Playback: Lost in the Silent City

Crowdsourced sci-fi, getting steamy with Black Pistol Fire, and a mighty storm of music

"...Why won't anybody tell me what the fuck is going on?..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Machine Gun Preacher

Gerard Butler and Michael Shannon star in this drama about a reformed bruiser and drug addict who now rescues children from the conflict in Sudan.

"...Directed by: Marc Forster. Starring: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Kathy Baker and Souleymane Sy Savane...."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trudell

John Trudell, the Native American rights activist and spoken-word artist and musician, is the subject of this reverential biographical portrait that feels more like a press package than a full-fledged biopic.

"...Alcatraz in 1969 in political protest. He was a highly visible participant in the growing American Indian rights movement..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...1982-83 Chronicle History: By August of 1982, Sarah Whistler had moved..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

No Commitment Necessary

As the economy takes a dive, many high tech workers find themselves stuck on the temping treadmill

"...Over the last month, headlines have heralded more than 4,000 layoffs at tech..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking

"...declined to sit for a photograph. photograph by John Anderson..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Behind the Wheel With Deezie Brown

After five years of fine-tuning, the perfectionist producer and rapper rolls out 5th Wheel Fairytale

"...Beyoncé couldn't quite manage it, but Deezie Brown has inspired..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Deerskin

Wrong director goes, well, wrong in this film-making spoof

"...Quentin Dupieux. Until this point, dull has never been on that list, but Deerskin, his latest curiouser-and-curiouser comedy, unexpectedly..."

April 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...To get a perspective on the vastness of South by Southwest, consider that this..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Endless Love

New era, same old story: young passions, forbidden love, and parents who just don't understand.

"...Feste. Starring: Gabriella Wilde, Alex Pettyfer, Bruce Greenwood, Joely Richardson, Robert Patrick, Rhys Wakefield and Dayo Okeniyi...."

Feb. 14, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Frozen

This animated film mines Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales for material, discards the most brutish bits, and applies a heavy Disney top gloss.

"...a heavy Disney top gloss. Frozen doesn’t benefit from comparison to The Little Mermaid. Its songs – by music-and-lyrics..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...On Oct. 28, 2009, Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sucker Punch

In this visually compelling but narratively bankrupt action fantasy, an institutionalized young girl finds escape through her vivid imagination.

"...Snyder. Starring: Emily Browning, Carla Gugino, Vanessa Hudgens, Jena Malone, Jon Hamm, Jamie Chung, Abbie Cornish and Scott Glenn...."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Crash-Scene Budget

The budget balances, and stitching is transparent

"...Considering the 2010 city budget process began months ago, back..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Iraq Comes Home

Wounded Warriors return to the Thin Blue Line

"...cautiously approached the scene. As they came in sight, one of the fighters broke and ran. In quick pursuit,..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Saturday Sleepers

"...Mountain Goats' "The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton" (Satan's Fingers and the Killers having already been claimed),..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Co-op in Smoke

The fire that destroyed the Arrakis Co-op left more than embers in its wake.

"...Despite Santa Claus' best intentions, Christmas cheer came to an abrupt end for the..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Features Feature by Stuart Prestidge

Drug Warriors

Hays County drug war is costing lives and money.

"...was not a drug dealer, but he died like one. Before dawn on May 24, nine law enforcement officers..."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Shooting Star

"...The phone is no friend of Curt Kirkwood's.Too often, the tidings..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...Johnny Winter on the outdoor stage at Stubb's Saturday, March 21 photograph..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Fire! Fire! Fire!

"...Well, it appears that you and I weren't the only ones who had to read David Fricke's SXSW piece..."

May 2, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Land

Robin Wright heads to the country for her directorial debut

"...life, it’s best to go about it removed of preconceptions. Things just tend to work out better that way...."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Council: Back to Work!

Police, Fire, Water top a slim agenda post-election, pre-Thanksgiving

"...City Council returns after election week to face a slim agenda today (Thursday, Nov...."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Fist Fight

A comedy that revels in low-hanging fruit

"...Fist Fight aims for nothing more than fleeting laughs. On the last day of the semester, Roosevelt High School..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...members of the official Austin Gay and Lesbian Pride Foundation board agreed to a sit-down together in the offices..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Shoot 'Em Up

There's not a lot to this action-movie satire other than a seemingly endless fusillade of projectiles and the image of unhinged British gunslinger Clive Owen trading fire with Paul Giamatti.

"...Directed by: Michael Davis. Starring: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci, Stephen McHattie and Daniel Pilon. There's not a..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Alamo

In this round of historical revisionism there's not much to remember except, maybe, Davy Crockett becoming a fiddler on the roof.

"...by: John Lee Hancock. Starring: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson, Jordi Mollà, Emilio Echevarría and..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All I Really Need to Know I Learned Watching Movies

A good student is a prepared student. Here's our back to school curricula.

"...New Student Orientation..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Screens Feature

Sexy Beast

"...Directed by: Jonathan Glazer. Starring: Robert Atiko, James Fox, Alvaro Monje, Julianne..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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