Disney’s Snow White

This live-action remake isn’t just bad, it’s pointless

"...being the Dread Pirate Roberts’ crew from The Princess Bride. They are led by poor Andrew Burnap as replacement..."

March 21, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Books, Sculpture, and Weed Lead Our Recommended Arts Events

It'd be a lot cooler if you went to one of these events this week

"...anthology Austin Noir.   – Richard Whittaker Hyperreal Hotel: Bride of Chucky..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

"...intimate Crooklyn, a story drawing directly from his own childhood in Bed-Stuy but not told from his perspective. Instead,..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...woman unexpectedly forms a close bond with a grieving, childless man with the same name as her father on..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Four Trailblazing Tequilas Reinvigorating the Spirit’s Reputation

When it comes to the tequila renaissance, sip it, don't shoot it

"...A dynamic series of events connected González with childhood friend David R. Carballido, who exchanged stories about González's..."

July 7, 2023 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Sundance 2023 Review: Birth/Rebirth

Maternal horror with a clinical twist

"...on Shelley's story, arguably Birth/Rebirth has more connection to Bride of Frankenstein. In James Whale's 1931 adaptation of the..."

Jan. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...job for insider trading, Adaliz moves in with her childhood bestie Chuchi who teaches her how to be poor...."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Cher-ing Is Caring

The Goddess of Pop's birthday begets cool queer ATX parties

"...Oh Reader, I am a bride without a head – a bad cold caught sometime..."

May 20, 2022 Column by James Scott

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...growing up in the collapsing USSR, his courageous mail-order bride mother, and their adventurous escape to Seattle in the..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...An existential comedy about the mother of two young children who begins to spontaneously vomit toy blocks...."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...magical amulet, they force the monster to obey their childish whims, and accidentally attract a rogues' gallery of intergalactic..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2019:
On the Topic of Mothers

Saeed Jones, Michele Filgate, & Angie Cruz grapple with a mother’s love

"...understand the mystery of her mother, who was a child bride in the Dominican Republic in the 1960s, and..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Barbara Purcell

Other Worlds SF Festival Is in The Honeymoon Phase

Project Greenlight title will be closing night film

"...and is a precursor to their final film together, Bride of Frankenstein. Like many films of the day, it..."

Oct. 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ready or Not

Party games will be the death of Samara Weaving in this raucous black comedy

"...until you're playing. So, for example, if newly wed bride Grace (Weaving) had been told by her husband, Alex..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Swingle All the Way!

Stritch, Caruso deliver hit holiday cabaret from Birdland

"...have any brothers or sisters. I was an only child – a lonely, pathetic only child. And I think..."

Dec. 20, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Your Fantasy House

Where reader types would own a vacation home if it could be anywhere in literature

"...I experienced the kind of overwhelming nostalgia for my childhood that only a 13-year-old can. It's still there, but..."

June 17, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jess Klein’s Jamaica Farewell

Local songcatcher exits Austin after Cactus Cafe newlyweds gig

"...House in Manchaca. It was a small affair. The bride wore sparkling white and glowed like a woman who’d..."

April 19, 2016 Music Post by William Harries Graham

DVDanger: The Hallow

There’s something evil in the woods

"...Battrick) and strike a bargain with her: bear Satan’s child, and they’ll save the life of her cancer-riddled father..."

April 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sweat Lodge

"...Orange amps. Educated at the same school as Scorpion Child, but having smoked more pot behind the bleachers, the..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Music Review by Michael Toland

Luv Doc: Worried Sick

Sometimes you have to risk your friendship for the sake of your friend

"...best GFs) think she's making a big mistake. The bride to be – let's call her Lucy – just..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

DVDanger: Horror Roundup

The best and the rest of the month's home releases

"...the killer a tragic depth beyond the usual 'wounded child' excuses such films make for their monsters. Instead, he's..."

July 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good Eye: 2014 Top 10s

Counting down what gave a lady hope in 2014

"...1) OBVIOUS CHILD The most courageous film ever to include a woman..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

DVDanger: Asian Exchange

New takes on old standards and international transplants

"...brings a fresh sharpness to the tale of kidnapped bridegroom Gao (Yi Zhang) and his attempts to convert bandit..."

June 7, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Do I Food & Wine Festival?

An Austin Food & Wine Fest newbie retraces her steps

"...he manned the pit, newlyweds Ben Edgerton and his bride Anne served up smoked white asparagus rolled in pork..."

April 28, 2014 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Redacted, Then Redressed

AFS Essential Cinema spotlights once-banned films

"...screenwriter Tennessee Williams' deliciously overheated tale of a still-virginal child bride (Carroll Baker) putting off the advances of her..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

'The Voice in My Head'

Psyche!? Fake dead girlfriend breaks Internet.

"...Information Age ensures TMI about practically every man, woman, child, and grumpy cat on earth. Now fake dead girlfriends..."

Jan. 22, 2013 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Texas Film Hall of Fame 2013 Goes Extra-Terrestrial

Elliott, Buttercup, Ma Kent, and Ned. Ned! join roster

"...its 2013 inductees, and the new names stretch from childhood heroes to Oscar nominees and beloved character actors. Actors..."

Jan. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Soul of the Scent

Perfume and pleasure in Alyssa Harad's 'Coming to My Senses'

"...Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride (Viking) before I burrowed my nose into my wrist..."

July 11, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion: American Idle?

Let Your Style Avatar's personal plight be a warning to you about the dangers of ... reality TV

"...can hardly get started on Toddlers & Tiaras. These child strippers are bad enough – but it's the poor..."

June 1, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed

Late-night fare and short film lineup announced

"...from the clutches of a gang of twisted feral children. Cast: Anuerin Barnard, James Cosmo, Wumni Mosaku, Jake Wilson,..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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