Only in America

"...Alex Hunter, Jill Bowden and Jenni Tooley. Only in America fashions a sprawling sense of a tempest-in-a-teacup madness, a..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

America: Imagine the World Without Her

Another book by conservative political commentator Dinesh D'Souza gets the documentary treatment.

"...ultimately self-serving. Presenting itself as a vigorous defense of America’s greatness, it targets the enemy as dissenting voices within..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Finding Little America in Austin

Series co-creator Lee Eisenberg on bringing the Apple show to the ATX

"...and obliviously benign. But in Apple TV+ anthology Little America series creators and executive producers Lee Eisenberg, Emily V...."

Dec. 17, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Another distorted salvo from Dinesh D’Souza

"...offers a “history” of the deliberately evil, completely corrupt, America-hating Democrats. D’Souza knows his audience well; they are not..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Louis Black

Stealing America: Vote by Vote

This documentary account of Election Day 2004 thinks it has the answer: conspiracy and treason, Republican-style.

"...whose loyalties lie on the left side of the American political spectrum remembers Election Day 2004 with dread. The..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

"...or you hate them and Beavis and Butt-head Do America is unlikely to make too many converts to the..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Made in America

"...any Touchstone publicity flack could ever invent. Made in America is basically a one-joke movie -- the discovery that..."

June 4, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Summit on Race in America: Songwriters in the Round Panel Recap

Multiple generations of black artists push for music in schools

"...LBJ Library during its three-day Summit on Race in America...."

April 10, 2019 Music Post by Derek Udensi

America: Freedom to Fascism

Although grounded in Libertarian theory, this documentary by producer-turned-director Aaron Russo presents provocative material about the perceived illegality of income taxes – and various freedom-restricting consequences of the new world order.

"...Filmmaker Aaron Russo and a swelling movement of angry Americans make the case in this documentary that there is..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Q2 Stadium Chosen as 2024 Copa America Venue

Austin FC home will host group stage next summer

"...host a major international competition when the 2024 Copa America group stage heads to the home of Austin FC..."

Dec. 4, 2023 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

SXSW Film Review: Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

Jeffery Robinson's captivating lecture on America's shared legacy

"...part of the standard curriculum in every school in America. Considering the reactionary backlash against the 1619 Project and..."

March 24, 2021 Screens Post by Michael King

Found in Austin: 'America's Lost Treasures'

New docu-reality show features Bob Bullock Museum

"...U.S. history, and the reality competition genre, new series America's Lost Treasures debuts on the Fourth of July with..."

July 3, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Battlefield America

It's You Got Served for a younger dance generation.

"...so maybe it's not quite that dispiriting, but Battlefield America can't hold a candle to Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo..."

June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

This mockumentary provides some of the most fearless acts of transgressive comedy in years.

"...for domestic consumption by HBO, Borat is the ugly American (or Brit) from elsewhere: a clueless, gangly, mustachioed moron..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Taking a Hard Look at the America's Next Cat Star Contestants

Which kitty superstar will reign supreme?

"...famous kitty, think again, because Animal Planet has found America's Next Cat Star...."

May 1, 2015 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

America's Heart & Soul

Inspirational documentary is about Americans with true grit working in a land where seldom is heard a discouraging word.

"...to be cynical about this 88-minute paean to the American "everyman." Seldom is heard a discouraging word, and although..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Patti Smith: “I don’t claim to be a progenitor of any particular movement – I just did my work”

Ever-evolving singer, writer, & artist communes at ACL Live Saturday

"...show which premiered six months earlier, was beaming into America’s living rooms and bedrooms, including those of a few..."

May 2, 2022 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Just a Family Thing

"...life with the Huntington Beach, Calif.-based quintet suits him just fine, especially coming off the band's smokin’ summer, which..."

Nov. 28, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Moontower Just for Laughs Austin Goes Big

Comedy fest adds arena shows from Andrew Schulz, Shane Gillis

"...When Austin’s Moontower Comedy Festival merged with Montreal's Just for Laughs, it made the biggest comedy festival in..."

Nov. 30, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Telling Lies in America

"...blessing for movie fans but a loss for the American slang lexicon. No longer can we say, for example,..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Thanksgiving as a Refugee in America

Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free

"...The Al-Hallaq family just celebrated its first-ever American Halloween. In their small East..."

Nov. 25, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

They Hear America Singing!

Grammy-nominated Conspirare brings together 600 voices in search of our national sound

"...Walt Whitman, you crowed about how you could hear America singing, but you never bothered to name that tune...."

Jan. 26, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Changes at Air America

Viability of two-year-old liberal talk network under scrutiny

"...Like jackals smelling fresh meat, critics circled Air America Radio last week, drawn by rumors of an imminent..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

'US': Celebrating America in the mix

Inspired by Barack Obama's presidential run, artist Ricardo Acevedo photographs mixed-race individuals in their homes

"...Titled "US: In the Mix; the Changing Face of America," the exhibit was inspired by the presidential run of..."

July 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Reviewing Jewish Cooking in America With Joan Nathan

A Culture Through Its Food

"...Jewish Cooking in America by Joan Nathan (Alfred A. Knopf, $35 hard)..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Food Feature by Ronna N. Welsh

Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

An unmissable lesson in this county's tortured history

"...part of the standard curriculum in every school in America. Considering the reactionary backlash against the 1619 Project and..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Michael King

This Is America: Part One

Zach's Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...which focuses on what it feels like for four African-Americans to perform this play in front of white audiences..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Hightower Report: Is Trump’s America Our America?

Our emperor has no mandate

"...Are we the America of courage, openness, inclusion, opportunity, and democratic promise –..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Column by Jim Hightower

Ms. Veteran America's Mission to End Female Veteran Homelessness

Molly Potter raises awareness for mental health issues

"...The concrete wall barricading the dining hall she had just left shielded her from shrapnel. But the force of..."

Sept. 23, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

Barenaked in America

"...Directed by: Jason Priestly. There’s just something about nice guys from Canada: Michael J. Fox,..."

Oct. 19, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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