Free Comic Book Day: Picking Through The Shelves

The annual graphic giveaway is this weekend, so what should you pick up?

"...this week's issue, you'll know that May 4 marks the 11th annual Free Comic Book Day, the yearly celebration..."

May 3, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Outdoor Concert Kicks Off the Zach Theatre Season

Music, moonlight, and Mickey Mouse thrills audience and performers alike

"...out your Mickey Mouse ears and dancing shoes. Zach Theatre is back with Songs Under the Stars, a series..."

March 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Dina Barrish

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

"...Starring: Jean Smart, Robert Hays and Kim Greist. If the recently beleaguered Austin Humane Society has any marketing smarts..."

Feb. 12, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Animated Adventures of Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

The men behind 'The Secret of NIMH' visit Austin this weekend

"...From The Land Before Time to An American Tail, from Dragon's..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars Day: Happy May the Fourth, And a Very Merry Revenge of the Fifth

One man's 35 year trip to a galaxy far, far away

"...I will always remember the first time I saw a Star Wars film. It..."

May 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Oz the Great and Powerful

Neither a besmirching nor a instant classic, this sometimes clunky prequel in which James Franco plays the Wizard when he was a mere, young huckster also has Sam Raimi's ravishing visuals.

"...”If you can make them believe, then you’re wizard enough,” says the witch Glinda..."

March 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Entertainment Economy

As the Austin film, music, and gaming scenes become a "cluster," civic leaders are looking for industrial-strength creativity

"...Throughout our 17 decades of existence, Austin has been a..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

DVDanger: Tales From the Hood

In the wake of Get Out, a classic anthology revisited

"...things: great stories, and a great linking mechanism, chaining the horror together. Tales From the Hood has both, plus..."

April 25, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Breaks the First Wave

'Dredd 3D' and 'The Shining' headline 2012 festival

"...us and we would have been stoked: But now they've sent their first wave of titles crashing over us,..."

July 30, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

When the Saints Go Marching In

"...I ask because according to any source I check, the New Orleans Saints earned themselves a first-round bye in..."

Jan. 4, 2007 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

Mickey: The Story of a Mouse Is a Tale of Perseverance

The mouse in everyone's house

"...Three circles – two small, perched on one large. The silhouette of Mickey Mouse is one of the most..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...The Paramount Theatre's Summer Film Classics features mostly double bills..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

The Penguin With the Pulitzer

Berkeley Breathed on putting Opus to bed and what comes next

"...If you're crossing the street at 24th and Guadalupe, tread carefully: You may..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

Inching to the Finish

Bob Sabiston's winding road to Inchworm Animation

"...MTV? Perhaps you should begin with his calling-card creation, the rotoscoping technology most notably used in Richard Linklater's Waking..."

May 27, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

DVDanger: 'The Vincent Price Collection'

The master of horror at the height of his Poe powers

"...It was that face and that voice. The high, arched eyebrow over an unnaturally long, handsome face...."

Nov. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

You Oughta See the Pictures

Hollywood forever: New film books reviewed

"...eager to buy some marabou bedroom stilettos to match the pink swan's-down-trimmed negligee that Cici had generously just given..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Screens Feature

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Brouhaha Below the Border No Simple Answers

"...Picador USA, $13 paper Drinking gin by the case, an emaciated Stan Laurel watches from the window..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Women of Antone's, underground MCs, FuckEmos, and more recommended shows

"...matriarch Susan Antone, women built Austin's world-famous Home of the Blues, now staging three separate spotlight events on the..."

March 24, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Gets the 3-D Treatment From Zebra Imaging

These are the holograms you're looking for

"...Say "hologram" and the inevitable image is of R2-D2 in Star Wars, projecting..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Fearless James Hong

Star of 'Big Trouble in Little China' revives the raunch

"...sit down, but when you're James Hong, you've earned the right...."

Jan. 24, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Going the Distance

"...miles, for us Americans). But it's nothing compared to the distance, both figurative and literal, that separates the lives..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature by Lee Nichols

Off the Record

Prime real estate: Patricia Vonne and the historic opening week for Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater

"...A week after its soft opening, the first act to grace Austin City Limits Live at..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Strange World

Disney animated adventure revamps pulp fun with a story of fathers and sons

"...Imagine living in a world where the energy resource upon which you have depended is running..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Animated Short Films

Five Oscar nominees, plus some extra treats.

"...Film will be showcased in a collective block across the country, reflecting a diverse array of animation techniques from..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Dream of a New Circus

In the two decades it has taken for Cirque du Soleil to reach Austin for the first time, this Montreal-based troupe has not only reinvented circus as performance art but grown into one of the most unexpected and unlikely of entertainment empires.

"...street corner in Quebec and now it literally spans the planet, amazing audiences worldwide with its ability to transform..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Feature by Michael Point

DVD Watch: My Neighbor Totoro

Hayao Miyazaki's sweet and monstrous classic arrives on Blu-ray

"...it was almost a disaster. Instead, 25 years later, the tale of two Japanese girls and their magical troll..."

May 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nothing Less Than Magical

Veterans of the Zilker Summer Musical recall enchantment on the hillside

"...two things: It'll be hotter than Beelzebub's armpit, and there will be a musical you can see for free..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sabrina by Nick Drnaso

This machine is temperamental but it will give you things

"...Well, bleak me the fuck out...."

July 10, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: Inner Sanctums, Outer Orbits

The intertwined legacies of indie music and the alternative press

"...[Note: The second part of this column is the next-to-last section..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by Louis Black

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