DVD Watch: My Neighbor Totoro

Hayao Miyazaki's sweet and monstrous classic arrives on Blu-ray

"...animation icon Hayao Miyazaki moved in next door to My Neighbor Totoro, it was almost a disaster. Instead, 25..."

May 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

A character study of a young man torn between disparate career paths as either an enforcer for his slumlord father or a virtuoso pianist, is underserved by its prosaic realism and adds little to the original.

"...Jonathan Zaccaï and Linh Dan Pham. The Beat That My Heart Skipped, in an uncommon switch, is a French..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Life Without Me

Unusual film about dying young avoids sentimentality.

"...get on with it already. Isobel Coixet’s powerful, compelling My Life Without Me sidesteps most of these pitfalls but..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Review: The Queen of My Dreams

Moving family dramedy jumps between Pakistan and Canada

"...Pakistan depicted in writer-director Fawzia Mirza’s The Queen of My Dreams has to be the most stylish...."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Happy Ending for Historic Saga

City staff backs as existing tax exemptions preserved

"...the kind of fame that Hawkins can no longer afford...."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

This Season's First Classic 30 for 30: 'Benji'

The inspirational & heartbreaking story of Ben Wilson's life and death

"...delivered a documentary in their latest batch of 30 for 30’s that will go in the pantheon of great..."

Oct. 23, 2012 Sports Post by Will Eidam

Queer Weekend of Action for Black Lives

Rally, march celebrates Austin’s Black queer and trans communities

"...are uniting to host a Queer Weekend of Action for Black Lives this Fri.-Sun., June 26-28, in support of..."

June 25, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

The Things We Do for Love

One theatre ensemble just can't quit that miss of myth, Psyche

"...mortal Psyche – you remember her from the Greek myth of yore, yeah? – was so deeply enamored of..."

June 25, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In My Blood It Runs

How erasure of Aboriginal culture splits the life of one boy

"...their shoulders? That is the essential question of In My Blood It Runs, a new documentary examining the role..."

June 26, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The War on the Walls in Yuliya Lanina's Mother/Land

The UT professor processes the personal impact of the Ukrainian invasion in her new multimedia installation

"...while to find that picture, the first she drew for what would become this show. Since Russian Federation forces..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...at the film's world premiere as the centerpiece title for the festival (running March 8-16, 2024)...."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

A Journey Through Austin’s Knafeh Offerings With My Arab Father

A taste of home, connection, and knafeh

"...My father was born in Jerusalem in 1938 and came..."

June 10, 2022 Food Feature by Yasmin Diallo Turk

My SXSW

By Dana Falconberry

"...feel about the South by Southwest masses descending upon my city. The short answer: I love it...."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

One More for Her

Dale Watson turns his grief into an album.

"...Dale Watson's Every Song I Write Is for You follows this pattern. It's an album of deeply..."

July 27, 2001 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Texas Maternal Mortality Task Force Hasn’t Counted Abortion Death Cases for 10 Years

Committee members discovered longtime omission this year

"...committees are tasked with analyzing pregnancy-related deaths and reporting information to their respective states and the CDC...."

March 22, 2024 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

The Carmichael Show

Pushing boundaries with NBC's sitcom

"...of the calculus between network television and his penchant for deliberate agitation, however intelligent the material. This is a..."

June 23, 2017 Screens Column by Kahron Spearman

Ethan Hawke Teams Up With Local Writer for The Black Phone

The team behind Sinister creates the summer's scariest film

"...but not what it was really like. "They sucked for some people," said C. Robert Cargill. The writer has..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Talent for Deception

When Joey Hood is onstage, you want to buy whatever he's selling

"...Park Theatre, doing those last-minute things that actors do before a performance, preparing to submerge himself in the character..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Live My Broken Dreams

This year's rock docs examine the 'outsider myth' and more among the likes of Daniel Johnston, Townes Van Zandt, and Wild Man Fischer

"...in 1982, when Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, looking for one more song at a joint recording session, had..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

A Safe Set for Pandemic-Era Feature The Blazing World

Sundance film comes to AFS's drive-in

"...to Austin. Even though he lived in Los Angeles for 18 years and had built a solid Hollywood career..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Not Your Mother's Hockey Puck

Austin's Women's Hockey Team, the Roadrunners, Face Off Against the Gender Gap.

"...ref drops the puck, and the starters' sticks strike for it like axes for a chicken's neck. It shoots..."

June 29, 2001 Sports Feature by Emily Pyle

Mother, Jugs, & Speed

What It Takes to Win at Video Games

"...My 11-year-old son and I have this little routine whenever..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Not Your Mother's Flamenco

The New José Greco Dance Company

"..."Its format is not just number after number: Change the lights,..."

June 16, 1995 Arts Feature

Producer Christian Herrera Is Building a Hub for Austin Hip-Hop

Elevate studio expands into South Austin multiuse creative space

"...head, she told Herrera that he had a gift for music, and that it would be his path in..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Jackie Venson, Dangerous Toys, Zachary Williams, Cordae, Matthew Logan Vasquez, and more local shows to see

"...the past two years, Jackie Venson breaks down her performances: outdoor shows (60%), reduced-capacity inside sets (30%), cancellations (10%)...."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Tribal

In Ballet East Dance Theatre's Tribal, the company's original dances made you aware of the people around you and your connections to them

"...I entered the Dougherty Arts Center alone. I took my seat as just a solitary spectator...."

April 2, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004

The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...For the 12th time, local critics have put their heads..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the Austin arts in a ceremony..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Julieta

Almodóvar tracks the stages of a woman's life

"...guilt, and loss. Like his humanist masterpiece All About My Mother, the film is a testament to the fortitude..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lucie 'splains It All

Austin Cabaret presents Lucie Arnaz, and here we have a lovely convo.

"...American Songbook. She also happens to be one of my childhood sheroes...."

Feb. 10, 2011 Arts Post by Kate X Messer

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