How Dan Brown Created Neo-Noir Your Lucky Day

Director and his star and composer on the twisty thriller

"...is a lot of hurry up and wait. For Dan Brown, writer and director of twisted crime thriller Your..."

Nov. 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Brown Will Come to Town

Comic-book creator Jeffrey Brown is a featured guest at this year's Staple! The Independent Media Expo

"...however; we're going to focus our energies on Jeffrey Brown...."

March 6, 2009 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

The sometime Austinite tours the U.S. for the first time since 1969

"...Hell of an intro, that, fueling Arthur Brown's incendiary 1968 single to the top of the charts...."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

'The NFL Beat': Lomas Brown's Fraternity

Admits to sabotaging Scott Mitchell's career

"...exactly a locker room guy, either. After backing up Dan Marino for three years in Miami, Mitchell was a..."

Dec. 22, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Harper Brown Holds On

House stands 76-74 after final Dallas Co. recount

"...recount's in, and the result stands: Rep. Linda Harper Brown has held her House District 105 seat by 19..."

Dec. 8, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Da Vinci Code

Faithful adaptation of Dan Brown's bestseller treats the novel as if it were a sacred text even though it's basically a Hardy Boys mystery dressed up in provocative attire.

"...inducing a headache. While Akiva Goldman's faithful adaptation of Dan Brown's runaway bestseller and pop-culture phenomenon treats the novel..."

May 26, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Assassin's Creed

Popular video game series hits the screen

"...Justin Kurzel. Starring: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson and Charlotte Rampling...."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Inferno

Hanks tours the museums of Europe trying to save the world

"...deserve a break. In the case of this latest Dan Brown adaptation, wherein America’s DadTM Tom Hanks slips back..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Angels & Demons

The chase is on, but there's no Holy Grail to be found in this suspenseless trail of decoded symbols.

"...Demons, another Roman Catholic Church conspiracy piece from bestseller Dan Brown, as do many of the same calling cards..."

May 15, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Your Lucky Day

Angus Cloud grounds this twisty sealed bottle crime flick

"...Directed by: Dan Brown. Starring: Angus Cloud, Elliot Knight, Jessica Garza, Mousa..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Day Trips

The Brown Ranch and Hummer House south of Christoval is the summer home of the largest concentration of black-chinned hummingbirds

"...when you step out of your car at the Brown Ranch and Hummer House south of Christoval is the..."

April 13, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Get on Up

As James Brown, Chadwick Boseman captures the performer's voice, moves, sweat, and swagger, but this biopic, as a whole, needs a stronger compass.

"...Directed by: Tate Taylor. Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Craig Robinson, Lennie James,..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...among them such luminaries as Jeffrey Eugenides, Jennifer Egan, Dan Rather, and Min Jin Lee...."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Ken Paxton Blocks Payment to Formerly Incarcerated Man Declared Innocent

Declared innocent, Alfred Dewayne Brown has appealed for compensation due to unjust imprisonment

"...latest wrinkle in the case of Houstonian Alfred Dewayne Brown, who spent more than 12 years in prison for..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Freedom for the Kellers

Fran and Dan released after 21 years for 'satanic abuse'

"...Keller and her husband Dan were each convicted and sentenced on Nov. 30, 1992,..."

Dec. 6, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Michael Mogavero

Austin painter joins the 'Sex Talk' in the 35th Brown Symposium at Southwestern

"...This is the 35th Brown Symposium, an annual event in which scholars and experts..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The AggreGAYtor: January 29

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Barney Frank readies for his close-up, Dan Cathy bros down, and Chris Brown gets a little..."

Jan. 29, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

This Swedish film is an icily sleek masterwork of sustained suspense, much like Noomi Rapace's visceral, envelope-pushing performance.

"...for the screen, then Larsson's novel has just bumped Dan Simmons' Black Hills off the top of my summer..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Humor, Introspection, Ecstasy

UT Composer Dan Welcher is one step away from greatness.

"...had the bright idea of getting UT composition professor Dan Welcher to take a little trip to New York..."

April 13, 2001 Music Feature by Robert Faires

The AggreGAYtor: August 23

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...invents the remix, James Franco takes up Cruising, and Dan Savage breaks bread. Today’s AggreGAYtor is letting them eat..."

Aug. 23, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The AggreGAYtor: November 5

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...to change, Marco Rubio does the robot, and Julie Brown takes on an eighties lady. Today’s AggreGAYtor crowns thy..."

Nov. 5, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

SXSWclick Winners

Dan Brown's "Pierre" heads list of Web-fest shorts

"...all is possible," intones the mousy, Parisian narrator of Dan Brown's irresistibly love-struck short film "Pierre." "To make it..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Warcraft

No fun storming the castle in this lousy adaptation of the hit video game

"...Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Ben Schnetzer, Robert Kazinsky, Clancy Brown, Daniel Wu, Ruth Negga, Anna Galvin, Callum Keith Rennie..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Marshall

Supreme Court judge biopic has bite

"...Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown, Dan Stevens, James Cromwell, Keesha Sharp and Roger Guenveur..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: Truly Free

Exonerated at last, may Fran and Dan Keller finally "breathe free"

"...In a prison cell in the mid-Nineties, Dan Keller had a religious epiphany accompanied by the voice..."

June 23, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Uncharted

Video game adaptation gets away with running on star power

"...Frazer (Ali) and stay one step ahead of the dangerous Jo Braddock (Gabrielle, who easily steals the film from..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

It's All About Respect

The Texas Puppetry Festival

"...company or the stunningly articulated characters in the recent Danish import Strings. Still, marionettes from George Pal's Puppetoons to..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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When Gravity Fails: Notes on the influence of Ed Lowry, 'Crazy Mama,' and not sweating the small stuff

"..."Roadrunner" had come on. Swartz and I started dancing, then were dancing like mad all over the place..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Look Who's (Still) Talking

Miers nomination pushes right-wing spin machine into disturbing, delicious overdrive

"...Nov. 4: Dan Brown's American Detective..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Column by Louis Black

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After the fall

"...Nov. 4: Dan Brown's American Detective..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Louis Black

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