The Orphanage

Although Guillermo Del Toro is the producer, this new Spanish horror film is derivative and not on par with Del Toro's spooky childhood stories.

"...Bloch, it may have the heart of a small boy … but it's in a jar, on a desk..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flight

Flight begins with its protagonist, our narrator who calls himself "Zits," lamenting his tragic circumstances.

"...wrenching story of a teenager who bounces around one foster home after another while time-traveling back and forth in..."

April 6, 2007 Books Review by John Razook

Pieces of April

A Thanksgiving from hell with the family and all the neighbors upstairs.

"...– and, frankly, you’ve seen it done better. (Jodie Foster’s criminally underrated Home for the Holidays springs to mind.)..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

November Previews

"...D: Andy Tennant; with Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling...."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

The Love Letter

"...choosing her torrid summer romance with the 20-year-old college boy working in her store (Scott) and the platonic but..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Kudos for the Lost Austin issue, and much environmental ado.

"...Blues Boy Missing..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column

Gay Place

Boy, and Bern, and Cho, oh my. (Sorry, no Takai.)

"...a fate. And surely a single week that features Boy George, Sandra Bernhard, and Margaret Cho is something we..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Start Your Engines

SXSW Film is here

"...we couldn't help it: We're excited about the Jodie Foster-directed dramedy about a troubled family, starring Foster, Mel Gibson,..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...The Beaver Director: Jodie Foster, Writer: Kyle Killen Two-time Academy Award® winner Jodie Foster..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Football Watch

Cowboys fall flat, Texans dominate Colts

"...Has the decades-long honeymoon between the Dallas Cowboys and the national media finally ended? Wishful thinking on..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing Thursday night SXSW 09 talent

"...are injected with new life. – Thomas Fawcett Ruthie Foster..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Exoneration for Child Counselor Targeted by Strayhorn

After a four-year battle with the state, Bebe Gaines wins the right to work with foster kids again

"...Smithville known as Woodside Trails and removed nearly 40 boys, camp administrator Betty Lou "Bebe" Gaines settled a federal..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...The Drawer Boy, Hyde Park Theatre..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...and Ratt. Kansas City's Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys follow with their bona fide take on the honky-tonk..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Through a Student's Lens, Quirkily

Texas Documentary Tour presents "10 Under 10"

"...Stanley. A highly visual, fast-paced inside look into the B-Boy scene, where young men perform incredible feats of movement..."

May 9, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

1999-2000 Award Winners

"...12. "I'm In" by Radney Foster and Georgia Middleman for Radney Foster & Abra Moore..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Top 10 1999/National

"...3. Handsome Boy Modeling School, So-- How's Your Girl? (Tommy Boy)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...Walser is a bona fide hometown hero, a local boy made good whose love of classic country and genial..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Scanlines

Contact

"...D: Robert Zemeckis (1997) with Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerrit, Angela Bassett, John Hurt, James..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...a gold-toothed loser and loving every minute of it (Loverboy fans, take note). Distraught, Tom opts to move back..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Neville the Dog Finds a Home

Shelter dog gets second chance

"...to exonerate Neville, the shelter dog that bit a boy on Sept. 22 and was to be euthanized, Austin..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...Hollywood "It Boy" Brody plays a New Jersey waiter struggling to launch..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...a double chuckle with Universal's new-style puberty comedy Good Boys, and a first glimpse at the (so far) untitled..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Dale Watson's Ameripolitan Dream

Outlaws wanted (for Awards), God calls back Gean West, and SXSW wristbands back on sale!

"...• Rockabilly Showcase: Marti Brom & Her Jet Tone Boys, Shaun Young & the Texas Blue Dots, Sean Mencher..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Letters at 3AM: 'I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing'

"Route 66" taught me that I did not want to be rooted again

"...Even such swampy waters can foster affections. The mother was broken, but defied her fate..."

June 29, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Day Trips

The Bugle Boy in La Grange offers an intimate setting for the audience and artists to connect

"...The Bugle Boy in La Grange doesn't need beer specials to attract..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...adapted and directed from his stage play, A Better Boy. All actors sing with enthusiasm for their parts. Peter..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

The Peril of Memory

"...the hair and kissing the cheek of a sleeping boy. She's drunk, her caresses are somehow inappropriate -- not..."

Sept. 13, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

The Ultimate Queer Guide to SXSW 2019

Often imitated, never duplicated, we’re here to keep it real kweer

"...looker Dr. Beard, their beats will bring all the boyz to bar...."

March 1, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Houston's Famous Po’ Boys Available at Antone's Nightclub

But you'll have to wait until Saturday, Oct. 27

"...announced a sandwich-selling partnership with Houston-based Antone’s Famous Po’ Boys, who have been been slinging po’boys and homemade chow-chow..."

Oct. 23, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

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