CAMP Film Fest Brings Online to the IRL Theatre

New event designed to break down career divides comes to the Paramount

"...grows overwhelmingly restless, she must confront her urge to escape and learn to stay present in her life...."

April 9, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Just a Rat in a Cage

"...that is literally what Jeff Yass has said his plan is, which is to create a free market so..."

Feb. 6, 2025 Postmarks

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...Jonni Remmler A woman wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Album Review: Parker Woodland’s There’s No Such Thing as Time

It’s the end of the world as we know it. Parker Woodland feels fine.

"...grapples with some of the existential threats to our planet (climate change) and society (transphobia) set against unapologetically bright..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Slingshot

Psychological thriller about astronauts trying to keep a grip on a trip to Saturn’s moon

"...the 2013 The Exorcist knockoff starring Anthony Hopkins, and Escape Plan, a 2013 action romp that gave us Arnie..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...ESCAPE FROM THE 21ST CENTURY China, 2024 US Premiere, 98..."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

More About Mr. Brooks

"...mother could not have afforded college tuition, and my escape plan from Alice was to join the military. I..."

July 3, 2024 Postmarks

The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Veterans Leading the Charge

Psychedelic healing around Austin and beyond

"...13 different medications, to include OxyContin, which became an escape for me,” LaPree said. “Then I started using methamphetamine...."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Palestinian Woman Finds a Friend in Austin and a Plan to Escape From Gaza

How a Snapchat message turned into an evacuation campaign

"...Abdullah at her breast, to a soundtrack of rumbling planes and successive explosions, an unlikely friendship formed – they..."

May 17, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Consigned to History: The Last Days of the Austin Antique Mall

When two iconic Austin businesses share an address, someday one was going to lose out

"...So far, Playland management is keeping their long-term plans close to their chest – not least because they..."

May 17, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

TDCJ’s Bryan Collier Challenged at Public Meeting

Families and advocates complain of death, misery in the state’s prison system

"...list of Collier’s accomplishments and said he has no plans to retire. It also expressed sympathy for the Motley..."

May 3, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Having a Plan for When Shit Hits the Fan: A Journey in Prepping

What disaster preparedness experts have to say about best-laid plans for worst-case scenarios

"...serious medical supplies. Most importantly, I don’t have a plan...."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Review: We Were Dangerous

Reform-school girls break the rules

"...the already confusing point of view. Once the climactic escape plan is hatched, the 83-minute film rushes toward its..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Review: Nômadé Is a Tropical Dining Destination

Experience a melting pot of flavors at this Yucatán-inspired oasis

"...the tropics of Dominical, Costa Rica. My big life plan includes trips to everywhere, but in the interim, the..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Debate Over How and Whether to Jail Kids in Austin Is Just Getting Started

Travis County proposes a new facility to hold kids accused of crimes

"...Wallace is familiar with the plans and the reasoning behind them. But he has no..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...must contend with accepting his white-orphan-artist-boyfriend and helping them plan the most fabulous Indian wedding their community has ever..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 15-21

"...ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1849, Harriet Tubman escaped from enslavement on a plantation in Maryland. She could..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

On Fire

Stock footage saves uninspiring faith-tinged disaster drama from tedium.

"...and Peter Facinelli (Twilight), we follow one family’s desperate escape from raging wildfires along the California coastline. Considering both..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

APD Has Been Quietly Planning for the City to Run Its Own Bail Hearings for Arrestees

Why? They say for efficiency’s sake

"...behind the scenes with municipal judges on a separate plan that could undermine those efforts...."

Sept. 28, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...100 min Two unexpected passengers complicate an Uber driver’s plan to declare his feelings for one of his regular..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

For 12 Years, There's Been a Gap in One of Austin's Most Famous Murals

Will an image from an iconic Austin movie complete the picture?

"...Harold Lloyd hung from a drainpipe below the fire escape on which stood an Oscar ceremony's worth of stars..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Summer fun is heating up around the state

"...building has a hidden stairway for the judge to escape out the back, an “air-conditioning” system that let hot..."

June 30, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

BBQ Ramen Tatsu-ya Is Closing; Bureau de Poste Is Opening (Later This Summer); Father’s Day Draws Extremely Nigh; Mandola’s Knows What’s Right and Real; Banger’s Sausage House Goes Way Old(e) School; and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...be turned into, um, what? “Tatsu-ya has no immediate plans for the Anchor Lane space,” we’re told, and so..."

June 14, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

How a Small Town Has Fared as a Microchip Factory Brings in Billions

Has Taylor, TX, become Boomtown, TX?

"...a partnership with the local high school, and laid plans for future investments that could boost a reported initial..."

April 28, 2023 News Feature by Abe Asher

Central Health, Ascension Take Each Other to Court

Each claims the other is breaching their contract

"...of the contract, Central Health aims to invoke an escape clause in the 2013 agreements that would allow it..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: Former Spider House Cafe Has Reopened as Tweedy's

Run by the patio experts behind Kinda Tropical and Hotel Vegas

"...provided by the food truck Golden Tiger – which plans to set up this week in the large outdoor..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Election Ticker: The Ups and Downs of Watson's Ad and More

Look at the first ad of the mayoral campaign and more

"...pretty endearing. Did he shock me with a visionary plan? No, but he did point to some pretty cool..."

Oct. 7, 2022 News Feature by the News Staff

The Bearer's Chained to a Tree (Silent Pendulum)

Austin metalcore trio tightens the restraints

"...magazine pinpointed as a "portal" to 1998, citing Dillinger Escape Plan and Converge: "The Bearer were born from that..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...Nala discovers that the tough old lady has sinister plans for her chronically ill sister, Luna. Director Isaac Ezban..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What We’re Listening to This Week

A. Sinclair, Quin NFN, Denis O’Donnell, Alexalone, and more sounds worth your time

"..."Taking Cues (Something Clicks)" and levity with rollicking, weed-dealing escape plan "City Life" keep the album from burdening under..."

May 27, 2022 Music Column by Doug Freeman

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