New Theatre Work Puts Attendees on the Trail of Notorious Art Thieves

Hit the streets and get to the bottom of this Art Heist

"...Austin’s Paramount Theatre just became the scene of one of the most..."

Oct. 15, 2020 Arts Post by Gerrard Hanly

Bill Leissner: I Shot the Eighties

Event to fund photographer's book showing the decade in Austin

"...With so much recycling of the Eighties going on – Stranger Things, Ready Player..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mass Shootings and Musical History

Tower and A Song for You explore different sides of Austin

"...In 2006, filmmaker Keith Maitland conceived of a project about the University of Texas Massacre, also..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Of Thee I Sing (and Dance)

The musical is America's gift to theatre, and here's the local state of the union

"...What better time to celebrate the musical than the month in which our nation was..."

July 20, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Devil Inside

A woman tries to determine whether her incarcerated mother is criminally insane or demonically possessed.

"...The Devil Inside offers proof, if any were needed, that..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Conspirator

Robert Redford directs this historical movie about the trial of Mary Surratt, who was convicted of conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.

"...Simmons, Toby Kebbell and Stephen Root. A little-known chapter of American history is examined in The Conspirator and scrutinized..."

April 15, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The 'West' Shall Rise Again

A new generation creates its own take on the show that changed Austin theatre

"...One by one, these individuals take the stage of the Austin Community College..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Doc's Drive In Theatre Up for Sale

Got $4 million? You could buy a slice of outdoor cinema heaven.

"...With its combination of automobiles and movies, what's more American than the drive-in?..."

July 27, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Seeds of Inspiration

The 2012 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...That's the question that inevitably comes up whenever two members of..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Feeding the Soul With Immersive Theatre at Boggy Creek Farm

Co-creator Jade Fusco talks about Fables From the Farm

"...On paper, Fables From the Farm started in 2023 as a combination of performance..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Review: City Theatre Tackles a Nineties Relic

Good performances can’t save The Twilight of the Golds from its datedness

"...Often, art reflects a flashpoint in history, capturing the worries..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Review: Zach Theatre’s Roe

Revised text of the abortion rights drama proves that timing is everything

"...I found myself in a bar after seeing Zach Theatre's opening night performance of Lisa Loomer's Roe. The plan..."

April 14, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

From the Dobie to Infinity ... and Beyond!

Stephanie Martinez-Arndt joins the adventure as part of the team behind Pixar's Lightyear

"...The first time Stephanie Martinez-Arndt saw Buzz Lightyear on the..."

June 17, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Spring Awakening

This staging of the hit musical blends the old and new, petticoats and punk, with a power and seductiveness that enraptures

"...In the opening moments of the UT Depart­ment of Theatre &..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

A gentle, poetic look at gentrification that shimmers with the winds of history

"...The Last Black Man in San Francisco, already one of..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Sampling of Summer Attractions Around Texas

"Day Trips" columnist Gerald E. McLeod picks some of his favorite things to do and see around Texas

"...The Saga tells Texas history on the façade of an..."

May 17, 2019 Features Feature by Gerald E. McLeod

The Society Pages

Reading the next chapter of the Austin Film Society's playbook

"...There aren't many superstar film programmers. So even though he'd..."

June 21, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Burlesque Festival Does the Whole Shebang!

Bumpin' and grindin' into the Paramount for 10th anniversary

"...There's a story that there hasn't been burlesque on the..."

April 6, 2017 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Saint Teresa: Richard Linklater and John Pierson on the Icon of Slacker

The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor

"...Linklater: Teresa Taylor, ICON. It was amazing to see The New York Times and be like, "Wow, there she..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature

What If the Marx Brothers Got Around to Making That Movie With Salvador Dalí?

Josh Frank brings the legendary unproduced movie to printed life

"...a sorrow, for those who've known about it, that the surrealist Marx Brothers movie that Salvador Dalí pitched to..."

March 22, 2019 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: Printing the Legend

A brief history of Austin's improbable weekly, 28 years on

"...There are some deep and dark secrets here. There are..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Column by Louis Black

The Grudge

New American version of haunted-house film follows the same tack as its Japanese predecessor, but is strangely neutered by its infusion of blond American actresses.

"...Pullman, Grace Zabriskie, Yuya Ozeki, Ted Raimi and William Mapother. The trouble with American remakes of foreign films is..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...The space is small and austere: fluorescent bulbs and walls..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Last Picture Show

Untimely Death of the Texas Union Film Program

"...photograph by Jana Birchum The obituaries offered no mention of it as a notable..."

Jan. 23, 1998 News Feature by Walter Cole

Dennis the Menace

This film adaptation is based more on the TV series than on the comic strip.

"...Plowright, Lea Thompson and Paul Winfield. Writer-producer-director John Hughes these days comes dangerously close to promoting child abuse. What..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Search of The Lost King

How Philippa Langley dug up the truth about Richard III

"...When King Richard III of England was killed at the battle of Bosworth Field,..."

March 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Legend Becomes Fact in New Wyatt Earp Documentary

New documentary And With Him Came the West explores the truth behind Hollywood's Wyatt Earp

"...The Western is a genre of contradictions, caught between historical..."

July 12, 2019 Screens Feature by Sam Russek

Staring Into the Abyss With Mike Mignola

Before MondoCon, the comics legend talks Hellboy and shadows

"...Mike Mignola created Hellboy and the world of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense...."

Sept. 15, 2014 Design Post by Richard Whittaker

Portraits of Presidential Losers All Over the Walls

SVT Gallery goes national with its newest exhibition

"...Some of the best artists in this country have rendered some..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Solider of Fortune

Thin Lizzy's “Still Dangerous,” just ask its anchoring guitarist Scott Gorham.

"...Scott Gorham has lived in London since 1974, when the flamethrowing 23-year-old guitarist joined Thin Lizzy for its third..."

April 23, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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