The Covenant

The Covenant is a sleek yet empty picture about four handsome high school seniors who possess supernatural powers and impossibly chiseled stomachs.

"...good guy Caleb Danvers (Strait), live in an adolescent fantasy world of boundless popularity, fast cars, and stylishly disheveled..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Cell

"...Amidala look positively pedestrian, The Cell is perhaps the best argument so far against film-inclined young people growing up..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Welcome to Marwen

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

"...his fictional Belgian town, his avatar is Hogie, an American pilot shot down by Nazis, now running a bar..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Rock Dog

It's a dog … that rocks!

"...by Chinese rock musician Zheng Jun, and is a Chinese/American co-production. Financing came from China, although it was produced..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Grimm Guignol

Ryan Gosling's directorial debut melds fantasy and realism

"...a new mythology, rewriting modern America as a post-industrial fantasy land. For his debut feature as writer and director,..."

April 10, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Mister Rogers reminds us once again that we are loved

"...Rogers' Neighborhood and epitome of kindness for generations of American children, but it's a mature and poignant character study..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Hero

Sam Elliott plays a cowboy actor dying of cancer

"...for countless commercials, plugging everything from Dodge trucks to American beef to cold beer brewed in the Colorado Rockies...."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Joe Lansdale, His Ownself, at Bookpeople

Joe Lansdale at Book People Thurs, April 5

"...We've got maybe three contemporary American authors whose new work we anticipate year round. John..."

April 3, 2012 Books Post by Marc Savlov

Page Two: We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

Free speech: Do we have to spell it out for you? Plus, a farewell to a great American filmmaker.

"...Natalie Maines said to further its repellent stirring of Americans to hate other Americans...."

Nov. 24, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

The current election crisis proves the strength and integrity of our political institutions.

"...(and they are not the same) represent what is best in us, it falls to individual citizens to hold..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Hello to New Friends Again, Down in Fraggle Rock

Behind the scenes on the revival of the beloved puppet show

"...and walking on to a place of magic and fantasy from your childhood. That's what Alex Cuthbertson and Matt..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Big Films of Summer: Picking the Winners

"...screenings, and stellar word of mouth. Of course, the best thing about the film will be... no, not the..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...Austin! Fantastic Fest, the Alamo Drafthouse’s celebration of the best of strange and wonderful cinema running Sept. 19-26, has..."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2021 You Haven't Seen Yet

From retro horror to COVID survival, the best of the fests

"...from 2021. Here's our guide to some of the best movies that made the circuit in Austin last year,..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Wave Three Crashes Down

Music and madness fill festival lineup

"...not only is it packed with incredible tales of fantasy, action, and horror, but prepare to have your hair..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In Order to Live

An American in Paris (1951)

"...An American in Paris This has always been one of Minnelli's..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

Fantastic Fest Round Two: Israel, Japan, and a 'Field in England'

New Ben Wheatley historical shocker added to 2013 lineup

"...Get your best shaky face ready: Fantastic Fest 2013 has announced its..."

Aug. 13, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Art, Movies, Sports, and More Recommended Events

Pack your weekend with the best happenings around town

"...love movies about visual art. Painter and “Mother of American modernism” Georgia O’Keeffe gets her flowers in Paul Wagner’s..."

March 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...to fangirl over voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams and sci-fi/fantasy author N. K. Jemisin is – I suspect –..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Author Casey McQuiston Loves Love

The debut writer dreams of queer romance and a bluer Texas

"...Under the best of circumstances, international politics and heartwarming romance make strange..."

May 21, 2019 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Page Two: Die Another Day

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

"...writing of Russian short story writer Isaac Babel and American hard-boiled-detective innovator Dashiell Hammett, in which more is achieved..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Constitutionally Sound

At its best, the government is an exploding, bloated, graceless machine. That just means it's working.

"...free to legislate in what they considered the country's best interests – and immune to the fads, whims, and..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Column by Louis Black

The Body Is the Music

The Beginnings

"...Ballet has its origins in folk dance. American popular dance is a fusion of European dance forms..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

With USA World Cup Qualifying Match, Austin Can Join Shortlist of Top Soccer Cities

UNMNT vs. Jamaica kicks off 6:45pm on ESPN2

"...us,” one U.S. Soccer representative told me as America’s best male soccer players jogged around a field in North..."

Oct. 7, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

DVDanger: Arrow to the Brain

Three titles from the American Genre Film Archive's new partner

"...Last week, Austin's archivists of underground cinema the American Genre Film Archive announced a new theatrical deal with..."

Jan. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Fun: Relishing the Recreational Vehicle

Where a home on the range becomes a home with range

"...hit the open road for a slice of summertime Americana, in a piece of hot apple pie on wheels..."

May 18, 2015 Design Post by Xander Peters

Crowns, Camps, and CineClub Highlight Our Recommended Weekday Events

Wasted your weekend? We got you covered.

"...Valley of the Wind. Influenced by the European and American fantasy epic writers he so admired like J.R.R. Tolkien..."

July 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...low-key vibration and a penchant for live-arrangement musicality, her best work now emerges with a trio of singles on..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Peggy Chiao Enters A City of Sadness

UT alum returns for rare screening of Hou Hsiao-hsien's greatest

"...This week, Austin Film Society and the Austin Asian-American Film Festival wrap up their retrospective examination of the..."

Sept. 27, 2018 Screens Post by Julian DeBerry

Finding Jewels With Richard Linklater

Director's AFS series celebrating 80s cinema returns tonight

"...It was the best of times, it was the worst of time. While..."

May 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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