Then There's This: Our Ill-Advised Relationship With ICE

Travis County runs a brisk deportation business, as other entitites call it quits

"...in one of the most inhumane policies to ever come out of the Sheriff's Depart­ment. Since 2009, the department..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Another Ill Wind

Ike's aftermath leaves Red Cross, schools, charities picking up the pieces

"...an evolving support role for weeks and months to come. As Austin Independent School District spokesman Andy Welch put..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Film Flam

Cinema East and Paramount summer series news

"...Presents: Austin Auteurs continues May 22 with Spencer Parsons' I'll Come Running...."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...circus entertainer who was spared from the gas chamber becomes the ringleader at an asylum for Holocaust survivors...."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film Flam

Old Murder House's dino fever, 'Do Over,' and casting calls

"...Previously the comedy troupe has staged super low-budget, live production riffs on..."

March 21, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Moneytree

"...couples pot farming and questions of morality and doesn't come down on the side of “just say no.” This..."

March 6, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brotherhood of the Wolf

"...historical romance-cum-horror movie-cum-chopsocky papal conspiracy epic! Films this schizophrenic come along once in a, um, blue moon, as it..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

First Position

This lovely documentary follows six international ballet hopefuls, ages 10 to 17, as they compete for the Youth America Grand Prix.

"...the Youth America Grand Prix. Later, the shoes will come off, and boy, do these kids have some gnarly..."

May 25, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

88 Minutes

Al Pacino stars in this dull and formulaic procedural.

"...Attica's bars. Personally, I'd petition for the full 106-minute running time of the offense in question. Either way, throw..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Muse

"...out they truly exist. Nonetheless, he readily agrees to become her client -- if that's what it takes to..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Overlord

How do you make killing Nazi zombies this dull?

"...and it never gets much better, especially when it comes to the Nazis. Asbæk is given little to do..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Quarantine

An L.A. apartment building is quarantined in this new horror film, and a news crew's videotape may be the only proof of the strange goings-on.

"...market with precious little fanfare. With all the film's running around in the dark shot from POV angles, it..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Toros Tryouts: Day One, Part One

"...a sure sense of his own basketball worth can come and take a shot at the NBA dream. Populism..."

Oct. 19, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Shark Tale

Animated Shark Tale lacks bite.

"...to adult eyes that it may as well have come out back in the ancient days of Toy Story...."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Grudge 2

Japanese director Shimizu may be the only director in history to have helmed a pair of Hollywood remakes of his two biggest hit films and managed to screw up both of them.

"...Shimizu's 2003 Japanese film Ju-on: The Grudge – which, come to think of it, was already a sequel to..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bonnaroo (From the Pit)

"...on KGSR who also writes for Esquire magazine. He comes over to say hello and we chat a bit...."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Gary Miller

Toros Tryouts: Day One, Part Two

"...lanky forward who was on the floor killing himself running drills while his father and I chatted amiably on..."

Oct. 22, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

On the Lege: A $156 Million Disaster

The Accenture scheme blows up in the state's face

"...out a few kinks and that things would be running smoothly in no time...."

March 23, 2007 News Column

Lizzo, Beck Announced as SXSW Keynotes

Festival also adds cyberpunk pioneer Neil Stephenson

"...coming! The Grammy winners are coming! South by Southwest (running March 11-20) just added a slate of extra panels..."

Feb. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Wendy Davis: In For Governor Race

UPDATE: Fort Worth Dem to challenge GOP stranglehold next November

"...Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, announced that she will be running for governor in the 2014 Democratic primaries...."

Oct. 3, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Best of the Best (With Qualifications)

"...your best-21-century-screenwriter claim: Who else would be in the running? Let’s see: Wes Anderson hasn’t written a good script..."

Oct. 15, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

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

Three throwback horrors for your Halloween pleasure

"...down with a classic scary movie. And they don't come much more classic or scary than John Carpenter's 1978..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wild, Wild Webcasts

Why party in line when you can party online?

"...time to put away childish things has long since come and gone. Sure, the Pokémon stocking stuffers were an..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Night and Day With Maceo

Still blowin'

"...work with this big band so I thought, 'I’ll come out like Ray Charles with the glasses and everything,..."

Feb. 19, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Day Trips

A heroic swimmer falls from grace and becomes addicted to dope. A story ripped from the Olympic headlines? Why no, it's the strange tale of Priscilla the Pig, whose memory is enshrined in a Houston home.

"...painted home of Victoria Herberta and Judy Ganske has become not only a monument to the much-maligned farm animal,..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

DVDanger: 'Holliston' / 'Knights of Badassdom'

A double bill of Joe Lynch genre comedies

"...Most cult films become cult films. But once in a while film arrives,..."

April 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: October 23

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Fergie has a lesbian romp, Jan Paul is running scared, and Fred Karger is going after NOM. They..."

Oct. 23, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Interview with a Vampire

How to question musicians

"...in session. That’s my dirty secret: When I’m not running around with bands, I’m doing this whole college thing..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Music Post by Zoe Cordes Selbin

AFF: 'Bloodworth"

There's always some killin' you got to do around the farm

"...a sneaking suspicion that every touring musician is just running away from home. In Bloodworth, the longer they stay..."

Oct. 25, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Tale of Terror From the Top of the World

reviewing High Crimes

"...up a big-ass rock. I'd been hiking and trail running for quite some time and thought (silly me) that..."

Aug. 26, 2008 Books Post by Jordan Smith

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