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"...Burning bright, burning fast, Austin's White White Lights torched up..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Unhinged

Russell Crower bulldozes his way to unwarranted revenge

"...away from murdering his ex-wife and her lover, then burning down the house, sympathy is in short supply. That's..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Alamo Drafthouse Goes Into the VOD Business

Alamo on Demand to offer curated selection of films

"...the Oscar-winning Parasite, the Oscar-nominated Bullhead, modern Korean masterpiece Burning, and last year's FF closing night film, Knives Out...."

May 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Drinking, Writing, Staying Sober

You can’t do all three at once, no, but check this out

"...reprobates and maybe even a goddam werewolf: Andrew Ervin’s Burning Down George Orwell’s House, as lauded in this review..."

April 3, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spy Intervention

Intelligence antics as a superspy tries domestic bliss

"...Not reviewed at press time. Comedy asks the burning question: Can a James Bond-style superspy ever find domestic..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The saga ends … in fan service

"...in worse shape. Think “Jedi Rocks” sucks? Wait for Burning Man in space...."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin-Made Horror Anthology Comes Back Home for Other Worlds

Delivering a Scare Package

"...admits he was initially reluctant because he had one burning question: What could they bring to the genre? He..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Can't Say We Weren't Warned

New U.N. "emissions gap" report heightens climate change alarm.

"...CO2 was a growing problem, primarily generated by the burning of fossil fuels. [inset-1-right]..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Playing With Fire

There's no spark in this joke-free firefighters-versus-kids flop

"...temporarily care for three parentless siblings saved from a burning cabin, each of them a poster child for human..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Desolation Center

Before corporate fests, Desolation Center blew the Mojave apart

"...Coachella’s $999 VIP tickets, Lollapalooza’s equally exorbitant facets, and Burning Man’s near-total devolvement into a celebrity- and millionaire-haunted festival...."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It's Knives Out For Rian Johnson at Fantastic Fest

The Last Jedi director's latest to close fest

"...is on an unbelievable streak, with The Handmaiden and Burning (both Fantastic Fest titles) widely seen as being overlooked..."

Aug. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Charlie Says

Manson Family drama place society's treatment of guilt and contrition in the dock

"...the biggest attractor to the narrative is yet another barn-burning, complex and strange performance from Smith. Engulfed in a..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Peanut Butter Falcon

This modern Huck Finn may not innovate, but you can't deny its heart

"...sets fire to them. Tyler skips out after literally burning his bridges, and along his journey we also observe..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ATX Television Fest Heads to Letterkenny

"You were talking with your pals the other day ..."

"...driver for the hicks; but [local pub] MoDean's keeps burning down, and no one seems to care. What are..."

June 7, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The White Crow

Biopic of the great dancer Rudolf Nureyev rarely finds its feet

"...shoulders: too old, too undisciplined, too mercurial, too cruel, burning through friends and mentors, and brazenly unapologetic. This is..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Desert Hearts Texas Takeover Glammed Up Austin Shed Cedar Street Courtyard

Burning Man-like dance music party starred Damian Lazarus

"...Inspired by the Robot Heart stage at Burning Man, DJs Mikey Lion, Lee Reynolds, Marbs, Porkchop, and..."

May 13, 2019 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Enjoying and Making Art at the 2019 West Austin Studio Tour

Artists offer demos, workshops, and experiences to get you in on the creative action

"...Sat. & Sun., 11am-6pm. 1310 W. 9th½. 345. Hurd Collective/Burning Chapel..."

May 10, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Curse of La Llorona

Latest Conjuring spin-off is a pale imitation of James Wan's original

"...kids as her victims by grasping their wrists and burning her fingertips into their flesh, La Llorona crushes the..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Learn Farm-to-Table Cooking at This Glamping Retreat

One of many activities at Collective Hill Country in Wimberley

"...chairs, and glamorous touches like a chandelier and personal wood-burning stove. I’m standing in the woods, but this lodging..."

April 16, 2019 Food Post by Jessika Roth

The Mustang

Two wild spirits, man and horse, find peace in the microepic

"...song. The Mustang, Clermont-Tonnerre’s impressive debut feature, is a slow-burning, tightly coiled character study of felony offender Roman Coleman..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Music Review: Jazz Re:Freshed Showcase

Ezra Collective grounds another all-star UK jazz convergence

"...adding 2018 showcase breakout Nubya Garcia on additional sax. Back-burning his main band’s Afrobeat in favor of dub reggae..."

March 14, 2019 SXSW Post by Michael Toland

Live Shot: Neither Peter Murphy, Bauhaus, Nor Bela Lugosi Is Dead

English icon revives the pioneering UK goths’ 1980 debut

"...additional songs from Bauhaus’ short-lived run as a group. “Burning From the Inside” from 1983’s LP of the same..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Austin's House Music Scene Clings to the African-American Community That Birthed It

House music rose to prominence from Chicago’s black music community and hangs on here in its original form

"...and the sound reflects that in mechanical tech house, Burning Man-style hippie EDM bangers, and dungeon techno. By contrast,..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2018

"...is the most original film of the year. 9) Burning..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Anna and the Apocalypse

Scottish zombie musical is your new Christmas playlist

"...Scotland, Anna and the Apocalypse is about young hearts burning to be free – right until the undead rip..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

First Man

Gosling and Chazelle's moon man biopic soars

"...modern man, but instead explore why he could risk burning up in orbit while he could barely communicate with..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Summer of 84

Kids vs. serial killer, Eighties-style

"...shirt, and pencil-necked everykid Davey (Graham Verchere) – are burning up time with porn, games of manhunt, and lusting..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The First Purge

Blumhouse's political-horror franchise gets a timely prequel

"...of complicity in his directorial debut, college hazing drama Burning Sands. That means DeMonaco could concentrate on his script,..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Far Flung Correspondence: Chennai Cafe

South Indian fare brings the heat and opens the mind

"...a thick green mixture of cilantro and coconut. The slow-burning spice of the curry is livened up by the..."

June 29, 2018 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Hereditary

Toni Collette's burning inferno of a performance illuminates this extraordinary horror

"...Collette's incendiary performance is the burning inferno at the center of Hereditary: As with The..."

June 8, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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