The Big Blue: The Director's Cut

"...re-releases is this 1988 Luc Besson film about competitive deep-sea diving. The Big Blue concerns itself with some big..."

July 14, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Returns to Celebrate Itself

Global genre gathering announces streaming lineup

"...Fantastic Fest may be taking a year off due to..."

Sept. 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Fills the Card

Massive list includes closing night film

"...The Fantastic Fest second wave is here, and bigger than you..."

Sept. 5, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blue Starlite Shines at Austin Studios

Summer schedule of 'Giant,' 'Grindhouse,' and wild men

"...If you've been waiting to hear what the Blue Starlite Urban Drive-In will be showing at its new..."

June 13, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Big Blue

"...re-releases is this 1988 Luc Besson film about competitive deep-sea diving. The Big Blue concerns itself with some big..."

July 12, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest 2015: Green Room

Blue Ruin team pits punks against neo-Nazis

"...freaked-out band locked inside, and the fascist forces (including Blue Ruin's Macon Blair as a wannabe thug) marshaling outside...."

Sept. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Multidimensional Production Team Musically Reimagines Fantastic Planet

Lifted Traces rescores classic films, Harlem re-emerges locally with Oh Boy, and more

"...concrete warehouse, the result might look something like Kaye's Fantastic Planet live score event...."

Feb. 15, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Page Two: The Air He Breathed, the Baby Blue Sunglasses He Wore

Jonathan Demme, 1944-2017

"...the breathing and loving of so many, an overwhelming deep heavy quiet. Something is missing that was here yesterday,..."

April 28, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Deep in the Heart of Texas Political Scandals

Crimes, carousing, and contravention from the Capitol grounds

"...photos of the Corpus Christi native dressed in duck-patterned blue pajamas alongside two scantily clad women surfaced online –..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

One Dish, Two Dish, Red Dish, Blue Dish

"...On weekends, Tien Hong restaurant serves a fantastic version of Dim Sum. Recently, I went with six..."

May 7, 1999 Food Feature

20 Questions With Darden Smith

The return – again – of Austin singer-songwriter Darden Smith

"...exit through the back door and step past the blue stucco shed that dead ends the long, gravel driveway...."

April 19, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...JOHN HAMMOND: Voice. Dobro. Harmonica. In the Deep South, they've been working together for almost 100 years..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Record Reviews: Texas Platters

"...Deep Fantastic Blue (Plump)..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Music Review

Darden Smith Extra Extra Darden Smith Sings Twelve Songs by Heart (VE)

Texas Platters

"...the Cactus Cafe Hall of Famer's well-received last release Deep Fantastic Blue, benefits nicely from subtle embellishments; the new..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Burn Down the Mission

Darden Smith

"...breezy pop tunes. His first album in three years, Deep Fantastic Blue, released last fall on Plump Records, (a..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Passion Project

Fantastic Fest and its home base the Alamo Drafthouse have only gotten bigger, but its heart – pure and pulpy – stays the same

"...– Tim League, Alamo Drafthouse CEO/Fantastic Fest co-founder..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Every Missed Bite a Heartbreak

Why Pacific Blue is one of the best new restaurants in Austin

"...Pacific Blue..."

April 16, 2004 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

"If These Walls Could Talk" at Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery

The artists in this Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery exhibition get the walls not only to talk but to spin some fantastic tales

"...swimming pools (one marked to indicate where it's "Real Deep"); pasted-in photos of historical figures and folks from old..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Welcome to the X-Men, David Marquez: Hope You Survive the Experience!

Local artist opens run on Marvel's merry mutants today

"...years, he's gone from indie creator to drawing a Fantastic Four graphic novel, handling art duties on Ultimate Comics:..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Ley Line Needs Their Sisterhood

“This has been a curve ball to test our abilities”

"...It’s the third song advancing this fall’s We Saw Blue...."

July 7, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend

Because it’s hot, you’re cool, and these are fun

"...and maybe downright glorious to the point of “Blistering blue barnacles, this is one hell of a great time..."

July 6, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...the rankings; RED indicates a brewery moved down; and BLUE indicates a new entry or no movement. Looking for..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

Record Reviews

Ibrahim Ferrer

"...hard-edged, yet overwhelmingly good-natured sonic attack, blasting full-throated chords, deep growls, silky lethargic rhythms, and occasional screaming wails. On..."

June 11, 1999 Music Review

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...female Kingston quartet plies a retro-futurist synthesis of the deepest, dreadest Seventies roots reggae and dancehall into infectious Jamaican..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...and his crew of six tore into one screaming blues-rock scorcher after another. The third guitarist, who alternated between..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...Fantastic Plastic Machines THE FRIGGS: This Camden, N.J.-bred cadre of..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

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

From zombie musicals to political scandals, a bumper year

"...Screened at: Fantastic Fest..."

Jan. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...no ultra-lean, heart-healthy yuppie-fied barbecue. This is an old-time, deep South, eat-with-your-fingers-and-make-a-greasy-mess-style meal that you won't soon forget. --V.W...."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...There will be some familiar names in horror circles..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'The Incredible Melting Man'/'Swamp Thing'

Morphing, melting and transmogrification clog up your screens

"...they framed West's pustulant orange fizzog against a powder blue sky. But then again, the lobby cards were why..."

Aug. 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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