What Are You Looking At?

A rundown of our staff's most recent pop-culture fixations

"...hot, y'all. And we're cheap. In the dog days of summer, we get our kicks on the couch and..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Screens Feature

TV Eye

At the networks' preview of their fall shows, it seemed a lot like same-old, same-old

"...least that's the sense I got watching online previews of new series presented at this year's network upfronts. The..."

May 28, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

On the Town

High spirits, drive, and lively interplay make this musical comedy a peppy peach of a show, a real swell treat

"...the minute the curtain rises on this 1944 musical comedy. Its heroes – three best-buddy sailors on shore leave..."

April 18, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

TV Eye

What to do when the writers' strike shuts down your favorite shows

"...read this, it could be over. The Writers Guild of America members went on strike at midnight on Monday,..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Film News

Beth Sepko brings home an Emmy, plus things are about to get horrific here

"...Of Emmys, 'Barbarella,' Terrence Malick, and Pauly Walnuts..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

The Intergalactic Nemesis: 'Not the mind-whammy again!'

In the Wee Hours, Heloise Gold's new dance-theatre collaboration with Mike Arnold and Tim Mateer, explores the nooks and crannies of our dreaming / waking double life in visually stunning, playful, and engaging vignettes.

"...In front of the coincidentally appropriate starry-sky backdrop from the current State..."

June 2, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

The Good Doctor: Chekhovian Longing

The State Theater Company production of The Good Doctor

"...a 20th-century American who exposed the follies and neuroses of modern urban life in tightly crafted, one-liner-littered comedic plays...."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Break 'Em Off Some

"...He may not be Master P, but Party of Five mädchen Jennifer Love Hewitt's MTV Movie Awards dress..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Column by Christopher Gray

Page Two

"...& Costello and Martin & Lewis in her review of this movie, so I knew it was my turf...."

Aug. 8, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Reinventing the Fantasy Movie With SXSW Opening Night's Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Writers/directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein on dungeons, dragons, and heists

"...the South by Southwest Film and Television Festival has often celebrated movies that balance spectacle and story equally: films..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Austin Punk Chronicles: "I Don't Think the Sex Pistols Inspired Anything Other Than a Buncha More Punk Bands!"

The San Antonio shoot-out ricochets locally in Chapter 4 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...is Chapter 4, Part I, in a serialized history of Austin’s punk culture, written by veteran journalist Tim Stegall...."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Cowboys and Indies

Texas Sundance roundup

"...bids by new-media distribution players drove up the prices of buzzworthy films like Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester by the Sea..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Playback: Festicular Fortitude

Ten music festivals in 10 weeks? Bring it on.

"...comes the equally restless fall fest stretch. The breeze of weekend attractions that brought Float Fest and Bat Fest..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Texas Book Festival 2012

October 27-28, 2012. 17 Photos

"...A practiced by lively storyteller, Danza prompted lots of laughter from festivalgoers, but he also expressed much frustration..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Photo Gallery

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings on

"...Conference was intended in part to celebrate the legacy of Big Star. The seminal Memphis power-pop band is the..."

March 19, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Ashes to ashes: drying off and winding down after Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...gathering this year, as the so-called "Danzig black clouds of rain" toppled even the mighty Mohawk of the Krum..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

The 11th Hour

Tim McCanlies eyes the finish line

"...on a laptop on which the multicolored visual representation of the film's various audio components – dialogue, sound effects,..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

When White Meat Attacks

Troma's 'Poultrygeist' pokes holes (and punctures skin) in our fast-food nation

"...nearly 30 other films, is back with Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, a film guaranteed to stimulate your..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Norman Normal Saves the World

With Norman Normal Saves the World, writer and solo performer Rob Nash creates a breakout vehicle for the sinus-clearing, "I could kill you right now" über-geek of Nash's Holy Cross Sucks!, and its absurd hilarity, along with Nash's usual clarity in characterization, chameleon comic abilities, and ever-sharp wit, make this Holy Cross installment a fine summer blockbuster of its own.

"...two can't abide each other is an understatement unworthy of the levels of mutual detestation shared by cousins vying..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Open Wide

"Novocaine" Writer/Director David Atkins drills deep into noir

"..."Of all the things a man can lose, the very..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Out at the Movies

Equinox Knocks

"...Austin-based cast and crew, Equinox Knocks is a "screwball comedy with a very smart edge," according to its director..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Screens Feature

Scanlines

Mallrats

"...They dismiss him as a drab comic book chronicler of the boring routine of low-life characters from the convenience..."

July 16, 1999 Screens Feature

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Practical Magic

"...sense, this film is that, but it's a lot of other things too. For one, it's a jumbled mess...."

May 7, 1999 Screens Feature

1998 Austin Theatrical Movie Openings

"...3.0 (M.S.) 11/27/98 THE ALARMIST 1.0 (S.D.) 11/27/98 ALMOST HEROES 0 (R.S.) 6/5/98 AMERICAN HISTORY X 3.0 (M.S.) 11/13/98..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Scanlines

Risky Business

"...Tom Cruise in Risky Business. Besides the unforgettable image of a young Tom Cruise dancing in a living room..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Screens Feature

It's a Family Affair

A Helping Hand

"...- Ms. Terry Lehmberg, mother of Jason Lehmberg..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Arts Feature by John Walch

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The Flintstones

"...why that has come about, but here are three of the better examples that have come out in recent..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Screens Feature

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Modern Romance

"...counsels Daniel Miller (Albert Brooks, right) about his odds of getting a halo and wings in Defending Your Life...."

June 5, 1998 Screens Feature

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Hamlet

"...Iago (Kenneth Braugh, right) plants the seeds of doubt in the ear of Othello (Laurence Fishburne, left)..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature

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X-Files "Pilot" and "Deep Throat"

"...I noticed it was on, the series was full of in-jokes and sly references that I just didn't understand...."

April 25, 1997 Screens Feature

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