Sudan Archives, Ben Kweller, and More Highlights From Saturday at ACL Fest

Texans Angel White, Blakchyl stood out under an annular eclipse

"...Alongside the typical drinks sponsors and wristband scalpers, enterprising vendors..."

Oct. 15, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Fantastic Fest Raises a <i>Smilei> With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...Fantastic Fest is nearly upon us, and the cinematic celebration..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX TV Festival 2022: Bill Lawrence on Life, Death, and <i>Scrubsi>

A rewind of our 2020 interview with the series creator

"...Two years ago, Bill Lawrence woke up early for a Zoom chat, and..."

June 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

An Excerpt From <i>Omar Dykes: The Life & Times of a Poor and Almost Famous Bluesmani>

Hard truths about the music business by Kent “Omar” Dykes and spouse Issa Medrano as they revisit Glory Days (for Bruce Springsteen).

"..."On Hard Times in the Land of Plenty, Omar & the Howlers..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature

Riding With Joe Carnahan and Latinx Superhero El Chicano

The action innovator on film, politics, the Coens, Blumhouse and more

"...Joe Carnahan is the action filmmaker's action filmmaker. Not CGI and strings,..."

May 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Robert Rodriguez Saved <i>Alita: Battle Angeli> From the Scrap Heap

After a decade and a half, the legendary manga's battle dreams are made real

"...Robert Rodriguez had touched down in Austin. It was less a..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

<i>The Winneri> by Karl Stevens

Here's the latest from that Boston badass of sequential art and reverie

"...On the afternoon of the last day I saw Karl Stevens alive, I used a large rock..."

July 9, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wes Anderson Brings <i>Isle of Dogsi> to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Last week, SXSW announced that high-concept horror A Quiet Place is this year's opening night..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Gaming Award Nominees and Hosts

WWE star Xavier Woods to co-host ceremony in March

"...You can almost feel the tectonic shift as March approaches marking the annual disappearance of..."

Jan. 25, 2017 Screens Post by James Renovitch

DVDanger: <i>Hellionsi>

We binge-watch this month's horror for you

"...Freddy. Jason. Dracula. The Wolfman. Icons of horror, all. But is there anything truly more..."

Feb. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

<i>Roari>: The Blood Stays in the Picture

Star John Marshall on lions and the world's craziest home movie

"...John Marshall carries a stack of family photos: his dad, his brother,..."

April 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2014: How It <i>Felti>

Artist Amy Everson on trauma and truth

"...Amy Everson is not a screen actress by first calling: But that..."

Sept. 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Joan Thinks I'm Funny, So I Better Keep Going'

Oddball Festival's Whitney Cummings on the craft of comedy

"...Reflective of the unilaterally macho world of stand-up, this year’s..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

The Road to <i>Urinetowni>

Composer Mark Hollmann on the show's creation and success

"...They knew it was a stinker of a title. They even had..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

When Confessions Prove False

Jonathan Holt told police he'd murdered his wife. But he hadn't killed her, and the cops should have known it.

"...The scene of the crime was the small two-bedroom house at 8767 Birmingham Dr...."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Animated Adventures of Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

The men behind 'The Secret of NIMH' visit Austin this weekend

"...From The Land Before Time to An American Tail, from Dragon's Lair..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Of Barbecue and Vampires

An interview with Todd Lowe, True Blood's Terry Bellefleur

"...Short order cook. War vet. Loving husband, daddy, and step-daddy. Terry Bellefleur of Bon Temps,..."

June 13, 2013 Screens Post by R.U. Steinberg

Naked If I Want To

Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape

"...Skip Spence: rhythm guitar, vocals..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Crime and the City Solution

How safe do you feel exiting the Sixth Street/Red River Austin music crucible at 2am?

"..."You've been treading some unsafe ground." – "Six Bells Chime," by Crime..."

June 26, 2009 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Shock and Awesomeness

Stephen Romano puts the movies in his mind down on paper in his fake-history coffeetable book, Shock Festival

"...The dream is always the same. It's summer, 1984-ish, and I'm slung..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Life and Work, Light and Dark

How the legacy of Townes Van Zandt more than met its match in 'some dumb New York girl'

"...Margaret Brown is drinking a lot of coffee with her migas at..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames

The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey

"...young, tall black man careens through the dance floor, slapping his broad pink palms against his smoky gray suit..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Die Hockzeitskuh (The Wedding Cow)

Spotlight:

"...Director Tomi Streiff is wondering if I have a cow..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Drag Show Die Felicia Crawls Back in the Coffin

Wear black as Louisianna Purchase closes the crypt on the horror-themed show

"...In February 2016, a crypt opened on Chicon Street and..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

Die Spitz Cut Their Hard Rock <i>Teethi>

Childhood friends-turned-bandmates talk new EP and "the best year ever"

"...At a dingy West Campus co-op show last April, I first came..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

SXSW Film Review: <i>My Father Diei>

Patricide on the bayou

"...Revenge is a human instinct, as Asher (Joe Anderson) explains via..."

March 15, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Preps for Last Inmate to Die in 2013

State will end the year with 16 inmates put to death

"...On Dec. 3, Jerry Duane Martin is slated to be the final inmate Texas puts..."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Too Tough To Die

The last surviving real Ramone takes us back to the best years of our lives.

"..."We sat outside our job for two years talking about starting a..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Romeo Must Die

"...Directed by: Andrzej Bartkowiak. Starring: Anthony Anderson, Jon Kit Lee,..."

March 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: We're All Gonna Die

Sci-fi romance balances humor and grieving

"...Everything was once unprecedented, and, with each passing year, it..."

March 11, 2024 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

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