Chicken Little

Disney's first all-CGI, made-in-house, animated feature is painful for all ages, despite a voice-talent roster to make the angels weep.

"...part really hurts. It is funny at times – the teams for dodgeball break down into "popular" and "unpopular"..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Till Human Voices Wake Us

"...Frank Gallacher, Lindley Joyner, Brooke Harman and Peter Curtin. The past casts shadows that threaten to envelop the present..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM

Learning about "manhood" from the movies

"...To track the drastic shifts in America's ideals of manhood, compare 1960's..."

June 14, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

TV Eye

Is it a coincidence that at the turn of the century, magic and the supernatural has made another appearance on TV?

"...Many television critics couldn't make it to deadline without The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Fantastic Fest Gets Arty

First titles, plus Nicolas Winding Refn on exploitation

"...weird: Fantastic Fest 2015 has announced its first round of programming, with a mix of world premieres, Turkish rip-offs,..."

July 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...The Sundance Film Festival released its first programming wave this..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Top 10s

"...1) Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Scandalous (Lost Highway)..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...The clawed toe of Godzilla has finally set down -..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...But, maybe it's just her new couch. That's how the problem first became noticeable. As portrayed by Julianne Moore,..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Nicole Kidman, Still To Die For

How the Australian A-lister stays true to her indie roots

"...A-list actors, blockbuster franchises and hit TV shows are their bread and butter, while starring in smaller indies and..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Britt Hayes

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...After January's sneak peek of a half-dozen titles, SXSW Film has finally drawn back..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...The SXSW Film Festival announced today its 2012 feature film..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Wes Craven'sEndless Nightmare

"...by Marc Savlov There are not a lot of directors who have skewed..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Screens Feature

Whether You Like It or Not...

Eric Mitchell's Redevelopment Dreams

"...During his three-minute ration of participatory democracy, gadfly and homeless person Kirk Becker recently..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Playback: Shakey Graves’ Active Dream Life

“I figured it was important to rebreak the mold sooner than later”

"...On Alejandro Rose-Garcia's kitchen table, there sits a miniature habitat he built of glass, lights,..."

May 4, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Chronolog Radio (May 2)

Psych Fest radio with a touch of Austin Derbyfest and more!

"...weekend, Kevin Curtin and I slapped a super-sized order of reverb on our vocals and circled into Chronolog’s stratosphere...."

May 2, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Friday Night Lights

'Friday Night Lights' is the story of Odessa's Permian High School football dynasty in the 1980s. It's a good story, but did Hollywood pull off a film rendition of Odessa high school football?

"...Friday Night Lights is the story of Odessa's Permian High School football dynasty in..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Review by Ed Baker

Summer Reading

Words gone wild! The best and the breeziest for beating the heat in 2002

"...The scene is dead," according to no less an authority..."

May 31, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Playback Punches Out

After six years and 388,000 words, "Playback" hands off the music column

"...Back when I had a food stamp card instead of a Platinum Badge, I used to sneak into South..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Skydog

'Skydog' scrapes together a mother lode of Duane Allman

"..."He was like the mother ship, right? He had this real magic about..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Arresting You For Unlawful Assembly?

Not if this awesomeness is occupying your wardrobe

"...Never mind the Brooklyn in the background...."

July 5, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW 2012 Tuesday Showcases

"...City of Austin..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature

Wednesday Sleepers

"...8pm, Barcelona Following in the footsteps of seminal DJs Shadow and Krush, Houston's DJ..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...appreciate Michael Ventura's esteem for Jesus and his extolling the virtues of helping the poor in his article "Panhandle..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Column

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...explorers to tech investors, musicians to Muppets, and from the joint chiefs of staff to the wrestling ring: SXSW..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

'Slap Noir'

BigBoy Medlin's dark comic novel of West Texas: an excerpt

"...At 4:13am, Police Chief Brady Blackstock left the scene of the explosion, Hull's Texaco, and followed a..."

July 18, 2014 Arts Feature by James BigBoy Medlin

From Nothing to Bounty

Playwright Lisa D'Amour muses on the distance between Austin and 'Detroit'

"...was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2011, just opened off-Broadway, starring at least two actors you know well: David..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Terrible Beauty

The first day that Sam Baker could hear again

"...The train ride from Cuzco to the majestic ruins of..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Page Two: Cat and Mouse

Slipping in and out of dreams, films, and comics, in which nothing is revealed

"...A brick is thrown at a head. The thrower is addicted to the throwing. The one who..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Texas Documentary Tour

'Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea'

"...It's hard to imagine how the hopes and dreams of so many – from so..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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