AFI Review: The Boy Behind the Door

Child abduction horror leaves the kids fending for themselves

"...dark woods of the human soul, there is the light of dawn. The story never has to deal explicitly..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stressed Out? Let Your Freak-Out Flag Fly!

Making stress into a friend instead of a foe

"...triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has been surreal, overwhelming, impossible. As we're falling, many of us are looking at..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Make Space to Create

The two organizations partner on a residency program to support Austin artists making adventurous new work

"...Bursey had begun meeting with Fusebox spark and leading light Ron Berry to talk about partnerships. Berry knew of..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fantasia Review: The Dark and the Wicked

Gone to Texas, gone to Hell in this occult horror

"...the door, and casts shadows where there is no light...."

Sept. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Drive-In Cinemas Lighting Up Austin

The movies you want to see with the social distancing you demand

"...parking garage at Third and San Antonio Street will light up the skyline starting at dusk on Thursday, Aug...."

Aug. 28, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Malik Baptiste is taking his turn in the bright lights with a blistering official, label-backed debut single, the self-produced..."

June 5, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

How Medical Cannabis Provider Compassionate Cultivation Is Adapting to COVID-19

Ineligible for federal aid, Compassionate Cultivation adjusts to a new paradigm: more deliveries and less contact

"...orders, Texas' medical cannabis providers were given a green light and a bumpy road. They'd been deemed an essential..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Vortex and New Manifest Theatre's good friday

Kristiana Rae Colón's shocking drama puts audiences at the intersection of gun violence and sexual assault, and makes us think about both

"...students – several semesters after the massacre – making light of the tragedy and the righteous movement its perpetrators..."

March 13, 2020 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

How and Why the City and County Chose to Cancel SXSW

Striking precarious, if unachievable, balance between protecting public health and avoiding economic calamity

"...the complexity involved in deciding to cancel SXSW. He highlighted the risks that canceling the event could – and..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Lucky McKee Talks His New Thriller Kindred Spirits

Austin-made twisted tale of family bonds hits VOD this week

"...when we choose to cut to her, and the lighting we implemented. We used a lot of odd lighting..."

Jan. 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...On the slightly nerdier side, indie film fans will probably be intrigued..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Best New Restaurant DipDipDip Tatsu-ya Reinvents Shabu-Shabu

Feel free to double dip

"...When the table is ready (it's nearly impossible to get in without a reservation, but cancellations do..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Causing Trouble as We Smiled: A Dusty Story

Playwright Timothy Braun remembers the canine companion who changed his life

"...him. With every idea I had, regardless of how impossible it would be to stage, he smiled and gave..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Arts Feature by Timothy Braun

Amid New Immigration Policies, Local Attorneys and Immigrants Navigate a Broken System

Lawyers say the system has been thrown into "chaos"

"...all facing a tall wooden cross. A sliver of light sneaks into the dimly lit room through colorful stained..."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Travis County to Reject Marijuana Prosecutions

Officers can't legally determine what is weed and what is hemp

"...concentration of THC in a lab sample. Therefore, it’s impossible for them to discern whether confiscated cannabis is legal..."

July 3, 2019 News Post by Kevin Curtin

The Austin Women Dispelling Stigma and Moving Mental Health Issues Forward

From Sheriff Sally Hernandez to state Rep. Celia Israel, local women are changing the conversation

"...of crisis, have made it difficult (and at times impossible) for those suffering to get the care they need...."

July 5, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Is Austin Big Enough for Both MLS and USL Soccer Teams?

Rival sports titans square off in soccer city

"...Littlefield told us, "a 5K race, the Trail of Lights, a concert, or any other kind of event on..."

June 28, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Opera's Silent Night

This production of the Pulitzer Prize winner powerfully creates the tension of the battlefield and just as powerfully lets it go

"...descending into barbaric hand-to-hand combat. Billowing smoke and flashing lights do little to distract from the screams of dying..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

2019 SXSW Film Venue Guide

Where to go, how to get there, and how to navigate the lines

"...Finally, single tickets are available for purchase, but are difficult-to-impossible to acquire at the smaller theatres. Your best bets..."

Jan. 29, 2019 SXSW Post

Playback Punches Out

After six years and 388,000 words, "Playback" hands off the music column

"...talent replenishing our stages. It's been rewarding to shine light on new music, interview fascinating characters, and break news..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Land for Water

The city is asking voters to send more money to a little-known program that protects Barton Springs

"...upstream of Barton Creek. In a scenario that seems impossible for today's distracted society, as many as 800 people..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Texas Platters Hall of Fame

Pop polymath Mobley extols Solange

"...wore matching outfits on a stage bathed in monochromatic light and appointed with massive geometric monoliths. Every note played,..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Feature by Mobley

Kacey Musgraves – Everywoman

Texan’s taping, country and folk to disco, unites ACL

"...bedazzled saddle hanging from the ceiling began to throw light. The talent then launched the first in a series..."

June 7, 2018 Music Post by Abby Johnston

How Rooster Teeth Became an Online Phenomenon

9.5 million YouTube subscribers can’t be wrong

"...remain platform agnostic. The simple logic is that it's impossible to predict what future tech will actually look like...."

May 11, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...It's pretty much impossible to shut down a wedding venue in the Dripping..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

SXSW Film Review: Time Trial

Redemption denied in this lyrical tale from the cycling seat

"...of all their tires. It's hard to watch, but impossible not to be drawn into his raging against the..."

March 14, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

2018 SXSW Film Venue Guide

Where to go, how to get there, and how to navigate the lines

"...and Yen Tan, as well as free community screenings highlighting the work of local student filmmakers. 278 seats Lines:..."

March 1, 2018 SXSW Post

Becoming an Enlightened Carnivore

Outrider helps facilitate responsible hunting experiences

"...easy, but finding more affordable single-day access was near impossible," says Crable. "I was just looking to spend time..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Review: Eldorado Cafe

Finding the gold in an Allandale strip mall

"...(Cha Cha Cha! Marihua­na!) and mirrors, colored glass globe light fixtures, and four-top square wooden tables with mod Sixties..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Fantastic Fest Review: The Endless

Spring team head on a familiar but reinvented roadtrip

"...rut. It just uses mad gods, time loops, and impossible physics to get there. If there's such a thing..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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