Fool's Gold

Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson star in this tale of two gorgeous, love-tossed, star-crossed treasure hunters who reunite to search for a lost 18th century galleon.

"...no money, no sense of responsibility, and no idea how to act like an adult. Just then, as if..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Taking the World Stage

How more theatre made Here is getting Out There and what that means

"...If you haven't been to the theatre since they made..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

NFL Preview

"...Playing the psychic game is rather difficult, just ask the singing psychic of Texas, Fran Baskerville,..."

Sept. 3, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Hold Those Tolls!

Road conditions: funding hazy, future unclear

"...the night about accomplishing great things for Texas, about how to be a great leader for Texas. And we..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Larry Schooler

Waving Sen. Norm Coleman's Freak Flag

"...steaming cup of sweet irony. So, you can imagine how pleased I was to find the following letter from..."

June 27, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Ken Loach paints a grim realist portrait that captures the solemnity of an Ireland turning on itself and the tragedy of two brothers spiraling away from each other.

"...Any worries you might have had of that happening, however, can now be put to rest. In left-wing rabble-rouser..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Farewell, Boris

Boris drummer Atsuo breaks the sound (and language) barrier.

"...ask follow-up questions, this would have taken on a different life. Still, via e-mail and a translator, drummer Atsuo..."

March 23, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

The Mountain Goats Gruff

Getty's got the Mountain Goat on the horn.

"...a piece of paper (you could hear the crinkle if you craned your ear a bit) and cleared his..."

March 11, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

Enviro-Rentalism

Saving the planet when you don't even own your own (low-flow) pot to piss in

"...your roof, and then brag at dinner parties about how much power you're selling back to the "grid." Unfortunately,..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Hannibal Rising

Who would have thought mass murder and cannibalism could be so dull?

"...Directed by: Peter Webber. Starring: Gaspard Ulliel, Rhys Ifans, Gong Li, Helena Lia Tachovska, Dominic West, Aaron Thomas,..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Toros Tryouts: Day Two

"...When I walked into the Delco Activity Center for the..."

Nov. 4, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Toros Tryouts: Day One, Part One

"...noble statue. Surely the present administration would be overjoyed if 10 years from now there were open tryouts in..."

Oct. 19, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...It's a beautiful day for a Scratch Acid reunion...."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Lear Jaunt

Matthew Radford explains how a professional British actor wound up playing Lear in a Central Texas barn

"...and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. But there's something different at Winedale this summer. In a departure from the..."

July 28, 2006 Arts Feature by Clayton Maxwell

Shooting Loose, Long or Short

The Duplass Brothers discuss how they found 'The Puffy Chair,' and where they're headed now as it hits theatres

"...The Puffy Chair began in earnest at Sundance 2004, when brothers Mark and Jay Duplass screened their short film..."

June 2, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

From Austin to Neptune

Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas on the rise of his career-making cult favorite

"...true that Rob Thomas is such a nice guy? If so, how does he do it while working in..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Life and Work, Light and Dark

How the legacy of Townes Van Zandt more than met its match in 'some dumb New York girl'

"...But do go see the film that Brown made when it opens at a theatre near you. (Full disclosure:..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Domino

Attention-deficit filmmaking reaches a new pinnacle in Tony Scott's hyperstylized portrait of a bounty hunter as an iconic bad girl.

"...in Domino, Tony Scott’s heavily fictionalized account of the life of bounty hunter Domino Harvey, the daughter of actor..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Keeping Cesar Alive

Actor Ed Begley Jr. explains how he was inspired to write a musical honoring his friend Cesar Chavez

"...If all you know of Ed Begley Jr. is his..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

9 Songs

Michael Winterbottom creates scenester porn in which he records the evolution of a man and a woman's relationship through sex and music – exclusively.

"...– which is not simulated – and going to shows. No mutual friends, no stomach flu, no feeding the..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Master of the Improbable

When someone says something can't be done, trust Turk Pipkin to say 'Wanna bet?'

"...those 543 yards between him and the pin, about how to play the fairway that hugs the curving shore..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Backward 'Spin'

Catherine Berry explains how to reverse engineer your very own musical

"...No matter how much you may love musicals – love hearing them,..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Kids Stay in the Pictures

When the Cinemaker Co-op and the Center for Young Cinema combined to make the Motion Media Arts Center, at least one thing stayed the same: the importance of kids

"...never seem to leave the house anymore – not when there are 1,001 nights of obscure, Region 3 Japanese..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Figures Do Lie

The Statesman finds a cops-and-race story that just isn't there

"...four-day series, the Austin American-Statesman reported, stridently – as if Editor Rich Oppel had discovered Jimmy Hoffa's body buried..."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Tale of a Tale Spinner

How a ballplayer, a piano player, beatnik poetry, and Lubbock made Terry Allen an epic storyteller.

"...where I lived the first two years of my life. And we lived in this house that my parents..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Money for Nothing

Millions of Williamson County taxpayer dollars pour into a contractor's pocket, and no one seems to know why.

"...Indeed, if it hadn't been for the "fisheye" bubbling of the..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

All the Real Girls

"...and there’s a sort of sumptuous ache to knowing how lucky these two are, to get to that intimate,..."

April 25, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...in studio art -- the first time in her life she'd focused on her own art -- the sculptor..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

Culture Cash

Austin's artists and arts groups are working hard to survive the economic downturn, and now more than ever it's essential for the city that they do.

"...elitists out of touch with regular folk and daily life. However, when you think about artists as critical players..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two

Next Tuesday's Creating a Liveable 6th and Lamar: Community Forum, meant to address the proposed Borders store at Sixth and Lamar, raises the complexity of issues involving economic choices, and the lack of a clear right or wrong.

"...Rosa, 612 W. Fourth. Locally owned retail is the lifeblood of the Austin we cherish. Here is a chance..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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