Exposing the Insurers

Health insurance whistle-blower Wendell Potter at BookPeople

"...speaking about the insurance cartel's dangerous – and sometimes deadly – practices...."

Jan. 8, 2011 Arts Post by Wells Dunbar

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Something something family something. The unkillable franchise lumbers on.

"...this very ethos that Hobbs & Shaw, the new spin-off from the blockbuster series, has taken to a little..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Butterfly and Sword

"...wife, who is unaware that her husband is a deadly assassin and a drunken swordsman who is secretly in..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Clifford

"...Vegas and Fifties Hollywood to put his kitschy comic spin on the creature called “the problem child.” And who..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Titus

Taymor creates a spectacularly imaginative piece of Shakespearean cinema set in a world out of time.

"...us in and holds us there even as events spin horrifically out of control, as Titus kills one of..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Faculty

Co-written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson and George Huang (Swimming With Sharks), The Faculty is pure Robert Rodriguez: jam-packed with action, suspense, humor, horror, and plenty of cinematic homages.

"...school's faculty and, eventually, the whole planet. This sly spin on the high school caste system (think The Breakfast..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...manipulator Wendell Potter deserves a medal for his confessional Deadly Spin (Bloomsbury), while Larry Cuban undertook the first meaningful..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Insurance Industry Scam

A Q&A with whistle-blower Wendell Potter

"...Senate. On Jan. 7, Potter visited Austin to promote Deadly Spin, his book about his time shaping the anti-health..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Drafthouse Films Targets Ms. 45

Alamo distro arm picks up Abel Ferrara revenge classic

"...Drafthouse Films is slamming a new clip in the deadly classic...."

Oct. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Old Way

Nic Cage saddles up for a Western with a surprise in its saddlebags

"...another story of a man looking to put his deadly ways behind him and failing, but its heart was..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...is back with his uniquely beautiful and bizarre time-traveling spin on the myth of Conan the Barbarian...."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Live Through This!

The Semi-Annual Rock & Roll Round-up

"...Genet, but The Real Story's Lovely prose is more deadly than deathless, culminating in the single worst final biographical..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Books Feature

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Won’t Stop Announcing Awesome Stuff

May the Schwartz be with all of us

"...his army of thugs, headed by nine diverse and deadly assassins. This visually stunning film is filled with uniquely..."

Sept. 8, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Invasion of the Kiddie-Lit Plays

Characters from children's literature storm Austin-area stages in July.

"...Cyberella KidsActing revives its musical spin on Cinderella, in which the downtrodden heroine meets her..."

July 5, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Coach's Corner

As much as he dislikes Longhorn football, Coach feels for Chris Simms.

"..."Get out," she repeats, this time (with nothing deadly like an ashtray or knife handy) throwing a TV..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...as a publicity stunt, but the Chief Priest was deadly serious in his criticism of the authorities. Imagine if..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

Natural Born Leader

Mayor Hits the Ground Running His First 100 Days

"...strike back as swiftly as a rattlesnake, and with deadly effect. The public got perhaps its first glimpse of..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the future sent back in time to stop a deadly plague Ð possibly created by the mythical ÒArmy of..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

DVD Watch: 'Night of the Hunted'/'The Grapes of Death'

Horror auteur Rollin abandons vampires for mental decline

"...Squad (Warner Home Video): Ruben Fleischer's disappointing and delayed spin on the LAPD unit assigned to take down notorious..."

April 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...identify that it is only the neighbor's assertion, their spin, that it is a "neighborhood park."..."

May 13, 2005 Column

A Macbeth

In the State Theater Company production A Macbeth, director Guy Chandler Roberts strips the Scottish Play of its dramatic spectacle and boils it down into a compelling ritual of human evil, a Black Mass.

"...again for Shakespeare's murderous Scots to set about their deadly work, to unsheathe their ambition and cruelly spill the..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Money to Burn

John Cornyn tries to keep tobacco case lawyers from reaping all of the financial benefits.

"...tobacco lawsuit. Indeed, three or more of the seven deadly sins are represented. Filling the role of gluttony are..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...she is really a secret agent immersed in a deadly plot. (Oct. 11)..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

10 Austin Restaurants Dishing Out Delicious Margaritas

Where to find salty rims and serious vibes

"...into their six house salsas, ranging from mild to deadly spicy. Menu highlight: Esme’s Magic, an enchilada stuffed with..."

Aug. 24, 2024 Food Post by Neha Kondaveeti

Calls for Federal Hate Crime Investigation Follow Stabbing of Palestinian American in Austin

After Sunday’s statewide protest, a young man was attacked

"...on a charge of second-degree aggravated assault with a deadly weapon...."

Feb. 6, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...discovers empathetic wisdom on how to cope with his deadly autoimmune disease within the colorful expressive works of the..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Looks to the Skylin3s

Alien invasion sequel heads up 2020 virtual lineup

"...gets locked in series of strange tubes full of deadly traps...."

Oct. 12, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...Kevin Kwan, with Sex and Vanity, his 21st-century comic spin on Room With a View; chef David Chang, with..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Documentary GameChangers Will Change How You Look at E-Sports

Producer Peter Billingsley on high-stakes professional videogaming

"...future in it.' Obviously that's been proven to be deadly wrong, because there's an incredibly profitable future for them."..."

June 19, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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