The Woman in Black

Daniel Radcliffe jumps from Hogwarts to this movie's haunted mansion where he stars as a young widower under siege from a malevolent ghost.

"...Set in turn-of-the-century England, The Woman in Black is drenched in Victorian gothic horror tropes. Radcliffe anchors..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Black Panther

High drama and high action as Marvel gives Wakanda life.

"...exactly the same with the modern superhero film with Black Panther. There have been superhero movies with black leads..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Black Food Matters

Taste of Black Austin returns to honor local food history and current star chefs

"...Taste of Black Austin, an evening that merges photography of food history..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Food Feature by Nina Hernandez

Luv Doc Recommends: Rude Mechanicals' Black Eye Ball

The Off Center, Saturday, August 20, 2005

"...should feel nervous about attending an event called the Black Eye Ball. Sounds like something held at a biker..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

AFS And Sundance Add Judas and the Black Messiah to Drive-In

How It Ends, Censor also added at Pioneer Farms

"...screened by Austin Film Society, as Judas and the Black Messiah heads up three extra titles...."

Jan. 12, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Midi Opened for Themselves as Orange Tree Boys Then Laid Subversive Musical Siege Upon Levitation

UK prog/jazz/post-punk iconoclasts entertainingly break the mold

"...envelopes into which they’ve been stuffed. In that sense, Black Midi is the perfect band to represent Levitation 2021...."

Oct. 30, 2021 Music Post by Michael Toland

Liquid Black Licorice

Jägermeister and music go together like clubbing and hangovers

"...Darby watched a performing guitarist take a shot of Jägermeister, put the shot glass down, and, with his electric..."

July 5, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

'Black and White Photograph'

The second-place story

"...fountain pens, and yellowed bank drafts, there is a black-and-white photo of her in an old, air mail envelope..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Books Feature by Bill Cryer

Local Muralist Chris Rogers Sparks Conversation Around the Black Lives Matter Movement

"...police violence and intimidation. Chris Haywood's short film "Hashtags & Halos" shows how the mural brought a middle-aged white..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Features Feature by Katherine McNevins

Brawl in the Family

It's Round 10 of the Rude Mechanicals' annual fundraiser, and the Black Eye Ball promises to pack enough punch to send a herd of Santa Gertrudis to Slumberland

"...an ox you need stunned? Bring it to the Black Eye Ball, a fundraiser that'll pack enough punch to..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kika

"...unrepentantly twisted Almodóvar returns to form after the disappointing Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! with this genuinely bizarre..."

June 24, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

New Year's Eve

Did you see Garry Marshall's last all-star movie Valentine's Day? This is the same silly claptrap, just a different holiday.

"...for instance, delivers every line with the same perky patience one uses to teach a first-grader how to tie..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Death Watch: Failures at Trial Anchor Last-Chance Appeal for Sparks

If SCOTUS does not act, Sparks will be the third man executed in Texas this month

"...a psychotic break at the time of his crimes – that is not disputed. He was hearing voices; he..."

Sept. 20, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

After a Fashion

Pink and brown are just not cutting it anymore, people. Get with the program. Plus … you know … more shilling for stores and stuff …

"...overshadow the overall high quality. The models were great – especially the incandescent Elle Miller – but the lighting..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Alleluia

A Belgian riff on the pitch-black legend of the Honeymoon Killers

"...on the Lonely Hearts Killers’ real-life crime spree in Forties America). Welz’s vision is many shades darker than Kastle’s,..."

July 31, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

You Are Here

Cannes and the art of getting there

"...on the pavement, exhausted from your 30-hour trip from AUS->ORD->DUB->PGF. (Your flight to Nice was canceled. You flew to..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Feature by Michelle Mirsky

Book of Life

"...This is a wicked, skillfully crafted, and eminently wise black comedy that feels as fresh as anything the director..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TCB

Kicking it red-state style with the Yuppie Pricks, Asleep at the Wheel, and Snoop Dogg. Suck it, blue states!

"...CD release with Young Heart Attack, the Put-Downs, and Black Novas. One lucky Converse-wearing prole will win free cover..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Birthday Girl

"...life that he drifts about looking like a party balloon with a slow leak -- you can almost hear..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Alarmist

"...The Alarmist is that Arquette wears a suit and tie throughout the movie, something that the wild-man actor probably..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The AggreGAYtor: November 5

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...ENDA makes progress in the Senate, faces a fight that is likely to..."

Nov. 5, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Five Things About Lucas Silveira

Getting personal with the lead singer of The Cliks

"...Fans know that The Cliks released their fourth album, Black Tie Elevator last April after a five-year break. As..."

Oct. 23, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Yankee Baroque

La Follia expanded our sense of our country's founders through the music they heard and sang

"...for the material on his, well, not sleeve, exactly – more like shirtfront. Cascading down the black fabric was..."

July 6, 2012 Arts Review by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Tyler is back from Afganistan and Stephen cannot get his CO to obey orders

"...guess that letter really got through to the CO – in short order, I received an official response from..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Casino Royale

This is the James Bond origin story wherein we get to discover, along with incoming blond Bond Daniel Craig, where 007 got his suave daredeviltry and love of fast cars, vodka martinis, and highest-stakes cardsharpery.

"...who thought Roger Moore's flip incarnation the height of black-tie panache, will rankle at this film's extended – but..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

[DARYL] / Black Tie Dynasty

Bonus tracks

"...[DARYL]/Black Tie Dynasty..."

July 29, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Short Cuts

The SXSW Film Festival begins, Scott Dinger is honored, and other noteworthy items of local film news.

"...9-17), walk-up registration commences Friday, March 9, noon, in Ballroom A of the Austin Convention Center (500 E. Cesar..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

The Style Avatar expounds on the First Family Jewels.

"...as being "ruby red," the designers put together several possibilities for the First Lady. Directed to the ranch in..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Fantasia

"...James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Quincy Jones and Penn & Teller. Disney would have us believe that their new..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...Music Poll now in its third year of open balloting in honor of the local scene, and the inaugural..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

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