TV Review: 'The Staircase'

Sundance Channel re-airs true-crime miniseries with a new coda

"...murder mystery segment you might see on A&E. It’s not. It’s an original documentary with unique visual rhythms and..."

Jan. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Eli Black

Big Spike in Early Voting on Next-to-Last Day

Turnout Monday nearly double any previous day

"...nine days of last year’s municipal elections. While it’s not unusual for the last day of early voting to..."

May 4, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Inside Texas' Angels of Death, Who Refuse Hundreds of Death Row Pleas but May Expedite Daniel Perry Pardon

How the Board of Pardons and Paroles runs its ship

"...monthly. And he tells her, ‘Go to school. I’m not here because of ‘the man,’ I’m not here because..."

May 12, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Point Austin: Signing On to a Green New Deal

Doggett in defense of concrete steps, not “absolute purity”

"...The resolution introduced by Ocasio-Cortez and Markey is not yet a bill, and its wide-ranging provisions would never..."

March 1, 2019 News Column by Michael King

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...are all about dour, arty indie pics? Yeah, that’s not really SXSW’s style...."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Good Life

Justin Townes Earle takes his namesake in stride.

"...Earle has quite a legacy to live up to. Not that the 25-year-old hasn't already reflected on it. “I..."

March 5, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

“Queer and Then Nerd Convention” Haven Con Returns

Local queer fandom convention is all rainbow, all geek, & all set to go

"...This is not the first Haven Con. This is not even the..."

April 19, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Until the End of the World

Writing is not what I live for, it’s how I live

"...Author's note: In January 2020, the poet Gail Wronsky asked me..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Arts Feature by Michael Ventura

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Austin slowly thaws out from an unprecedented – but not entirely unexpected – disaster

"...water system failures that forced a citywide boil water notice. Each of these helped make the others worse...."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Accusing Others of Behavior You Can't Control in Yourself

"...mechanism had been in gradual decline. While 9/11 did not change Iraq, it did change the threat level, which..."

Jan. 29, 2007 Postmarks

Blueprint for a Breakdown

Not Worth the Work

"..."We're not bidding any more bond work with [AISD]," says David..."

Jan. 15, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week

Future Museums, Charley Crockett, Merciful Heavens, Frederico7, Eric Unusual, and Bob Schneider

"...– noise guitar. Next, a resounding, repeating low-C piano note anchors the triumphant "Morning Reception," imbued with a background..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

"...clad and as buttoned up as possible throughout. What's unusual about this Meyer soft porn movie is its nasty..."

June 9, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Turn it Up

"...Tamala Jones, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Ja Rule and Prakazrel Michel. It's debatable whether the overall state of American film has..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

A Silent Love

A Mexican and Canadian production, A Silent Love puts an unusual spin on some of the clichés of the romantic comedy.

"...Mexican and Canadian production, A Silent Love puts an unusual spin on some of the clichés of the romantic..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Filly Brown

A young, Latina hip-hop artist gets a shot at a record contract only if she is willing to compromise her ideals.

"...isn’t new, though the emphasis on Hispanic talent seems unusual (but I don’t know current musical trends)...."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Point Austin: In the Shadow of the Capitol

Council approves its latest budget with the Lege over its shoulder

"...adoption in a single day, a feat they had not accomplished in three previous years. Although September "budget readings"..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Column by Michael King

2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program A

Let the voting begin

"...spirit and the will to survive, even if they’re not certain that these aspirations will be met with a..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Saint Ralph

This strange youth dramedy from Canada has a brisk, sunny aplomb.

"...family house, ostensibly supervised by his grandmother, whose excuse notes to school are all forged by his best friend..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

A Home at the End of the World

Michael Cunningham's novel is the basis for this story of a love triangle in which everyone's in love with Bobby (played by Colin Farrell).

"...roommate, Clare (Wright Penn). The three roommates have an unusual dynamic, the possibilities of which are electrifying – especially..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jump Tomorrow

"...waiting to greet his bride-to-be (Abrams) at the airport. It's an arranged marriage and his bride is a childhood..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shelf Life

"...early on after eating some bad canned good. They're nothing but a “bag of bones” in the back room...."

Nov. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Miracle

"...game ultimately crescendos into a classicly perverse Oedipal love knot. Meanwhile, Rose, who's really smitten with her best companion..."

Aug. 23, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...with the normal array of talent and titles Now it's time to get dark, experimental, and immersive with today's..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

All Saints

Planting seeds to save a church

"...the world of faith-based films, All Saints strikes an unusual tone in its devotion to good storytelling over proselytism...."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...OK, not everybody can be from Austin (though once they visit,..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Deep in the Heart

The life story of Richard Wallrath, a former alcoholic who now funds scholarships for 4-H and FFA students, is told in this inspirational biopic.

"...Unusual for films of this type, the embrace of religion..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters @ 3AM

Americans no longer look or sound like, and will never again look or sound like, this country's rigid image of an "American"

"...1973, January through September, I lived in Lubbock – not a resident, a drifter, taking my time passing through...."

Dec. 7, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Dallas 362

The actor Scott Caan makes a strong debut as a writer-director in this atmospheric character study in which he also co-stars with Shawn Hatosy, Jeff Goldblum, and Kelly Lynch.

"...a real boost), skillful rapport with actors, and an unusual degree of comfort with narrative ambiguity. In essence, Dallas..."

April 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Luminous Motion

"...Sheridan, Terry Kinney, Deborah Kara Unger and Eric Lloyd. It's been 17 years since Bette Gordon made her last..."

July 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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