2am at the Cat's Pajamas

Jazz in the life and night of a 9-year-old

"...2am at the Cat's Pajamasby Marie-Helene Bertino, Crown Publishers, 272pp., $25..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

The Gay Place

It's Coming Out Month big time in Austin this week

"...open, gay-friendly, and inclusive community at Holy Family American Catholic Church at this week's Jamaica (see Sunday). ON OUR..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Who Follows Torres?

Cowan vs. Flanagan in AISD District 4

"...working at Anderson High as a school improvement facilitator, educating parents on options and liaising with Austin Community College...."

Oct. 17, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Left Behind

God help us: Nic Cage is up against the Rapture.

"...for his birthday, Dad’s got a trans-Atlantic flight to catch, and thus, they’re left to find one another when..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Playback: I'm in Love! What's That Song?

Weekend one ACL Fest wrap

"...Tune-Yards' looped experimentalism, Lucius' sophisticated duets, and the Avett Brothers' stadium-sized Americana all led..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Más Negro que la Noche

This remake of a Mexican horror classic is remarkably routine.

"...1975 Mexican original, this remake is a regrettably routine catalog of dusty, haunted-house tropes...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Food-o-File

Austin has a religious experience

"...Wet Whistle grocery (1900-A E. MLK) in October and relocate the concept to a larger Eastside space in 2015...."

Oct. 3, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Good Eye: La Nausée

We had no idea Kübler-Ross wrote "The Story of Austin Style"

"...The birds are chirping, the sky is clear, the cat didn't poop on the bathmat last night. Suddenly, the..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Fantastic Fest 2014: The Duke of Burgundy

The year's most genteel sex comedy reveals relationship truths

"...In an abstract European location, time uncertain, a domineering, middle-aged woman (Sidse Babett Knudsen)..."

Sept. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Then Again

Penfold's staging propels us through the time-space continuum to see one romance play out in many alternate ways

"...Fermi. Heisenberg. Schrödinger. His cat...."

Sept. 26, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Fantastic Fest 2014: Kung Fu Elliot

Outsider art gets ugly in this strange Canadian documentary

"...newspaper, talking about Elliot's first movie, They Killed My Cat, and that he's an award-winning filmmaker and he's a..."

Sept. 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Arcade Award Winners

Audience, Most Fantastic, and other awards announced

"...Award – Donut County (Ben Esposito) Best Fed Ghost Cat Award – Banana Chalice (Kyle Reimergartin)..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

No Good Deed

Idris Elba plays a home invader hell-bent on terrorizing Taraji P. Henson’s suburban mom.

"...is the “good deed” of the title. The resulting cat-and-mouse game that ensues is so utterly tedious that a..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Good Eye: Big Time

Turn up the volume on this oversized trend

"...especially cozy mood. As autumn gilds the leaves in catalog towns, I find myself looking forward to no aspect..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Instant Winner

by Carrie Fountain

"...a parking space at the grocery store, seeing her cat in a neighbor's yard, or giving her baby her..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cats vs. Raccoons

Kyle Reimergartin and Ben Esposito talk games before Fantastic Arcade

"...Banana Chalice, might seem on the surface anarchic. A cat flies around collecting bananas in a living house. There..."

Sept. 17, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Music & Movies Edition

Dancin', jammin', or watchin' – this weekend is a queer smorgasbord

"...Stargayzer and aGLIFF in the same weekend! It’s a..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Down Low Deconstructs the State Divide Part 2

Texas techno with Bill Converse

"...audience – in addition to a random group of dedicated listeners in Cleburne and Eastern Europe – are a..."

Sept. 10, 2014 Music Post by Conor Walker

Venus in Fur

The play’s the thing in Roman Polanski's erotic screen version of the Tony Award-winner.

"...Valley girl past her prime, more dumb blonde than sophisticated lady in the eyes of a sexist whose misogyny..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Good Eye: How Should a Fall Fashion Preview Be?

The "Good Eye" does herself

"...and Leanne Shapton, an artist whose graphic novel in auction-catalog form was optioned for a Brad Pitt/Natalie Portman vehicle...."

Sept. 5, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

The November Man

Pierce Brosnan stars in this spy thriller that's decently made, but lacks the sizzle of a 007 or Jason Bourne.

"...the new president of Russia. Bodies and secrets are scattered over Eastern Europe when the erstwhile CIA operative Peter..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Your Public Scent

The Luv Doc finally recommends moderation

"...are fine – even encouraged – with the right application. His opinion is that people’s natural pheromones should do..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Fake Person, Real Pancakes

Flapjack-loving Sim visits Kerbey Lane

"...his largesse by giving away stacks of pancakes. Grumpy Cat can't even muster a purr...."

Aug. 21, 2014 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Orange Is the New Weird

ATX indie-rock guitar god alert! The Young frontman Hans Zimmerman.

"...beer," reads the text from Hans Zimmerman. Meant as identification before our meet-up at a local coffee shop, the..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

In the Company of Cats and Dogs

The Blanton has created a fun exhibition that reveals our evolving relationship to these fur babies

"...surprise that artists throughout history have sat down their domesticated furry friends for a portrait session...."

Aug. 22, 2014 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Playback: Nancy Fly Waves Bye-Bye

Pioneering Austin booker Nancy Fly retires, and ATX gets a hip-hop festival

"...another concert tour, Nancy Fly's booking herself a long vacation. The Austin tour booker, an invaluable conduit for local..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Whistling at and cat-calling women usually has the opposite effect...."

Aug. 15, 2014 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Fantastic Arcade Announces Spotlight Games

Eight indies get the arcade-cabinet treatment

"...Ben Esposito is a complicated man. He helped create the storybook worlds of The..."

Aug. 11, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' Star Marilyn Burns Dies

A sad farewell to Texas' original scream queen

"...I remember her introducing my son to her house cat and always telling me 'Go spend some time with..."

Aug. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Loved, Loathed, Lip-Synched Ventura

"...I agree with your three choices (Twain, Miller, and Cather) and grudgingly concur with your astute analysis rejecting such..."

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