Luck

Animated adventure is a bright if undemanding pleasure

"...Traditionally in fantastical cartoons aimed at small children, orphans turn out to be monarchs in hiding or..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

As Texas Redistricting Maps Advance, Lawmakers Aspire for Newly Drawn Seats

Talarico goes south, Doggett west, as Casar trades up

"...The ink has barely dried on the maps spat out..."

Oct. 22, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Fantastic Fest Interview: Chris Atkins Investigates Who Killed the KLF?

How to make a documentary when no one wants to talk about it

"...They were the KLF. Also known as the Justified Ancients..."

Oct. 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The COVID-19 Long Haulers

Nearly 1 in 3 coronavirus survivors have strange, often changing symptoms without known causes or cures. Here’s what they and their doctors are doing about it.

"...For many of the unlucky people who have contracted COVID-19, the virus has..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Top 10 Most Read Screens Stories of 2020

Big exits, big changes, and the pandemic make for big stories

"...In the year of the pandemic, cinemas have shuttered and films..."

Dec. 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Ghost of Peter Sellers

The tale of the comedy genius' lost film, and how he shredded it

"...to have your career sabotaged by a genius? That's the question that filmmaker Peter Medak asks of himself in..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...may not have happened IRL this year, but today the film festival released the lineup of films that will..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...South by Southwest, you’d probably guess Harry. More exciting, the conference rolls out the red carpet for the Prince..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

"Sanctum" Explores Ancestral Memories in Our DNA

Alyssa Taylor Wendt and five other artists look at inherited memory in this group show at Big Medium

"...You have your mother's brown eyes, your father's strong chin. But do you..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nadia Waheed: "Notes From a Windowless Room" at Raw Paw

Explorations of identity by an artist of color, of colors, of many colors

"...The problem with Nadia Waheed's exhibition "Notes From a Windowless..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Start your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens large and small has announced..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Meditate with Laraaji

Zither virtuoso gets transcendental with Dallas Acid

"...New Age, but he’s not new to music. Since the late Seventies, the Philly native has performed aural meditations..."

Sept. 19, 2018 Music Post by Dan Gentile

The Baker Brothers Find Their Kin

Behind the story of the gritty SF drama (plus, Mogwai!)

"...boy who finds an alien rifle, and is faced with weighty decisions about what to do, and what his..."

Aug. 30, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cine Las Americas Explores the Global Faces of Latino and Indigenous Cinema

Not just the border

"...There's a misconception about Cine Las Americas. Festival director Jean..."

April 27, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

“Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler: Giant” at the Blanton Museum of Art

The film is good at showing the fate of the film set of Giant, but it leaves open the question of what’s happened to Marfa

"...Giant, a film by "Austin- and Berlin-based" artists Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler, features..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Dip, Sip, & ’Que: A Texas Trilogy

Day Trips on the best barbecue and swimming holes in Central Texas

"...Summertime in Texas goes better with the cooling effects of dipping your body in water,..."

June 30, 2016 Columns Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Hidden Room Theatre Resurrects King Lear

The once-popular but now obscure revision of Shakespeare's play by Nahum Tate is revived, complete with happy ending

"...In a secret room in Downtown Austin, Beth Burns and company are resuscitating King Lear. Oh,..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Stephanie Carll

God Help the Girl

Belle & Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch's first film is a charming movie musical in the key of Mod.

"...Saudade was the word I was grasping for while watching God Help..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Very Early Returns: Calling All Council Candidates!

The mayoral and council election season has already started

"...The next municipal election – formerly a spring affair –..."

Dec. 27, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Doug Dorst puts the S. in 'Ship of Theseus' with this JJ Abrams Collaboration

The author presents his new literary creation at BookPeople tonight

"...Dorst, author of Alive in Necropolis ( runner-up for the 2008 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award) and the short-story collection The..."

Dec. 9, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Farmer's Daughter, Global Scholar

Food historian Rachel Laudan takes the long view

"...and change? How do cuisines migrate? What connects cuisines with politics, economics, and religion? And how is food an..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Food Feature by MM Pack

LoneStarCon, Episode III: The Alamo Strikes Back

"...When last we left the Worldcon in San Antonio, Bill Clinton had just begun..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Walk With a Wild Child (Possibly a Sociopath)

Chaos and creativity in the Zellner Bros.' 'Kid-Thing'

"...you're 10 years old, every sin is original. That's the bleak truth at the heart of Kid-Thing, the lesson-free..."

July 6, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dancing What's Overwhelming

Two choreographers tackled weighty topics onstage last week in a remarkable fashion

"...same weekend, two different works of contemporary movement prompting the same question: How do you make a dance out..."

March 30, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...SXSW Film has always been up with comedy, and a quick skim of the just-released feature..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...Let me put this plain and true, and then make of me what you will: Like all good..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

When the Science Guy Is Still in Short Pants

Welcome to Enzoology.com

"...Enzo Monfre bounces like a pinball between exhibits in the Texas Memorial Museum, happily running full speed through what..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Screens Feature by Sarah Jean Billeiter

Off the Record

Alpha Rev goes Hollywood, Book of Shadows pen a few new chapters, and Alejandro Escovedo meets a Man From Plains

"...a man of perpetual perspective. "I've played a gig with Ian Hunter, wrote songs in a room with Iggy..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Mentality of Politics as War

Scott McClellan on his time in the Bush Administration

"...Austin Chronicle: I imagine it's been a bit crazed for..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Guide to the Works

"...This year's New Works Festival runs seven days with performances beginning at 10:30am each day and ending around..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Feature

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