Austin Songwriting Genius Daniel Johnston Dead at 58

Eccentric singer-songwriter reportedly died of heart attack

"...singer-songwriter and visual artist who painted Austin’s famous “Hi How Are You” frog mural on the Drag, died at..."

Sept. 11, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: The Man of Your Dreams

Either you care how people are dressed, or you don’t

"...has totally given up on trying to look nice. When we first started going out, he always looked like..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

The Anton Yelchin We Thought We Knew

UT grad Garret Price gets to know the late actor in Love, Antosha

"...When Anton Yelchin died, it was like a shockwave went..."

Aug. 21, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...$1,500 was a lot of money in 1990. When the city of Austin required liability insurance to host..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Mike Wallace Is Here

The 60 Minutes newsman's legacy makes headlines of its own

"...the screws to celebrities, politicians, plutocrats, and the powerful. If you weren't prepared to submit to his blunt, brusque..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lulu Wang Introduces Us to The Farewell

Director talks identity, family, and Awkwafina's superpower

"...the dialogue is not English with "foreign cinema." But when it comes to The Farewell, even though it was..."

July 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Roosevelt Room Stands Its Ground in a New Downtown

How the right lease negotiations kept the Fifth Street bar in business

"...Everybody knew it was coming, but no one knew when. As Downtown Austin was growing tall and fancy from..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Terrence McNally on Art and Commerce

The Tony-winning playwright talks about the business of show

"...side and the business side, and to have seen how both have changed over the past six decades...."

June 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Getting Your Head Around (and Hands on) the Art of Abraham Cruzvillegas

Conceptual artist brings "Hi, how are you, Gonzo?" to the Contemporary Austin

"...In Abraham Cruzvillegas' "Hi, how are you, Gonzo?," now at the Contemporary Austin, visitors..."

May 3, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

An Interview With "The Julia Child of BBQ"

Grill Master Steven Raichlen shares recipes from his new book

"...If there’s a national expert on barbecue and grilling, it’s..."

April 30, 2019 Food Post by Rod Machen

Family

Outsider comedy has a lot less Insane Clown Posse than you might expect

"...the shopworn bromide at the core of this sweet if mostly unsurprising debut from writer/director Steinel. But as this..."

April 26, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Luv Doc: She Talks Too Much

Conversation is how we flush stupidity into the open so we can kill it

"...for several months and she just keeps chattering away. When I talk, I try to be direct and to..."

April 26, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Penguins

Chilly nature documentary has a cuddly heart that's perfect for young animal lovers

"...males arrive and build the nests before the females show up to claim their partners (these penguins are generally..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

With a Possible Update to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Former Council Members Recall Local Scandal

How a misunderstanding changed Austin politics

"...mere academic interest to Austinites, except that it was specifically this provision – one that the Texas Court of..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants

"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."

"...After his mother and father passed away when he was young, Alberto Contreras Ramos' older brother took..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Climax

Gaspar Noé's acid freakout dance-a-thon teaches us that drugs are bad, m'kay

"...such a mannered and staged version of carnage that when the characters are introduced, it's through a series of..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Challenge of Playing Living People in Zach Theatre's Notes From the Field

The cast discusses how hard it can be getting into the skin of living people in Anna Deavere Smith’s play

"...The statement comes from Sherrilyn Ifill, head of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund..."

March 1, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Luv Doc: Lucky You

How can someone who has experienced such wealth and plenitude ever hope to live a life free of tortured conscience?

"...come from pretty much opposite backgrounds, and his whole life – from fancy private school to pretty much biannual..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Faster Than Sound: Music Lab Explores Consolidation

Rehearsal space’s Oltorf location posted for sale; Hi, How Are You Day draws the Flaming Lips; and Esme Barrera tribute launches Girls Rock El Paso

"...but realistically [Music Lab] can't last forever," shares Rowden. "When that does happen, me and my students will find..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Shoplifters

The meaning of family on Japan's social fringes compassionately explored

"...Nobuyo Shibata (Sakura) tells the investigating officer after her life has unfurled. From the outside, it's not much of..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Favourite

Period drama puts power and personality first

"...what it is, and those that grasp for it, terrified of its loss. It slithers between people, and in..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Handicapping The Front Runner

Jason Reitman on the scandal that changed politics

"...When does the private life of a politician become a..."

Nov. 20, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Right to be Offensive

Joseph Kahn on his new battle rap social satire Bodied

"...When America started amending the Constitution, the number one priority..."

Nov. 6, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Michelle Tea Brings Her Latest Book to UT

Iconic queer memoirist reflects on her past and future writing career

"...like Valencia and Black Wave to Modern Tarot,p a how-to guide on taroting reading...."

Oct. 24, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Big Kill

Low-budget Western rides high in the saddle

"...know Westerns are in the middle of a comeback when even low-budget filmmakers are trying their hand at the..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Ben Dickey on Being Blaze

Inspiration, fear, and the guiding hand of Vincent D'Onofrio

"...a musical legend – charisma, talent, a remarkable songwriting gift – but he was never exactly a household name..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Anything

True love overcomes convention in this stylish, earnest romance.

"...romantic origins of a unlikely pair of lovers. Skeptics, however, may come away from Anything feeling as though the..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The China Hustle

The next global economic meltdown, in terrifying detail.

"...It's a story of how two small investment banks – the frat boy Roth..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Does This Relationship Have a Future?

If dogs aren’t welcome on the Starship, I’m not going either

"...We all have a rough sense of how the wolf became the dog. At some point in..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

The Luv Doc: The Hot Zone

If you really want to be sure, complete immolation is the way to go

"...One of my co-workers is clearly sick and she..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

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