The Mystic Western Game Jam Looks to the Stars

Local game collective Juegos Rancheros needs you to pick your favorite

"...Nothing fires the imagination quite like the American West –..."

July 5, 2016 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

This Must Be the Place

In this odd but intriguing concoction, Sean Penn disappears into the strange body of a retired goth rock god who leaves his Dublin castle and goes on a road trip across America to hunt a Nazi prison guard.

"...Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino. Starring: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson,..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fishing With the Heron King

Name Sayers take us to river

"...As I step out of my van and greet Devin James Fry, the local songwriter who leads Name Sayers..."

Sept. 11, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Best of the Rest

More of what made Austin good in 2011

"...There aren't enough places in our Top 10s for all..."

Jan. 9, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The Resurrection of Kinky Friedman

From Houston to Echo Hill, the self-proclaimed Texas Jewboy sings a new tune

"...Kinky Friedman can't hear very well these days...."

Dec. 13, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

DVDanger: 'Frankenstein's Army'/'Hammer of the Gods'

Two different historic takes on the 'squad on a mission' tale

"...Ten-hut! War, as the saying goes, is hell. And that's why some of..."

Sept. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...Okay, readers, your wait to learn who will be attending the literary banquet of the year is over. The..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Self Portraits, Carnivals, and Cannibalism in Our Recommended Events

The weekend in arts and culture

"...Thursday 27, AFS Cinema..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Before the Lights Go Out

One last local look

"...The Nortons and Friends Hip Replacement (Pipebomb Records)..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Take a Walk on the Wild Cider

Some local ciders and meads to honey up the apple of your eye

"...much nature at its best – even moreso, for the drinking classes, when those components of the unfabricated world..."

Oct. 13, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Booze, the Booze, the Booze We Choose

Seven swanky new swigs for your taste and relaxation

"...Yes, it’s time for another roundup of spirited adult beverages! Because these laudable liquids..."

June 9, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVDanger: The Larry Fessenden Collection

Horror's underappreciated auteur on existential terror

"...Whale. Castle. Carpenter. Craven. Fulci. The great names of horror. But..."

Oct. 20, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Way We Watch Now

Is theatrical-on-demand the next big thing?

"...On any given week, the average cinema screen runs at 15% capacity...."

June 22, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...Film's local economic impact has been in the hundreds of millions of dollars during the past..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Celling of Sundance

Sundance Film Festival Report

"...Thus began every screening at this year's Sundance Film Festival -- with some..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Record

Heavy lifting: No Control radio expands, hardcore punks hit the Monolith Training Center, and the Stocktons celebrate 10 years at Beerland

"...has survived all seven levels of Emmis Radio purgatory. The broadcast studio engineer started off in promotions, then climbed..."

July 8, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Art of the State '98

Art & Theatre to See Around Texas This Summer

"...Windows of Remembrance at Josef and Edith Mincberg Gallery, Houston..."

May 29, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...Last year, as the Austin Music Awards were kicking off South by Southwest..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

Playing on the Past

"......"

June 11, 1999 Screens Feature by Chris Baker

From Up on Poppy Hill

This latest film from the Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli is dubbed into English.

"...For nearly three decades, the Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli has produced film after..."

April 19, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVD Watch: My Neighbor Totoro

Hayao Miyazaki's sweet and monstrous classic arrives on Blu-ray

"...When Japanese animation icon Hayao Miyazaki moved in next door to My Neighbor Totoro, it was almost..."

May 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2021 You Haven't Seen Yet

From retro horror to COVID survival, the best of the fests

"...The 2022 film festival is just around the corner (even..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Wild Boys

The Boy and other examinations of the pre-teen male mind

"...The boy is the father of the man, as the..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Castle in the Sky / Kiki's Delivery Service

Miyazaki conjures a pubescent fable out of whole cloth that both kids and adults will enjoy immensely. Castle in the Sky, from 1986, isn’t Miyazaki’s finest, but that’s like saying Jackson Pollack’s Panel With Four Designs isn’t as good as his Lavender Mist.

"...CASTLE IN THE SKYWalt Disney Home Video, $29.99KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICEWalt..."

May 2, 2003 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Sound on Sound Fest’s Renaissance

Beach House, Explosions in the Sky, Death Grips get medieval

"...Sound on Sound Fest has staked out a one-of-a-kind location for its debut. The new music festival, booked..."

June 28, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Austin Music Awards (On Everything)

Austin Music Industry Awards down, here come the 2016/17 AMAs and a slew of SXSW buzz acts

"...Blaze Foley's been added to the 2016/17 Austin Music Awards lineup!..."

March 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Trailer Trash

Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You...

"...First they took our car- toons, and now they've taken away..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Screens Feature by Patrick Taggart

Postmarks

Plan for People, Not Cars

"...Beyond whatever tax subsidies/incentives CSC is getting for moving downtown, there is a..."

March 26, 1999 Column

This Week's Waste of Time

Our long haul through the Independent Games Festival entrants begins

"...And so it begins. Time for the yearly trek through the roughly 400..."

Oct. 28, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Austin Street Art Enters Into a New Era

With the city cracking down on graffiti and Hope Outdoor Gallery set to close, artists look for permission to paint

"...broad daylight, and a young man with a bandanna masking his face is spray-painting letters onto a retaining wall...."

July 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

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