Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Your friendly neighborhood web-head goes beyond Peter Parker

"...dead. Technically, he's not our Peter Parker, because that's the Peter Parker of Earth-616. This is Peter Parker of..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sheriff Sally Hernandez Continues to Do "What’s Right"

Besieged by the state GOP, Hernandez shows no sign of backing down from her immigration policies

"...home in Llano County. A teenage runaway, she wanted nothing more than a second chance. After a short period..."

July 7, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Luv Doc: Bad Bacon

Yes, processed red meat causes cancer. Which village idiots were still laboring under the assumption it doesn't?

"...Dear Luv Doc,..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Column

Beside the Point: Your Job or Your Life

It's time for workers to have better choices

"...Who built your home? Were they born in the U.S., or were they immigrants? If..."

July 17, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

The Destruction of Texas Health Care

The GOP crusade against Planned Parenthood is devastating basic care for Texas women

"...of Central Texas, spent Tues­day, Jan. 24, closing up the CAI women's health clinic in Elgin. As she packed..."

Feb. 3, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

What Happened to the No-Kill Millennium?

Austin's plan to end wholesale euthanasia at Town Lake shelter remains a distant dream

"...7-week-old kitten weighs about a pound; its veins are the size of vermicelli. So if you're administering a lethal..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Original Kings of Comedy

"...Directed by: Spike Lee. Starring: Bernie Mac, Cedric The Entertainer, D.l. Hughley and Steve Harvey. Spike Lee's new..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Getting Behind The Tender Bar With Lily Rabe and Tye Sheridan

The challenges of authenticity (and George Clooney's acting class)

"...Accuracy in a biopic can come down to the smallest recognizable detail. Like the brown cord..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ben Wheatley Goes Digging In The Earth

Of mushrooms, men, and subterranean superintelligences ..

"...Over the last few years, forest management has become part of..."

April 15, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Bounce House with Comedian Danny Palumbo

2015’s Funniest Person in Austin is cooking on all burners

"...That’s right, “cooking on all burners.”..."

Nov. 18, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Ballad of Davy Jones

Hickoids guitarist keeps breathing

"...We all do it...."

May 22, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The South Will Be Celebrated Again!

Historical revisionists urge Lege to protect the Confederacy

"...Tuesday marked the 150th anniversary of the shooting of President Abraham Lincoln...."

April 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Eco: The Culture War to Save the World

Punk, hip-hop and literature sign up for the eco fight

"...Maybe it's the fixation on burlap. but American environmentalism has long been..."

Oct. 9, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Return of Lila Downs

‘La Reyna’ makes another rare stop in Austin – tonight

"...Lila Downs performs with all the force of a tropical depression...."

April 9, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Bandera Way

Scenes from a marriage in four acts.

"...it's late January. At a comfortable Hyde Park address, bright natural light pours in through the large windows of..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Do Right Woman

Polly Parsons, only child of Gram Parsons, comes full circle in Austin with the Hickory Wind Ranch, sober living for women

"...Polly Parsons' late-model Maxima rolls up under the iron Hickory Wind Ranch sign. The storm-gray car noses..."

July 31, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

See What They Do to You

How Jonathan Demme and Neil Young made a film about a concert attended by spirits

"...Young and Jonathan Demme were bouncing sentences off each other like an old, familiar couple. They had been conducting..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dudley Do-Right

"...Let me just say how much I have enjoyed the work of Brendan Fraser in the past. I first..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Li'l Green Aggravation Society

Rock & Roll's Cain & Abel: The Kinks' Davies Brothers

"...Everything you've ever heard about the Kinks is true. Everything..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Mask

"...Diaz. Bank teller Stanley Ipkiss (Carrey) is one of the nicest guys in the world, but he probably couldn't..."

July 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From the Coronavirus Frontlines: Wheatsville Co-op

Two managers talk life as an essential grocery store employee

"...a pandemic, it’s even more apparent how extremely important they are. Every day, employees like the folks at Wheatsville..."

April 8, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Dining for One at the Rubber Repstaurant

Austin’s Rubber Repertory provided, I mean, anything you desired

"...to sit on this review for a week, until the project was over. Because this thing, this latest happening..."

Jan. 27, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

One of the Good Guys

Is Chris Ohlson the nicest film producer in town, or just the hardest working?

"...great guy. Seriously. Everyone says so. In fact, that's the very first thing they tend to say about this..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Texans 'Undefendable' Offense Leads the Way in '11

Playoffs or bust

"...The Houston Texans, our beloved heroes from down under, are..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Sports Post by Barrett Walton

There Goes the Sun

Austin's clean-energy industry appears poised to take off -- but city leaders seem surprisingly unenthusiastic.

"...really gets to vote for Mom and apple pie. There's always some constituency that's disgusted by or allergic to..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

For the Good Times

The Life and Times of Texas country crooner, Ray Price.

"...Before he took the stage of Central Missouri State University's Hendricks Hall on..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by David Cantwell

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

"...Directed by: Errol Morris. Leave it to Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line, Fast, Cheap & Out of Control)..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cracks in the System

Is the City's Minority Procurement Process Up to Par?

"...says African Americans are not gettinga fair share of the city's construction business. photograph by John Anderson Everybody makes..."

Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Chris Walters

The De-Railers

RR Commission Challengers Say the Office Is Off-Track

"...Is it time to derail the Texas Railroad Commission? Three of the four candidates running..."

Nov. 1, 1996 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

Spanking the Monkey

"...Washington, where he's scored a prestigious summer internship at the surgeon general's office. Sucked into the comic drama of..."

Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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