Elvis & Nixon

Now we can do more than wonder about the day these two men met

"...That photo, so definitive yet so enigmatic: Elvis Presley, the king, and Richard Nixon, the president, shaking..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Emma & Elvis

"...Blum, Jason Duchin, Mike Hodge and Jody O'Neil. Emma & Elvis is the first work of fiction by noted..."

May 14, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Panel Recap: Elvis Presley: The Searcher

The King of Rock & Roll’s filmic dreamscape

"...“You couldn’t plan Elvis Presley,” declared his widow Priscilla Presley, 72. “I’ve had..."

March 15, 2018 SXSW Post by Tim Stegall

Elvis Costello Heads Up Benefit Show for the Musician Treatment Foundation in Austin

With T Bone Burnett & Charlie Sexton, he’ll revisit King of America

"...Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Elvis Costello is coming to ACL Live at the Moody..."

Aug. 22, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

15 Minutes with Elvis Costello

A few pages from an almost 700-page book – as told by the author

"...I love Elvis. Have since the first time I heard “Watching the..."

Oct. 15, 2015 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Elvis Lives!

Allison Orr choreographs a new comeback special for the King

"..."Elvis is in everybody out there...."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Black Elvis

"...infested with mice," and dislikes "the Dept. of Food & Agriculture." Since the lead-off track on First Come First..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

HBO Documentary Elvis Presley: The Searcher Debuts at SXSW

New archival footage of the king, the musician, and the man behind the music

"...Elvis Presley: The Searcher offers a fresh look at one..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Elvis

If you're looking for trouble, you came to the right place

"...years ago (three years longer than he lived), rock & roll legend Elvis Presley has been portrayed on screens..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

Elvis Lives?

"...have left life since the days of Bill Haley & His Comets seem content to remain up in Rock..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Elvis is Coming to Town

For a good ol' Texan backyard BBQ

"...last week, but it appears the King of Rock & Roll has his own opinion because he’s leaving Graceland..."

May 26, 2015 Events Post by Ellen Kranz

Luv Doc Recommends: Viva Las Vegas Feast and Elvis Birthday Combo

Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Monday, January 8, 2007

"...Las Vegas screening at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown this Monday. Elvis’ birthday is the biggest post-holiday celebration in Austin, and..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Fast Cars, Strip Bars, and Elvis, Even

What's new, Pussycat? Onetime Russ Meyer leading lady Tura Satana comes to town for the first annual Alamo Drive-In.

"...gloves, black boots, and black leather jacket. With a résumé that already included a stint dancing in one of..."

May 3, 2002 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

SXSW 2018: Elvis Presley: The Searcher Panel & Red Carpet

"...Elvis Presley: The Searcher featured session..."

March 15, 2018 Photo Gallery

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

Elvis Mitchell on TCM

"...The first (and only) time I met movie reviewer/critic Elvis Mitchell, I was so tongue-tied that I said something..."

July 21, 2008 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Elvis Lives!

Detective and Then Some...

"...Indigo Slam, the seventh novel in his best- selling Elvis Cole series, Angeleno detective novelist Robert Crais returns to..."

July 25, 1997 Books Feature

Los Coast Goes Country in Covering Gillian Welch’s Ode to Elvis Presley

“This has dramatically upended the lives of musicians”

"...Today, Los Coast premieres “Elvis Presley Blues,” a genre-shifting cover of Americana icon Gillian..."

May 6, 2020 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

sxswf: Veterans – and Elvis – in the Building for 'Happy New Year'

Elvis Mitchell to moderate Happy New Year Q&A

"...Film critic Elvis Mitchell (of KCRW’s The Treatment) will be on hand..."

March 13, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc Recommends: Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Cold War Kids, and M. Ward

Auditorium Shores at the Long Center, Thursday, March 19, 2009

"...series. You may not have heard of them, but Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Cold War Kids, and M. Ward..."

March 20, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Elvis Lives

An interview with Bruce Campbell of Bubba Ho-Tep

Oct. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The King

America's soul explored on a road trip in Elvis Presley's car

"...American politics (Why We Fight) suddenly decide to take Elvis Presley's 1963 Rolls-Royce Phantom V on a road trip..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM

If you want to understand the legacy of Bill Clinton forget the Elvis analogies and remember Orson Welles, who created film characters marked by their own self-corruption.

"...life for a long time to come, and, anyway, Elvis has left the building...."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Zilker Theatre Productions' All Shook Up

Take Elvis at his silliest, mix in Twelfth Night, stir playfully, and you have the latest Zilker Summer Musical

"...Elvis has been sighted in Austin...."

Aug. 3, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Identical

The fabricated ghost of Elvis Presley's twin brother hangs over this complete muddle.

"...The legacy of Elvis Presley weighs heavily on The Identical, although the King..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Long Live the King at Chuy's

Celebrate Elvis with food and drink specials, costumes, souvenirs

"...how they ended up with a velvet painting of Elvis that became a focal point for the restaurant. Customers..."

Jan. 8, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Folk Music Fireball!

Sixty years ago this month and next, Elvis Presley destroyed Austin

"...Between March 1955 and January 1956, a young, rhythm & blues-influenced country singer from Memphis, Tenn., named Elvis Presley..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The King

First-time filmmaker James Marsh delivers a Texas gothic that stars Gael García Bernal and William Hurt, but the characters lack depth and humanity.

"...También)can’t bring to life. The protagonist in question is Elvis, a young man who returns from the navy to..."

July 7, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

Jailhouse Rock

"...Directed by: Richard Thorpe. Starring: Elvis Presley and Judy Taylor. Elvis' third movie is surely..."

Aug. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Viva Las Vegas

Behind the scenes of Cirque du Soleil's Viva Elvis and Love

"...The King of Rock & Roll has reclaimed his throne on the Las Vegas..."

Feb. 24, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Bubba Ho-Tep

Elvis Presley and JFK (played brilliantly by Campbell and Davis) fight a soul-sucking mummy in this twisted sci-fi horror film loaded with generous chunks of cheese.

"...other’s eyeglasses and giant bugs are no big surprise. Elvis (Campbell) is cooling his blue suede heels here (he’s..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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