About Hope

Religious romantic drama about finding your moral core through love (natch)

"...reviewed at press time. Faith-based romantic drama about a fashion photographer choosing between a simple life and the allure..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Movie Review

Qmmunity: Embrace Austin Seeks to Build Bridges Between Queer People and Queer Initiatives

Qmmunity members organize to launch new LGBTQIA coalition

"...Snow Ball: Project Transitions Runway Project Transitions' annual fashion fundraiser goes virtual for 2021, but you can still..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Living With Dying in Our Friend

Gabriela Cowperthwaite on her film's responsibility to the truth

"...voice. In true-life stories, real-life stories, in the narrative fashion, you're not completely given free rein because you want..."

Jan. 20, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Master

Classroom Tamil action with Vijay handing out lessons and justice

"...teacher who gets his life together in hard-hitting, super-stylish fashion when he's sent to teach at a rough-and-tumble school..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Movie Review

The Luv Doc: An Insultingly Simplistic Moral Reminder

There is no greater sign of a dumbass than a dumbass who doesn't think he's a dumbass.

"...and I'm not just talking about our arrogance, abominable fashion sense, and maddening obliviousness, I am mainly talking about..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

A Brief Guide to Some of Austin's Many Tiny Taco Shops

ATX's formidable population of taco purveyors offers meaty, regional delights

"...eggs, beans, bacon, and cheese cooked together in omelette fashion. They offer a mild tomatillo sauce and our favorite,..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 8-14

"...in 2021. The first comes to you courtesy of fashion writer Diana Vreeland, who wrote, "There's only one thing..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Wonder Woman 1984

Diana Prince stars in an all-new episode of I Love the ’80s

"...this 1984 version of Wonder Woman is a knock-’em-dead fashion plate but also terribly alone, as clumsily noted when..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Top Fiction of 2020 for the Angry Girls

Rosalind Faires chooses several tales of righteous indignation

"...to The Bachelor, Kate Stayman-London's romance novel follows a fashion blogger's experience as the first plus-size lead of a..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Wild Mountain Thyme

Twee Irish romance takes forever to end happily ever after

"...express love for his childhood friend in big Hollywood fashion. Listen closely, because when you hear it, you’ll wonder..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

OroBianco Italian Creamery Makes Magic With Water Buffalo Milk

Making mozzarella from white gold

"...arrived stateside during the Seventies in a pretty similar fashion: "They made their way to Southern Florida to chomp..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Qmmunity’s 2020 Guide to Gifting Queerly and Locally

Gifting queer cheer after one helluva year

"...those delectable nostalgia vibes while also projecting a fresh, fashion-forward youthfulness. From neon-color-blocked windbreakers and bold Western shirts to..."

Dec. 3, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Gift Guide: Bobby Bare

Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus (Bear Family)

"...songs on eight discs, packaged in exquisite Bear Family fashion. The accompanying book offers a definitive documentation of the..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Some Mocktails Are Better Than Others

Three bright brands to inspire your best non-boozy drinking

"...kick your taste buds’ ass in a most pleasurable fashion. They’re created by a former medium and mortician who..."

Dec. 2, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sound of Metal

A musician's worst nightmare becomes a catalyst for change

"...heroin crutch, he doesn't rebel in cardboard jukebox hero fashion. He knows it's over, even if the vague promise..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How a Local Drummer Inspired Riz Ahmed’s Character in Sound of Metal

Revisiting Fuckemos drummer Sean Powell's Austin dives and Hollywood highs

"...Powell, who had long been something of a low-key fashion icon in Austin punk and – more recently –..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 20-26

"...is like a nice splash of paprika," said Libran fashion writer Diana Vreeland. "We all need a splash of..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Austin at Large: Too Late to Turn Back Now?

The long, slow slog to a new I-35 could still change direction

"...TxDOT has been studying what-to-do-about-I-35 in some form or fashion for about 35 years, and its version of the..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Mortal

Norwegian attempt to reclaim old myths from Marvel is Brightburn 2.0

"...similar ground, but in a far more intellectually fantastique fashion, is Starz adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, which..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hey, at Least Trump Lost!

The best news came last in the longest election ever

"...continue his quest to punish Austin in some undetermined fashion come the 87th Texas Leg­is­lature in January. Even though..."

Nov. 13, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Recording TV shows before live audiences fell out of fashion in the 1960s, and the laff box was used..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...on anything concrete," adds big sis Sloane Lenz, a fashion designer and guitarist. "One year, we were Mary-Kate and..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something

The "Cat's in the Cradle" musician who was so much more

"...root therein and from church in the Kingston Trio fashion of the day, and eventually booted their most famous..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 23-29

"..."I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity," said fashion writer Diana Vreeland. Here's how I interpret that: People..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Beau Brummell is credited with simplifying men's formal fashion into the coat-and-necktie style we recognize now...."

Oct. 23, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

AFI Review: Sound of Metal

The musician's nightmare becomes a catalyst for change

"...heroin crutch, he doesn't rebel in cardboard jukebox hero fashion. He knows it's over, even if the vague promise..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shortcut

Mangled Italian creature feature should be even shorter

"...conveniently located torches and wandering around in spectacularly dull fashion, despite a hastily tacked-on post-credits gotcha...."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Austin juke joint but not in that sonic bleed fashion. Every snare crack, riff bend, sax flare, and vocal..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

We Have an Issue: “The Light That’s Leaving”

On Bill Callahan’s likably melancholy new record, and another month of painful closures of Austin fixtures

"...for zero charge – takes place Sunday in hybrid fashion, with some in-person events, some timed livestreams, and some..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

House of Cardin

Biodoc of the fashion innovator is only sew-sew

"...the haute couture. Le scandale! But in lifting high fashion from the bourgeois salon and onto the hoi polloi..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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