Letters to God

A young boy with cancer writes letters to God, an action that affects the lives of others around him.

"...easy ploys to manipulate emotions but sometimes to sell things or encourage philanthropic outpourings – but Letters to God..."

April 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postcards From America

"...America is a memory play, a remembrance of how things past affect things present. The flashbacks of the protagonist's..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Brooklyn

When looking homeward do we glance toward the past or the future?

"...has come to mean a misty, water-colored remembrance of things past, a wistful longing for an idealized place or..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Faster Than Sound: All Is New for Photokem, Freshly Graduated and Buzz Cut

On the senior-year making of inquisitive debut EP Luffon Bright

"...the front door, an immobile Nineties Ford model painted bright yellow out back. There's half-eaten strawberry cake on the..."

July 8, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Coachella

Where else can you see Iggy Pop & the Stooges back to back with Morrissey, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Belle & Sebastian, Bright Eyes, and Nine Inch Nails? Nowhere but in this rambling, celebratory documentary, which covers performances from all six years of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival and manages to catch the laid-back, slow-fi charm of the actual event.

"...Directed by: Drew Thomas. First things first. If you love – or even like, or..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Clay Pigeons

"...but not much else. Phoenix plays Clay Bidwell, a none-too-bright Montanan stuck in the vicious circle of small-town life...."

Oct. 2, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Lion King

"...a break. Of course, it isn't as if these things will bother the young audience for whom The Lion..."

June 24, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Page Two: Aww, Canada ...

At last, a magical confluence of ice hockey, Neil Young, and SXSW 2006

"...that is dense and green, though surprisingly rich and bright in its color...."

March 10, 2006 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...6 Years Director/Screenwriter: Hannah Fidell A young couple bound by a seemingly ideal love begins to..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fargo

The Coen brothers return to their Blood Simple roots with this bizarre, dialect-strewn tale of a kidnapping gone very wrong that's filled with the their trademark graveyard wit and unique camera angles.

"...a Minneapolis car salesman who hires a pair of none-too-bright goons (Buscemi and Stormare) to kidnap his young wife..."

March 22, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Name of the Game

The Hives

"...Yet the Aston Martin zip of “Hey Little World,” Bright Lights, Big City slicker “Won’t Be Long,” plus clop..."

Sept. 15, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Down in the Delta

"...much less her autistic daughter Tracy. Then there's Loretta's bright young son Thomas (Koaho), a Save the Children poster..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Juggling Fire

Stroke survivor Alex Lemon chronicles the hard times in his memoir, Happy

"...College in Minnesota, where in 1997 he was a bright young freshman and a star athlete – vital, callow,..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Books Feature by Michael King

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Bujalski. You got return trips from SXSW alums Ry Russo-Young (You Won't Miss Me), Lynn Shelton (Humpday), and Alex..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Screamlines

"...Scott (1983) w/Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, David Bowie, Cliff DeYoung, Dan Hedaya..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

The Virgin Suicides

"...Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett and Hanna R. Hall. Young Cecilia Lisbon, her old eyes staring vacantly from a..."

May 5, 2000 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Aubrey Hays, Rod Gator, and the Bright Light Social Hour headline our recommended shows

"...Burgers and Austin Beerworks, respectively.  – Angela Lim The Bright Light Social Hour In-StoreWaterloo Records, Friday 22..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Music Column by Angela Lim

The Bold and the Beautiful

Young chef / owner Tyson Cole has Uchi right where he -- and probably everyone else -- wants it.

"...bar and were warmly greeted by a group of young, internationally diverse sushi chefs headed by young executive chef..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Still Lives

Kate Breakey talks to Clay Smith about why she photographs dead birds and flowers and other animals.

"...and pencil, Breakey describes her early predilection for collecting things. She grew up in a rural town in Australia..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Arts Feature by Clay Smith

The Ultimate Queer Guide to SXSW 2019

Often imitated, never duplicated, we’re here to keep it real kweer

"...That’s right, y’all, it’s your ultimate guide to all things LGBTQIA-Z at this year’s South by Southwest. The massive..."

March 1, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

The Verde Report: What (and Who) to Blame for Austin FC’s Rough Year

Let's point some fingers, shall we?

"...place in November and December, or certainly had other things going on," head coach Josh Wolff revealed in August...."

Oct. 20, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Richard Linklater on His New Film Last Flag Flying

Cranston, Carell, and Fishburne star in the director’s most mature film to date

"...Slacker, Dazed and Confused – were standard-bearers for the bright and brash young things of Nineties American indie cinema...."

Nov. 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Five From Here: An Eclectic Selection of Local Gift Ideas

Your Austin friends and neighbors have been mighty busy this year.

"...barrage of merchandise, to what intrudes all ballistic like bright & shiny shrapnel from the weaponized budgets of border-straddling..."

Dec. 11, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

In Memoriam: Draylen Mason

Remembering the gifted young bassist who lost his life

"...First things first: Draylen Mason was a musician. Let's be clear..."

March 16, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Chinese New Year in Austin: A Sort of Parallax View

Leng Wong and Cindy Soo tell it like it is

"...The morning beyond the window's pane was as bright as a neon chrysanthemum...."

Feb. 18, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Verde Report: Qualification for 2022 World Cup Just the Beginning for U.S. Men’s National Team

The future looks bright as USMNT heads to Qatar

"...its capital city? Identify its flag? Don't worry if things are a little fuzzy in that department. In about..."

April 1, 2022 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Your Weekend in Film

What major releases and one-off screenings are worth your theatre time

"...adrift in a city of modernist architecture to a young girl growing up in Japan during World War II,..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Then There's This: Suffer the Little Children

Some Texas communities turn their backs as young refugees seek protection

"...Paso many years ago, I saw a woman and young boy – he couldn't have been more than 6..."

July 25, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Tricking Straight Women

LifeTime's Gay, Straight, or Taken is icky.

"...premise, as you might guess, is that a lovely young straight women goes out on a group date with..."

March 5, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Let There Be Rock

Australia vs. New Zealand in a SXSW rugby death-match

"...Still, they gave the world AC/DC. Angus and Malcolm Young have yet to "Thunderstruck" SXSW, but once again, the..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

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