Wintry Mix

The holiday film forecast

"...11 on Dec. 7. The script, by director Michael Mann and Eric Roth (who co-penned Mann's The Insider), depicts..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Standing Next to a Mountain

Examining the 3-CD Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble box set.

"...on the box set, like the night at the Mann Music Center in Philadelphia. I mean that show, from..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

The Ins and Outs of SXSW

"...a celeb for ya, maybe he'll bring wife Aimee Mann or brother Sean along. I don't know whether Michelle..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...swathe of firsts, including 82 world premieres, 11 North American premieres, five U.S. debuts, and 43 first-time filmmakers. Festival..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Skydog

'Skydog' scrapes together a mother lode of Duane Allman

"...Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Boz Scaggs, Delaney & Bonnie, Herbie Mann, Laura Nyro, King Curtis, Otis Rush, and Clarence Carter..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Renegade

Still mourning the death of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott 20 years later

"...kick and tear. Six minutes that move from Michael Mann to Mad Max, Muhammad Ali to Vanishing Point. Fittingly,..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two

When they label war protesters' speech as traitorous, right-wing war supporters reveal themselves as truly anti-American.

"...Go Further, presented by filmmaker Ron Mann (Grass) and Woody Harrelson, follows Woody and gang's environmental-consciousness-raising..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Shoot for the Moon

Actor Danny Trejo has made a film career out of playing criminals. Before that, he made a career out of being one. In town to shoot Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids, Trejo visited Travis High School to talk to students about the lessons he learned the hard way.

"...has appeared in more than 20 films, including Michael Mann's Heat and John Frankenheimer's Reindeer Games, usually cast as..."

June 9, 2000 Screens Feature by Barry Johnson

Rock and a Hard Place

Balancing the Austin Music Ledger

"...Velvethead drummer and Banana Blender Surprise road manager James Mann. "You can't make a lot of money unless you've..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Music Feature

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...SethiProducers: Renee Witt, Charlie McSpadden, Andrew Calof, Justin BaldoniScreenwriters: Eric Randall, Madhuri Shekar When Naveen brings his fiancé Jay..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Moore. Speaking of reappraisal, expect debate around The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution, a rebuttal to the swathe of..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Heaven

Eric Roberts saves souls, unlikely as that sounds

"...Directed by: Angus Benfield. Starring: Eric Roberts, Angus Benfield, Michelle Fozounmayeh, Michael Maclane and Brittany..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...boasts the longest continually running music festival in North America, so although the 49th annual spring campout necessarily canceled,..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

March 2020 Club Endorsements

Who's backing whom in the Democratic primary?

"...Run Sister Run PAC, Across The Track PAC, AAPOL-Afro American Police Officers League, Women Under Forty PAC..."

Feb. 4, 2020 News Post

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...premieres for feature films (101 World premieres, 9 North American, and 3 U.S. and counting), today's list also includes..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Putting the Pedal to the Metal

Edgar Wright cranks up the jams for his new film Baby Driver

"...since 2007, when he first pitched the idea to Eric Fellner at Working Title Films. “I took the advance..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Boyhood Nominated for Six Oscars

Academy singles out Linklater, Adair, Arquette, Hawke

"...American Sniper, Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper..."

Jan. 15, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Critics Table award process this year were the Austin American-Statesman's Cate Blouke (theatre), Claire Canavan (theatre), Luke Quinton (classical..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Civics 101

"...READING, WRITING, AND REVOLUTION Eric Imhof, former managing editor of Baltimore's Indypendent Reader, leads..."

April 12, 2013 News Column

Waterfront Condo Project Hits First Bump

Waterfront advisory panel says it needs more information

"...had seen were in a newspaper. Board member Roy Mann seemed especially put out, saying the omission of a..."

March 22, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

SXSW Film: Selected Shorts

From 3,597 submissions, 106 emerge

"...Boneshaker Director: Frances Bodomo An African family, lost in America, travels to a Louisiana church to find a cure..."

Feb. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 2012 Tuesday Picks & Sleepers

"...name. Dwelling where experimental pop, found sounds, and heavy-lidded atmospherics mingle, Boy Friend slowly solidified its mission statement over..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature

The Echocentrics, Ocote Soul Sounds

"...it's morphing into Perna's primary creative outlet. Produced by Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation, Taurus is Ocote's most polished..."

June 17, 2011 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Horror for the Holidays

Dusk to dawn with Silent Night, Deadly Night

"...where I lived at the time, picketers thronged the Mann Theatre where the film was showing, and the local,..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...a new, more accurate satellite survey of Armenia, an American cartographer forms a powerful bond with an Armenian expatriate..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Awards Announced

The envelope, please

"...Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble: Myth of the American Sleepover Special Jury Award for Best Individual Performance: Brian..."

March 16, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Grupo Fantasma gets a Grammy nod, a tribute to the Cactus Cafe's Griff Luneburg, and tripping daisies with Woozyhelmet

"...Andrews recently wrapped up recording sessions with former Manfred Mann vocalist Paul Jones, contributing lead guitar and his own..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

A Win Is a Win Is a Win

"...biggest thing to happen to Lincoln’s Memorial Stadium since Eric Crouch.In LSU’s 38-6 routing of Fresno State, it was..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

Soup Is Good Food

"...to break out of his 17-game scoring slump, tying Eric Martin's club record with his second touchdown of the..."

Oct. 16, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...a group of friends with a common love for American music. Their self-titled debut, a mix of covers and..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

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