Book Review: Edendale by Michael Ventura

Former “Letters at 3am” columnist celebrates the early days of Hollywood in new novel

"...Novelist, screenwriter, and essayist Michael Ventura is no stranger to the ways of Hollywood. His nonfiction books include..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...We Strangers Director/Screenwriter: Anu ValiaProducers: Olivia Wingate, Alex Bach, Zach Spicer,..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Alchemy Theatre’s A Christmas Memory

Truman Capote's childhood reminiscences are a poignant present

"...novella. The homey set, carefully arranged in the Alchemy’s intimate black-box space; the soft lights in pastel colors, magnificently..."

Dec. 12, 2023 Arts Post by Jasmine Lane

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 15-21

"...again trying to snag a free ride from a stranger in a passing car. Here's a key lesson I..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

The Starling Girl

Coming-of-age drama inside the quiet oppression of a fundamentalist community

"...Girl is added to that roster. Scanlen is no stranger to difficult, nuanced parts, and Jem Starling is perhaps..."

May 19, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Nine Essential Albums From Willie Nelson’s 90 Years

Wishing the Texas outlaw icon a Willie nice birthday

"...who wrote those hits – songs which betrayed an intimate familiarity with heartbreak and loss – should sing them...."

April 28, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Thursday

Despite storms, we caught 03 Greedo, Sobs, Tangerine Dream, and more

"...Music showcase, the Kyoto fourpiece took the stage after intimate L.A. alt-rock up-and-comers Blondshell, and promptly launched into the..."

March 17, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films – Documentary

Environmental warnings come with mordant humor and sweetness

"...Exiting the natural world, “Stranger at the Gate” tells the story of Richard “Mac”..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 13-19

"...Here are assignments to help launch your flood of intimate self-talk. 1. Write passionately about an experience you've always..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Samaritan" by giving one of her kidneys to a stranger turns into a funny and moving personal quest to..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

What We’re Listening to This Week

Charley Crockett, Flora & Fawna, the Black Angels, and more

"...A colleague of mine found Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger at the Austin Record Convention this month, $20. Two..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Producers: Laura Tatham, Daresha Kyi Mama Bears is an intimate exploration of two "mama bears"—conservative, Christian mothers who have..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From Stage to Page to Screen: Inside the Script of West Side Story

Tony Kushner explains the process of adapting a classic

"...text," he said, "there's no way to get more intimate with it than to adapt it."..."

Jan. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Amy's Army Raises Awareness, Support for Sexual Assault Survivors

Campaign to raise awareness, support for survivors

"...If you were drunk. ... If it was an intimate relationship, if it was a stranger – every single..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

In a Global Crisis, Luck Presents Writes a New Concert Promotions Standard

With a little luck, Ellee Fletcher Durniak and Matt Bizer thrive at improvising impossible situations

"...built in 1986 for the movie Western Red Headed Stranger, Luck almost didn't survive its initial summer. The original..."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 2-8

"...drugs. I want to know perverse people, to be intimate with them. I want to bite into life."All that..."

April 2, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...expecting new episodes of the podcast where musicians turn stranger's stories into songs. Fortunately, hosts Walker Lukens and Zac..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Relic

Senility and the supernatural in this nerve-wracking Australian horror

"...one second, childish the next, then suddenly a violent stranger...."

July 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...subside, will feature a local Americana act that's no stranger to playing in fields, although those are usually at..."

May 15, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Shrewd Productions' Alabaster

This deeply felt staging of Audrey Cefaly's new play brings us into a home where loss lives to show us when to leave

"...us into a home where loss lives and a stranger has come to look at it and share what..."

March 6, 2020 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Archive Theater's The Man of Destiny

The company builds a uniquely entertaining evening around Shaw's fiery tango of wits between a young Napoleon and a Mysterious Lady

"...eager to see how it would approach a more intimate script like George Bernard Shaw's The Man of Destiny...."

Feb. 21, 2020 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...D: Bao Nguyen Be Water is a layered and intimate portrait of an underdog who was able to transcend..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cluck-N-Burger Gives Food Truck Vibes at Its Airport Boulevard Location

Fried chicken to wedge salad at this cool new neighborhood eatery

"...Chef/owner Aaron Esserman is no stranger to the food truck business, serving as chef for..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur

The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground

"...A touching, disturbing, hilarious, and intimate character study, the doc begins with Holt living in..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

Eastside's Past and Present Revealed in John Mulvany's Latest Exhibit

Secure the Perimeter" at grayDUCK Gallery asks, “What if the outside force is an inside job?”

"...from its shell on the sidewalk – an oddly intimate encounter with nature's utter indifference...."

Oct. 4, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Crime Month: Gypsy on Netflix

In this series, Naomi Watts puts the "psycho" in psychotherapy

"...enough to walk into a room with a total stranger and reveal his deepest, darkest secrets. Healing comes from..."

July 9, 2019 Screens Post by Laura Jones

SXSW Film Review: Pink Wall

Add another classic to the “Breakup Dramas” genre

"...are the two lead performances. Duplass is perhaps no stranger to this particular type of stoner/slacker ne’er do well,..."

March 10, 2019 SXSW Post by Josh Kupecki

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Jasmin Gordon It’s summertime in rural France. A charismatic stranger happens upon three teenage boys. He has a gun..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...was brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine. Three women intimately invested in the case--an activist attorney, a transgender journalist..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Performance Park Takes Over the Vortex

Bonnie Cullum’s dream wakes the Tarot into life in her company’s immersive theatrical experience

"...But that same theatre company is something of a stranger within the very compound it owns – a space..."

March 23, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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