Book of Shadows: Blair Witch Two

"...a background spent examining the foul underbelly of the American dream would serve him in good stead here, Book..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Welcome to Marwen

Outsider artist's harrowing true story gets a misguided Hollywood sheen

"...with or open to the possibilities of CGI in storytelling than Robert Zemeckis. Take 2015's vertigo-inducing The Walk, which..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Act of Killing

In this disturbing documentary, former Indonesian death-squad leaders boastfully reenact their real-life mass killings with touches inspired by their favorite movies.

"...”History is written by the victors,” observed Winston Churchill. However,..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bad Kids Go to Hell

This Texas-made high school comedy that's based on a comic book mixes elements of The Breakfast Club with Scoobie Doo with uneven results.

"...pampered, careless, coked-up characters would make as a class project at the ass-end of senior year: boys running around..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Leah Churner

The Monkey Time

How communing with the apes inspired the artists of the Texas Monkey Project

"...Goudie agrees. "Artists are the perfect people [for this project]," she says. "Because we're right on the edge of..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Arts Feature by Cindy Widner

Day Trips

'The Texas Post Office Murals: Art for the People' bridges the gap between coffeetable art book and travel guide

"...Completed between 1933 and 1943, the mural project was part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's economic programs..."

July 9, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Little Vampire

"...of vampire. Maligned and misunderstood, the vampires in this story "don't want to eat humans. They want to become..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Groove

"...debut feature by film editor Greg Harrison tells the story of one important night in the lives of a..."

June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love

Gaspar Noé does the impossible: He gives us a boring, 3-D sex odyssey

"...Gaspar Noé's new film would be a long-gestating dream project involving lovers engaged in unsimulated sex and shot in..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

One in a Crowd: Far Western

New documentary wants to bring Japanese Country and Western home

"...place is embraced in another nation, there's always a story to be told...."

Sept. 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fighting for Justicia

Workers Defense Project celebrates 10 years on the front lines of Texas labor

"...Maria Duque first approached the Workers Defense Project in 2007. She hoped to recover her wages from..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Dust In the Air

Q&A with Jay Farrar of Son Volt

"...I’ve referred to Son Volt as the premier American roots-rock band of our day and in my mind,..."

Nov. 11, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Reno 911!: Miami

The gang from the Comedy Central show attend a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break.

"...an alligator gag that’s okay. But adapting a sketch-comedy project to a feature requires the invention of a story..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Point Austin: Good, Bad, and Ugly

Sustainability Project snap-shoots our present, future

"...the 2006 report of the Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project. The CTSIP is a multisponsor effort, begun in 2000,..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Four Brothers

A scrappy Seventies throwback about vigilante justice in the corrupt urban jungle.

"...Leonard: cops on the take, informers flung out of housing-project windows and left broken-boned on the sidewalk, Marvin Gaye..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Letters at 3AM

As the semester begins, I present my high school seniors with the words of our great American authors and hope they provide a road map or the bread crumbs that can lead them through the journey of their lives

"...tell my seniors about Stephen Crane ... his 1898 story The Open Boat, and how its first sentence about..."

May 13, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Foolish

"...business empire can't accurately be dismissed as a vanity project. Instead, P, a onetime high-school basketball scoring star, proves..."

April 30, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Arts Afire

On the Small Screen: American Visions

"...At first glance, Robert Hughes' new eight-part PBS series American Visions generates a mystique no different from the vaguely..."

June 20, 1997 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

The War at Home

"...far, his most powerful, mature work yet. As the story goes, Estevez starred in D3: The Mighty Ducks, gratis,..."

May 16, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Not Fade Away

Five years after the end of The Sopranos, creator David Chase directs his first movie, which takes him back to New Jersey in the Sixties.

"...uses the setting to create a fractured diorama of American culture in flux...."

Jan. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...“American Swing” (USA, 81 min.) U.S. Premiere Directors: Jon Hart,..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Paycheck

Affleck and Uma race to descramble the past in this futuristic thriller based on a Philip K. Dick short story and directed by John Woo.

"...the good old days of Hard Target, Woo’s initial American film that suddenly looks far better in hindsight when..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

"...little trouble jumping into the futuristic fray. This wild story about bounty hunters on Mars in the year 2071..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spy Kids

The first entry in Rodriguez's kids action movie remains the best in the series.

"...to acknowledge what's truly innovative and creative about the project. Rodriguez has made a family movie with broad appeal..."

March 30, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Creating Sustainability

City plans Colony Park project as a long-term Eastside neighborhood

"...develop an environmentally driven master plan for a shovel-ready project that could house 750 families, plus retailers and employers...."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Try To Remember

How two kids from UT changed the course of the American musical

"...their journey to a place of distinction in theatrical history: the creators of the longest-running musical anywhere ever, The..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Alone in the Dark

There's a certain majesty to German director Boll's style of filmmaking: a freedom from art, talent, skill of any formal kind, and the sheer pigheadedness to keep going at any cost.

"...not. Alone in the Dark is the director's second project in as many years that's based on an old..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Here Comes the Neighborhood

Capital Metro, City Hall, and Eastside neighbors come together to share their hopes -- and fears -- for the Saltillo corridor.

"...on Comal -- has as its goal a mixed-use project that is both affordable and respectful of the existing..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austin @ Large: Canary in the Data Mine

Profile of the 2002 Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project

"...On Monday, the Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project released its 2002 report: a snapshot of where the..."

June 28, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Film Festival Revs Up With Ford v Ferrari

Honey Boy, Motherless Brooklyn in feature lineup

"...Fire and a retrospective screening of The Blair Witch Project. In fact, it was Tuesday, but now the fest..."

Sept. 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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