Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Brooks targets his jokes more toward images of masculinity than Sherwood Forest denizens.

"...Rees, Amy Yasbeck, Mark Blankfield, Dave Chappelle and Tracey Ullman. One glance at the title shows you just where..."

Aug. 6, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...to get rid of all the toxic people in your life? Not when they're the Toxic Avenger, the sludgy..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Wave Three Crashes Down

Music and madness fill festival lineup

"...of fantasy, action, and horror, but prepare to have your hair blasted back with the sheer rocking power of..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

40 Songs to Make You Feel Better (or Worse) About Drinking

A sampling of drinking songs local, south of the border, and global

"...Bob Dylan a fan, their 1961 Ed Sullivan Show performance in matching Aran sweaters spread trad Irish folk stateside...."

July 13, 2018 Music Feature by The Music Staff

The Untamed

Sex and body horror in the backwoods

"...Is it possible to be repulsed by your own tangled mass of desire? Well, yes. I mean,..."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Brain Teaser

Author and legendary 'Jeopardy!' champ Ken Jennings comes to the Texas Book Festival

"...AC: All right! And you're coming here for the Texas Book Festival, so what can you..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...annual QueerBomb, I hope the words and concepts exchanged herein begins a dialogue of how Austin cares for her..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Jonathan Blow Talks Fantastic Fest

Indie gaming stalwart talks ethics, elves, and Braid: The Movie

"...Jonathan Blow isn't a household name, but the man is somewhat of a deity in indie gaming circles...."

Sept. 23, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Get Low

Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Bill Murray all in one odd drama: What more is necessary?

"...decline even as bad actors’ salaries climb ever higher, there remain at least three very exemplary reasons – Duvall,..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The More You Learn About God, the Further Away from Him You Move

mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss likes a good question, but finds some answers easier than others

"...Aaron Weiss is a man of God. Not because the mewithoutYou frontman sings about..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Very Ecstasy of Love

"...for trouble, stopping shoppers in the grocery store and demanding they defend the collected works of William Wyler or..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

The Gospel of John

The last years of Jesus are presented with more realism than pageantry.

"...Scott Handy, Stuart Bunce and Lynsey Baxter. Put away your preconceptions about the Jesus Christ of the movies derived..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...on Melinda Ballard vs. Farmers Insurance about Ballard's moldy mansion ["The 'Mold Queen' Fights Back," March 21]. I haven't..."

March 28, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Good cops and bad cops, radio waverings and global warming warnings.

"...Correcting the item in your "off the record" ["Off the Desk," Feb. 9], Ken..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column

Sweet November

"...Tom Bullock, Joe Bellan, Liam Aiken, Brian Leonard, Greg Germann, Jason Issacs, Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves. Get out..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fear & Loathing on the Inaugural Trail

One man's journey to the Bush inauguration confirms more than it denies.

"...convinced that talking about something ever changed much, so there's not a hell of a lot of reasoned debate..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Bolduc

Postmarks

Theatre reviews! Film reviews! The Summer Smut Issue! Get your snipes here!

"...Can anyone down there in the land of longhorns, cowboys, and cactuses (I'm..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Column

Windhorse

"...Directed by: Paul Wagner. Starring: Taije Silverman, Richard Chang, Dadon and Jampa Kelsand. Take a deep..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Celebrity, South Austin Style

The Mayor of South Austin

"...23 years ago, he doesn't simply say "I moved here." He weaves a romantic tale that rivals many married..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...expectation can be a pretty fair assumption just about everywhere except Austin. Our prospects here are different because summertime..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Mon Homme

"...this new film by Blier (Going Places, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs), but it's the ribald characters essayed by Grinberg..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Holland's Opus

"...Directed by: Stephen Herek. Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis,..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kaitlin Armstrong Defense Team: Police "Concocted a Misogynistic and Fictitious Story"

Attorneys seek prompt hearing on motions to quash evidence

"...Moriah “Mo” Wilson were in love with the same man, Colin Strickland (also a well-known cyclist), but Armstrong had..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animated

This year's Academy-loved cartoons push the boundaries of the medium

"...When it comes to this year's Oscar-nominated animated shorts, the clear front..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Peanut Butter Falcon

This modern Huck Finn may not innovate, but you can't deny its heart

"...Zak (Gottsagen), a young man with Down syndrome, escapes from the nursing home where..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How to Kill a Sacred Deer

Barry Keoghan on good, evil, and Colin Farrell's beard

"...The Killing of a Sacred Deer, that divine wrath comes from Barry Keoghan as a reserved but determined teenager,..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Ballad of Davy Jones

Hickoids guitarist keeps breathing

"...A lingering pain or mysterious twinge deep inside comes alive and our mental doors fly open with hell's..."

May 22, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...When it comes to putting together SXSW's Midnighters schedule, "I program a..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film: Selected Shorts

From 3,597 submissions, 106 emerge

"...THE AUDITION Director: Celia Rowlson-Hall A young woman auditions for the role of "Clipboard Woman"..."

Feb. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Seven Days in Utopia

Robert Duvall and Lucas Black join forces for this film version of psychologist/golfer David Cook's memoir, Golf's Sacred Journey: Seven Days at the Links of Utopia.

"...inspirational foray into the sacred soul of golf and man is beautifully shot, well-acted by a cast headed by..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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