Tenet

Time goes backward and forward these days …

"...Directed by: Christopher Nolan. Starring: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh and Aaron..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...paths. Cast: Rob Morgan, Amber Havard, Yolonda Ross, Keeli Wheeler, Keira Bennett, Sara Allbright, Troy Hogan, Steven Boyd, Reece..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hustling Uncut Gems With the Safdie Brothers

How their family history glistens in their New York story

"...Ratner (Adam Sandler) is chasing in Uncut Gems. A wheeler-dealer and inveterate gambler, he careens through New York's Diamond..."

Dec. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Robert Faires' Top 10 Theatre Treasures of 2019

History came alive and exceptional ensembles propelled the year's most memorable shows

"...PATRICK DAVID WHEELER IN CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Archive Theater Company)..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Shakespeare's As You Like It

An Austin-infused Arden is more poetic license than artistic alchemy

"...daughter Celia (Brooke Culbertson) and the fool Touchstone (Patrick David Wheeler), travels to the forest disguised as a boy..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Arts Review by Bob Abelman

Archive Theater Company's Cyrano de Bergerac

Jennifer Rose Davis' new staging immerses audiences in 19th-century France, taking them on an epic journey that's equally humorous and heartfelt

"...text is supported by a dedicated cast. Actor Patrick David Wheeler gives the demanding lead role all he can, capturing..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

It’s Free Comic Book Day in Austin on Saturday

But then, it’s Free Comic Book Day everywhere on Saturday

"...On this day you go to a local comic..."

May 4, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Q&A Hole: Why Are So Many People Unhappy With President Trump?

Can’t American citizens cut that orange shitgibbon a little slack?

"...tanning. (That’s actually from the mouth of my assistant, David Shangle III.)..."

June 12, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Getting to Oz Through Austin Arts

Area arts events make a Yellow Brick Road to The Wizard of Oz in Zilker Park

"...Days (despite that bit in the 1956 film version with David Niven as globetrotter Phileas Fogg) but the lesser-known Five..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Rape Survivor Story, Minus the Sensationalism

Stephanie Beatriz comes home to Texas with potent drama The Light of the Moon

"...work, in her relationship with her live-in boyfriend (Michael Stahl-David), with her family, and with herself...."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...and control in her life. Cast: Stephanie Beatriz, Michael Stahl-David, Conrad Ricamora, Catherine Curtin, Olga Merediz, Cindy Cheung, Susan..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Top Books to Make Sense of a World Breaking Down

Jay Trachtenberg's top reads of 2016 explore a planet in crisis in Israel, rust-belt Ukraine, and the Antarctic

"...English this year (translated by Reilly Costigan-Humes and Isaac Wheeler). Set in the industrial rust belt of post-Soviet eastern..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

The Q&A Hole: Considering All the Different Gods Available to Humanity, How Do You Choose Which One to Believe In?

With Russell Glasser, Cristine H. Legare, David Wheeler, and more.

"...David Wheeler of Dragon’s Lair: I don’t. I’m an agnostic...."

Oct. 25, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Q&A Hole: What’s the Worst Thing About Austin, Texas?

With Jen Cash, Sam Eidson, Shannon McCormick, Matt Oztalay, and more.

"...David Wheeler of Dragon’s Lair: You know, I arrived here..."

Oct. 11, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Queen of Katwe

This Disney film rises above the usual underdog sports cliches

"...Directed by: Mira Nair. Starring: David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o, Madina Nalwanga, Martin Kabanza, Taryn “Kay”..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Afternoon ACL Acts Worth Waking Up For

Get the most out of your pass with these nine artists

"...Replacements and Nirvana as well as to leader Jesse Wheeler’s precise, melodic songcraft. Following a yearlong, three-single run commencing..."

Sept. 28, 2016 Music Post by The Music Staff

The Q&A Hole: What’s the Most Important Thing in Life?

With JT Habersaat, David Wheeler, Jodi Egerton, Marc English & more.

"...David Wheeler of Dragon’s Lair: Connections with other people. And..."

Sept. 27, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

David Wheeler of Dragon’s Lair Has Been Selling Comics In Austin for 30 Years

Local bastion of supergraphics & gaming celebrates three decades

"...“Well, it would possibly be considered stalking now,“ says David Wheeler, sitting with me on the patio of the..."

Sept. 14, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Summer Stock Austin's The Addams Family

The company's young artists infuse the musical incarnation of those spooky, ooky Addamses with fresh blood by the buckets

"...drives this production, then, are the sparks between Michael Wheeler's boy-next-door Lucas and Hannah Roberts' ghoul-next-door Wednesday (whose number..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...after positive premieres at other fests, Andrew Bujalski and David Gordon Green will be showing their latest films, Results..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Contested Territory

Black Austinites claim police suspicion, mistreatment

"...Patricia Wheeler also feels that she, along with her family, has..."

Sept. 19, 2014 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Dames, Turtles, and More

The dog days of summer meet the heat of Austin film news

"...for their 2002 film The Slaughter Rule, which starred David Morse, Ryan Gosling, and Amy Adams. Morse again has..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cheap Thrills

This grisly, dark comedy is last year's winner of Fantastic Fest's Midnighters Audience Award.

"...Directed by: E.L. Katz. Starring: Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, David Koechner, Sara Paxton, Amanda Fuller, Laura Covelli and Elissa..."

March 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Are the World

Recapping this year's Austin Music Awards.

"...the horn line of Hard Proof Afrobeat. Wild Child, Wheeler Brothers, Waterloo Records' John Kunz – so many recognizable..."

March 21, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Live Shot: 2013/2014 Austin Music Awards

An epic last dance for AMA director Margaret Moser

"...members of horn line Hard Proof Afrobeat. Wild Child, Wheeler Brothers, John Kunz – allstars one and all...."

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...Nicholas David (Minneapolis, Minn.)..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Nonfiction and Memoir

Justin St. Germain, Stephen Harrigan, and more delight with these true tomes

"...Kerr brings them to life: Edward Burleson, William Barton, David Burnet. As author of Austin, Texas: Then and Now..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature

Blood Brothers

Bringing James Welch's novel of Native life, 'Winter in the Blood,' to the screen

"...work in Powwow Highway and Dead Man. Alongside are David Morse (The Hurt Locker, Treme, St. Elsewhere), who co-starred..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Paul Stekler

News Ticker: October 18

All the news that's fit to blog

"...tantrum, John Cornyn gets in on the act, and David Dewhurst says it with flowers. Anaphylaxis is on the..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

(Tom) Petty Fest

‘Southern Accents’ pack the Mohawk

"...now, in fact. Name your favorite music icon – David Bowie, Tom Waits, PJ Harvey – and odds are..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

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