The Best Man Holiday

Fourteen years after the first film, this sequel finds our likable characters experiencing the pitfalls and promise of middle age.

"...If you were paying close enough attention to the Roots’ track that opened 1999’s twentysomethings comedy The Best..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Thirteen Notes for Another Future Passed

So science fiction doesn't predict the future, its visions of tomorrow can still be filled with beauty

"...1) In April of 1926, the first issue of Hugo Gerns­back's Amazing Stories..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: Love and Badges

The last 'Page Two' on SXSW 09 (probably)

"...Admittedly, South by Southwest is much more loved and praised than disliked and criticized. So many of..."

April 3, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Before the Lights Go Out

One last local look

"...The Nortons and Friends Hip Replacement (Pipebomb Records)..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The Incredible Hulk

Finally, the Hulk is truly incredible. As of right now, it's Marvel's universe; we just live in it.

"...Ang Lee attempted a stylistically and narratively daring reimagining of what a comic-book movie could be (an example that..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Changes in the Weather

As Burnt Orange cools down, UTFI heats up

"...Bryan Poyser was driving to the wrap party for The Cassidy Kids in 2005 when..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Comics (Artist) Panel

Five Austinites on the state of the sequential art, from comics to comix to manga and beyond

"...Austin has a pedigree of comic-book artists to make any bullpen on any coast..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Joey Seiler

A Lot Like Love

This Ashton Kutcher/Amanda Peet romance film is a lot like mediocrity.

"...Penn, Taryn Manning and Gabriel Mann. A Lot Like Love takes place over the course of seven years, but..."

April 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Dark Side of the Potterverse

Brad Neely's 'Wizard People, Dear Readers' and the volatility of artistic alchemy

"...The God-Wheel of Fate has stopped for all these kiddies..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Songs of Innocence and Experience

From poetry scrawled on walls to poetry inscribed on CD: the saga of the Gourds.

"...The bathroom in the Steamy Bowl is a place that..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

A Man of the Theatre

Memories of Capitol City Playhouse's Michel Jaroschy

"...Michel Jaroschy touched the lives of just about everyone in the Austin theatre..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature

Short and Sweet: The Rainbow Bridge

Dimitri Simakis on his new short and the state of the industry

"...Unexpected themes can crop up at festivals. At this year's South..."

March 20, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Saturday

Ukraine's KAZKA, Fuck Money, Shawn Mendes, Beck, and more

"...The first in-person South by Southwest since 2019 came to..."

March 20, 2022 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Behind the Beerland Strike

Legacy punk club and labels in limbo amid owner money issues

"...live music venue Beerland has been closed since Tuesday. The shutter followed a press release that morning announcing the..."

May 31, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Luv Doc: The Hot, Fiery Furnace of American Stupidity

You should never trust the kind of woman who would go on a date with you

"...Been asking some ladies out lately. To my surprise, before said date occurs, I find out these women have..."

May 12, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

The Oral History of Austin Beerworks

How the local brewery became the heir to the aluminum throne

"...as plucky hometown breweries go, Austin Beerworks might be the pluckiest. From the shoestrings that budgeted the original 30-barrel..."

March 10, 2017 Food Feature by Eric Puga

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Mathematics prodigy Srinivasa Ramanujan is the subject of this biopic

"...Falling prey to the great-man biopic syndrome, The Man Who Knew Infinity takes..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fifty Shades of Grey

For all the commotion, it's just another wish-fulfillment fairy tale about a naive girl and her Prince Charming – but with tame BDSM.

"...Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Marcia Gay Harden, Eloise Mumford, Luke Grimes and Victor Rasuk...."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Q&A Hole: Why Is Marijuana Still Illegal in Most of the U.S.?

With Ngaio Bealum, Alan Metoskie, Chris Nicholas, and Maggie Gallant

"...Here's the latest of our Q&A Hole series, wherein your reporter..."

Jan. 19, 2015 Chronolog Post

The Company You Keep

Members of the Weather Underground resurface in this contemporary thriller directed by Robert Redford.

"...Directed by: Robert Redford. Starring: Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Julie Christie, Susan Sarandon,..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Slacker 2011 Interviews: Chris Eska

Director Chris Eska on Slacker 2011

"...Of all the scenes in Richard Linklater's Slacker, it's that..."

Aug. 31, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Profligate spending may be out of step with the times, but don't short-sell the comic charms of Isla Fisher.

"...Christine Ebersole, Wendie Malick, Lynn Redgrave and John Salley. The girl can’t help it: The shopaholic character, Rebecca Bloomwood..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Marvelous Jew

Larry Harlow talks salsa consciousness

"...thick Brooklyn accent, Larry Harlow is an unlikely hero of Latin music. Born in 1939 into a family of..."

Oct. 7, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Real Crash Davis

Alan Zinter of the Round Rock Express still lives the big-league dream

"...thinks about quitting, Alan Zinter looks you straight in the eye, barely blinking, not a hint of a smile..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Sports Feature by Kevin Brass

Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...its 30-plus-year run was it Austin's classiest venue, but the Back Room definitely had balls; in the self-proclaimed Live..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

The Home School

Austin's latest class of cinematic talent – represented by six anticipated films at SXSW – is going places, but they aren't leaving anytime soon.

"...For a few months, we all thought P.J. Raval was..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Seeking the Recipe

Hermeticism has been marginalized academia since the Enlightenment. Can a UT professor and grad student editing a journal change that?

"...You might think that a periodical devoted to the study of alchemical thought from ancient Egypt to Harry..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Books Feature by Michael Erard

House of 1000 Corpses

"...like I told my mom: Just because you have the stars of Burnt Offerings, Spider Baby, and Bonnie and..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gangs of New York

The Lower East Side gang wars of the 1860s are brought to life by Scorsese.

"...John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas and Brendan Gleeson. Gangs of New York is a monumental piece of filmmaking that..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Will Video Kill the Celluloid Star?

Most loves fade over time, and the romance of a hundred-plus years of filmmaking seems to be losing its luster as well. At least, that's what the new High Definition video vanguard, led by George Lucas and Robert Rodriguez, is saying. Is video the future of film?

"...Listen: that noise in the background. Can you hear it? It's the low thrum..."

June 21, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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