Thou Shalt Not ...

Each one of Krzysztof Kieslowski's 10-part Decalogue is constructed carefully enough to be seen on its own. But together, they are a jigsaw puzzle of color, texture, emotion, and meaning. We take a look at this extraordinary series, which the Austin Film Society will screen at the Alamo Drafthouse on Saturdays through March 3.

"...briefly traveled the museum circuit, while word-of-mouth generated a demand for bad dubs of black-market PAL copies from Europe...."

Feb. 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Scanlines

Above the Rim

"...could-have-been (Léon) who redeems himself by shepherding the younger man down the straight and narrow. Pollack tries to deepen..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

The Year of the Rabbit

The Origin

"...on for generations until a mysterious and wise old man came along, offering to figure out a way to..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Texas Platters

"...his excursion into major label/big production rock music, Fun. Many of the songs on that album are heard here,..."

June 5, 1998 Music Review

SXSW Record Reviews

"...it turns out, they're based in Paris like so many other "world music" bands with roots in the various..."

March 13, 1998 Music Review

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Movie Titles for 1997

"...12/26/97 ASIAN CONNECTION 3.0 (R.S.) 1/17/97 AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY 3.5 (R.F.) 5/9/97 B B.A.P.S. BOMB (M.S.)..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Noché de la Tarántula

Tito & Tarantula

"...then loud, then soft with Lyn Bertles' violin (and mandolin) -- or Jennifer Condos' bass line -- then suddenly..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

The Mighty Four

"...on a quartet of songs (including one featuring Denny Freeman, who, along with Layton, Shannon, and Bramhall, is the..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Ever the Spoils

Two University Dramas Tackle Women After War

"...Celtic queen who waged a two-year war against the Romans. "In appearance most terrifying, in the glance of her..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Top Books

Hard-Boiled Top Ten

"...his most gruesome case yet: his search for the man who murdered his mother...."

Jan. 10, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...by Time," but swearing "We Will Not Die." Orbiting one-man band nucleus Nathan Garrett, the group transcends the corporeal..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Joe Bob Briggs Teaches the History of Redneck Cinema

The original Hellbilly Deluxe

"...and violence. If you like it, you call it 'romance and adventure.'" – Joe Bob Briggs..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Luv Doc: Ex-Shtupping Girlfriends

Sometimes friends will let you down – sometimes in really big ways

"...I am a loyal follower of your sage and..."

July 12, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Desert Hearts Texas Takeover Glammed Up Austin Shed Cedar Street Courtyard

Burning Man-like dance music party starred Damian Lazarus

"...Inspired by the Robot Heart stage at Burning Man, DJs Mikey Lion, Lee Reynolds, Marbs, Porkchop, and Kristoff..."

May 13, 2019 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Salvage Vanguard Theater’s Antigonick

This production gives an ancient tale a fresh look and feel while retaining its tragic power

"...straight spine, limbs at right angles – that this man loves his throne. So what if it's just clear..."

March 29, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...places where an art audience may never see them. Performance artist Rirkrit Tiravanija cooks and serves food as a..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Austin Shakespeare's Medea

This production of the Greek tragedy asks the audience to consider the whole story before passing judgment

"...to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned," wrote William Congreve in 1697's The Mourning Bride...."

March 4, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

The Cost of Living

Ft. Worth R&B great Delbert McClinton has a Downtown Austin condo and a fresh start for his diamond jubilee

"...times better, and that in itself leads to so many more ideas. I'm at a point in my life..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Fantastic Four

Crowdfunded juggernaut Lazer Team hits screens big and small

"...The sci-fi comedy, filmed in Austin and Manor, isn't just any old script with the Rooster Teeth..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Dead Climb on Top of You

Third Place winner

"...figure was wearing a suit like Colonel Sanders or Truman Capote would wear, all linen and mint juleps. I..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by P. Tyson Midkiff

Music DVDs

"...Dr. Johnny Fever (former San Francisco free-form jock Howard Hesseman) spins none of the hits, yet dishes pure soul..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Houses of the Unholy

Housecore Horror by the blurb

"...San Diego animal rights activist Cattle Decapitation bolt throw humans rather than our bovine brethren via seething, screaming grindcore...."

Oct. 24, 2014 Music Feature

Assassins

Sondheim's black comic musical about presidential killers and would-be killers gets a fantastic staging by Soubrette

"...Indeed, and what more visceral conflict is there than man against man – or more pointedly, that dark desire..."

April 11, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Evans

DVDanger: 'Devil's Pass', 'Die, Monster, Die!', 'The Whip and the Body', 'Birth of the Living Dead'

A modern shocker, two vintage terrors, and a history lesson in zombies

"...to the massive commercial success in Italy of Roger Corman's The Pit and the Pendulum, caught in all its..."

Jan. 11, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ZZ Top’s Pincushion

Flyin’ high and fast at a sold-out Moody Theater

"...only. Shorter but more combustive than the Houston trio’s performance at the Majestic in San Antonio last November –..."

Oct. 10, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Q&A Hole: Superhero Movie Redux

I knew that ol' Lazarus pit would come in handy one of these days …

"...As many as Hollywood has ground out in the past quarter-century,..."

Feb. 18, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The AggreGAYtor: January 22

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...of taking an illegal DNA sample from a gay man. This is obviously phase one of an evil cloning..."

Jan. 22, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

In Memory of Richard Dorsett

Beloved local left his mark on Austin

"...Chelsea, Mass. His father, Harold, was a career Navy man and his mother, Carleen, was a homemaker. Richard was..."

Nov. 14, 2012 Books Post by Michael Hall

'The NFL Beat': Week One

And like that, we're back

"...in his Bears debut, and expect a Top 10 performance from QB Jay Cutler. The Bears RBs have a..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

The Clairvoyant

Iron Maiden, Brent Grulke, Billy Joe Shaver (& Lester Bangs)

"...Monday at the age 51. He was a good man, a music purist. As beleaguered as Brent became every..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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