Now Streaming in Austin: Attack of the Pod People!

Austin film podcasting community comes offline for one night

"...The one-night-only event, which combines karaoke and 'casting, will feature segments from (deep breath) One of Us,..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Give Me Liberty

Chaotic story of disability doesn't get completely lost on its trip

"...the film (which premiered this year at Sundance), the casting and location are huge successes. Set in one of..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Lilli Hime

Iron Age's Seminal Album Reverberates Through Texas' Metal Scene

The Sleeping Eye turns 10 with a reissue, its creators and other Texas metal icons consider its influence

"...the intro to Conan the Bar­bar­ian and the whole casting of the sword. When I got in the Intro..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Michael Toland

ACL Live Review: Raconteurs

Only half of Jack White’s supergroup dresses for the occasion

"...Casting one’s gaze upon the Jumbotron as the Raconteurs lit..."

Oct. 5, 2019 Music Post by Tim Stegall

"David Culpepper: That's Not Going Anywhere" at Co-Lab Projects

The show is welcome to hang around, but this artist is going places

"...grooves. Not so much gilding a lily, but ... casting a lily in bronze and then painting it lifelike?..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Colombia's Child Soldiers Captured in Monos

Alejandro Landes on breaking the feelgood narrative of youth

"...in 2011's Porfirio, he took the daring step of casting Porfirio Ramirez, the wheelchair-bound victim of police violence who..."

Sept. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Abominable

A lot of fuzz and cuteness, but not much else to this yeti jaunt

"...sidekick with limitless energy. (In a bit of stunt voice-casting, Trainor is the grandson of namesake Tenzing Norgay, the..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Golden Glove

Serial killer biopic is too gruelingly accurate for its own good

"...Earlier this year, American audiences squabbled over whether casting Zac Efron as Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Celebrating Woman Director Awareness Month With Recommendations From Local Filmmakers

From artistic inspirations to personal connections, the legacies of women directors

"...female protagonist in An Angel at My Table or casting America's beloved girl next door Meg Ryan as a..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Screens Feature

Fantastic Fest Review: The Golden Glove

True-life serial killer drama is too real and grimy for its own good

"...Earlier this year, American audiences squabbled over whether casting Zac Efron as Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly..."

Sept. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt's metaphorical novel gets an award-season adaptation

"...No, wait, scratch that: The film’s biggest flaw is casting Ansel Elgort as the adult Theo (Oakes Fegley fares..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Fantastic Fest: A Double Barrel Blast of Begos

Director brings Bliss and VFW to fest

"...start putting a cast together." So as we were casting, I was putting the score and the mix together,..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Paper Chairs Makes Theatre With a Little Lone Star Surregionalism

The Texas premiere of Will Arbery’s Plano play knows place like home

"...Austin's theatrical envelope into areas of greater community inclusion, casting-wise, and more successful experimentation, staging-wise? Let us, in our..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Theatre en Bloc's Dance Nation

This production of Clare Barron's play invokes the experience of puberty for girls, in all its allure and terror

"...are played by adults, in what seems less a casting gimmick than a doorway into memory, as if we're..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin

Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties

"...Dead Kennedys concert; a glaring Grey Ghost, his hat casting a shadow over one eye, the other eye's dilated..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Traveling Through Time at the Speed of Life

Director Liz Manashil on a romance across time ... and Bowie

"...feel like the same woman, so what was the casting process for the pair of them?..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Where’d You Go, Bernadette

Cate Blanchett steals away with what’s left of her dreams in Linklater’s coming-of-middle-age comedy

"...One of Linklater’s greatest filmmaking instincts involves his casting decisions. Newcomer Emma Nelson is a real find as..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Doyle Bramhall II

"...analog-warmed alchemy emanating from the 2001 release rolls ancient, spell-casting blues tones and contemporary shred together into a genuine..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Spread Your Wings With The Peanut Butter Falcon

The story behind an unlikely filmmaking adventure

"...two WWE Hall-of-Famers, but they were the trio's dream casting, and they said yes to this tiny, underdog road..."

Aug. 8, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Night

Barhopping slice of life about facing up to adulthood is Linklater-lite

"...Casting Richard Linklater's Boyhood star Coltrane isn't the only nod..."

July 12, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How Rooster Teeth Built Meaningful Diversity Into gen:LOCK

Austin studio emphasizes representation in its animated show

"...Lead Producer Sean Murphy explained that, early in the casting process, they had approached Tatiana Maslany, star of Orphan..."

July 10, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pinkish Black

"...range is a controlled, haunting drone, the native Texan casting dark, low keyboard moods alongside drummer Jon Teague for..."

July 5, 2019 Music Review by Christina Garcia

Local Married Couple Flaunts Public Comedy Habit

Chloe and Lane Ingram are ... Chlane

"...which he rants about the stupidity of the Daredevil casting, even though he’s never actually seen the fucking movie,..."

June 20, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin’s Food and Ag Lab: Keeping Your Meals Safe

Local ACC-backed start-up fights the good fight for food safety and more

"...that's filled with apparatuses straight outta Tech Lab central casting. "The samples are put into these tiny vials and..."

June 21, 2019 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Ones Who Will Take Your Dead

Director's real life experiences with gang members inspire horror

"...even just sitting down and chatting with Ava during casting, you could tell this girl's mature for her age...."

June 15, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

House of Hummingbird Explores the Adolescence of a Woman and a Nation

South Korean drama screens at the Austin Asian American Film Festival

"...about everything – about the bridge collapse, about the casting process, about the script, and all that. She's been..."

June 14, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

ATX TV Fest Recap: Taking the Future One Day at a Time

Series creator says "there’s hope" show will be saved

"...non-writing exec producer, spoke to the show’s development and casting origin stories. “I often say the most amazing marriage..."

June 11, 2019 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

Aladdin

Another needless Disney remake buoyed on nostalgia and a handful of charming performances

"...Much was made of the casting process, but in Massoud and Scott, the filmmakers have..."

May 24, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

A Dog's Journey

Bailey the dog is back, and this time he has a new purpose

"...All grown up, CJ (Prescott, a remarkable work of casting in finding an actress with an undeniable familial similarity..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

House Committee Hears "Discriminatory" Voter Suppression Bill

SB 9 would punish voter form errors with state jail felonies

"...was sentenced to five years in prison for unknowingly casting an illegal ballot (it was provisional and was never..."

May 16, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

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