Noah Segan Is Dad and Loving It in Blood Relatives

The actor and filmmaker on Judaism, vampires, and cool cars

"...Vampires drink blood. They fear sunlight. But do they schvitz?..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Triptych Bathed in Blood

AFS Doc Nights enters the Kingdom of Shadows

"...and vantage points are found inextricably laced together by bloodshed and fatalistic narcoma. Documentarian Bernardo Ruiz (Reportero, PBS series..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Oscar Shorts 1993

"...can sometimes breed disaster. In the documentary category are “Blood Ties: The Life and Works of Sally Mann” by..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nothing Like the Holidays

This Christmas-themed movie centers on a family gathering in Chicago's Humboldt Park, a predominantly Puerto Rican section of the city.

"...many times you scream at your own flesh and blood, blood will always be thicker than water. It’s the..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

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

"...BLOOD FLOWER D: Dain Said Malaysia, 2022, World Premiere, 102..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Stock Austin's The Addams Family

The company's young artists infuse the musical incarnation of those spooky, ooky Addamses with fresh blood by the buckets

"...their cheery banter about vermin, poison, torture, and decomposing relatives is a rock-ribbed conviction in the virtues of honesty,..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Qmmunity: Grateful for You, Grateful for Queers

Plus, Jenny Hoyston’s new tunes and the world premiere of Austin’s all-trans revue

"...yer queer crew, your chosen fam, or bring the blood relatives for an evening of tunes including the latest..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

DVDanger: A Christmas Horror Story

Seasonal horror anthology is a holiday delight

"...feel like Halloween was ill-served, and want a little blood on the snow and thorns on the Yuletide log...."

Dec. 21, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lebanon Calling

The Lebanese connection: ACL booker Charles Attal's bond with Zilker Park

"...ships from the cedars of Lebanon. It's in our blood."..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Keeping Track

Erica Saenz has written an admirably funny family comedy that's all sweetness

"...most of the time, it's about family members, both blood relatives and old friends, trying to manage one another's..."

April 23, 2010 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Luv Doc Recommends: Dale Watson's Annual Christmas Show & Dance

Continental Club, Friday, December 25, 2009

"...a bit ostentatious for any relationship that doesn't involve blood relatives, heavy petting, or perhaps some sort of disturbing..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: Ink Fest Tattoo & Piercing Convention

Austin Convention Center, Friday, September 21, 2007

"...on getting a name tattoo, try to stick with blood relatives. That way your painful divorce won’t include the..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Scanlines

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

"...it produces "an epidemic of mass hysteria" that turns blood relatives against one another. Shot in 19 days for..."

July 31, 1998 Screens Feature

Postmarks

"...Just curious, having blood relatives in Muleshoe,TX with Mule's Ass Tatoos on their..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Column

Summer 1993

Town mouse turns country mouse in this bitter-sweet reminiscence of Spanish childhood.

"...hometown of Barcelona while fireworks explode overhead. Indoors, her relatives bustle around the apartment she shared with her mother,..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wildlife

Gyllenhaal and Mulligan burn in this period marriage drama

"...at a photograph of your grandparents or other married relatives and wondered what their life together was really like?..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

The Invitation

Tedious vampire flick should have stayed in the grave

"...feels like it belongs in the Twilight and True Blood era, reminiscent of books like Blue Bloods, a Gossip..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...The Relatives 9pm, Antone'sExplosive Dallas gospel/funk act the Relatives lost founder..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Other Voices, Other Rooms

"Sharon Bridgforth's works aren't meant to be read silently," Suzy Spencer writes. "Some folks would say that's like eating barbecue without the sauce. But if it's good barbecue, you can do without the sauce because it has plenty of flavor on its own."

"...as she has many times -- no mo blues, blood pudding -- she thinks of them as "a piece..."

July 28, 2000 Books Feature by Suzy Spencer

ACL Music Fest Sunday Listings

Sunday ACL handicapping

"...for their popular live shows. – Doug Freeman The Relatives..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature

Chicken and Beans

Chicken and Beans, a dance / variety show created and performed by Heloise Gold and Leticia Rodriguez, gives the viewer vibrant multi-sensory glimpses into the performers' Jewish and Hispanic heritages, respectively, revealing the cultural environments which molded these two women into the talented performers they are.

"...recorded voices of the performers' older Hispanic and Jewish relatives. The relatives talk about everything from pinochle games in..."

May 31, 2002 Arts Review by M.B. Rice

Melodymaker

Slayer's oracle originates from Palestine, Texas, for 15 years now

"...here. For this, even Slayer's late-career peak World Painted Blood last year proves no salve. Perhaps there really is..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Bio of John Wesley Hardin The Fortysomething Killer

"...down his back on the trails he spattered with blood. Hardin's career as a killer and folk hero began..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Arts Feature

Luv Doc: Stolen Wedding

Imitation is also the most sincere form of ridicule

"...church in my hometown. Of course, all of my relatives were there, including my cousin, who seems to now..."

May 3, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

History Repeats

A writer and his artist aunt explore cave paintings and see more than just writing on the wall.

"...hand-picked stone, binding the paint with linseed oil and blood. Among fans and even close relatives, there are lingering..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

A Revolutionary Letter on Education

Letters at 3AM

"...upon the skills of his or her parents and relatives, and that was more than enough to get and..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...never said the line, "I vant to suck your blood!"..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Playback: Grohl Call

Nirvana drummer, Foo Fighter, and documentarian Dave Grohl passes it on

"...security guy's head with a guitar and there was blood everywhere. We had to walk offstage ......."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

To Your Health

Does better nutrition help annoying eye "floaters"?

"...Some floaters are red blood cells or blood clots. Such blood cells would occur..."

March 5, 2004 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to join officer Farris in becoming good cops ["Bad Blood," Feb. 23], APD will remain the most dangerous gang..."

March 2, 2001 Column

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