SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Sumapaz; F, a solitary explorer and guardian of the mountains, condemned by his fate, strives to protect the mystical..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Night He Came to Fantastic Fest

Genre fest announces Halloween for opening night

"...Santa Claus, fights for his survival by setting traps. Christmas will never be the same again. DOGMAN D: Matteo..."

Aug. 22, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...closeted young man returning to his Texas hometown for Christmas during the first wave of the AIDS crisis. Burdened..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...What Keeps You Alive (Canada) D: Colin Minihan Majestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a female..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Vortex's Vampyress

Chad Salvata’s gothic opera is the perfect treat for the season of ghouls, sensual and spooky

"...to visit Bathori's castle to rouse a confession (on Christmas Eve, unless I misunderstood). The cast is rounded out..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Studio Visits: Briar Bonifacio

East Austin artist gives good face

"...lived briefly on a llama farm in the Ozark mountains and New York City, but came back to Austin..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

Thirteenth B'ak'tun Bacchanalia

A Mayan feast fit for the end of the world or the beginnings of a new age

"...poinsettia, which is featured on the label. Nochebuena is Christmas Eve in Mexico, and the last night of Las..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The First Annual Rancho Winslow Mayan Fin del Mundo Fiesta!

Friday, Dec. 21, 2012

"...poinsettia, which is featured on the label. Nochebuena is Christmas Eve in Mexico, and the last night of Las..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Food Feature

Led Zeppelin

Dinosaur DVDs with a smattering of punk, porn, and R&B

"...1973 concert film The Song Remains the Same scaled mountains pumped full of idolatry and iconography – massive egos..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...dancing at La Polkita, an open-air venue bounded by Christmas-tree lights in Del Valle...."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...a snowy small town in Northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan and back, the film follows the four-year..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Gray Band

How can a band singing almost exclusively about serial killers engender so much life?

"...to a final cock-and-discharge, "Shotgun Boogie," in fact, moves mountains. Likewise, the sunspot guitar solo emulsifying "Blood Sucking Freak"..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Aural History

Hannibal Lokumbe and his trumpet stand at the crossroads of jazz, blues, and Jimi Hendrix

"...question nearly 20 years later. In the Pine Ridge Mountains of South Dakota, working on a commission with the..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Blasts from the past courtesy of Armadillo Records, David Garza's Twang Twang Shock-a-Boom, and Jody Denberg's final broadcast

"...was Shiva's first single, 1969's "Take Me to the Mountains," released on Perskin's Armadillo Records, that caught Capitol's attention,..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Celebrity Judges

"...chef of the Beaver Creek Chophouse in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, but he still finds time to teach..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Food Feature

The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It

"..."Clicquot," profes­sor Mazzeo (English, Colby College, Maine) digs through mountains of possible material, striking gold about as often as..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Zu Warriors

Tsui Hark's wide-screen riot of color, movement, and sound

"...of floating, inverted crags, reportedly based on China's Huangshan Mountains – and characters, but it's also never less than..."

April 28, 2006 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM

Stanley Crawford's 1966 novel 'GASCOYNE' has been out of print for 35 years, a literary crime redressed this month by the Overlook Press

"...fringe benefits like pastel toilet paper and maybe a Christmas party to make them feel grateful but otherwise if..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Magnum Opus

Iceland comes to Austin.

"...their unique world of sound. A world of snow-capped mountains, lush meadows, and steaming geysers, a world of beautiful..."

March 28, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Day Trips

"...health publisher and riding his bicycle every day. "The mountains up here are awesome," he said. "In Texas, you..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Talking Trash

A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.

"...Branch resident Joyce Best. The three women live near mountains of municipal waste deposited in three adjacent landfills, located..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

2001 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...of the Capitol Extension Children's Authors Panel: A Cowboy Christmas..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Books Feature

A Life on Wheels

"...had about eight different jobs already: Terra Toys at Christmas, baking cookies for Magnolia [Cafe], substitute teaching, child care..."

May 11, 2001 Features Feature by Shadrock Roberts

The Luckiest Girl in the World

An interview with Sissy Spacek, inducted into the first annual Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 9.

"...her ranch in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains has resulted in artistic gratification and personal satisfaction. Today,..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

A Place, a Time, a Memory

The Meaning of Thanksgiving

"...creature) is available in Catalunya, it is primarily a Christmas specialty dish. Somehow, turkey just didn't suit my idea..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Food Feature by MM Pack

Gwen Zepeda Effinger: Diva of the Doublewide

"...my journal and reads about what I got for Christmas from my husband? It's a historical record. It's a..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Screens Feature

A Mysteriously Happy Atmosphere

"...which the Smokies butt up against the Blue Ridge Mountains, they set to forge an experiment in both education..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Arts Feature by John Spong

From Southerners to Seventh Grade

"...dwelling were such as sweep over the ridges of mountains, bearing the broken strains, or celestial parts only, of..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Feature

Movies From the Mount

Sundance Film Festival

"...these intersecting interests converge high up in the Wasatch Mountains in the tiny resort town of Park City, Utah..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips

"...lodge in California to helicoptering to exploring the remote mountains of British Columbia. The whales are most active off..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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