John Carpenter's Vampires

"...with first discovering him and then eagerly awaiting each new work -- is something else. Dark Star (1974), Carpenter's..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Review by Louis Black

Scanlines

Risky Business

"...girl named Lana (Rebecca De Mornay), driving his father's brand-new Porsche into Lake Michigan, and a high-speed chase with..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Screens Feature

Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life Revealed at Austin Film Festival

Kasi Lemmons' Harriet Tubman biopic also joins lineup

"...is a bumper year for Austin filmmakers, with releases from three of the highest-profile directors (Robert Rodriguez, Richard Linklater,..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Our Lying Eyes

A New Revelation, like its predecessor, Waco: Rules of Engagement, will face an uphill climb with the intellectual and political establishment.

"...Union Station, where D.C. metro lines and commuter trains from New York converge, a strange opening was celebrated on..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Dick J. Reavis

Postmarks

Housing, ACC, and Spooner.

"...buildings that were completely compatible with, if not indistinguishable from, the buildings around them...."

Oct. 29, 1999 Column

La Musica y el Director

Robert Rodriguez adds "composer" to his long list of film credits.

"...From winning 1994's Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for El..."

July 25, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Crazy Love

Documentary portrait of a mutually obsessive, interdependent, tabloid-fodder marriage going on 30 years.

"...true, adroitly meting out the bizarre details that fascinated New York tabloid readers. In one priceless interview, veteran newshound..."

June 15, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Melinda and Melinda

Woody Allen literally imagines a scenario as both a comedy and a tragedy, but we can't understand why half of this movie isn't at least amusing.

"...– peopled with Upper West Side wanks who suffered from logorrhea, overeducation, and an exceedingly broad definition of monogamy..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...From moon explorers to tech investors, musicians to Muppets, and..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

I'm Still Here

Is Joaquin Phoenix having a meltdown, or is he putting us on? Only his brother-in-the-law, the film's director, knows for sure.

"...during the period of time Phoenix announced his retirement from acting and the assumption of a career as a..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Sound and the Fury

Nic Armstrong's IV Thieves, stealing thunder in Austin.

"...first album as a proper band, If We Can't Escape My Pretty, only compounds the high spirits. They've been..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Austin Shorts at Sundance

David Lowery and the Zellner Bros. to do the 'Dance

"...the notoriously plays-hard-to-get film festival seems to show a new Zellner short every January. ..."

Dec. 6, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...undergo before they arrive on bookshelves. Nonetheless, the dust from old Texas trails has been stirring this spring in..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

Trouble the Water

This film about the human toll of Hurricane Katrina is one of the best and most inspirational things to come out of the disaster.

"...profoundly moving than it already is, becomes staggering. Yet, New York filmmakers Lessin and Deal knew they found the..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bukowski: Born Into This

Every young writer goes through a Bukowski phase, but only the skid row author himself was "born into it."

"...documentary says, born into it. He could no more escape palookaville than he could stop writing, and his basking..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...BROTHER OF SLEEP From the German director of Stalingrad, Joseph Vilsmaier, comes this..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Table22’s Subscriptions Are Helping Restaurants Do More Than Survive

The ATX/NYC company brings a digital fix to Covid-thwarted kitchens

"...Which local restaurants are benefiting from this eatery-focused and ass-saving software? L’Oca d’Oro. Amy’s Ice..."

Nov. 25, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Café Society

A lesser Woody Allen film, but not without its pleasures

"...spend more time honing his scripts before rushing each new one into production with every passing season, Allen might..."

July 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Gospel According to André

Fashion legend André Leon Talley finally gets his glamour shot.

"...the outsized, caftan-swaddled figure of André Leon Talley – from his dishy Vogue columns, his judging stint on America’s..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Ian Svenonius’ Many Musical Irons

D.C. stalwart Levitates twice this weekend

"...midnight Sunday at Beerland in his solo synth act Escape-ism...."

April 27, 2018 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Fair Game

The performances of Sean Penn and Naomi Watts make this film rendition of the Valerie Plame affair a study in acting.

"...when conservative columnist Robert Novak, acting on a tip from George W. Bush's White House, penned a column about..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Avenue Montaigne

A young Frenchwoman moves to Paris from with nothing but the knapsack on her back and the innocent gleam in her eye.

"...She looks like she just popped out of a New Wave movie from the 1960s, ready on a whim..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Wassup Rockers

Larry Clark, the director of Kids, is back 10 years later with this look at a group of teenage male Latinos in Los Angeles who have more than the usual difficulties finding somewhere to fit in.

"...years after Kids, Larry Clark’s notorious film debut about New York City adolescents and their casual and callous behavior..."

July 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

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

"...with a gala screening of Never Let Go, the new film from Oscar winner Halle Berry...."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Mood for a MomRomCom?

The Alamo Drafthouse is serving up It Happened One Night and Sabrina for Mother's Day

"...Billy Wilder was a short, caustic Jewish guy from Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Frank Capra, born Francesco,..."

May 11, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Learning One's Letters

Why was Oscar Wilde's 'Letter to Momma' lurking undiscovered in Texas?

"...condition reports go, this one's fairly standard -- aside from the fact that the object under Watkins' magnifying glass..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...a good time to bring back that Oscar nominee from earlier in the year. And the early part of..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...of Starz's American Gods adaptation, and documentaries on subjects from the Grateful Dead to Black Lives Matter...."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Israel Nash Sets the Hill Country Reeling

Potent C&W psych alights despite global downturn

"...diaphanous Dripping Springs swing circa now. Israel Nash’s giddy new EP Topaz thus imbues classic Americana songcraft with Texan..."

May 5, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

aGLIFF Drops Lineup

September film fest is back with something for everyone

"...International Film Festival offers audiences a chance to discover new LGBTQ+ films that most wouldn’t normally be able to..."

July 27, 2016 Screens Post by Dan Gray

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