Death By Festival Counts Down to 10/31

New horror/metal fest finalizes films with anthology premiere

"...nearly here, and new hybrid heavy metal/horror film gathering Death By Festival is getting in the seasonal mood by..."

Oct. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New PBS Documentary Uses Austin Photographer to Explore Death

What we (don’t) talk about when we (don’t) talk about death

"...this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." But death was a constant before there..."

March 23, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms

"...Productions' staging of Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe received 11 nominations...."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Happy Death Day 2U

Comedy-horror sequel is less Halloween, more Groundhog Day

"...Directed by: Christopher Landon. Starring: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Phi Vu,..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

Top 10 Festival Films of 2017 You Haven't Seen Yet

From zombie musicals to political scandals, a bumper year

"..."Scottish Christmas zombie musical" may sound like the elevator..."

Jan. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Death Watch: Is “Broken” Justen Hall Competent to Be Executed?

If a stay is not granted, Hall will be the fifth Texas inmate put to death this fall

"...Hall was arrested and confessed. He was sentenced to death in 2005...."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: One Man Spared, Another Set to Die

Mark Robertson seeks stay due to racist lawyer

"...In light of the stay granted to Patrick Murphy by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 28, the Texas..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Cruel & Unusual Confinement

Convicted hit man faces third date with death

"...Rolando Ruiz has spent the last 22 years on death row. After two stays of execution, he is once..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: A Reprieve From Death Row

Clinton Young's death sentence overturned over legal misconduct

"...of Criminal Appeals has overturned the murder conviction and death sentence of prisoner Clinton Young after finding that a..."

Oct. 8, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Playback: Top 100 Austin Albums of 2017

Top 10s? Feh! Multiply that by 10 – locally.

"...year's end remains the equivalent of judging an iceberg by the snow cone you shaved off the top...."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

2017/18 Austin Music Awards Reveal

Black Angels and Lucinda Williams lead highlights

"...taking shape. Austin’s psych sovereigns the Black Angels, whose 2017 album Death Song highlighted a triumphant year in Austin..."

Jan. 18, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

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

"...the full menu of authors on tap for the 2017 event, and it's massive: 295 names, among them such..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Legislators Urge Abbott to Spare the Life of Woman on Death Row

Justice for Melissa Lucio?

"...prayed with Melissa Lucio last week at the women's death row prison in Gatesville, where she awaits her scheduled..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Death of Dontre Hamilton

Family of Milwaukee man shot by police finds strength in organizing

"...the Doorstep director Erik Ljung first heard about the death of Dontre Hamilton, who was shot and killed by..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Nina Hernandez

Death Watch: Shuffling the Deck

Death row inmates see new execution dates

"...is now scheduled for the gurney on Jan. 26, 2017. The 43-year-old received his sentence in 2003 for the..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: "No Need" for Mental Tests

James Bigby will be the fourth Texan executed in 2017

"...James Bigby, 61, is scheduled to be the fourth Texan executed..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: For Travis Mullis, Tragedy Begets Tragedy

Mullis is set to die Sept. 24

"...Not all efforts to spare death row inmates are equal...."

Sept. 18, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: Segundo Awaits 5th Circuit

Death row inmate scheduled for execution Oct. 10

"...six before the new year – more than double 2017's total. Tarrant County native Juan Segundo is in line..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: This Is Your Death

Would you kill yourself on TV for money?

"...timely (what isn’t these days?) film This Is Your Death...."

March 12, 2017 SXSW Post by Kahron Spearman

2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program A

Let the voting begin

"...Directed by: Various...."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...South by Southwest 2024's Film & TV Festival schedule is packed..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Death Watch: Areli Escobar

Court of Criminal Appeals orders re-examination of 2009 case

"...is confident Areli Escobar, an Austin man sentenced to death for the 2009 murder of 17-year-old Bianca Maldonado, received..."

Oct. 24, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Death Waits for No Plan

Austin works on making its cemeteries more accessible to the public

"...– or so the story goes – were killed by Comanche warriors while hunting bear in the part of..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Carrie Elkin’s Life-and-Death Folk

Her father's death and daughter's birth upped the stakes of the singer's finest work

"...Like most teenagers, Carrie Elkin felt embarrassed by some of her father's actions. For one, he seemed..."

April 14, 2017 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Birth of Western Swing, Death of Milton Brown

Chapter excerpt from the new book by ATX music historians Michael Corcoran and Tim Kerr spotlights the debt that the kings of country swing, Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, owed to Texan Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies

"...in 2018. The book is a continuation of Corcoran’s 2017 book All Over the Map: True Heroes of Texas..."

March 27, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Death Watch: Quiet on Death Row

Pandemic halts the sputtering execution machine

"...people. Our state's juries sentenced just two people to death...."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death on the Nile

Brannagh's back for another ride under the detective's moustache

"...Directed by: Kenneth Branagh. Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Tom Bateman, Armie Hammer,..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Margaret Moser 1954-2017

Austin’s patron saint of music passes

"...Coming two days after reports of her death spread virally on social media, the news marks the..."

Aug. 26, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Death Watch: Where’s Your Evidence?

Exculpatory testimony, DNA at issue in two landmark cases

"...the Bastrop man who's spent nearly 20 years on death row for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites –..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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