Dancing the Christmas Spirit

An eight-year-old fan of The Nutcracker has her dream come true when she gets to talk to a choreographer and ballerina -- Ballet Austin's Stephen Mills and Gina Patterson -- about the ballet that helps Christmas feel like Christmas.

"...As a Christmas tradition, my family goes to see the ballet of The Nutcracker. It helps..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Into The Adventure Zone With Griffin McElroy

Local podcaster tells how his brother, his brother, and he turned a game of Dungeons & Dragons into storytelling magic

"...their father playing the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. But nothing about that one-sentence description does anything to..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Point Austin: The Gun Cult ... Again

People keep dying; we keep doing nothing to prevent it

"...So here we go again. Another major gun massacre, another session..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Column by Michael King

What Not To Wear on Your Walls

Dress your dorm room right with Austin purveyors of poster art

"...Welcome back to school! Why are your walls so naked?..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

aGLIFF Review: A Dog Barking at the Moon

Chinese-Spanish drama embraces its theatrical magic

"...In the first scenes of this film, there is a great deal that we do not know...."

Aug. 26, 2019 Screens Post by Nick Yeager

McCoy the Top QB Ever? Talk to the Ghost of VY.

Colt poised to be the winningest college QB

"...Vince Young. Go ahead and say it. Everyone else will repeat the..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"......"

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

LoneStarCon 3: The George R. R. Martin Interview

'Game of Thrones' creator discusses how he writes and why

"...“Khaleesi” and tourism to Dubrovnik, Croatia (aka King's Landing), we're guessing George R. R. Martin doesn’t need much of..."

Aug. 29, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Joshua Jay Tells You How They Died Their Tragic Deaths

Magicians, their assistants, audience members: Killed onstage

"...Joshua Jay isn't just spinning yarns, here – he's recounting actual history...."

Feb. 18, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Good Humor Man

Former 'Seinfeld' writer Pat Hazell is funny, upbeat, generous, and, oh, yeah, he lives here now

"...Hazell isn't about the bad stuff. He's about the good stuff...."

May 26, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...worst part about summer is everyone demanding that you go outside. Fortunately, here comes the Paramount to save all..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: A Dark Song

Director Liam Gavin on magic and loss

"...abyss stares straight back at you. That's the poetic magic at the heart of new supernatural thriller A Dark..."

April 30, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Old Mouse

Facing accusations of market saturation, cultural homogenization, and unethical labor practices, Disney keeps manufacturing the magic … but for how long?

"...the hot sun and the bright colors of Florida, we would have turned back when we saw the ticket..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...topics, and origins (you have to wait another three weeks for the Midnighters, Festival Favorites, Shorts, Episodic Pilot Competition,..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Filmmakers’ Waking Nightmares

They're just making a movie. What could possibly go wrong?

"...involved and the sheer number of things that can go wrong with people, places, and properties, that no one..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Local Author Tim O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

'The Things They Carried' author on life, fiction, and truth

"...a banquet in his honor on Nov. 16 in Chicago...."

Nov. 14, 2013 Books Post by R.U. Steinberg

Won't You Come In?

For four years, playwright Lisa D'Amour and director Katie Pearl have forged an uncommon bond with audiences through the welcoming, intimate quality of their theatre work. They've also forged an uncommon bond with each other, a mutually fulfilling creative partnership that will continue for the rest of their lives.

"...to get. They take care to fashion an environment where visitors feel welcome and at ease, where you're acknowledged..."

May 11, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...Between mid May and Labor Day, there are only 15..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Asking for It

'Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic'

"...comedy offering with her musical/sketch/stand-up concert film Jesus Is Magic. Razor-witted for sure, but Silverman's unblinking delivery also reveals..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Steve Birmingham

Professors of Pleasure

Their name may suggest a lack of intelligence, but make no mistake, the Flaming Idiots are wise men when it comes to comedy.

"...meditates. It's an oddly fascinating image, this hovering multicolored sphere, and it's made more fascinating -- and odd --..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Scream 3

"...Directed by: Wes Craven. Starring: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox Arquette,..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Although it has visual panache, this new story is lifeless

"...with some newly invented ones in this new film. There are lots of adventures – soaring the high seas..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mojo Hand

Ringo Starr's still got the magic touch

"...Ringo Starr drummed for the Beatles eight years. He's been..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

What's Your Number?

Anna Faris does more nose-scrunching than acting in this abrasive comedy about people acting stupidly.

"..."mixing a jigger of Judy Holliday, a dash of Goldie Hawn, and a pinch of Sid Vicious to brew..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Quest for Aztlan

Roen Salinas Searches for -- and Finds -- Life in Folklórico

"...Aztlan. The mythical Garden of Eden of los Aztecas where the heron lived. The promised land searched for by..."

April 24, 1998 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

101 Dalmatians

"...Directed by: Stephen Herek. Starring: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright,..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Transformers

What matters most about Transformers isn't subtext (this is Michael Bay after all), but what happens when big, loud, heavy things bang into other differently colored big, loud, heavy things.

"...Cheap plastic compared with their sometime toy-store rivals – Mego's smaller, cooler all-metal Micronauts – the Transformers always struck..."

July 6, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sexy Beast

With a bold new take on Andre Previn's operatic adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire, Austin Lyric Opera has a remarkable opportunity to lead the operatic pack and show the world the stuff it's made of.

"...pretty soon you're listening to an aria. Oh, this West Coast-based stage director doesn't literally sing at you, but..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Economic Cleansing

"...the "economically marginal" population. The same process has started here in Austin. Yet somehow this is "worth the cost."..."

April 16, 1999 Column

The Gift of Words

Corrido

"...of the American desert, and what is left? Madness, answers first-time novelist Mandy Keifetz. A gritty, guns-and-drugs place where..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Books Feature

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