All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...all the holiday meals and the wrapping and unwrapping of presents? Why, go to the movies, of course. Time..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mind the Bullock

"...opportunity to work with more than 100 candidates and officeholders. Bob Bullock is one of the two or three..."

March 28, 1997 Column

Movie Titles for 1996

"...TitleStarsAuthorReviewed CEMETERY MAN3.0(M.S.)6/28/96 CHAIN REACTION.5(J.O.)8/2/96 CHAMBER, THE2.0(J.O.)10/11/96 CHUNGKING EXPRESS4.0(J.O.)4/26/96 CITY HALL3.5(M.S.)2/16/96 CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, THE3.5(J.O.)3/1/96 CITY ON FIREPreview(M.B.)10/25/96..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Screens Feature

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...day, in a bathroom down the hall from her office. It was 1983. After two years of graduate work..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

Fantastic Fest, Fantastic Arcade Awards Announced

Bedevilled wins audience award

"...FANTASTIC FEATURES Best Picture: Sound of Noise Best Director: Pablo Trapero (Carancho) Best Screenplay: Shion..."

Sept. 28, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...Proof that there's life outside Hollywood: A slew of foreign..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Mighty Hannibal Sees All

The Atlanta soul man has stories to tell, and who cares if they're true?

"...name rather than another obscure footnote in the book of lost soul legends...."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Pushing Boundaries

The Territory Begins 21st Season on KLRU-TV

"...Just as the fall schedule of season and series premieres kicks off on network television,..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Screens Feature by Alison Macor

There Goes the Neighborhood

City split over the latest in urban living options: short-term rentals

"...sessions at Helping Autism Through Learning and Outreach, a nonprofit started by Soma Mukhopadh­yay to spread the gospel of..."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Three Canyons

The Southwest Edge of Texas Hill Country -- Home to Lost Maples and Garner State Park -- Is Rich in Both Beauty and History

"...There's a beautiful place about 150 miles southwest of here. It looks a lot like what Austin looked..."

May 18, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon

Crisis at the Rape Crisis Center

Has Idealism Become the Victim of Financial Reality?

"...To some volunteers, the failure of ARCC's board to award volunteer Rev. James Rigby (above)..."

Dec. 20, 1996 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

What the Task Force Wrought

Austin ISD's facilities review became a panic drill of cuts, closings, and contradictions

"...It was hour three of the meeting, and the Austin Independent School District board..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...back at 2007 and came up with our list of the 10 best movies of the year. After many..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Closing the COVID Gap at AISD

Post-pandemic, not enough students can read well. How do we get out of this ditch?

"...how Justin Douglas remembers his son Holden’s first year of preschool in the 2020-21 school year. “Imagine being a..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens large and small has announced its first wave..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

You Can't Bury Me

Octavis Berry died, but he left behind the League of Extraordinary G'z

"...as Esbe da 6th Street Bully. Berry was one-half of local hip-hop duo Dred Skott and a founding member..."

June 8, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Armageddon Time

James Gray's note-perfect depiction of moral failings in Eighties NYC

"...truth, a naive desire that clings to the idea of a just universe. The recognition of this harsh reality..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...Las Americas International Film Festival, the annual Austin celebration of movies from across the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world, returns..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Sex and satire in this Romanian polemic comedy

"...The Romanian writer/director excels in fashioning delightfully disturbing deconstructions of his country’s history, from a film crew re-creating the..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...Posted after the jump is the entire transcript of CNN's Democratic presidential primary debate between Sen. Hillary Clinton..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Real Road to Wellville?

Two strange and inspiring stories of the healing power of food – and how terribly it can hurt us

"...made a remarkable journey from the frustrations and despair of chronic illness to burgeoning national prominence as a dietary..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Spanglish

The venerable filmmaker James L. Brooks stumbles badly with his new dramedy starring Adam Sandler and Téa Leoni.

"...been there, done that. For an astute comic appreciation of the culture clashes among the Los Angeles minions, almost..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Life in Prison for Hemp

José Peña brought some roadside weeds home from Kansas. Cops decided it was reefer, and a Texas court sentenced him to life in prison – without the evidence. It took a decade for Peña to get back some of the pieces of his life.

"...as he drove south toward Houston on the morning of Sept. 27, 1998. Following a quick trip north to..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...year, but today the film festival released the lineup of films that will be part of its online streaming..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: No Justice, No Peace

Shootings, protests, and politics

"...could well be described as domestic terrorism, to some of the largest-scale protests since Occupy Wall Street...."

Dec. 1, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...The big story coming out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was the wealth of..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Art Aid

In the wake of Katrina, Austin artists do their part to help

"...have made astounding efforts to meet the critical needs of evacuees from Hurricane Katrina, Austin arts organizations and individual..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Heather Barfield Cole

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 three years, which..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Art Fights the Power

The Liberating Artwork of Malaquías Montoya

"...newly formed United Farm Workers union reach the pinnacle of their "Grape Strike," boycotting grocery stores and wineries throughout..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

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

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the Austin-shot Song to..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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