Brothers by Blood

Cold and slow gang war on the streets of Philadelphia

"...Directed by: Jérémie Guez. Starring: Matthias Schoenaerts, Joel Kinnaman, Maika Monroe,..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Weekend With John and the Frye Brothers

Two local films take you to a threesome and a car wreck

"...The Frye Brothers Had a Threesome..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Blood Simple: The Director's Cut

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: Samm-Art Williams, M. Emmet Walsh, Dan..."

July 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blood Simple

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya,..."

July 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blood and Chocolate

Lycanthropy and young love: not as yummy as it sounds but nowhere near as godawful as Van Helsing, a small mercy but very much appreciated.

"...Directed by: Katja von Garnier. Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Hugh Dancy, Olivier..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Brothers Bloom

Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo are cast as the best con men in the world whose current swindle involves an eccentric heiress (Rachel Weisz) in this sophomore effort by the writer/director of Brick.

"...Directed by: Rian Johnson. Starring: Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo,..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Band of Brothers

In a brotherhood like Los Lonely Boys, all is 'Forgiven'

"...playing as children in the family-band tradition, the three brothers Garza have since grabbed music's proverbial platinum ring on..."

July 4, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Mastodon's 'Blood Mountain' Flows Into Austin

Coming down the mountain with Mastodon

"...before them, Atlanta’s Mastodon spew epically proportioned tales led by the spiraling twin guitars of Brent Hinds and Bill..."

March 14, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Blood Brothers

Bringing James Welch's novel of Native life, 'Winter in the Blood,' to the screen

"...the reservation, the landscape, the people. Winter in the Blood was the result...."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Paul Stekler

Faster Than Sound: Blood Goes Big, Free Week Contracts

In the ATX music news: punk poetics by local septet Blood, January’s Free Week dates, and the Live Music Fund’s first feedback

"...Before local punk troupe Blood transformed into a sevenpiece, a smaller assemblage required vocalist..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Zealot and the Emancipator by H.W. Brands

This history by the UT professor offers a new look at John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: side by side

"...he presents them as complicated men of flesh and blood. The University of Texas history professor and prolific author..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Guy Town by Gaslight'

New book digs up the dirt on Austin's scandalous 'hood of old

"...contrarian, hedonistic ways, you'd think two public soirees hosted by madams and sanctioned by the city would've passed into..."

July 16, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

Blood Brothers

This book does a superb job of capturing the essence of these two great Americans and their shared love of the American West

"...Dakota medicine man Sitting Bull were first bound together by shared mortal combat during the Plains Indian Wars (1860-1890)...."

Nov. 3, 2017 Arts Feature by Bobby Bridger

Half Brothers

Screwball road trip comedy should have stayed in the garage

"...Directed by: Luke Greenfield. Starring: Luis Gerardo Méndez, Connor Del Rio,..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Brothers Quay

Influential animators honored with retrospective and Christopher Nolan doc

"...body of work that the legendary London-based animators the brothers Quay – identical twins – have meticulously crafted in..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bob Schneider Ages Gracefully on Blood and Bones

New LP finds emotional resonance in personal experience

"...Austin's most successful stay-at-home acts is in Ann Arbor. By Bob Schneider's estimate, the 10-day May blitz in anticipation..."

June 8, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Blood on the Tracks

The ballad of Griff Luneburg and Cactus Cafe

"...epiphany when he purchased an eight-track of Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks in the mid-1970s...."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

All Things Left Wild by James Wade

In his debut novel, the Austin author reveals a world of brotherly sin and redemption across the Old West

"...domain of cowboys and cactus and corrupt caballeros, and, by Cormac, it's some mighty powerful stuff...."

Aug. 7, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Brothers at Arms

UT film professor Mitko Panov returned to his homeland, the former Yugoslavia, to interview the men he knew in the Yugoslav Federal Army. "They were no better or worse or more bloodthirsty than any of us -- that's my point. Whatever happened there can very easily happen anywhere." The film, Comrades, plays at SXSW Film as part of the Texas Documentary Tour.

"...Croats, Muslims, Kosovars -- who had bonded like fraternity brothers 15 years back. If still alive, were these former..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Blood, Sweat & Teeth: The Gauntlet Trials

"...only one contestant remains. The film contains images of bloody violence and music by local groups Face Plant, the..."

June 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

To Ancient Troy (By Way of Denver)

Ancient Greece and modern Denver may seem an incongruous pairing, but in the new Greek epic Tantalus, produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, they prove a striking fit, creating a work that's heroic.

"...world premiere: Tantalus, a string of 10 dramas developed by British playwright John Barton over a span of 20..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...Reviews by: Jim Hightower | D. Marion Wilkinson | Jan Grape..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

The Best Albums of 2018 by Genre

Hip-hop, metal, pop, and more picks from our critics

"...1) Brandi Carlile, By the Way, I Forgive You (Low Country Sound/Elektra)..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin Music Awards Announce a Special Performance by Ryan Bingham

Oscar-winning onetime local makes AMA debut

"...save a son/ Our bullets dress them up in blood.” The singer also introduced a new gathering to the..."

Feb. 27, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin’s Sisters in Crime Prefer Their Ink Mixed With a Little Blood

Murders, they write

"...write – and read – and are generally fascinated by – the unnerving variety of evil that humans do...."

July 6, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

By Any Other Name

The history of Austin's cherished landmarks reveals the extent to which chance plays a part in who among their namesakes we remember and which fade with time.

"...town of note. Robert Mueller, one of four Mueller brothers who each left their mark on 20th-century Austin, was..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Sound and Fury

"...Directed by: Josh Aronson. The sound of fury can be remarkably..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Killer Reputation

Murders from Austin's not quite forgotten past

"..."Servant Girl Annihilator" murders is astounding (Jack the Ripper, by comparison, slew but five victims during his murder spree..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Will Courtney: Simple Man

Brothers and Sisters' Will Courtney talks California dreaming.

"...of her hits. Raised on lovin’ spoonfuls of the Byrds and Beach Boys, Will, along with real-life sibling Lily,..."

July 5, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Osmosis Jones

"...Directed by: Bobby Farrelly and Peter. Starring: Brandy Norwood, William Shatner,..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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