Mistress America

Greta Gerwig borrows from Holly Golightly in Noah Baumbach's new comedy

"...contrast, Gerwig’s character here is bursting with plans – for an ironic T-shirt line, a TV show, a restaurant-slash-barbershop-slash-community..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...two are on release at the same time. So Dean Fleischer-Camp can't help but laugh at the idea that..."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crypta, Cherubs, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Must-see shows for the weekend and beyond

"...and their contemporary spawn. Last year’s Brutal Panda reissues for Icing and Heroin Man completed a Cherubs through line..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Ta-Nehisi Coates for SXSW 2018

Plus Teen Vogue, The Daily Show, and Charlie Rose

"...with institutions in the latest additions to the lineup for SXSW 2018, with modern media heavy hitters like Ta-Nehisi..."

Aug. 30, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Boyhood Nominated for Six Oscars

Academy singles out Linklater, Adair, Arquette, Hawke

"...terrific filmmaker. He’s just earned his first Oscar nomination for Best Director...."

Jan. 15, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Jonesin' for an Office at the Capitol

Kirk Watson formalizes plans to roll into the state Senate; and a roundup of area House races

"...Former Austin Mayor Kirk Watson generated a fair amount of..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...and theatre in that span and announced the nominees for the 2019 Critics Table Awards...."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Elliott Naishtat Retiring, Dems Brace for Primary

Update: six candidates already filed to replace veteran rep

"...rumbled through Austin politics: Democrat Rep. Elliott Naishtat, the dean of the Travis County House delegation, has announced he..."

Dec. 10, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

John Dean on Bush

The former White House counsel reveals just how far we've (not) come since Nixon

"...reporter, "You have your numbers; I have the numbers." Former White House counsel John Dean argues that the Republicans..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Black Maligns America

"...and his neo-leftist attack-and-slash mindset to once again malign America. For those interested, here are the realities. First, religion..."

July 10, 2006 Postmarks

Air America Is a Welcome and Invaluable Oasis

"...I must disagree with Kevin Brass' contention that Air America sucks [“Media Watch,” News, Oct. 26]. Yes, there are..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Postmarks

America Gone Awry

Philip Roth's strength as a novelist, Tom Grimes says, is that he never writes as if he's finally reached a point of permanent self-definition. He's always searching for that definition, as a writer, as a Jew, and now, through the aging, reclusive Nathan Zuckerman, as an American.

"...Despite the good economy, people in America are terrified. Like a paranoiac's brain, which invents scenarios..."

June 23, 2000 Books Feature by Tom Grimes

I Drive Dean Haglund

"..."Media Mixer" at the Paramount Theatre, I searched furtively for actor-comic Dean Haglund. I was pretending to look for..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Feature

There's a New Dean in Town

Stekler's new gig, first look at My Generation and Machete, and AFF news

"...familiar to general audiences, but you know his movies, for sure: Blade Runner, Unforgiven, Twelve Monkeys, and Ladyhawke. (Yes,..."

Aug. 16, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'At Any Price' and 'The East' Ask for Answers

Occupy Wall Street, capitalism, and SXSW Film

"...pass on his family’s farming legacy to his son, Dean (Zac Efron), a rebellious and temperamental racecar driver with..."

March 18, 2013 SXSW Post by Brandon Ney

School for Scandal

In Scandals of Classic Hollywood, UT grad Anne Helen Petersen analyzes the machinery of celebrity gossip

"...to view the cultural mores of early 20th century America...."

Oct. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Opinion: Where Is the Support for Minority Faculty to Succeed at UT?

A retired professor reflects on how little has changed at Texas' flagship university since he first started teaching nearly 50 years ago

"...high school. A UT degree really means so much for one's future job and career, especially for whites who..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Column by Dan Acosta

Lessons of the Good Run

An interview with Dean cyberforce Joe Trippi

"...still good with a sound bite. "It's too easy for the press corps to say the Howard Dean campaign..."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Progressives organize, train, and rally to turn Texas blue

"...of local candidates, headlined by erstwhile presidential hopeful Howard Dean, rallied a crowd of about 800 to quit complaining..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...the literary, you might want to grab a napkin before feasting on the newly announced list of authors for..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Man Who Cried

"...John Turturro, Cate Blanchett, Claudia Lander-Duke, Miriam Karlan, Harry Dean Stanton and Oleg Yankovsky. Would that Sally Potter's moribund..."

June 8, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...Columbia Pictures Release. Songs: "The Pusher" by Hoyt Axton, performed by Steppenwolf; "Born To Be Wild" by Mars Bonfire,..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Southwest, find harmony in the three headlining films announced for this year’s streaming festival...."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Vote Brand X!

The thin line between political campaigns and corporate branding

"...in life? "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women."..."

March 14, 2009 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Chronicle"), while AISD works the crowds to build support for its bond package (see "Labor Backs AISD Bonds"). See..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...on the rockets with not just a few titles for this year's film festival, but the complete list of..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bloggers and Pamphleteers

Karl Frisch and Lawrence Lessig on netroots politics

"...A veteran of presidential campaigns for both Republicans (Sens. Lamar Alexander and John McCain, both..."

July 11, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bukowski: Born Into This

Every young writer goes through a Bukowski phase, but only the skid row author himself was "born into it."

"...name. Barbet Schroeder’s 1987 film Barfly, written by Bukowski, performed by Mickey Rourke, and then soundly loathed by the..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Air Force One

"...Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen. Starring: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Wendy Crewson, Paul Guilfoyle, William H. Macy,..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dick

"...been sparingly applied to the Nixon years in the form of Oliver Stone's pedantic Nixon, but Fleming (The Craft,..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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