Hustle & Flow

A rousing Rocky story set on the mean streets of Memphis.

"...as we learn in a powerful opening monologue delivered to his top earner Nola (Manning) as they sit in..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Founder

Michael Keaton supersizes McDonald's

"...Directed by: John Lee Hancock. Starring: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini, B.J. Novak..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Pols Just Keep on Coming

Your Guide to Candidates for the New 10-1 Universe

"...entire field: Counting mayoral hopefuls, we’ve just passed 50 total candidates – not all of them rock solid, but..."

Feb. 3, 2014 News Post by Michael King

The Gaslight Anthem

"...outfit with a voice at the crossroads of adolescence, too young for cynicism, too old for idealism, just right..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Buttross Delivers

Mayoral also-ran's wife bears child day after election

"...For mayoral contender David Buttross, there's still solace to be found in his election loss Saturday where he..."

May 11, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Bittan Bits

Live might

"...The Born to Run green light opens Springsteen's UK bow in..."

April 3, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Art of Parenting With Art

Trying to find ways to make art while sustaining a family is no easy road.

"...along with the CD player as we speed up to a crawl amid thousands of highway worshippers (why else..."

June 22, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Simple Man, Simple Dream

Part of the Seventies Southern California songwriting cabal that produced Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and the Eagles, J.D. Souther brings his craft to the Dripping Springs Songwriters' Festival

"...Born in Detroit, raised in Amarillo, today he lives on..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

Bruce Springsteen

"...years behind 2007's Magic will assuredly raise their hands to rock. For Jersey's favorite son to then make his..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Duchess of Langeais

Jacques Rivette adapts a Balzac novel and creates a period piece that's also a timeless tale about obsessive love and hate.

"...and Barbet Schroeder. Set in 1820s France during the Restoration while Napoleon was in exile and a Bourbon monarch..."

June 20, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

47 Meters Down

It's this year's The Shallows (but not as good)

"...in which little more is asked of her than to display panicked desperation and justifiable apprehension. It’s not that..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'

Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin

"...The South hadn't been kind to Bruce Springsteen...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Blood, Sweat & Murder

Redemption for Austin's definitive one-man band? Just don't ask Scott H. Biram what the 'H' stands for.

"..."Biram 4:44," he hollers to no one in particular, throwing both arms into the..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Marvelous Jew

Larry Harlow talks salsa consciousness

"...Larry Harlow is an unlikely hero of Latin music. Born in 1939 into a family of musicians, Harlow grew..."

Oct. 7, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Enigma

"...Starring: Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam, Tom Hollander and Robert Pugh. Jonathan Mostow's recent U-boat battle..."

May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

With Six Seats Up in the Air, City Council Could Look Very Different Next Year

Ready to rumble?

"...until late July, but the races are already beginning to take shape, with 10 candidates already having declared their..."

Jan. 5, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Democrat Judicial Candidates Celebrate Primary Wins

Nominees will breeze to election in deep-blue Travis County

"...which, this being Austin, meant they'd won their elections, too...."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Crash Course

Cabs try to survive in the era of Uber

"...Northeast Austin on July 13, Dave Passmore is speaking to 150 taxicab drivers with his mind set on survival...."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...When it comes to putting together SXSW's Midnighters schedule, "I program a lot..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...To live in Texas is to take "hometown heroes" to..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Secular Cinema in the Holy Land

Screenwriter Noah Stollman talks about how to make a movie about Jerusalem without taking on 2,000 years of tumult

"...– name the most important legacy from the 5,000-year history of the Jewish people. If you said Mosaic law,..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Double-Barrel Beautiful

Texan sweetheart of the 1960s folk rodeo, Carolyn Hester

"..."The events which led up to [recording for Columbia Records] were very unexpected. ... John..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

More Reissues

"...The Complete Motown SinglesVol. 10: 1970 (Hip-O Select/Motown)..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Death Valley Nights

BÖC's Spectres reissue brings out the ghosts

"...Too late it turns out. That's me removing a Blue..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

D-League Dreams

All roads lead to Toros training camp

"...league's sixth and the second for Austin representatives the Toros...."

Dec. 1, 2006 Sports Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Sauce Boss

Lauri Raymond looks back on – and forward to – the life and times of SASS dressing

"...Raymond gave birth. Twice. Her son, Ben Raymond-Henshaw, was born at home at 1:22pm. The exact time of the..."

June 11, 2004 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Alejandro Escovedo Grinds Axes at ACL

Austin escapee kicks out the jams in his fifth taping for PBS

"...SWAT team called the True Believers – Lynyrd Skynyrd run by Mexicans as born out of Andy Warhol’s Factory...."

Dec. 1, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Meet the Candidates: Dunaway, Johnson, Shrum

Three low-profile contenders in HD 49 race hope to make their mark

"...The front-runners have become familiar names. Austin ISD trustee Gina Hinojosa..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...a deeply suntanned man, about 40 years old, walked into the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Boise, Idaho, and..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Playback: Black Friday? End of an Ear!

End of an Ear's new digs thrive just in time for Black Friday

"...dropping some coin at one of Austin's 10 record stores. Many will be stocking exclusive releases from Record Store..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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