Down in the Valley

Sadly, this is less the epic modern Western it aspires to be than a muddled melodrama about a delusional drifter played by Edward Norton.

"...Directed by: David Jacobson. Starring: Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, David Morse, Rory Culkin,..."

June 2, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

2 Days in the Valley

"...Directed by: John Herzfeld. Starring: Danny Aiello, Greg Cruttwell, Jeff Daniels, Teri Hatcher, Glenne..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tales from the Valley

Author David Rice Interviewed

"...If you're going to inter- view a Mexican-American author," David Rice said..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

With Ti West In a Valley of Violence

Director on PTSD, Westerns, and the world's greatest dog

"...The Western is a forgery. There are white hats and..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Are We All Ghosts in the Machine?

Rodney Ascher explores simulation theory in A Glitch in the Matrix

"...A few hundred days into the most digitized era of our lives, and it's..."

Feb. 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Into the Valley of Death, and Back Out Again

Filmmaker and war photographer Tim Hetherington talks about his yearlong embed in Afghanistan

"...When Sebastian Junger and Tim Hether-ington's remarkably immersive and gritty-intimate Afghan war documentary Restrepo won..."

July 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Pinot in the City Brings Oregon to Austin

Willamette Valley wineries converge on JW Marriott

"...Ah, the fabled City of Roses. Stumptown. Cold Austin. For every..."

Jan. 24, 2017 Food Post by Dave Randall

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...If Texas is the state with the richest folk songwriting history, the Kerrville..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Showdown in the Rio Grande Valley

Abbott's demands means audience not welcome at debate with Davis

"...with Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, but it seems their arguments over a Rio Grande Valley meeting have paid..."

Sept. 2, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Richard Linklater's Diamonds in the Rough

The legendary Austin filmmaker provides a guided tour through three years of a formative decade

"...The title of this new Austin Film Society series –..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luckiest Girl in the World

An interview with Sissy Spacek, inducted into the first annual Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 9.

"...The voice on the phone is girlish and instantly recognizable,..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Council: It’s Floodin’ Down in Texas

Special Sunday meeting addresses latest Onion Creek disaster

"...In an unusual “special-called” Sunday afternoon session, City Council confirmed..."

Nov. 9, 2015 News Post by Michael King

'Natural Capitalism' in the Hills

The Crossings' earth- and economy-friendly integration into the Hill Country really is something to feel good about.

"...To get to the Crossings, you drive what used to be a long..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Devil in the Details

Why Is 'Talented Amateur Historian' Leon Day Obsessed With the Death of Ambrose Bierce?

"...Death is not the end; there remains the litigation of the estate. --..."

May 17, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

Cracks in the System

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

"...Carol Hadnot, a minority procurement consultant, says African Americans are not gettinga fair..."

Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Chris Walters

Out There in the Fresh Air With Utopia, Old Settler's, and Kerrville Folk Festival

Fall fests coax us from the metropolis

"...What does October make you think of? Halloween, pumpkin spice, trees transitioning from green to..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Buck Dharma in the 21st Century!

Epic Q&A with Blue Öyster Cult’s “Reaper”

"...Long Island singer-songwriter cabal Blue Öyster Cult composed art-rock unlike any of..."

Aug. 9, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Man in the White Hat

Larry Joe Doherty rides into the battle for CD 10

"...The strategy was supposed to solidify power for Tom DeLay...."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s

Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history Satanic Panic revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria

"...There are any number of things about the Eighties that..."

March 11, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Savlov

Back in the Saddle Again

Long considered a lost film, Peter Fonda's The Hired Hand gets its long deserved due at SXSW.

"...It's Peter Fonda's birthday, and he's alone in his cabin in Montana, stuck under 4 feet of..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Steve Uhler

Living in the Moment

MM Pack profiles legendary foodie Ann Clark.

"...Cooking is, ultimately, an act of love, of grace, of..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Food Feature by MM Pack

Exploring the Edible Frog Back in the Saddle

"...by Bill Crawford Awhile back, I was munch- ing out at a lawyer-filled barbecue when I chomped into..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

Communing in the Air

With 'Lounge!,' Arthouse transforms itself into a space that swings

"...art or talk about art or even listen to other people talk about art, we come at it from..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lightning in a Bottle

Ostensibly a record of one mighty blues show, this film goes beyond the tag of concert film and achieves something more: a living history lesson, tracing the evolving sound of the blues.

"...Directed by: Antoine Fuqua. As concert films go, this is heady stuff,..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW, Tribune, CNN Present the Rest of the 2020 Presidential Pack

Six candidates in search of the voters, plus a Trump surrogate

"...From down in the valley of the margin of error, came..."

March 11, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

No Depression in Heaven

No more No Depression

"...Depression editors Grant Alden and Peter Blackstock announced that the seminal bi-monthly magazine will cease publication following its 75th..."

Feb. 21, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Facing the South

The Democratic primary for the new CD 25 pits Austin's Lloyd Doggett against McAllen's Leticia Hinojosa

"...If you want to get from one end of the 25th Congressional District to the other without actually leaving..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Intruder

Is going Full-On Quaid a thing? Maybe so, as the veteran goes bugnuts melodrama in the "crazy neighbor" thriller

"...Directed by: Deon Taylor. Starring: Meagan Good, Michael Ealy, Dennis Quaid and Joseph Sikora...."

May 3, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Today in "It Boggles the Mind"

Two recent stories that are discombobulating...

"...The Thanksgiving weekend lulled me into a pleasant sense of..."

Nov. 30, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Julie Gillis

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