Fire of Love

Fascinating true romance in the shadows of the burning Earth

"...There is a sensual nature to flows of lava and entwining molten rock that I had not..."

July 29, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Streets of Love

Stalking the Stones across Europe

"..."Love and hope and sex and dreams are still surviving..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Collaborations of Love and Pain

Creative couple Ericka Marsalis-LaManna and Ray LaManna slay their demons

"...best ways possible, they are connected, forged together by fire...."

Dec. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

State of Love and Trust

Have a little faith for the new millennial music paradigm and trust in the 2011-12 Austin Music Awards.

"..."Faith, to me, is believing in something in lieu of evidence," Quiet Company front man Taylor Muse told the..."

March 9, 2012 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

King of Masks

"...an affecting period piece told in the gentle manner of a fable and explores the mysteries of love. Elderly..."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wu Chow Doubles, Perla’s Pleases, Oseyo Flexes Vegan, Texas Veg Fest Returns, and Live Fire and Heritage Fire Prepare to Blaze Into Town

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here’s some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene – as wrangled..."

March 29, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Raw Paw’s Chris Dock Talks About the Fire that Destroyed Their HQ

Local arts collective devastated by flames as the year begins

"...Somebody’s torched the headquarters and studio of the local art-making, book-publishing, record-producing, event-promoting collective – we..."

Jan. 8, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Girls of Summer Redux

Girls Rock Camp Austin valedictorians Schmillion

"...Difficulties kicking over a mic stand as a symbol of her newfound empowerment: It makes you all lumpy in..."

July 22, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Widow of Saint-Pierre

"...speedily sentenced to death. But on the remote island of Saint-Pierre, a French colony off the coast of Newfoundland,..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Is Austin's Growing Dance Music Scene in Need of Its Own HQ?

We talk to a dozen members of ATX’s electronic music community

"...renamed a street Hot Mix 5 Way in honor of pioneering house music DJs. Here, we traverse Willie Nelson..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Park Chan-wook Lets Love Speak Softly in Decision to Leave

Telling a love story without the "I love you"

"...Korean director said via translator, "I've always been telling love stories, and people haven't been able to understand that...."

Oct. 7, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

TENGGER, Bar Italia, LAIR, and More Reviews From Wednesday of SXSW

Hump day’s most memorable music fest moments

"...From the peaceful pews of Central Presbyterian to the Eastside’s Revival Coffee to West..."

March 14, 2024 Music Post by Dan Gentile

How a Collaboration Between Roky Erickson and Doug Sahm Became Part of the Blueprint for Punk Rock

Chapter one of the Austin Punk Chronicles concludes with two local legends setting the stage for a global music revolution

"...Erickson's live solo debut loomed at the grand opening of the Ritz on October 18, 1974 – the same..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Tomar Williams Hones Four Decades of Soul

Breakout of his family band, the performer seizes on his pop, soul, R&B, and hip-hop successes and failures in Tomar & the FCs

"...The dynamic namesake of Tomar & the FCs certainly looks the part in..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Five Faces of Frankenstein

This Halloween, Austin serves up five freaky takes on Mary Shelley's mad doctor and his monster

"...tell these days, what with all the various versions of the Frankenstein story terrorizing the countryside. In Austin alone,..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Capital T Theatre's Year of the Rooster

Behind the black comedy of Eric Dufault's cockfighting play is a stunning indictment of hypermasculinity

"...crafty sumbitch. Prior to opening the house for Year of the Rooster, he fills Hyde Park Theatre with haze,..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

‘Game of Thrones’ Gets a Dowager Countess

And other non-spoilery bits about Sunday’s season 3 premiere

"...When it comes to labeling HBO’s epic series Game of Thrones, “fantasy” isn’t a misnomer – its call sheet,..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Doug Sahm for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

The Austin Music Hall gets slated for teardown, the Roost closes while looking for a cash infusion, Backyard owner Tim O'Connor gets back in the concert game, and a Kickstarter campaign to get Doug Sahm into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

"..."Sahm's among the most important players in the history of Texas music. He defined it as a musician, singer,..."

July 10, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Five Gifts of Literary Delight for You or Anyone Lucky Enough to Be Your Friends or Family

Sentence yourself to a long stretch of reading pleasure

"...laugh, maybe make you cry or rage on behalf of the characters and situations therein? Here are five recent..."

Nov. 28, 2022 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Smiling Fish and Goat On Fire

"...from 1995 about three brothers living under the same roof and sharing each other's tribulations in love? Smiling Fish..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Robert Plant Carries Fire

Ex-Austin deities sell out three nights at the Moody Theater

"...Carry Fire, Robert Plant’s 11th solo album since 1982, gifts mankind..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Touched With Fire

Two manic-depressive poets meet in group therapy and fall in love

"...Love and creativity rarely come easily, but when interlaced with..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...I interview a person older than 65. As an out-of-state student in my first semester, I only knew one..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Planes: Fire & Rescue

In this Disney follow-up, Dusty, the animated cropduster, still flies around like crazy, while learning to work in a group and be less of a showboat.

"...rather than going back to crop-dusting, Dusty joins a fire-and-rescue team. Learning to be part of a team and..."

July 18, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Reign of Fire

"...and Matthew McConaughey. It's enough to make you wish Professor Quartermass was still lurking about: In present-day London, a..."

July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Steve Carell and Keira Knightley find love and companionship in the face of the apocalypse.

"...Gillian Jacobs. Western culture has taught us to expect fire and brimstone; Hollywood movies have heightened our expectations for..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love Affair

"...and Chloe Webb. It is fitting that this remake of the 1939 weep-o-rama (also entitled Love Affair) stars the..."

Oct. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Rapid Fire

"...Hodge. Oh my, but is there ever a mess of broken glass in this movie. A more apt title..."

Aug. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Endless Love

New era, same old story: young passions, forbidden love, and parents who just don't understand.

"...anxiously rub together and explode into a consuming, romantic fire...."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Coming Out Under Fire

"...Directed by: Arthur Dong. Coming Out Under Fire is a 71-minute-long documentary about homosexuality in the U.S...."

Aug. 5, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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