Austin Film Festival: Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West
Cats and dogs living together
"...Film” category. Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West is crammed to bursting with witty gags, slapstick..."
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Oct. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov
"Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West"
The wide open spaces that define the Texas stereotype are explored in rich detail in this artist's work
"...Ransom Center's "Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West," the plains, mountains, and grasslands that served as..."
Sept. 11, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood
Deep in the Heart of West Update: April 22
More ways to help our neighbors in West
"...to assist our tiny neighboring town to the north, West, TX, still recovering from the disastrous fertilizer plant explosion..."
April 22, 2013 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer
Slow West
A whimsical and wistful fable follows a young romantic and a hard-nosed realist out West
"...equally by its whimsy and wistfulness, John Maclean’s Slow West unfolds in the wake of the American Civil War..."
May 22, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Produced by Steven Spielberg, this animated film follows the further adventures of the Mousekewitz family, who came to America to escape the cat pogroms.
"...by: Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells. In Fievel Goes West, the Steven Spielberg-produced American Tail saga picks up where..."
Nov. 29, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
'In the West': Living Portraits Avedon Would Die For
The original Austin Chronicle review from Nov. 15, 1985
"...dirt-brown leisure suit with the collar of a colorful Western shirt carefully flattened over its, wide, angular lapels –..."
April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Seth MacFarlane furthers his Hollywood onslaught with this Western spoof in which he's no longer strictly a voice talent but is now playing the onscreen lead.
"...anarchic comedies as Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, and American Dad!). Yet after the surprising, blockbuster success in 2012..."
May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Deep in the Heart of West, Texas, Part 1
How you can help our neighbors in West
"...plume from the explosion of the fertilizer plant in West, Texas...."
April 18, 2013 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer
The 'West' Shall Rise Again
A new generation creates its own take on the show that changed Austin theatre
"...getting up and telling stories about life in the West?..."
April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Wild West
"...many dreamers he longs to become a country & western music star and move to Nashville and make records...."
Nov. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
How to Escape the Field With Shane West
The Gotham star heads to the cornfields for new thriller
"...Field get Gotham and Once and Again star Shane West to leave the Covid-proof safety of his home to..."
May 12, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
From the Vaults: Ti West Revives the American Horror Film
"The Innkeepers"' Ti West talks about his films
"...so bad by becoming so profitable," said filmmaker Ti West in a 2007 Chronicle interview about his film Trigger..."
Feb. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Weird, Weird West
Giddings gets retro-futuristic for Weird West Fest
"...and fire up that home-crafted iron horse: The Weird West Fest will be celebrating the era of bespoke engineering..."
Dec. 12, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Red Rock West
"...Carhart, Dan Shor and Dwight Yoakam. More proof that American film noir is still alive and kicking (probably gutshot,..."
March 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Girls Gone West
A spring break art pilgrimage is ably deconstructed by five young artists
"...'Girls Gone West'UT Visual Arts Center, 2300 Trinity www.utvac.org Through March 8..."
Feb. 7, 2014 Arts Review by Andy Campbell
The Quiet American
"...of the country’s post-9/11 mood of circumspection, The Quiet American is now finally going into wider release this week,..."
Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Explosion at Plant in West, Texas Shakes the State
As many as 30 feared dead in fertilizer plant accident
"...Late Wednesday night, the north Central Texas town of West – perhaps best-known for the Czech Stop (pictured) and..."
April 18, 2013 News Post by Monica Riese
Tzintzún Ramirez Endorses Royce West for Senate
Runners-up join forces to take on MJ Hegar in run-off
"...Tzintzún Ramirez announced her support for state Sen. Royce West, who ran second to MJ Hegar In the March..."
March 9, 2020 News Post by Michael King
SXSW Knockout: Jay Z & Kanye West
Rap duo scheduled for Austin Music Hall on Wednesday
"...50 Cent’s status as preeminent rapper at South by Southwest effectively ended when it was announced that Watch the..."
March 10, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger
American Hardcore
Crammed with grainy, shot-on-the-fly mid-Eighties video footage, recent interviews, and a genuine love for its subject, American Hardcore encapsulates a largely forgotten moment in maximum rock & roll history.
"...of Amarillo. Situated smack dab in the middle of east-west thoroughfare Interstate 40, I was ideally positioned to lasso..."
Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Uyghur Skewers Meet the American Dream at Camino Alamo BBQ
Smoke on the West Campus sidewalk
"...aware that Central Texas is currently the apex of American barbecue...."
Sept. 1, 2023 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez
Art and Motherhood on the West Austin Studio Tour
Four WEST exhibitors reveal how their work is informed by being a mom
"...In thinking about the 2015 West Austin Studio Tour, running May 9-17, I flashed on..."
May 8, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Picks for the 2018 West Austin Studio Tour
When you head WEST, stop here
"...X. WEST Group show Austin Central Library, 710 W. Cesar Chavez...."
May 11, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
ATX Television Festival: Dancing in The West Wing
Looking back on the legacy of the Bartlet administration
"...be? Richard Schiff paused for a moment at The West Wing reunion at the ATX Television Festival. “An oboe.”..."
June 12, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Opening the Case on the American Sherlock
Kate Winkler Dawson reports on an early master of forensics
"...tale about the early days of criminal forensic investigation, American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI...."
Feb. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mike Berry
SXSW TV Review: American Born Chinese
Disney+ graphic novel adaptation is not just another superhero show
"...live action adaptation of Gene Luen Yang’s graphic novel American Born Chinese,, a lot of questions were raised. How..."
March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf
American League/Boston Red Sox Preview
"...that be have decided that they would like an American League perspective to abut their brainy National League preview..."
April 3, 2007 Sports Post by John Hunt
SXSW Film Review: American Fable
A farm girl has a tough choice to make in this dreamy film
"...mouse he spares? In writer/director, Anne Hamilton’s, new feature American Fable, Gitty (Peyton Kennedy), an 11-year old farm girl,..."
March 16, 2016 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno
FF2012: I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for 'The American Scream'
Fantastic Fest premieres home Halloween haunt doc
"...It's rare that made-for-TV docs like The American Scream gets a big screen outing, but like the..."
Sept. 25, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Photographer Sandy Carson Shoots Up the Weird, Weird West
Austin-based Scotsman's new book I've Always Been a Cowboy in My Heart is rooted in place
"...U.S., and most of the time pretty obviously the western half; marked by the unexpected or surprising; keenly observed;..."
