The AggreGAYtor: January 21

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...the reader prefers, today’s AggreGAYtor may be regarded as fiction...."

Jan. 21, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

DVD Watch

Thai director Pen-ek Ratanruang goes bang with a 'Headshot'

"...how is Ratanruang's newest, Headshot (Kino Lorber, $29.95)? A crime thriller doubling as a meditation on the many disparities..."

Oct. 9, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Downtown Bar Owners Face Federal Drug Charges

Yassine Enterprises, in a Roial mess, forced to cover its Hyde

"...Clubs, drugs, and guns are a mainstay of crime fiction, but the FBI says it has exposed the..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bedside Manner

Strip mall apocalypse

"...upon learning that I was a big fan of crime fiction, suggested that I check out the Swedish writer..."

March 5, 2012 Books Post by Jay Trachtenberg

The Black Minutes

Everywhere you turn in this ambitious debut novel, there's the wretched stench of deceit and corruption

"...Corruption is nothing new to readers of crime fiction. It comes with the territory. So, not surprisingly,..."

May 21, 2010 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Blood's a Rover: A Novel

Ellroy's oh-the-humanity neo-noir crimespeak bubbles up not from the heart nor from the head but from the gut

"...what? We know the self-described "demon dog of American crime fiction" is a proto-hopheaded wildman, frothing over and mind's..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Books Review by Marc Savlov

Prime Time Suspect

The second book starring Barcelona Police Inspector Petra Delicado

"...In the macho world of crime fiction, a lady's perspective is always refreshing. That's not..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Music Reviews

"...evidence of the latter route? The Posies' "Richie Dagger's Crime," in which the original's mix of hardboiled crime fiction..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Music Feature

Austin Film Critics Association Calls Killers of the Flower Moon Top Film of 2023

But Oppenheimer dominates in multiple categories

"...for best films of 2023, and Martin Scorsese’s historical crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon has taken the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Future Gladiators and Fantastical Stories Mark the Literary Year in Review

Pulled from the shelves

"...Books, 296 pp., $16.95), is a wide-ranging collection of crime fiction set in our fair city and written almost..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Other Worlds Says Sorry About the Demon

Sci fi film fest announces final lineup for final outing

"...that Other Worlds - the Austin-born celebration of science fiction and horror movies - is ending after nine years...."

Nov. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Goes to Infinity ... Well, Next Sunday

Fest adds a whole week for virtual screenings, plus awards

"...Other Worlds, Austin's dedicated science fiction, fantasy, and horror festival, already shed the bonds of..."

Dec. 9, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: In The Shadow of The Moon

Time travel detective drama exceeds its made-for-streaming limits

"...This cop drama/science fiction thriller/serial-killer movie jams in genres like an overstuffed piñata,..."

Sept. 28, 2019 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Other Worlds Film Festival Comes Back Home

SF extravaganza gets a new name and an old home

"...future and expanded horizons as the region's preeminent science fiction film festival. For its sixth outing, it returns with..."

May 31, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Drinker's Guide to Literary Austin

Local authors dish on their favorite bars for reading and writing

"...chance in Gulf Coast’s Reading Roulette; noir readings with crime fiction authors at Noir at the Bar; and Lit..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend

Are you having fun yet, citizen?

"...too, and the acclaimed horror writer’s unveiling his debut crime-fiction novel, Blood Standard, at BookPeople at 7pm. Note: Rumors..."

June 1, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

10 Questions for Geezer Butler

Bassist’s questionnaire for Black Sabbath’s final U.S. concert

"...favorite author, although I’m an avid reader of (mainly) crime fiction. I particularly like Ian Rankin and Gillian Flynn...."

Nov. 11, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music: Barry Adamson

Bad Seed’s Technicolor soundscapes get steamy

"...Sold Your Dreams” masterfully blended the sensibility of classic crime fiction and eclectic modern rock...."

March 19, 2016 SXSW Post by Michael Toland

Pleasantville

Attica Locke's stylish novel proves she knows how to craft a fiendishly intricate detective story

"...how insanely good this book is – as genre fiction, as social criticism, and as literature. Locke currently writes..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Molly Odintz

'Austin Chronicle' Book Club

Readers toasted 'The Long Goodbye,' eager to move into 'The Hundred-Year House'

"...on Twitter Monday, July 28. In discussing the 1953 crime fiction classic The Long Goodbye, talk turned to the..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Phantom Instinct

Meg Gardiner reignites our love for suspense novels in this murder mystery with plenty of plot twists and pacing that propels

"...aren't the only readers likely to enjoy her latest crime fiction starring the razor-sharp wit of main character Harper..."

July 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...announced its 2012 slate today, featuring big hitters in fiction (Junot Díaz, Justin Cronin) and nonfiction (Robert Caro, Douglas..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Geek Out!

This set is the perfect gift for that certain someone on your holiday list who likes his shows novelistic and his humor black

"...Price, who together constitute their own "murderers' row" of crime-fiction scribes. Outside of Charlie Rose, these commentaries are probably..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Fugitive

An autobiography of injustice leads to a career in crime writing

"...writing. He has since become the acclaimed author of crime fiction best known for his Alligator series and recent..."

June 8, 2007 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Best Books of 2006

"...his debut, The Hunter, reminds us that most other crime fiction is a wasted effort...."

Jan. 5, 2007 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Triumph of the Yellow Kid

Comics are art, Spiegelman notes in his panel-busting history lesson

"...art forms and genres – stand-up comedy, soap opera, crime fiction, Westerns, romance – comics have done just fine..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Although some critics have assumed, from Jacques Barzun's criticisms of modern culture, that he is a conservative ideologue, in reality he has always followed his own, pragmatic vision of things.

"...college years, I wrote a whole lot of short crime fiction which I placed in all sorts of little..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Top Books

Hard-Boiled Top Ten

"...Poet Rocker/Wacko: Wesley Willis My list of top ten crime books of 1996 is dedicated to Eugene Izzi, the..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Honor Among Thieves

James Carlos Blake demystifies A World of Thieves and the world of writing.

"...his parents suddenly died, but he'd always known that crime was in his blood. Even though there's always a..."

March 8, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...and, furthermore, proves that sometimes things are stranger than fiction. (10/27/95)4.0 stars (M.B.) Dobie..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

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