'The Nixon Tapes'

What historian Douglas Brinkley heard from the 37th President may surprise you

"...to make sense of his tragic legacy. For historians, the most important part of the official record is 3,000..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Arts Feature by Rod Machen

The Wings of the Dove

"...Alison Elliott, Charlotte Rampling, Elizabeth Mcgovern and Michael Gambon. The Wings of the Dove is yet another in a..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Racer and the Jailbird

Euro crime drama skips a gear in its switchback action.

"...Let us address the elephant in the room, which is the title of..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

None Cooler Than The Fonz

Henry Winkler takes inaugural ATX Television Festival award

"..."Tenacity and gratitude." With those two words, Henry Winkler summed up his career as he received the..."

June 9, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The LuvDoc's Celebrity Corner

A chat with Meg Bodi, master of esthetics

"...Along with a dozen or so other part-time degenerates, Meg and I tubed the San Marcos..."

Aug. 15, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

DVDanger: The Atticus Institute

Or, in defense of found footage and mockumentaries

"...In the 1990s, it was predictable that a slew of unmemorable,..."

Jan. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

God Save the Screen

Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly spent seven years hunting Mohawks for their mad, mammoth compendium, Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film

"...small town, graduating high school (if you could be bothered) between '80 and '84, chances are you spent a..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Joys of Meanness

Scott Blackwood's initiation into the writing life

"...thought up someplace else. No trees. But it's not the city or its lack of originality that was the..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...If he hadn't been driving the getaway car, Tim O'Connor might have punched Willie Nelson...."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

In the Beginning There Was... the Demo

Cutting Tracks and Everything After

"...Musicians all want pretty much the same thing: to make a living at their art..."

May 12, 1995 Music Feature

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...This is no doubt the strangest story I've ever had to write. What makes..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Letters at 3AM: The Lincolns of Hollywood

It is dangerous to view history through the eyes of sentimentality

"...In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Last Tycoon (1941), Hollywood mogul Monroe Stahr escorts a..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Hitting the Sauce

Scoop. Crunch. Swig. Vote. Pass.

"...To this day, the whole thing is still a mystery. Why would a..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Haranguing the Hugos

"...To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis Bantam, $6.50 paper..."

July 30, 1999 Books Feature by Adrienne Martini

The Music of Our Sins -- Part II Letters at 3am

"...Richard Nixon his VP). Elizabeth II was crowned Queen. The Korean War ended. Senator McCarthy's committee was blacklisting thousands..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...– Billy Joe Shaver, "There Ain't No God In Mexico"..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

OilBash

Literate, greasy ladies throw down on the Eastside

"...event that started with a hifalutin conversation about French theorists, reality television, and the debatably revolutionary qualities of MySpace..."

March 31, 2006 Arts Feature by Cindy Widner

Postmarks

Share the Smart Growth

"...Having just completed many months serving on the Smart Growth Task Force and, at last week's Smart..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Column

What's Eating Him

Henry Rollins makes the jump to leading man in cannibal comedy He Never Died

"...Everyone has secrets, especially Jack. The protagonist of SXSW Midnighter He Never Died is good..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Engaging 'Fourplay'

Before departing for Chicago, Kyle Henry makes a cross-platform debut

"...Filmmaker Kyle Henry (Room, University Inc.) thinks of himself as "an experimental..."

July 23, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Cowboys and Controversy

Kyle Henry and the Texas Documentary Tour

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson Austin filmmaker Kyle Henry's hour-long documentary American Cowboy - which screens next Wednesday..."

May 8, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Justin G. Dyck Would Do Anything for Jackson

Christmas romance movie maker delivers this year's chilliest horror

"...very inward-looking. It's as true for horror as any other genre, so when Justin G. Dyck unleased his chilly..."

Dec. 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lost City

Steven Saylor's Austin Murder Mystery, A Twist at the End: A Novel of O. Henry

"...people call coincidence. He calls it serendipity. It was the summer of 1992, and he was working on Arms..."

April 7, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

John Doe on SXSW Hit-and-Run

“Very strange feeling to be that close, but not be aware”

"...bohemian roots, and forthcoming L.A. scene tome, Doe discusses the deadly South by Southwest hit-and-run that occurred the last..."

April 10, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

DVDanger: I Hear Voices

Horror elevated aurally by Henry Rollins and Jeffrey Combs

"...The sealed-room drama is a conundrum. A single location is..."

March 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bravo/Brava

Paul Soileau trips the light (and the dark) fantastic in his multimedia performance pieces

"...plum-shaped. A new performer not slated to appear on the bill arrived uninvited and squeezed her way into the..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Anybody's Home?

The Texas Documentary Tour: Liz Lambert's 'The Last Days of the San José'

"...Congress' seamy, trashed-out San José Motel – where both the street trade and those permanently or temporarily down on..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

An Amarillo State of Mind

The Plutonium Circus Comes to Town

"...George Whittenburg Ratliff is not the kind of guy you would peg for one of..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

Dirty Words

Roger Gathman delves into local bookstores' shelves of smut to investigate the collective Gestalt of erotica.

"...In January of 1999, when the Senate was gearing up to try to unseat President..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup

Dave Not Coming Back, Golden Arm this year's headliners

"...The marquee may be virtual, but that's not stopping the..."

Oct. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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