SXSW Announces Film Award Winners

Shithouse takes top narrative honors

"...Shithouse and sensitive grief counselling documentary An Elephant in the Room have taken the top awards at the SXSW..."

March 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Lost and Found

'Tis the season when the future is used up yet then renewed by singing each morning out of each night

"...And lived in a very cool part of the City..."

April 27, 2007 Column by Louis Black

History Still Hidden

Reporter of 'Statesman' racial cleansing series disowns published version

"...Nearly a year after the Austin American-Statesman published a gripping four-part series detailing the..."

March 16, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Two Lives Lost

Danielle Martin and Jackson Ngai shared a close friendship, a passionate love for music, and mental illness. They cared for each other as best they could. And then he killed her.

"...On the night of April 29, about a quarter after nine,..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Our Town, Our Time

Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production of The Laramie Project retells the story of Matthew Shepard's murder in a compelling, heartfelt way, but it also tells a town's story and gives us the opportunity to see our town in its reflection.

"...There is the actor directly addressing the audience, setting up..."

March 15, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

The 21st Century Announces Itself

"..."New York, the capital of the 20th century" -- so Norman Mailer..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Friends of Dean Martinez A Place in the Sun (Knitting Factory)

SXSW Records

"...Friends of Dean MartinezA Place in the Sun (Knitting Factory) The..."

March 17, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview

Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

"...Of MontrealHissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (Polyvinyl)..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Okkervil River

Record Review

"...Okkervil RiverThe Stage Names (Jagjaguwar)..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Music Review by Austin Powell

Tori Amos

Record Review

"...it to strange little Tori Amos to completely upend the idea of a covers album. When Amos interprets someone..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Closed Doors

"...Todd make strange bedfellows. One is subtle and introverted, the other loud and extroverted. She is slick, while he..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Rilo Kiley

"...Rilo KileyUnder the Blacklight (Warner Bros.)..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

TV Eye

Spike Lee's Bamboozled, a satire about the return of the minstrel show on television, is a powerful indictment of the entertainment industry.

"...I've been thinking about television and film, particularly since the newest movie to cast a critical eye on the..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

A Hundred's Not Enough

One Word Is Too Many...

"...The cliché comes so easily... A picture is worth a..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Film

Interviews and reviews

"...Reynold Reynolds's "Stadtplan" opens the Experimental Shorts program, a hypnotic, split-screen and time-lapsed trip..."

March 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

Robbie Conal

Iconic anti-icon master Robbie Conal is in town. Hide everything.

"...Fall 2000. West Campus: The images were not pretty. George W. appeared as the..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Books Feature by Kate X Messer

Matt Rebholz: The Golem

A parade of spooky black-and-white fever dreams in which we're less alive than the soulless being from folklore

"...'Matt Rebholz: The Golem'..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

I Am 'Beowulf'!

Another bare-chested epic of mildly homoerotic proportions.

"...Rhyton Batman! Err … I mean, Beowulf! That was the most latently homosexual (and surprisingly sexist) movie I've seen..."

Nov. 26, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Red Cans

Rubber Repertory's 'Red Cans' is an experiment in new realms, one that puts you in another world, and so long as you bring your curiosity, you'll be surprised how engaging this world is

"...The Off Center, through Aug. 19..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Included here are more reviews of films screened during the SXSW Film Festival 1998. Additional..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Nosferatu, The Golden Arm Film Project

The first release in the Alamo Drafthouse's silent-film-with-live-musical-accompaniment series is a video every self-respecting Austin hipster should own.Produced by the Co-op's Barna Kantor and the Golden Arm Trio's Graham Reynolds, this is a complete reverse of the Alamo Drafthouse's series -- these are silent films inspired by music.

"...Last year around the holidays, we featured a story on video box sets...."

Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Review by Sarah Hepola

Human-Headed Flies

Drastic Space III:

"...illustration by A.J. Garces There's a glowing thing in your home, a drastic space,..."

June 20, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Grow and Prosper

With neighbors still reeling from 1990 expansion, Hyde Park Baptist plans another growth project.

"...Hyde Park seems an unlikely outpost for a contingent of religious pioneers. The neighborhood, built in 1889 in what..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Screamlines

"...The notion of extend-ing "Scanlines" for Halloween seemed like a..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Alegría

Cirque du Soleil's Alegría brings to athletic, spellbinding performances a genius of creativity unlike anything you've seen at the circus, turning a night under the big top into a magical exploration of a world of intrigue and mystery, grace and daring. And joy.

"...Alegría: The Impossible Before Your Eyes..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Cabaret: Blinding Furnace

The revamped revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Cabaret, in its national tour, may not reproduce the intimacy of the original production's environmental design, but its strong performances and overt theatricality still grip the audience.

"...smuggled French perfume, a disused typewriter, and sex. Lots of sex. Gender-bending, gender crisscrossing, bawdy, drippy, hot, anything-goes sex...."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Visual Arts Review: Karim B. Hamid’s “Saturn Returns”

Lydia Street exhibit ponders subversion and deconstruction

"...It’s impossible not to have a visceral reaction to the grotesque images headlining “Saturn Returns.” In most of the..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Point Austin: What's Next?

A day or two for cheering, and then back to work

"...Until Tuesday, my favorite moment of the campaign was our esteemed governor announcing that yes,..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Trans Rights, Comedy Nights, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...Through March 6, Women & Their Work..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Letters at 3AM

Are the Panhandle's many roadside monuments to Christ testaments of faith or unadmitted doubt, or some of both?

"...barely managing to be a town anymore, like many of its kind, clinging to the highway for dear life...."

Sept. 2, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

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