Cicadas

Honorable Mention

"...belong to not one, but to at least three cicadas . . .semi She was not bothered by her..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Billy Cope

Cicadas

March 1, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hell's Belle

'Hellion' marks Kat Candler's long road to overnight success

"...ever prior to the premiere of her debut feature, Cicadas, at the Austin Film Festival. She carries a spiral..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...raise finishing funds for the locally produced indie film Cicadas. A paltry ten-spot gets you in the door, where..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

The Giving Tree

Making movies takes money. Lots of it. From grants to bakes sales, credit card max-outs to benevolent rich uncles, local filmmakers struggle to come up with the cash.

"...the ones she used for her award-winning debut feature Cicadas, including applying for the Cultural Contracts program and a..."

May 24, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Jumping-Off Point

Kat Candler continues her chronicles of youthful frenzy in 'Hellion'

"...Both of Candler's previous features, her 2000 debut Cicadas (which won that year's Audience Award at the Austin..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film News

The Texas Film Commission copes with big departure; plus, Kat Candler, shooting updates, and casting calls

"...Vaughan's Dear Pillow, Kyle Henry's Room and Kat Candler's cicadas. Candler's 2000 effort is the elder of the bunch,..."

July 8, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Birds of Passage

Colombian drama redefines the drug trafficking movie

"...tracks. Birds of various types provide omens and the cicadas hint at the cycles of life, while dreams provide..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Monrovia, Indiana

Frederick Wiseman's passive observation gets mired in rural life

"...of barbershop clippers, a tattoo artist at work, and cicadas; a visual connection of dots between pigs on a..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

An Idiot at FronteraFest

Diary of getting a homegrown 25-minute play onto the stage for Austin's biggest annual performance festival

"...feels really good until our sound cue (softly chirping cicadas) jumps to the "oohs" from KC & the Sunshine..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Arts Feature by T. Lynn Mikeska

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar's editor wonders if the fighting geckos ever try to sell auto insurance

"...in the dark, listening to the sounds of the cicadas undulate across a canopy of trees. The real show..."

June 18, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

That Evening Sun

Hal Holbrook has the lead role as a crotchety but wily old-timer in this Southern-fried melodrama.

"...ample time to take in the sound of the cicadas while scanning the landscape. Corbin turns in some of..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where the Line Bleeds: A Novel

A different voice tackles the Mississippi blues, with varying effect

"...of living neurosis manifested through humidity and very loud cicadas. Herein lies Ward's poetry, but also her weakness, as..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Books Review by Elizabeth Jackson

A New Day

Life in Kat Candler's cinematic world

"...of the titular insects in her 2000 breakout feature, cicadas – is never far from her characters' hearts and..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

The Conrans will 'Captain' 'Princess of Mars'; plus, Linklater headed for 'Bad News'

"...• Her Head Hurts: Storie Productions' Kat Candler (Cicadas) is currently up in NYC for the 26th annual..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Credit where credit is due: Bill Broyles takes on Brian Grazer in The New Yorker.

"...here's your chance: Local filmmaker Kat Candler's 1999 film Cicadas is having its television premiere tonight, Thursday, Nov. 13,..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival Screenings

"...cicadas*..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Screens Feature

Cucaracha, La

"...the dusty Mexican locales in the mad droning of cicadas, filling the frame with eerily beautiful sun-spattered vistas, and..."

April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kingfish, Mavis Staples, Antone’s Allstars, and More Reviews From Austin Blues Festival 2025

Soul and jam sessions galore at Moody Amphitheater

"...of cool river water in the summertime and buzzing cicadas near marshes. The group slipped easily between swampy blues..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by The Music Team

Ken Pomeroy Has Paid Her Dues

22-year-old Oklahoman talks Cherokee heritage and 11-year career

"...years with breakout placements in Reservation Dogs (original track “Cicadas”) and Twisters (a cover of Richard Thompson’s “Wall of..."

March 14, 2025 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Parts of Appalachia call cicadas “jar flies.” For the first time since 1803, two..."

June 14, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Theatre Review: Bottle Alley Theatre Company’s Aurora

This alien exploration works as a play and an encapsulation of what makes Austin special

"...without the shadows of trees and the hum of cicadas. Even the sometimes-deafening traffic noises from nearby MoPac fit..."

May 17, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Nemegata's Folkloric Futurism Boosts Austin's Budding Colombian Music Scene

Local trio powers up its magnetic roots fusion in new release Voces

"...Outside on this hot, early August day, cicadas buzz. Inside, the practice space walls emit Western swing,..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Review: Holy Wave, Five of Cups

Sixth long-player’s pastoral urban schmear soundtracks millennial Austin

"...wafting breezelike over a musical matte that buzzes digital cicadas. Summer loving, Holy Wave had a blast. Summer loving,..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sarah Polley's Women Talking Announced for Austin Film Festival

First wave includes the eagerly-awaited Nanny

"...bodies for interment. Their new documentary, Song of the Cicadas, is a rare look "behind the formaldehyde curtain" to..."

Aug. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Austin Playhouse's Previews of Departing Attractions

Twenty years in the making, Lowell Bartholomee's latest collection of short plays is worth the wait

"...bad they only surface with the same infrequency as cicadas. Previews of Departing Attractions Austin Playhouse, 405 W. 22nd,..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Blues on the Green, Puscifer, Brennen Leigh, Ghost Wolves, and more recommended shows

"...Texas natural monument … maybe Guadalupe Peak: "Her buzzing cicadas, her chalky white rocks/ Her high dancing grasses, her..."

June 10, 2022 Music Column by Maya Wray

Recommended Shows Worth Your Musical Bandwidth This Week

Lomelda, Katy Kirby, and Christine Renner lead the live pack

"...near moan that bristles with sensual tension amidst digital cicadas. When she intones, "I don't want my fangs too..."

July 16, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Barry Jenkins and Nicholas Britell Were in a Quar-Pod Together

Filmmaker & composer pals talk creative collaboration at SXSW Online

"...by reversing other themes, and how the sound of cicadas was chopped and screwed to single out a lone..."

March 16, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...two-part EP Chasing Daylight opens with field recordings of cicadas and cosmic wind; footsteps approach a car, turning the..."

March 5, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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