anyone could ever want to know about Charley Patton.

"...The Jinx The blues is you're 43 and dead. The blues is when you live in the..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Right Man for the Job

Charlie Robison says 'fuck everybody.'

"...NASHVILLE -- To talk to folks in Nashville about Charlie..."

June 29, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

A Cuppa Hot Joe

On a comedy club stage, News Radio star Joe Rogan exudes a mad joy for life in all its insanity, depravity, and delicious dirt; if Henry Miller had done stand-up, it would have come out like Joe Rogan's act.

"...Joe Rogan is a ranter. Throw out any topic, from the..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Million-Dollar Man

AG press spokesman Ted Delisi also works as a campaign consultant to George Bush.

"...Over the past six months, Gov. George W. Bush's presidential campaign has..."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

A Stone for Norman Mailer

"...illustration by Jason Stout Has Norman Mailer published a book..."

June 12, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

The Doughnut Man

"...Randall Lee Malone tends to fancy himself the Joan of..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Feature

Frank Kozik (1962-2023), the Man Behind a Poster Revolution

How Austin shaped the punk artist behind print mania

"...When Frank Kozik passed away this week at the age of..."

May 12, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

A Tale of a Whale: Shanon Weaver on Playing and Watching Charlie

Austin artist Shanon Weaver shares his experience playing Charlie and watching Brendan Fraser play the same part in The Whale

"..."Check this out!" read several messages I've received over various social media outlets..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Shanon Weaver

Richard Linklater's Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood Touches the Animated Stars

Glen Powell talks life on set of the Austin director's latest

"...When Richard Linklater was doing press for his semi-autobiographical college baseball..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Rhythmic Ray of Light: Austin Community College's Hip-Hop Production Instructor Ray LaManna

From prisoner to professor, he wants to change people's lives

"...Ray LaManna Sr. nods his head in approval while listening..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Fantastic Fest Film Depicts Militias With a Hair Trigger

When rugged individualism goes wrong in The Standoff at Sparrow Creek

"...For most filmmakers, completing their first film is a time for..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Letter From Guest Editor Ethan Hawke

Blaze director on why it’s time for us all to act like grownups and demand integrity from our elected officials

"...Maybe it's because I was born here. Maybe it's because..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Ethan Hawke

A Broken Trust at the Alamo Drafthouse

After executive mismanagement of sexual harassment accusations, the movie chain reconsiders what it means to do the right thing

"...Chaos reigned...."

March 2, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Can a Working Musician Find a Decent Job in This Town?

Musicians looking to subsidize their poverty-level passion already have one strike against them

"...Sitting in the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians office last summer, waiting for..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

When the Beat Reporter Packs a Pipe

Rolling Papers looks at how The Denver Post tackled its pot coverage

"...In all of journalistic fantasy, there are few scenarios more desirable..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Welding a Bright Future

Local woman sparks her way onto HGTV show 'Brother vs. Brother'

"...We caught up with Austin native Inez Escamilla about her journey..."

Aug. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

A Raunchy Comedy With Sacred Cows in Its Sights

Drafthouse Films imports the Danish-made 'Klown'

"..."The thing we noticed with the Austin audience, and American audiences in general, is that the..."

July 27, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

No Way To Pick a Senator

It's Sadler vs. Yarbrough and Dewhurst vs. Cruz in this month's primary run-offs

"...When legislative veterans heard Paul Sad­ler was running for U.S. Senate,..."

July 20, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Confessions of a Mind on Overdrive

Troy Dillinger has so much to give

"...You can call Troy Dillinger a lot of things – boisterous,..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Point Austin: When a House Is Not a Home

Workers and homeowners seek justice from home builders

"...One sign that the housing market is still in pretty bad shape..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Reclaiming Texas History, One Home Movie at a Time

The missionary zeal of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image

"...Let me set the scene. On a perfectly sunny day in spring, two men square off..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Everyone's a Critic

The theatre community sounds off on critics as artists.

"...Dear Loki,..."

July 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

A Question of Equity

Is It Time for Austin Actors To Go Union? And Vice Versa?

"...Of all the nights in the life of a production, the..."

June 9, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

More a Man Than a Legend

Observing as the golden-throated Flatlander becomes a record-label executive

"...Jimmie Dale Gilmore has often been called a Zen cowboy thanks..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

More Than a Pair of Jokers

While she was growing up, Anne S. Lewis thought of Randy and Jason Sklar as just her crazy twin cousins. But now, after an MTV sitcom and success on the comedy club circuit, she's thinking her relatives may be more than just a pair of jokers in her family deck.

"...My cousins, the Sklar brothers -- the identical-twin stand-up comedians -- are coming..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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