Red Cliff

Tens of thousands of arrows darken the sky in John Woo's epic retelling of an ancient Chinese battle.

"...feature at least one shot of a covey of white doves flapping heavenward, and his cops and robbers are..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival Review: The Cliff

Spanish thriller adds political intrigue to cult horror

"...Festival Dark Matters Features competition jury award winner The Cliff (aka Acantilado) continues the tradition with a distinctly Iberian..."

Oct. 18, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cliff Notes: Happy New Deadline!

Congressional huffing and puffing finally yields a deal

"...the U.S. House voted 257-167 to accept a "fiscal cliff" deal brokered in the Senate – where the vote..."

Jan. 4, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Cliff Diving

The practice of government by self-extortion

"...we may all be ready to jump off a cliff...."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Column by Michael King

The Dead Don't Die

After the vampiric bite of Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch shambles through this zombie flick

"...order in the midst of the flesh-eater apocalypse. Chief Cliff Robertson (Murray) initially refuses to believe the observation by..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Tarantino takes Tinseltown head-on

"...and foremost are best buddies Rick Dalton (DiCaprio) and Cliff Booth (Pitt). Dalton’s an aging and alcoholic B-movie cowboy..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Big Sick

The rom-com is dead! Long live the rom-com!

"...genre’s punishing sameness in stories being told, the blindingly white sameness of the people telling the stories...."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Meet the New Bosses

Long Center director Cliff Redd and ALO director Richard Buckley compare notes on leading an arts institution, the challenges they face, and being new to Austin

"...That's the case for both Richard Buckley and Cliff Redd. Buckley was hired last year as the artistic..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Phenomenon

"...is touched on his 37th birthday by an inexplicable white light that just as inexplicably causes him to become..."

July 12, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Desperate Remedies

"...Peter Wells. Starring: Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Kevin Smith, Lisa Chappell, Cliff Curtis, Michael Hurst and Kiri Mills. Overripe like a..."

July 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This Week in Campaign Fail

Gov. Perry makes fake turbine flap

"...helped drive Texas over a financial, political and social cliff – is demanding that former Houston mayor Bill White..."

June 9, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Compose Yourself

SXSW Film announces first wave of conference sessions

"...just-announced conference session with Drive's composer, A Conversation with Cliff Martinez...."

Oct. 26, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Mary Moody Northen Theatre's Men on Boats

With a diverse cast of women playing white men exploring the Grand Canyon, this show recasts history to show guys who just don't get it

"...show them what an inhospitable environment it is – whitewater rapids, precipitous waterfalls, treacherous rocks, spoiled food, snakes! –..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Playback: Bob Dylan Goes Electric – Again!

Fifty years ago, Dylan and the Band went electric at Austin's Municipal Auditorium

"...and Brian Tweedy, Flesh Lights guitarist Max Vandever, and Cliff White. The group hasn't announced the name of the..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Barracuda on the Block

"...Vegas co-conspirator Brian Tweedy, Flesh Lights guitarist Max Vandever, Cliff White, and former Red 7 co-owner Johnny Sarkis, inked..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Team Behind Barracuda to Open “Chess Club” in Former Plush Location

“A soft opening, about as soft as they come” during South by Southwest

"...Brian Tweedy, plus Flesh Lights singer/guitarist Max Vandever and Cliff White. Just around the corner, Red River standard Barracuda..."

March 10, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Wait, How Does SXSW Music Work Again?

Breaking down the basics, and some favorites, after three years away

"...Brian Tweedy, plus Flesh Lights singer/guitarist Max Vandever and Cliff White – hold a soft opening of new space..."

March 11, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Red River Music Venue Barracuda Closes

Rent due and no revenue, thriving club shutters

"...and Jason McNeely, plus musician Max Vandever and investor Cliff White, completely transformed the space, reorienting the indoor stage,..."

June 10, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Former Red 7 Space Lands a Music Venue

Hotel Vegas honcho Jason McNeely will be the booker

"...and Brian Tweedy, Flesh Lights guitarist Max Vandever, and Cliff White. The group hasn’t announced the name of the..."

Sept. 23, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...more than Reyos' "sloppy" confession (as his attorney John Cliff describes it) to prompt prosecutors to try Reyos for..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Such Great Heights

The agony and ecstasy of Powell and Pressburger pictures

"...– that's the art part – bracketed by thrilling cliff-side action. The landscape informs the story – a recurring..."

June 11, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...a dark album steeped in sentimentality, holds an eerie black-and-white illustration wherein nightmares meet fairy tales. The Stage Names..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Snake Charmer

Ray Wylie Hubbard survived the crash, recovered the black box, and continues to fly high and get lowdown with 'Snake Farm.'

"...miss. Not that the big black letters on weathered white paint don't read clearly: Snake Farm, 28 miles. It's..."

June 23, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Day Trips

The bluebonnet might be the state flower of Texas, but it's iris fields forever at the Rainbow Iris Farm outside of Schwertner.

"...shade imaginable from a velvet black to a snow white with gold. The names of the varieties are almost..."

March 24, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...drug offenders in Texas is 19 times that of white drug offenders, and 38% of blacks sentenced to prison..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

The Christian Life

Billy Joe Shaver's Victory

"...the edge of my bed. There was like this white fluorescent light. It was the middle of the night..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Reissues

"...politics with "The Message," "New York New York," and "White Lines (Don't Do It)" -- the first evidence that..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

“Robert Collier Beam: Scry” at Pump Project

The artist uses photographs and other media to catch the invisible and intangible but in a remarkably peaceful way

"...his images of children. Clearly, for Dodgson, black and white stills were inadequate. He had a sense, even then,..."

May 26, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

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

Weekend one ACL Fest wrap

"...early Friday, first day of the first weekend. Jimmy Cliff belted "You Can Get It If You Really Want"..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...my Dallas Morning News today about the passing of Clifford Antone. As soon as I could, I came to..."

June 2, 2006 Column

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