The Salt of the Earth

The amazing work of photographer Sebastião Salgado is scrutinized in this doc

"...to record the heartbreak, the horror, and the toil of human existence in this modern world. From Serra Pelada,..."

May 1, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Ramblin' Soul of Songwriter Melissa Carper

Following the critically acclaimed Daddy's Country Gold, the spotlight-averse artist is primed for broader attention

"...a feral charm. There are solar panels on the roof of the rented tiny cabin, which has been expanded..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Music: Second Band List of 2016

Tommy Stinson, Thee Oh Sees, Mercury Rev, and 212 more

"...One month after revealing a first batch of 154 mostly unknown acts invited to showcase at South..."

Nov. 17, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

20 Favorite Songs of 2012

Gay Place blogger Rob weighs in with individual lists

"...Instead of a Top 10 and Bottom 10, I am pooling..."

Jan. 8, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

A Life of Destinations

"...and big feet, and that I don't have any of those and I'm skinny. (Well, not anymore. But 25..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Strawberry Fields Forever

Future Clouds & Radar float to the magical kingdom of … Peoria?

"...Entering the living room of Robert Harrison's South Austin residence feels like stumbling through..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Gates of the Alamo Reviewed

Mark Busby reviews Stephen Harrigan's The Gates of the Alamo.

"...The Gates of the Alamo: A Novelby Stephen Harrigan..."

March 24, 2000 Books Feature by Mark Busby

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...England. Though it didn't originate there, it took hold of and thrived in the taverns and music halls of..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

For the Love of the Game

Pelada filmmaker Gwendolyn Oxenham on what happens when you don't go pro

"...Back in May of 2008, I interviewed Rickard Linklater about his documentary, Inning..."

March 15, 2010 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

Sacred Spaces and the Art of Margo Sawyer at AMOA

"..."Margo Sawyer: Presence and Absence" at the Austin Museum of Art – Laguna Gloria. This is the museum's second..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

"...Road comics are the gypsies of the modern age, wandering far and..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

From Mexico With Love

An illegal migrant worker dreams of becoming a boxer but suffers setbacks in this film shot in San Antonio.

"...Hollywood amalgam only after you've seen the picture. This up-from-the-fields slice of Tejano pride is a punchy, melodramatic piece..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The World as He Knows It

H.W. Brands? The Age of Gold is just the latest in a long line of well-crafted history.

"...For more than 100 years, readers of literate nonfiction have gravitated to the brand names, the..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Tim Walker

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Following January’s tease of six titles, SXSW Film has unloosed its 145-film strong..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cesar and Ruben

Ed Begley Jr.'s 'Cesar and Ruben,' a play with music, is a respectful and warm tribute to the life and work of United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez

"...respectful and warm tribute to the life and work of United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez...."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Review by Belinda Acosta

Ratcatcher

Glasgow, mid-Seventies. A garbagemen's strike afflicts the city. While boys muck around in the diseased water, a drowning occurs, and 12-year-old James Gillespie's life changes forever. From the first moments of this bleak Scottish export, the misery of these people is deeply felt. Children come of age long before their time as families are broken by poverty, drink, death, and grime. Yet writer/director Ramsay produces poetry in all this devastation. Ratcatcher is an inner-city tragedy that plays its story simply, sorrowfully, and beautifully.

"...afflicts the city. Children in the projects play king of the mountain on mounds of garbage; rats overrun the..."

March 2, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips & Beyond: Pecos National Historic Site

Travel tips for the Land of Enchantment

"...Within the boundaries of Pecos National Historical Park are the ruins of an..."

Oct. 31, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Urban Tejano

Tortilla Factory pulls down a Grammy nomination as Best Tejano Band as the almost four-decade-old local institution gets ready to reinvent the genre

"...Guerrero's story begins in San Angelo, the real cotton fields of Western songs. Its chapters are soundtracked by time-worn..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Mapping Time

El Anatsui charts the geography of Africa from then to now

"...or broken. Cloth is frayed. Everything wears the marks of its time in the world...."

Dec. 9, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Paris by Net

Surfing to the City of Light

"...revelers after a Longhorns win. Amid the constant din of international tongues, three Japanese boys barged to the front..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Features Feature by Margaret Moser

Live Shots

"...It was like something out of a Krzystof Kieslowski film: Evan Johns doing a warm-up..."

Sept. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Our Shostakovich Year

On the centenary of Dmitri Shostakovich's birth, Austin arts groups join forces to throw the Russian composer a yearlong party

"...the door with 2005, don't be shocked if, instead of a shiny-faced baby wearing a sash that reads "2006,"..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Aboard for Middle Earth

Fans of J. R. R. Tolkien needn't wait until the December 12 opening of the film of Lord of the Rings to take a journey to Middle Earth. Second Youth Family Repertory Theatre, an Austin arts company acclaimed for its intelligent, highly theatrical stage shows for family audiences, will ferry you there this weekend via its production of The Hobbit.

"...if you experience an involuntary shudder at the mention of "my preciousssss," if you associate Sting more with magic..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Glass Shield

In this often overlooked film by Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, To Sleep With Anger), a black cop in an all-white police station confronts racism from his colleagues and incredulity from his family and community

"...Walsh, Michael Gregory and Bernie Casey. The movie starts off with bright, full-frame cartoon images: car chases, slam-bang action,..."

June 23, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Reflecting Skin

"...a movie in which breathtakingly blue skies and Van Gogh-gold wheat fields are unlikely witnesses to the horrors confronting..."

Sept. 13, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

K.G.F: Chapter 2

Sequel to the 2018 Kannada-language action drama

"...K.G.F: Chapter 1, we were introduced to the character of Rocky, played by Yash – or as he’s credited..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

Dudley Do-Right

"...just say how much I have enjoyed the work of Brendan Fraser in the past. I first noticed him..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Spiritual Vanguard

Eliza Gilkyson

"...boat into silent green pools, unwelcome by the looks of it. Wildlife scatters a quarter mile upstream at our..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...We came, we saw, we liked an awful lot of it. That essentially describes the reaction of the Austin..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Scientists Focus on Helping AI Do Good

Weighing the pros, cons, and concerns of humanity's future overlords

"...AI innovation. The city is home to a number of AI companies that are working on cutting-edge technology in..."

March 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

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