2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

The also-rans are as good as this year's animated nominees

"...to Harlem Renaissance creators like James Lesesne Wells and Aaron Douglas...."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

Long gone is the summer hiatus: These days, new programming knows no seasonal boundaries

"...rooting out corruption among the ranks. The series stars Aaron Douglas, who played Tyrol on Battlestar Galactica...."

June 11, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Little Pink House

Courtroom drama makes dry property rights personal.

"...Balaker. Starring: Catherine Keener, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Callum Keith Rennie, Aaron Douglas, Colin Cunningham and Miranda Frigon...."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...fiction (Junot Díaz, Justin Cronin) and nonfiction (Robert Caro, Douglas Brinkley, Cheryl Strayed, Naomi Wolf), plus pop culture personalities..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Cultural Coolness Around Texas This Month

"...Neale Hurston. On top of that, painters such as Aaron Douglas, who collaborated with the poet Langston Hughes on..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

Invaluable Information

Technology, privacy, hacking, and legislating in the new Digital Age

"...Aaron Swartz was one of those guys, a white-hat hacker,..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTD: Rob Reiner; with Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Anna Deavere..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Another Round of Praise

Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"..."Ascendant (sextet in memory of Aaron Copland)," Lingo..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...American Berserk Theatre and Density512 Mike Ooi (Officer Robert Douglas), Pet Dick, Jarrott Productions Amber Quick (Abby Pollock), Pet..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

A Midsummer Night's Dream

In director Lucien Douglas' staging of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," folly comes to the fore and makes for pretty pleasant company

"...on that score). The point is, in director Lucien Douglas' staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream, folly comes to..."

March 4, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

'The NFL Beat': Week Five

Inspirational fantasy football thoughts

"...Packers at Colts Aaron Rodgers had a nice bounce-back for his owners last..."

Oct. 6, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

The Way It Is and Isn't

Ben Rubin's art installation at UT shows the gap between TV news in Cronkite's time and now

"...Don't take my word for it. All summer long, Aaron Sorkin has been railing against the toothless mediocrity of..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...including Kat Candler's Hellion (starring the one and only Aaron Paul) and a trip through pitcher Dock Ellis' career..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...D: Dana Lustig; with Illeana Douglas, Paulina Porizkova, Julie Warner...."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke, Aaron David Johnson (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...Get Low Director: Aaron Schneider, Screenwriters: Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell A..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

November is Dvorák month in Austin!

The University of Texas is marking the centenary of Dvorák's death with an ambitious multidisciplinary festival called "New Worlds: Dvorák in Search of America."

"...search that anticipated the more familiar American music of Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Roy Harris, and others decades later,..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...and Thomas Zigal discussing his, Outcry Witness; barbecue superstar Aaron Franklin stepping away from the pit for his guide..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...Repellent Fence: A Land Art Film D: Sam Wainwright Douglas Some fences don't divide. SPECIAL EVENTS..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: Shindig on Effie Street

The silent film comedians at Keystone Films lived their art

"...later an important special-effects innovator for Mack Sennett and Douglas Fairbanks. Why Watson took that photograph I have no..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Dangerous Music

"...(l-r): Laura Krause, John Brewington, Cisco Ryder, Aaron Blount, Bill McCullough photograph by John Anderson..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Apollo 11 D: Todd Douglas Miller A look at the Apollo 11 mission to..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Outlaw King

Chris Pine aptly fills the crown of Robert the Bruce

"...Pine, Stephen Dillane, Rebecca Robin, Billy Howle, Sam Spruell, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Callan Mulvey...."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bitter Harvest

In 1930s Ukraine, young lovers fight Stalin and forced starvation

"...Gary Oliver, Aneurin Barnard, Tom Austen, Richard Brake, Nicholas Aaron, William Beck and Tamer Hassan...."

Feb. 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Nocturnal Animals

A dark meditation on regret and revenge

"...Tom Ford. Starring: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Ellie Bamber, Armie Hammer, Karl Glusman,..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

10 Other Unclassifiable Austin Acts

"...Members Matt Armistead (drums), Aaron Dugan (electronics, drums), Jonathan Horne (guitar, vocals)..."

May 16, 2008 Music Feature

What Is This Miracle Called Movie Music?

Making movie-music magic 'Infamous'

"...with the music for a movie she'd just joined. Douglas McGrath was making a biopic of writer Truman Capote..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Mark Rubin

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...Jamie Foxx, Charlton Heston, Ann-Margret, James Woods, Matthew Modine, Aaron Eckhart, Jim Brown, LL Cool J, Lauren Holly, Lela..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Art

Art Openings

"...-- Metamorfosis," Austin Visual Arts Association (Mar 6); "David Douglas Duncan: One Life, a Photographic Odyssey," LBJ Library (Mar..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...D: Andrew Davis; with Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet, Sarita Choudhury...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

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