True Lies

After Terminator, Schwarzenegger and Cameron worked together again on this odd mixture of chockablock action movie and restive romantic comedy.

"...Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Tia Carrere, Bill Paxton, Art Malik and Charlton Heston. James Cameron only makes big..."

July 22, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What Lies Beneath

Sydney Yeager's new paintings at D Berman Gallery represent a departure in the artist's work, a potential turning point from the figurative images that made Yeager's work recognizable for nearly a decade to what has always been the real strength of her paintings: the abstraction beneath.

"...oil paint still smell so fresh. They represent a departure in the artist's work, a potential turning point...."

Feb. 15, 2002 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive – Scherzo of Deep Night

MMORPG anime puts the grind into dungeon grinding

"...into one of the interminable strategy debates in Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night, the sequel to..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lies, All Lies

The Silver Castle

"...months, several journalists have been busted for fabricating news articles. Clive James is a popular journalist and TV personality..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Books Review

What Lies Beneath

John Cusack talks about putting a human face on Hitler in Max.

"...his debut film Say Anything, was so perfect and heartbreaking that it forever skewed the romantic expectations of a..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Qmmunity: What Lies on the Queer Horizon

Plus, a voguing masterclass, digital drag, and more

"...– and continually grateful for – the qmmunity spacemakers, artists, organizers, small biz owners, and so many others working..."

July 17, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

ArmadilloCon, Art, a Hot Sauce Hootenanny, and More Recommended Events

Get out and get spicy this weekend

"...a hundred years to see what is considered the earliest known Asian American film.   – Brant Bingamon ArmadilloCon..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Outsider Art

Music on the margins

"...Africa, about 50 miles north of Dar es Salaam, lies the town of Bagamoyo, population 30,000. Though it may..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Bart Layton on Secrets, Lies, and American Animals

How the documentarian turned true crime tropes on their heads

"...their next film through hours of painstaking research. When Bart Layton stumbled across the amazing true story behind American..."

June 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Art of the State

Retiring director Rick Hernandez reflects on three decades with the Texas Commission on the Arts

"...When Ricardo Hernandez started working with the Texas Commission on the Arts, Dolph..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Qmmunity: Video by Queer Latinx Artist Xandra Ibarra Pulled From San Antonio Art Exhibit

Plus Ballroom Basics, Greetings From Queer Mountain, and more

"...I want to talk about strap-ons. Specifically, Oakland, Calif.-based artist Xandra Ibarra's Tapatio Cock, a sculpture the queer Latinx..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Dreaming ART

This year in Austin, autumn brings a Spring Storm, and with it Actors Repertory of Texas, the realization of the city's long-cherished dream of a locally based professional theatre company.

"...an opening-night crowd watches student actors from the UT Department of Theatre & Dance, and Equity actors from both..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sex, Lies, and Katie Folger

The Austin artist on her new show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man

"...two years of masks, lockdowns, and bubbles are all part of her new one-woman show, Getting in Bed With..."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Trans Crowdfund Live Brings Laughs, Art, and Gender-Affirming Care Support

Virtual show fundraises to support BIPOC trans Austinites

"...Crowdfund Live virtual show begins when local activist and artist KB Brookins, after receiving gender-affirming surgery last April, was..."

March 3, 2021 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Mueller: The Art of the Deal

Will the City Give Away Mueller Airport to Save Barton Springs?

"...of Freeport McMoRan, the Jim Bob Moffett-owned company whose Barton Creek development plans triggered the SOS movement 10 years..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

State of Wonderment

The Texas Biennial's first outside curator describes what he saw in Lone Star art

"...combination of a curator's microscope, trend snapshot, forecaster, forgotten artist reviver, and emerging artist's career launch. Each biennial's incarnation..."

March 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Final Portrait

High art in Paris with Armie Hammer and Geoffrey Rush.

"...created – a painting, a film, or a fruit tart – the appeal of watching someone pull something out..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Devil's Candy

Heavy metal and Satanism in a rural Texas town

"...if any were needed – that the Lord of Lies loves extra-heavy, metal machine music, and is something of..."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Most Violent Year

Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain anchor this simmering drama set in the semi-lawless New York City of 1981.

"...at least – but any genre expectations will be thwarted by writer/director J.C. Chandor’s almost-perverse pleasure in stopping shy..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Persepolis

This remarkable animated film tells a contemporary story about an Iranian girl’s coming-of-age while navigating the usual pitfalls of adolescence and the Islamic revolution of the Eighties.

"...is at once a confessional autobiography, historical re-enactment, graphic art object, and deeply involving contemporary story about a girl’s..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Margarita Happy Hour

"...of angry Brooklyn-boho existence of punk rock and performance art. But as they age (“twentysomething” is now pushing 30),..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

O: The Movie

"...Directed by: Tim Blake Nelson. Starring: Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles, Martin Sheen, Andrew Keegan, Elden Henson, Rain..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

X-Men

"...Janssen, Halle Berry, Ian Mckellen, Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart. It's inspired casting indeed to plug Shakespearean greats Stewart..."

July 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SPAMARAMA: The Movie

This Austin-made companion piece to the event blends truth and fiction in a quasi-documentary that purports to explain how SPAMARAMA all began.

"...fans of the zany annual homage to Hormel's pectin-dripping heartburn-in-a-can shouldn't go expecting a document of the extravaganza itself...."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Flight of the Innocent

"...derives income from kidnapping the children of wealthy northern families, but when his father brutally kills two members of..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Watch it

"...wants to be burdened with full-fledged adult emotions -- particularly when he becomes involved in a love triangle with..."

May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Laying It All Out

Novelist Shelby Hearon has made an art of the little white lie.

"...before, I suggested Cisco's, on East Sixth, or Dirty Martin's burgers by the university, because they are two of..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

'The End'

'Cantanker' meets its end

"...its final issue, the founding members of this local visual-arts publication's staff came together one last time to jury..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

Girl With a Pearl Earring

Bona fide "art" movie starring this season's It Girl, Scarlett Johansson, is as flat and enigmatic as the titular portrait by Vermeer.

"...Girl With a Pearl Earring is a bona fide art movie. It has the finest of pedigrees, being inspired..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Silent Hill

Eerie but ultimately unengaging film adaptation of Konami's smash series of video games has a pitch-perfect score and unnervingly nightmarish imagery.

"...you'll get a mental image of Silent Hill's impressive art direction and production design. Now imagine it scored by..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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