Hero of Heroes of Comedy

"...I first want to say that I love both of the improv troupes recently named best troupe in the..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Postmarks

The Eagle Shooting Heroes

"...Based upon a famous Chinese novel, The Eagle Shooting Heroes takes the characters from that famous tome and uses..."

March 24, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Wallace and Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation

"...let that keep you from seeing this fine collection of animated shorts. Together, they represent some of the best..."

June 14, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Home for Heroes (and Others)

Transforming the storefront at 617 Congress into The Hideout, a multilevel arts venue, has been a learning process for proprietors Shana Merlin and Sean Hill. But after $250,000 of investment, the developer's dance of securing permits, and many hours of hard labor, they have created one of Austin's most user-friendly theatre spaces.

"...known as The Hideout has been dormant for most of the Nineties, but as Sean Hill and Shana Merlin..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Phil West

The Comedy Writer Is In

Stepping into The Office of Greg Daniels

"...From the outside, Greg Daniels has one of those careers an aspiring TV writer hopes for. Starting..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Almost Heroes

"...Levy. Oh, bitter irony! Christopher Guest, the great satirist of crap artists (he wrote or co-wrote This Is Spinal..."

June 5, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Sensational Saga of Mr. Sinus

Picking up where Mystery Science Theater 3000 left off, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 skewers the movies of our childhood to sold-out crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...John: "And They Take a Lot of Dristan ..."..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Robert Rodriguez Brings Big Dad Energy to We Can Be Heroes

Sharkboy and Lavagirl return to pass the torch to a younger generation of heroes

"...Robert Rodriguez makes kids' films. Sure, the first instinct of the grindhouse enthusiast is to call him the king..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Love in the Time of Cholera

Funny when it’s supposed to be serious and awkward when it’s supposed to be romantic, every twist in this Gabriel García Márquez adaptation is a near miss, except for the performance of Javier Bardem.

"...and Unax Ugalde. It’s a testament to the talents of Bardem that he can currently be seen as both..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Love in the Time of Twilight

"...the infamous “Mr. Creole” sketch in Monty Python's Meaning of Life, Love in the Time of Twilight is the..."

April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

What to See When You Aren't Catching Moontower Comedy's Big Shows

"...Anybody attending the 2019 Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival could easily obtain their full share..."

April 19, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Marvel's master of kung fu makes a convoluted cosmic splash

"...The roots of Marvel's master of king-fu, Shang-Chi, are drenched in Orientalism...."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ha-Ha-Hitler: The Importance of Mocking Nazis in Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi, Stephen Merchant dissect hate in anti-Nazi satire

"...at evil, what can you do? That's the message of Jojo Rabbit...."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival 2018: Picks

In the bounty of improv, sketch, & stand-up, some of our picks

"...That’s in the final dog days when the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival shows up to provide a week..."

Aug. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Trail of Crumbs Down Memory Lane: 'Pioneers of Television'

Season four debuts tonight on KLRU with 'Standup to Sitcom'

"...The fourth season of the Emmy-nominated documentary series Pioneers of Television returns to..."

April 15, 2014 Screens Post by Anne Harris

Local Heroes

The 2015 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...Anyone inducted in the Austin Arts Hall of Fame can be counted on to have made significant..."

May 29, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price

"...The Texas Chain Saw Massacre that marks the end of an era. "I'm about ready to call a cop,"..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Holliston' / 'Knights of Badassdom'

A double bill of Joe Lynch genre comedies

"...it into cult status. And that film is Knights of Badassdom...."

April 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Comedy Out the Wazoo and In Your Weekend: Now!

Unless you'd rather just, what, twiddle your thumbs until Moontower?

"...You know the Moontower Comedy Festival's coming up fast...."

April 9, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

David Dastmalchian Welcomes Satan to the Set of Late Night With the Devil

From Svengoolie to Carson, the hosts that made the horror

"...Berwin, Illinois, a city best known as the butt of jokes by horror movie host Svengoolie. So how did..."

April 26, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2017 You Haven't Seen Yet

From zombie musicals to political scandals, a bumper year

"...Every film festival showcases a slate of titles that deserve an audience. Every year, some sit..."

Jan. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2017

Flatbed Press founders Katherine Brimberry and Mark L. Smith, choreographer Kate Warren and theatre / spoken word artist Zell Miller III join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...many years – who have made Austin a capital of creativity. It's precisely those individuals that the Austin Critics..."

June 2, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2018

Actor/director Norman Blumensaadt, dance artists Kathy Dunn Hamrick and Anuradha Naimpally, and philanthropists Jeanne and Michael Klein join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...When you look at the vitality of the arts and culture in Austin, it isn't just..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2016

These inductees – Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz and Stephen Mills, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Peter Bay – are cultural heroes who lead by example

"...That the vitality of Austin's cultural scene is owed to its leaders –..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

DVDanger: 'Byzantium,' 'Kiss of the Damned,' 'Nosferatu,' 'Aeon: The Last Vampyre on Earth'

Time for a real vampire weekend

"...There are two kinds of vampire. Sexy and pained, or a walking virus. Personally,..."

Nov. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Celebrations of the Cinematic Diaspora at the Austin Jewish Film Festival

From dissections of comedy to the complexities of history

"...L'chaim! It's time to celebrate the return of the Austin Jewish Film Festival, and what more suitable..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'From Dusk Till Dawn' to See Light of Day

Debut date and all the details on Robert Rodriguez's TV series

"...El Rey Network has announced when the TV adaptation of Robert Rodriguez's seminal horror-comedy From Dusk Till Dawn will..."

Jan. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Looking Back at the Corporate Comedy Classic Office Space

Mike Judge's defining depiction of corporate America enters the Texas Film Hall of Fame

"...nihilism. In the years to follow, Singles made its heroes embrace their professional mediocrity, Clerks had them working blue-collar..."

March 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Korea’s Blue-Collar Heroes

AFS highlights the films of Bong Joon-ho

"...(The Handmaiden, the Vengeance trilogy) always fostered a twist of the high gothic in his work, Bong's characters are..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock takes a comic turn in Penfold Theatre's three-actor spin on the Holmes mystery

"...directions you can take the Sherlock Holmes stories. Many of the latest dramatizations have been dark, modern interpretations of..."

June 26, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

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