Fantastic Fest First Wave Hits Hard

Stephen King adaptations, Arabic cinema, and Three Billboards

"...From world premieres to archive oddities; from the Arabic world to..."

Aug. 8, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Things Blow Up for No Reason

Still weekly, free, and a little stunned, we enter our 25th year

"...it was that we were going to do with our lives...."

July 21, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Forever Young

The alumni artists of "YLA 15" continue to transform our world into their own

"...Art in Austin"), but given the historical disparity between our country's majority culture and minority cultures, the validation by,..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Innocence Network Honors "Incendiary"

"Incendiary: The Willingham Case" doc wins journalism award

"...public artifacts once they leave their makers' domains and enter the world. They're judged by all sorts of artistic,..."

April 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Repo Men

Jude Law and Forest Whitaker play repo men in this future world where body parts can be bought and sold but also repossessed.

"...sci-fi has morphed into "WTF?" and now all of our futures, most of them already closely enough wound, are..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hero

"...Stephen Frears may be the most cynical filmmaker of our time. A sampling of his track record up to..."

Oct. 2, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...Missing shouldering your way through the South by Southwest crowds? Lamenting that..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Trauma defines these glimpses into other real lives

"...present a diverse set of experiences for audiences. Some encourage you to share in the pain of different communities;..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Coraline

An unparalleled master of the phantasmagoric image returns with this children's film.

"...and new home. Coraline returns frequently to the enchanting world of her other mother and father, loving everything about..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hidalgo

Old-time adventure in which both man and steed look good.

"...an old-time Hollywood adventure story, so it’s fitting that our first sight of Frank T. Hopkins (Mortensen), a legendary..."

March 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...creator Emily Hagins brings her new series Hold to Your Best Self; and the unstoppable force that is author/columnist/comedian/filmmaker..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Fight Club

There's no middle ground in Fight Club: Either you go with its berserker ethos or go nuts.

"...back six months to his initial meeting with the world's oddest traveling salesman, Tyler Durden (Pitt), a dealer of..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saint Ralph

This strange youth dramedy from Canada has a brisk, sunny aplomb.

"...Gordon Pinsent, Jennifer Tilly, Shauna MacDonald and Michael Kanev. Fourteen-year-old Ralph Walker (Butcher) is no saint. A gawky charity-case..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Media Clips

Corporate media giants cause journalism to become less competitive; Walter Cronkite and Bill Moyers speak at The Daily Texan's 100th birthday event; Grassroots Media Conference held in Austin

"...place in the media industry, the power to control our flow of information gets concentrated in fewer and fewer..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...celebration of movies from across the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world, returns to the big screen after two pandemic years..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What Dreams May Come

"...What Dreams May Come is a stunningly original visual journey to heaven, hell, and beyond. But like most dreams..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

311 Story in Error

"...to use an herbicide to kill weeds adjacent to your drinking water well, have you truly reached a compromise..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column

July Is Crime Month: Batman Day

Holy Diamond Anniversary, Caped Crusader! Let's party!

"...Dark Knight. The Caped Crusader. The Masked Manhunter. The World's Greatest Detective. Bats. We know him by many names..."

July 23, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

My Semester on the Beat

Wherein our reporter pursues the bad guys, abhors Problem People, studies community policing, and earns a perfect attendance koozie in the APD's Citizen Police Academy

"...When you imagine a 10-hour ride-along with a cop, there's a lot of stuff..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Hello to New Friends Again, Down in Fraggle Rock

Behind the scenes on the revival of the beloved puppet show

"...on to a place of magic and fantasy from your childhood. That's what Alex Cuthbertson and Matt Fusfeld got..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Worth a Thousand...

Words Play Off Images in Four New AMOA Exhibitions

"...Laguna Gloria, brings us these words and more -- four different exhibitions including photography, sculpture, painting, drawing, and text...."

Nov. 29, 1996 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

SXSW Giveaways!

...because there isn't enough free stuff that week already...

"...Music, Film, or Tech. You get the best the world has to offer in these fields over the course..."

March 4, 2010 Events Post by Logan Youree

Puns Very Intended at the O. Henry Pun-Off

The annual world championship encourages groans

"...When he tells puns – which he did throughout our hourlong interview – he is encouraged by the inevitable..."

May 8, 2019 Events Post by Gracie Awalt

First Plates

How we're celebrating First Plates and how you can join us!

"...Our First Plates issue is on stands now and it’s..."

Feb. 5, 2015 Events Post by Tamar Price

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...like 99% of the other people in the real world. People who run away from a fight just because..."

May 23, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...In your Aug. 9 issue, within the article entitled "Did SOS..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

Wandering Preachers, Holy Fools

What best describes the modern playwright? Itinerant preacher? Holy fool? Several artists with an intimate knowledge of the playwriting life offer their views in this roundtable discussion.

"...company member, currently New Plays Director at the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis; and Vicky Boone, artistic director of Frontera@Hyde..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Returns to Celebrate Itself

Global genre gathering announces streaming lineup

"...a week-long streaming extravaganza, all for free, including multiple world premieres, running Sept. 24 to Oct. 1...."

Sept. 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

TDH: 8/22/11

City Council commemorates the Live Music Capital

"...meeting ended, another one’s on tap Thursday. While controversy courts this week’s agenda, like the returned settlement motion in..."

Aug. 22, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

'What Is Justice?'

A state program that enables offenders and their victims meet face-to-face has helped Andrew Papke take full responsibility for the drunken driving-related deaths of Beth Early and Daniel London.

"...brief hug, Martha Early gets ready to begin her three-hour drive back to Austin. Andrew returns to his prison..."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Michael May

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