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"...finish building its general assembly, paint, casting, stamping, and body shop facilities by – a combined 4.3 million square..."

Nov. 26, 2021 News Feature

DVDanger: Mohawk

Ted Geoghegan on blood and lessons in his historical drama

"...his best friends' neck, and then kneeling over the body and crying. Literally the first thing he had ever..."

April 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Do You Accept The Invitation?

Director Karyn Kusama on cults and dinner parties

"...film as different to her earlier work (Girlfight, Jennifer's Body), but even more so for the writers: her husband,..."

July 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Most Dangerous Man in Austin?

Cody Wilson's day-to-day life is pretty routine. But the product he's selling threatens to make gun control laws obsolete.

"...for Wilson. "We're into making the debate irrelevant. If everybody has a CNC mill, and everybody can make a..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Interview: Margaret Brown

We're all connected through the Great Invisible

"...early on in the project, and it wasn't working. Nobody wanted to talk. At a certain point, I started..."

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Film Flam

NW Austin gets a new theatre, Alamo adopts reserved seating

"...Also in dine-in theatre developments: Don't everybody freak out, but the Alamo Drafthouse's Austin theatres are..."

Oct. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Luv Doc: Toftation Island

"...monstrous enough to withstand the denudation of a dozen shots of Old Crow or a paper sack full of..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Column by The Luv Doc

Scary Stories for the Thinking Man

Director Guillermo del Toro keeps company with the undead in two new films, Blade 2 and The Devil's Backbone.

"...MPAA's top dog, and I can't imagine these blood-soaked shots will ever make it into the local cineplex. This..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

Believe the hype. Longhorn freshman point guard T.J. Ford is something special -- maybe the best player in UT basketball history.

"...getting open looks heretofore only dreamed of. Ten-foot jump shots, rumbling dunks, open lanes to the basket...."

Dec. 14, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Charting America

Filmmaker James Benning typifies the avant-garde tradition and will be on hand to present his film, Los, as part of the Austin Film Society's series, "Expanding Cinema: Fifty Years of Avant-Garde Cinema."

"...of his films according to a set number of shots, and the use of intertitles and layered text and..."

July 13, 2001 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Wild Ride

Bruce Branit and Jeremy Hunt made "405" with a digital camera, off-the-desktop software, and a desktop computer. The action / comedy has now become the most popular short film on the Web.

"...Every time I take a commercial airliner flight, my body kick-starts a host of nervous ailments. I hate this,..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Post-election political rumblings , and Music Editor Raoul Hernandez takes it on the chin from Nina Simone fans.

"...It is non-toxic and is quickly eliminated by the body, has no hangover or "crash." And has only rare..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Column

Postmarks

Readers against Starbuckfucking, violence against children and rattlesnakes, and internal combustion engines.

"...at the Elephant Room on September 8, 1999 ["Live Shots," Sep. 17], I have a few things to say..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Column

SXSW Records

Jeff Beck

"...Celtic moods without new age sappiness. Same with the out-of-body fingerpicking closer "Another Place," dedicated to the late great..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

WNBA: The "We Got Next" Generation

The Revolution Is Being Televised... and Sponsored by Nike

"...is driven home with images of preparation and hard body awareness...."

Aug. 15, 1997 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...the late 20th century; our modern cynicism has rendered shots like this laughable, useless. And yet those close-ups make..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Jack Green (one can only take so many magnificent shots of the Chinese countryside before they cease to be..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...informal stargazing with telescopes.   – Kimberley Jones “Circular Body”..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Officer Who Killed Mike Ramos Denied Qualified Immunity

No immunity for killer cop

"...the parking lot of a South Austin apartment complex. Body-cam footage shows the officers arrive on scene, then surround..."

Dec. 23, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Cop Who Killed Mike Ramos Denied Qualified Immunity

Judge’s order allows case against officer, city to proceed

"...the parking lot of a South Austin apartment complex. Body cam footage shows the officers arrive on-scene, then surround..."

Dec. 19, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Most Memorable Moments of Saturday’s ACL Fest Weekend Two

Lido Pimienta, Habibi, and Princess Nokia’s Kirby squirt gun

"...playful opener “Sugar Honey Iced Tea (S.H.I.T.).” With sickening body rolls and deafening moans, the Brooklyn native made her..."

Oct. 16, 2022 Music Post by Kriss Conklin

The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

"...begins, volunteer street medics are shuffling Justin Howell's limp body toward APD, two on either side and one at..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

APD Kills Again

Driver fatally wounded after alleged road rage incident

"...begins with the witness claiming to have heard six shots fired; it's unclear whether any were fired from the..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Activists Call for Firing of APD Leadership in Wake of Officer Involved Shooting

Racism probe, weekend shooting heighten reform demands

"...Taylor was one of the three officers who fired shots when Mauris Nishanga DeSilva was killed at a Downtown..."

April 27, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Vision 2020: Austin Books We're Looking Forward to in the New Year

Some local writers' books due out in 2020 we're eager to read

"...and she's already having some success. Her debut, The Body Double, published all too fittingly by Doubleday, is due..."

Jan. 9, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Opera's Silent Night

This production of the Pulitzer Prize winner powerfully creates the tension of the battlefield and just as powerfully lets it go

"...boom is met by a hellish chorus of rifle shots. In just the blink of an eye, it seems,..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

“Candace Hicks: Many Mini Murder Scenes” at Women & Their Work

In her small-scale re-creations of murder scenes in mystery novels, the artist provides playful social commentary on the genre

"...into large tableaux circling the gallery and featuring close-up shots of apparent murder scenes created using paper cutting and..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Taylor Prewitt

Fantastic Fest Review: The Invisible Guest

Locked room mystery is a nail-biter

"...the U.S. premiere of writer/director Paulo’s (director/co-writer of The Body and co-writer of Julia’s Eyes) latest mystery-thriller, The Invisible..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

Roar: The Blood Stays in the Picture

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

"...The stack of 8x10s in Marshall's bag are behind-the-scenes shots from possibly the maddest home movie ever made: 1981's..."

April 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Sasquatch and Zombies and Demons, Oh My!

Let the Halloween countdown commence

"...insists on giving the last rites and burying the body after he puts lead in their brains, the Marshal..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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