Journey to the Center of the Earth

The new version of this Jules Verne classic provides gentle fun, but without the 3-D visual effects "comin' right at ya," this journey's center will not hold.

"...or the screenplay, trusting Verne's far-fetched fantasia about the inner-Earth biosphere to carry the day. And for the most..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Can the Earth Be Saved?

Walter Cronkite and the creation of Earth Day

"...Way It Is. What an ideal way, just before Earth Day, April 22, to memorialize the TV newsman who..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Douglas Brinkley

The Oceanmaker Free to Watch for Earth Day

Watch the local animated short here

"...So, it’s Earth Day, and you’re stuck at work. Everyone in the..."

April 22, 2015 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The First Earth Day, 1970

Austan Librach remembers

"...On its 40th anniversary, Earth Day has become a rather warm and fuzzy event...."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...to the long lines camped out hours ahead of Earth’s rare performance. New partnerships, including with Stereogum and a..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Soundtracking unknown worlds with sci-fi instrumentation

"...Bernard Herrmann, film's greatest composer, scored The Day the Earth Stood Still. The music featured two theremins (see "'Theremin:..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Scorched Earth

The driest season in more than a century hits Lake Travis

"...week and has already been marked at 23 feet below average for the month of June...."

June 21, 2011 News Post by Mark Wilson

Pearce Closing: Scorched Earth, Uncertain Horizon

Pearce community is trying to work through the closure crisis

"...her arrival. (See "Five Options and the Next Step," below.)..."

July 24, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera

The plodding stage musical finally comes to the big screen, its relentlessly bombastic score intact with a vengeance.

"...figure who sings to her nightly from the catacombs below the opera house. As far as production values go,..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

City of Ember

Despite some inventive production design and a comically villainous turn from Bill Murray, this film based on a young-adult novel never really picks up much steam.

"...we learn that the whole of mankind now lives below ground, having fled there after unspecified apocalyptic events topside..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Encounters at the End of the World

Werner Herzog, contemporary cinema's most consistently lyrical examiner of the (in)human condition, returns to the documentary form in yet another wonderfully improbable locale: Antarctica.

"..."best fiend" Kinski in tow (Fitzcarraldo), and abandoned the Earth altogether in favor of a space-y Brad Dourif (The..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dogma

Kevin Smith manages to makes a film that both pokes fun at the Catholic Church and upholds the faith.

"...of the eternal struggle among the inhabitants of heaven, earth, and the hell below. As the writer and director,..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Penguins

Chilly nature documentary has a cuddly heart that's perfect for young animal lovers

"...release of a spectacular nature doc in conjunction with Earth Day. (Co-director Alastair Fothergill is a veteran of the..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Ben Stein uncovers the worldwide plot to unseat scientists, educators, and philosophers who are being fired, ridiculed, and ostracized for supporting the theory of intelligent design.

"...is leading us all to a literal hell on Earth. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is propaganda that'd do Leni..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

Animated Jimmy saves Retroville from the aliens.

"...come across the aforementioned toaster, they swoop down to Earth and make off with Jimmy's parents (along with his..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mystery, Alaska

"...turn one of the most pristine, gorgeous environments on earth into a solid wall of dead white space, hovering..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I.S.S.

Spacebound political thriller lacks any sense of gravity

"...soon as unexpected nuclear war breaks out on the Earth below them the six scientists aboard – three American,..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

'Sky Above, Earth Below'

'Sky Above, Earth Below' reveals the interest in the spiritual aspect of art shared by Stella Alesi and Connie Arismendi

"...Sky Above, Earth Below..."

April 1, 2005 Arts Review by Jacqueline May

Protocols of the Elders of Chisum

State rep joins the tin foil hat brigade

"...The memo he distributed links to a Web site (www.fixedearth.com) promoting the claim that the sun and rest of..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...and empty sea. An abandoned, cypress-framed structure was propped below on a rotting pier, teetering over what was actually..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

SXSW Film Review: Gaia

South African ecohorror grows a very different creeping death

"...There’s a YouTube video that’s been blowing earthling’s minds for a number of years now. Entitled “The..."

March 17, 2021 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Other Worlds Austin Proclaims No Men Beyond This Point

Sci-fi fest adds battle of the sexes mockumentary as centerpiece

"...Eric Piccoli Austin Premiere, Canada, 98 min. Orbiting the Earth aboard a space station for 1,000 days to prepare..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Daily Hustle: 10/28/10 (Updated)

Green roofs and water plants at City Council

"...Below, highlights (as they are) from this morning's council action...."

Oct. 28, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

SXSW Music Spotlight: Sloppy Jane

An avant-garde record that journeys from the center of the earth

"...Jane dragged a piano and a string section deep below the Earth’s crust to record in a drafty West..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

After a Fashion

This week, Stephen dukes it out with a real queen

"..."Down to earth" = born working class..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...It may be winter everywhere on Earth below the equator, but that technicality hasn't stopped the..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Blue Lapis Light's Beyond the Clouds

This aerial dance company's production brought its dancers down to earth but still lifted us up

"...a way beyond the travails and tragedies of the earthly. As other dancers came back to the space, they..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Q&A Hole: Unwilling Alien Espionage

Billie Buck: “Teleport me to the cheese factory”

"...— what would you do upon your return to Earth?”..."

Aug. 7, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Robert Faires' Top 10 Dance and Classical Treasures of 2017

Much outstanding new dance and music this year took its cue from the world around us and pressing social issues

"...twirled around its towering stacks and moved on the earth below...."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Five Arty Things to Do: Nov. 3-5

That number again is: Five. Yes, five arty things.

"...of oh-shit-how-do-I-choose?, is enough to make a citizen look below for a quintet of suggestions re: the more culturally..."

Nov. 2, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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