Paul, Apostle of Christ

Biopic of the Apostle.

"...Not reviewed at press time. Former horror director Hyatt follows up 2015's Mary of..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Love, Simon

Coming-out story remembers the romance.

"...about a young man learning to exhale after a lifetime of holding his breath. At first glance, Simon appears..."

March 16, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film

Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards

"...early look at your future Oscar pool picks. Today’s full lineup announcement includes plenty of bold-faced names, as well..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Dunkirk

A harrowing new World War II classic

"...the pantheon of great war films, alongside Das Boot, Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan, and The Final Countdown...."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Void

A gory serving of cosmic horror

"...For fans of full-throttle gore, The Void delivers, but for better or worse,..."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Dan Gentile

Sacred Shadows – Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories

Ensemble VIII sang this Renaissance music for Holy Week so feelingly, it conjured shadows in a room full of light

"...Golgotha, and laid in the tomb. It is a time of spiritual darkness that Christian tradition has often observed..."

March 17, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Yogurt Shop Suspect's Appeal Unsuccessful

Robert Springsteen's bid for full exoneration is blocked

"...Springsteen's latest effort to clear his name and receive full exoneration for his 2001 conviction in the notorious and..."

Dec. 30, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Allied

WWII espionage thriller can't hold a candle to Casablanca

"...halfway dignified its revered inspiration, but Allied is so full of itself it forgets to entertain most of the..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Croy & the Boys Cover Marty Robbins

ATX’s Midwestern honky-tonkers saddle-up for Adrian Quesada

"...country posse Croy & the Boys roll out debut full-length Hey Come Back on Friday. The 11-track collection burns..."

Oct. 24, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Dressmaker

Kate Winslet stars in this adaptation of the Australian best-seller

"...righteous outcast thirsty for revenge. She skips to other time signatures when it suits the movie best: gothic mystery,..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Nonconsensual

City Council wrestles with itself over bonds, spending

"...(June 16) City Council session at least anticipates a full complement of participants. Enough proposals were punted from last..."

June 15, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Being Charlie

Rob Reiner directs this addiction drama written by his son Nick

"...Charlie, bopping in and out of rehab programs and full of rage at his father David, an actor now..."

May 13, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Music: Loretta Lynn

They don’t make ’em like the queen of country music

"...music for half a century, she’s promoting new LP Full Circle, her 40th to hit Billboard’s Top 10 Country..."

March 18, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Saturday SXSW Picks

"...is the group's sixth LP and first since the onetime Prince backers and GZA collaborators' 2010 Grammy-winning El Existential...."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Making VR Look Good

Local personalities show you how to rock those awkward headsets

"...musician, jefe at iNsect Records, co-creator of Exploded Drawing, full-time bear Playing Chili Dog Fest at the Side Bar,..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Point Austin: Sign Right Here

TNC petition and Kitchen recall election recipes for pointless public expense, voter cynicism, and lousy government

"...Ordinances by petition are sometimes necessary – both the Save Our Springs ordinance campaign..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Column by Michael King

ACL Review: Alabama Shakes

’Bama band becomes a festival headline act not a moment too soon

"...a slow-churning hurricane, non-threatening until they’ve swelled into a full force gale. The Alabama Shakes frontwoman was a known..."

Oct. 4, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Grove Matters

Council kicks the Shoal Creek Tract Case to October

"...and its workload, scheduling more committee meetings and splitting full sessions into regular business and primarily zoning agendas. Yesterday’s..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Post by Michael King

News Roundup: Lawsuits, Laws, and Plea Bargains

Brian Rodgers vs. COA, Abbott vs. women's rights, etc.

"...“Proud to receive an ‘F-' from Equality Texas again! Sometimes failing is #‎winning‬.” (Thankfully, the Lege didn’t gain enough..."

June 15, 2015 News Post by News Staff

Results

Indie filmmaker Andrew Bujalski enlists Guy Pearce and others for his new movie

"...the frustrations of work and romance – but this time Bujalski is working with adults, and adult concerns. (Notably,..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Black or White

Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer play guardians who fight over the custody of their granddaughter.

"...Mike Binder and star/producer Kevin Costner for the first time since 2005’s The Upside of Anger may have once..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Live-Action Short Films

This live-action group is unified by a general desire to tug at the heartstrings.

"...the setting for “Boogaloo and Graham,” a more nakedly sentimental coming-of-age yarn concerning two Belfast boys and the chickens..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The concluding chapter of Peter Jackson's Tolkien tales brings us full circle.

"...to one of the great mytho-cinematic achievements of all time (I include the Lord of the Rings trilogy in..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

First Look: Torchy's Tacos Mueller

Neighbors line up for family dining

"...The last time folks in the central east Austin neighborhoods around the..."

Dec. 16, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Great Invisible

Doc looks at the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the lives of residents in the Gulf area.

"...oil into the Gulf of Mexico daily. By the time British Petroleum, which leased and operated the Deepwater Horizon..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

21 Years: Richard Linklater

A subject as worthy of a documentary as this one is deserves a more thoughtful approach than this star-studded tribute.

"...odd that Dunaway and Wood spend most of their time talking with actors, rather than seeking out Linklater and..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

5th Circuit Denies HB 2 Rehearing

And: Abbott calls HB 2 barriers 'manageable inconvenience'

"...devastating but anticipated blow to Texas reproductive rights, the full 5th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request made..."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

Tusk

Kevin Smith and his actors are fully invested in the sheer madness of this story.

"...end credits in an effort to bring the matter full circle...."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

The Orchid Flotilla

Glass Half Full Theatre reveals moving artistry in silence, smallness, and subtlety

"...Manor Rd., 512/474-7886 Through Sept. 20, Thu.–Sat., 8pm Running time: 1 hr., 5 min. www.glasshalffulltheatre.com..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Love Is Strange

Heartfelt, seriocomic romance about two longtime partners who wed after 40 years, then discover all is not bliss.

"...It’s a seriocomic romance of the most genteel sort, full of heartfelt “I love yous,” brief (and definitely unerotic)..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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