Falling for The Fall Guy and the Joy of Practical Stunts

Powerhouse moviemaking couple David Leitch and Kelly McCormick team up with Ryan Gosling

"...The greatest magic of the movies is making you think that a megastar..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Most Read Film Reviews of 2014

Bombs away!

"...Our most read film review of the year was also our most commented on, complete..."

Jan. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: 'Halloween'/'Prince of Darkness'/'Eyes Without a Face'

Three throwback horrors for your Halloween pleasure

"...down on All Hallow's Eve and you've run out of Halloween candy, there's nothing more comforting than sitting down..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: The Book of Mormon

Outlandish, unlikely musical hit might make you a believer

"...Fish don't get much farther out of water than the leads in this Trey Parker-Matt Stone-Robert..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Seeds of Inspiration

The 2012 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...the question that inevitably comes up whenever two members of Austin's creative community connect. We stay so active here..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A New Vision of Television

Critical theorist Sharon Ross talks about 'tele-participation' and the joys of tough women on TV

"...graduate student in the Radio-Television-Film program at the University of Texas at Austin in 1997, it took her awhile..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

20 Years of Austin Studios

More than just soundstages: Looking back on the unique success of Austin Studios

"...film history: Sandra Bullock strutting on high heels out of an aircraft hangar in Miss Congeniality, Los Lobos' cover..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

ColdTowne Heroes

Help the ColdTowne Heroes get out of town (to hit a batch of comedy fests around the country) at Fun-Razor, an evening of improv, sketches, and films

"...What brought the ColdTowne Heroes to Austin might have been a disaster, but what's..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Film Festival: 10 Things We Learned From the Writers of Infinity War

Marvel scribes Markus and McFeely stay spoiler-free

"...Infinity War and its upcoming, untitled follow-up – and of course creating the Agent Carter show), they know a..."

Nov. 1, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

“Best of Austin” Winner Avery Moore Isn’t Kidding Around

"Hey man, this is for you"

"...Funniest Person in Austin finalist, Austin Music Awards-hosting, "Best of Austin"-winning funny. She will be participating in Moontower Just..."

April 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Rod Machen

Out of Bounds

"...The Fifth Annual Out of Bounds Improv Festival runs Aug. 31-Sept. 4, Wednesday-Monday, at..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature

Last Minute Out of Bounds Comedy Festival Recommendations

Here are some recos for OOB shows to catch Thursday-Sunday

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

Aug. 31, 2018 Arts Feature

Last Bow of an Accidental Critic

Lessons and surprises from a career that shouldn't have been

"...Terry, who invited me to perform in an evening of her comedy sketches one weekend, I would have had..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Classic Comedy Sketches Come Back to Life at the Alamo Ritz

Local troupes re-enact faves from SNL, Monty Python, Mr. Show, and more

"...some point, pulled their Vorpal Blade from a Bag of Holding in order to defeat such geeks – but..."

Jan. 22, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Film News: Linklater, Rodriguez, and a Case of Millennium Bugs

Production updates, new releases, and job opportunities

"...a first production still for Millennium Bugs, a Y2K comedy starring UT grad Katy Erin (Shameless) and Michael Lovato..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Austin Arts Hall of Fame
Critics Table Honors Cultural Heroes

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Austin Critics Table Awards, member critics are inducting 12 individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the community through the arts into the newly established Austin Arts Hall of Fame.

"...To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Austin Critics Table Awards, member critics will induct..."

May 31, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Best of Print 1995

Words: Printed, Spoken, and Painted

"...on a new life, on screen, on stage, and, of course, on the page. This year, we've included thoughts..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Books Feature

SXSW Comedy: Doug Loves Movies Podcast Recording

Doug Benson and friends give South By a fond, filmic farewell

"...Saturday’s recording of comedian Doug Benson’s podcast Doug Loves Movies, the second..."

March 18, 2019 SXSW Post by Rosalind Faires

Of Moose and Movies

Nine days and nights at the Toronto International Film Festival

"...statues. They're everywhere. The moose stampede lines the sidewalks of Toronto, adopting all sorts of poses and costumes that..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

To Ancient Troy (By Way of Denver)

Ancient Greece and modern Denver may seem an incongruous pairing, but in the new Greek epic Tantalus, produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, they prove a striking fit, creating a work that's heroic.

"...incongruous that their pairing seems more like the opening of a joke ("So Agamemnon, Achilles, and Ajax are watching..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Start Trekkin'

The Heroes of Comedy boldly go where no troupe has gone before

"...You know what improv comedy troupes do, basically, right? How they take audience suggestions..."

May 6, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

OoBer Alles

A guide to the troupes of the 2006 Out of Bounds Improv Festival (aka OoB V)

"...Available Cupholders: Former parts of Well Hung Jury, recently returned from their brief defection..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Off the Cuff and in Your City

A roundup of Austin improv schools

"...and otherwise. What it takes to make something out of nothing is what improvisers have in abundance. What it..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

ImproviNation

Can I get a suggestion for an Austin festival in which troupes from across the country gather to create instant comedy?

"...Our fair city is once more in the grip of the fever...."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Intouchables

The unlikely friendship that forms between a wealthy, white quadriplegic and a streetwise, black ne'er-do-well who becomes his live-in companion is the subject of this French film.

"...its Senegelese co-star, Omar Sy. In between its mix of comedy and a very French strain of melodrama, The..."

June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Schedule

Out of Bounds

"...The Out of Bounds Improv Festival runs Sept. 7-10, Wednesday-Saturday, at the..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature

Can't Tell the Players Without a Scorecard

"...Home TeamsThe Foolish Mortals – new troupe of accomplished improvisers, including several Heroes of Comedy "gone rogue"..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature

Two(Funny)fer Words

The Friday Night Twofer is a new night of hilarity building on the recent explosion of improvisational theatre and comedy troupes in Austin

"...in the tiny upstairs room to enjoy the antics of Get Up! and Girls Girls Girls, Wooden Nickel and..."

July 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad

The Benchwarmers

Another comedy from ex-SNLers, along with Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder and baseball's Reggie Jackson.

"...are in the theatre. The Benchwarmers is the latest comedy from Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions, otherwise known as..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...The big story coming out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was the wealth of..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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