Austin's Aaron Moten's Trip From Batboy to Fallout

How one St. Ed's actor became part of the new Prime series

"...the context. Before he was cast in the big-budget adaptation of the Bethesda Software smash hit Fallout series, Moten..."

April 11, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Movies, Comedians, Theatre, and More Arts Options for the Week

Get out and get art

"...Wherefore art thou, bilingual adaptation of Shakespeare’s iconic play about rivalry, young love, and..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Soundscapes, Bat Books, and More Arts Events for the Week

Things to do when you're not staring at an interloping moon

"...successful local author – you might remember the Spielberg-helmed adaptation of his Ready Player One – unveils his young-adult..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Lousy Carter

A charismatic David Krumholtz plays the titular lit professor

"...by getting her to “pose” for his unfinished animated adaptation of Nabokov’s dry run for Lolita, Laughter in the..."

March 29, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

One Life

True-life drama about efforts to transport refugee children to safety ahead of Nazi invaders

"...way of its success as a compelling work of adaptation...."

March 15, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW TV Review: 3 Body Problem

Acclaimed sci-fi story opens the fest’s TV portion

"...Liu Cixin is set mainly in China, this eight-episode adaptation by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss of Game of..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Rod Machen

Parks, Gardens, Pisces, and More Arts Events for the Week

Get out and get arty, away from the SXSW crowds

"...Catch the musical’s run in Austin before the big-screen adaptation pops up in November, and join the elite class..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Broadway in Austin Announces 2024-25 Season

Corn, kindness, and the boy who never grew up come to the Bass

"...Now it'll be part of Austin's yuletide, with this adaptation of the Robbins' version by playwright Larissa FastHorse, directed..."

March 5, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

A Boner Bizarre, Improvised Love Stories, and More Arts Events

Get some culture and love this week

"...Always a Boy and subsequent co-playwright of its stage adaptation Jo Ivester hopes the play written alongside her son..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Frozen Live Show Tickets Go on Sale Friday

Broadway in Austin is building everyone a snowman

"...magic of Arendelle to Austin with the Tony-nominated musical adaptation of the 2013 Disney animated smash. The show opens..."

Feb. 13, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Float

A Type-A doctor-in-training enjoys a summer romance in small-town Canada

"...Both of those are adaptations of blockbuster novels, but the summer of romance seems..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pelvis Wrestley’s High-Concept Pop Mythology

Bandleader Jammy Violet embraces queer world-building on sophomore LP

"...“Adaptation is so important to us as a band –..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Stories, Operas, and Meet-Cutes: The Week in Arts

Brett Goldstein brings the laughs, Zach Theatre conjures a comet, and more arty events

"...& the Great Comet of 1812, Dave Malloy’s musical adaptation of a 70-page section of Tolstoy’s great tome. Described..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

A Freight Train Ride Through Lucinda Williams’ Artistry at ACL Live

Former Austinite stands tall on the blues in soundtracked read-along

"...Friday night felt a bit like seeing the movie adaptation...."

Jan. 20, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Freud's Last Session

Fictional meeting between Freud and CS Lewis makes no breakthrough

"...So why does this adaptation of Mark St. Germain’s award-winning Off-Broadway stage drama of..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mean Girls

This isn't your mother's Mean Girls. Because it's really bad.

"...even with the added bonus that this is an adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical revamp, there’s a hollow..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...world premiere of new series 3 Body Problem, Netflix's adaptation of Liu Cixin's international smash hit science fiction novel,..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Color Purple

Musical of Alice Walker's classic novel raised by stacked cast

"...a new life yet again. In director Blitz Bazawule’s adaptation, combining elements from Marsha Norman's musical and the Spielberg..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Ferrari

Adam Driver as the man behind the racing giant

"...is absolutely the point of Michael Mann's brutally reduced adaptation of Brock Yates' definitive and encyclopedic English language biography,..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2023 You Haven’t Seen Yet

From the Toxic Avenger to school shootings, the best of the fests

"...idea that was amplified in Nobuhiko Obayashi's award-winning film adaptation, The Disincarnates. But for his English translation, writer/director Andrew..."

Dec. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2023

"...8) Killers of the Flower Moon A solid adaptation of a shocking nonfiction bestseller about the Osage murders..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature

Review: Alchemy Theatre’s A Christmas Memory

Truman Capote's childhood reminiscences are a poignant present

"...Theatre’s current production of A Christmas Memory, Luke Hill's adaptation of Truman Capote’s autobiographically inspired 1956 novella. The homey..."

Dec. 12, 2023 Arts Post by Jasmine Lane

COP28: Climate Migration Is Coming. Is Texas Prepared?

Extreme heat, weather, drought will cause displacement

"...coming decades. Countries can prepare proactively by establishing National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) ... but guess what global superpower doesn't..."

Dec. 12, 2023 News Post

Eileen

Adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh's thriller captures her mood, not her internality

"...Goebel and Moshfegh and directed by William Oldroyd, this adaptation transfers over Moshfegh’s bleak wit and ethos well enough...."

Dec. 1, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Deerhoof at Wizard Rodeo and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Austin acts El Combo Oscuro and sleep well. both host album release shows

"...realm – whether kicking off recent Bay Area-set film adaptation Shortcomings ("Sit Down, Let Me Tell You a Story."),..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Review: Zach Theatre’s A Christmas Carol

Boisterous but shallow jukebox musical of the Dickens classic misses opportunities

"...production of A Christmas Carol, a jukebox musical stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' beloved holiday classic about a greedy..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Arts Feature by Jasmine Lane

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

YA epic's prequel can't catch the book's inner fire

"...Collins' YA book trilogy or the four-part film series adaptation starring Jennifer Lawrence – to make sense of this..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dream Scenario

Nic Cage leads a strange satire about public perception

"...of Cage's best, a mix of Pig's earnestness and Adaptation's idiosyncrasies. But it's also a fitting counterpart to last..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Priscilla

Measured journey behind closed doors of rock & roll's most famous marriage

"...blue suede shoes. Early in Priscilla, Sofia Coppola’s sanguine adaptation of co-executive producer Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir Elvis and..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

What Happens Later

Ryan and Duchovny ponder the road not taken in magical rom-com

"...In this adaptation of Austin playwright's Steven Dietz’s Shooting Star, middle-aged ex-paramours..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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