Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

Intimate, semi-improvised last night at a dive bar sees delight in the dregs

"...and whose face is a roadmap of bar ditch bad breaks and busted up dreams. Then there’s old Lowell,..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Faster Than Sound: Clarence James Finds Clarity Post-Breakup on Debut

Following high school breakout, 20-year-old Georgetown crooner sticks a jazzy bedroom pop debut

"..."For [Fucked Me Up], I wanted to push everything," he says. "I'm singing about a bunch of bad..."

June 26, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Texas Monthly's Taco Editor on the Past, Present, & Future of the American Taco

Q&A with José R. Ralat, the man with one of the most envied titles in town

"...row; then this came. After I got over feeling bad for myself, I looked at the situation and said,..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Mister Rogers reminds us once again that we are loved

"...entertainer is not necessarily a film for children. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood may be about Fred Rogers,..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Summer Night

Barhopping slice of life about facing up to adulthood is Linklater-lite

"...by shooting the shit and talking about nothing and everything...."

July 12, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Trespassers

Home invasion shocker is best at its most sadistic

"..."Let's get away for a weekend. That'll fix everything!" is the kind of thinking that inevitably results in..."

July 12, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

12 Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Hip-hop, roots rock, pop, shoegaze, and more to keep your ears ringing

"...love metal, I love punk," he says. "I like everything. That holds true for a lot of Austin cats...."

March 7, 2019 Music Post by The Music Staff

The Life of a Search and Rescue Drone Pioneer

How retired Air Force medic Gene Robinson found new purpose looking for missing persons

"...or active shooters, we need to prepare them for everything."..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Cat Cardenas

Playback: Seth Gibbs Promises to Fight

Cancer stricken pop savant crafts his NOT-posthumous album

"..."The future is one pill I can't take." Big Bad Cancer Talk..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Talking Prince With Revolution Drummer Bobby Z

Purple punk, purple polka bands, purple pancakes

"...the rock one, “Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?” He looked to London – Steve Strange, Adam &..."

Oct. 10, 2018 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Playback – Typecast: David Yow & Brett Bradford

Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard in their new roles, plus a Twin Peaks themed concert

"...a character actor, but says he'd "love to play everything from Peter Pan to Bad Lieutenant and everything in..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

David and Nathan Zellner Deconstruct the Cowboy Myth in Damsel

Two of Austin’s most quirky filmmakers venture west

"...the grizzled hero clashes with the erudite but venal bad guy, while a coterie of farmhands, wastrels, town drunks,..."

June 22, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Traffik

Sleazy modern exploitation falls off its poorly staked moral high ground.

"...pursuit in a darkened woods (to quote Thelma Ritter: “Everything but the bloodhounds snappin’ at her rear end”), and..."

April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Making of Austin

Curator Carter Foster on Ellsworth Kelly's art building

"...artist who never threw anything away. Oh, he kept everything, but he absolutely kept the model. What I saw..."

Feb. 15, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...this year will be at his Troublemaker Studios, where badge holders will be able to party on the actual..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Hostiles

The closing days of the old West, and the legacy of the Indian Wars, bloodily examined

"...time; Blocker, for knowing that his masters now reject everything he did at their behest...."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

A stellar entry into the beloved franchise

"...he’s a gung-ho fool, a flyboy who thinks that everything can be solved with a few bombers and some..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Emotional Meltdown

It's almost always the molehill

"...her job/boyfriend/life. She is constantly in crisis mode because everything is a crisis. It really is getting to be..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

The Cult of Nick Curran Remembers His Guitar Genius

From rhythm & blues to rockabilly and punk, the late Austin shredder lived to subvert genres

"...Rhythm & blues, rockabilly, and punk guitar genius, the Austin shredder..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Marjorie Prime

"...mother could face the whole of the truth, good, bad, and ugly, and it’s this hunger for the entirety..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brigsby Bear

A man searches for truth in nostalgia

"...Brigsby, a plushy adventure hero who has taught him everything from basic multiplication tables to valuable life lessons on..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Guy Clark Biographer Tamara Saviano

“He shared things with me he didn’t share with other people”

"...I feel like when we made that decision, everything just made sense. So even though it’s about Guy..."

March 30, 2017 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Biographer Tamara Saviano’s Guy Clark Revelations

The dean of Texas songwriters’ final days, the forthcoming documentary on him, and more

"...When we made that decision, everything just made sense. So even though it's about Guy..."

March 31, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Top 10 Awkward Tinder Date Spots

You swiped right. Now what?

"...dinner on a first date. If the date goes badly, you're trapped listening to this horrible stranger complain about..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Food Feature by Emily Beyda

DVDanger: I Am Not a Serial Killer

Director Billy O'Brien on adapting the story of a young monster

"...shot some footage. O'Brien said, "That tiny test had everything that the feature has."..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Jesus Salvador Trevino, Return to Arroyo Grande Benjamin Saenz, Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club Derek Palacio,..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...and pretty much anywhere else we wanted like rock & roll courtesans. Raul's (and later Club Foot) was our..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Vacationing with Zakk Wylde

You and him kicking back and listening to Neil Young

"...on ever since Black Label started. Pride & Glory, everything I’ve done; Book of Shadows, everything has been hands..."

July 7, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

Son of Saul

Hungarian Oscar entry finds original way to present a Holocaust drama

"...are more cordwood-piled corpses in Roberto Benigni’s Life Is Beautiful than are seen here – but Hungarian director László..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lisa Scheps' Ground Floor Theatre

The tireless advocate for the underserved has built a home for their stories

"...the show, the spotlight returns to Scheps watching this beautifully diverse group. She smiles, knowing that the space around..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Arts Feature by Jenn Lewis

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