I Like to Watch

Exploring the nerd/jock dichotomy

"...One of the greatest things about this particular moment in art is that most..."

April 22, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

DVDanger: <i>12 Rounds 3: Lockdowni>

Can the WWE make an action star out of Dean Ambrose?

"...some of the most rounded performers on the planet. Within the squared circle, they develop a character, choreograph fights,..."

Dec. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: <i>Appetitesi>

Romantic comedy, serial killer style

"...A girl. A boy. She's home, caring for her brother after..."

Aug. 11, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ernie Cline Gets His Game on With <i>Armadai>

Novelist Ernie Cline's Eighties arcade love fuels his new sci-fi blockbuster, Armada

"...Austin-based author Ernest Cline hit the literary jackpot on his..."

July 31, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

DVDanger: <i>Meet Me Therei>

Southern Gothic is no laughing matter

"...If local horror-drama Meet Me There has a moral, it's..."

June 23, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

<i>How Littlei>, So Big

Composer Nico Muhly's How Little You Are evokes the vastness of the West with a choir and 12 guitars

"...What's the remotest spot in Texas you've ever been to? Can you recall the..."

April 17, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Do I Stay or Do I Go?

In her debut novel Migratory Animals, Austin author Mary Helen Specht explores the push and pull of place

"...West Texas native Mary Helen Specht intended to leave her home state..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

The Year in Movies, and in Moments

What didn’t make my Top 10

"...I filed my Top 10 list this year, as every..."

Dec. 31, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Top 5 Soundtracks and Original Scores of 2014

Awesome Mix, No. 2: Tehran punk, Cave, and Carpenter

"...If you made a mashup of this year’s most memorable..."

Dec. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: <i>Crawlspacei>/<i>Sightseersi>

This week's horror lesson: Can't stay home, don't dare risk leaving

"...Don't you hate it when you' can't spend any quiet time in your..."

Dec. 14, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

LoneStarCon 3: The Howard and George Show

Howard Waldrop and George R. R. Martin really do like each other

"...To commemorate their half-century of improbable friendship, writers George R. R. Martin..."

Sept. 1, 2013 Books Post by Robert Faires

DVD Watch: <i>Snitchi>

Director Ric Roman Waugh makes the Rock into an everyman

"...It's official. There is no bigger film star this year..."

June 11, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

HBO Premiered 'Mary and Martha' in Time for World Malaria Day

Hilary Swank and Brenda Blethyn star

"...The brutal disparities of global poverty are glaringly apparent when an upper-class..."

April 22, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

'Benji' Directors Coodie and Chike

Change, for better and for worse

"...Through some fortuitous coincidences I was able to sit down with the..."

Oct. 23, 2012 Sports Post by Will Eidam

How I Got Hitched

Marc Savlov on how Hitchcock was a family affair

"...I have a tattoo of Alfred Hitchcock's weirdly accurate line..."

Oct. 15, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Playback: I'm Sorry, I Can't Rock You All Night Long

An epic GrulkeFest fires the fall season, including John Prine

"...Maybe it's every music lifer's underlying wish – or at the..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Shock and Awe

Subverting genre and tingling spines in 'Kill List'

"...Moments after the final scene in Kill List, I turned around in my..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

<i>The Innkeepersi>: You Can Check In, But You Might Not Check Out

Devilish doings in Ti West's new ghost story

"...Some films get made, and it's by hard work. Some films..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Die Another Day

On renewal, 'Red Cavalry,' and the joys of creating, despite the hostile storms and vicious seas

"..."A phrase is born into the world good and bad at the..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Column by Louis Black

<i>A Scanneri>, Before and After

An interview with producer Tommy Pallotta and animators Jason Archer and Paul Beck

"...Viewed in the context of the times we live in,..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Slash and Learn

Austinites Troy Lanier and Clay Nichols' 'Filmmaking for Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts' hinges on the writer / director / producer model

"...Okay. I've got to say at the outset that I love..."

May 20, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Barbecue and Good Ol' Boys

A promotions scandal suggests the good ol' boy network is alive and well at DPS.

"...If you care about state government and state law enforcement..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Ordinary Seamen and Ordinary Nobodies

New and Noteworthy

"...The Ordinary Seaman Atlantic Monthly Press, $23 hard The number of..."

April 11, 1997 Books Feature

Brass Bands, Russian Circles, Swindlers, and More Crucial Concerts

Get out and get loud

"...A virtual early 2000s Austin supergroup, Heavy Meddo features Bill Baird..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Trans Rights, Comedy Nights, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...Irene Antonia Diane Reece: “Don’t Cry for Me When I’m..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Little Women, Big Games, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Get in the spirit with these arts and cultural happenings

"...Little Women..."

Dec. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Food & Wine Fest, Día de los Muertos, Celtic Fest, and More Recommended Events

Wake the dead, toss some cabers, and much more

"...Jo’s Coffee 25th Anniversary Weekend..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Levitation, a Cumbia Halloween, Jazz Hall of Fame, and More Crucial Concerts

From spooky to undead and beyond, these are the shows to see

"...Levitation..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Everything Evil: How <i>Longlegsi> Is Osgood Perkins’ Popcorn Movie

Channeling Silence of the Lambs for his horror club sandwich

"...Satanic malice lurks in both Osgood Perkins’ debut movie, The..."

July 12, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With <i>Monkey Mani> World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...South by Southwest 2024's Film & TV Festival schedule is packed with big releases..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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