The Haven

Exploring the grounds and sounds at the International Festival-Institute at Round Top

"...Against all odds, this classical music haven is deep in the heart of Texas. A landmark..."

June 4, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Faster Than Sound: Clarence James Finds Clarity Post-Breakup on Debut

Following high school breakout, 20-year-old Georgetown crooner sticks a jazzy bedroom pop debut

"...his high school senior year, the first concert Clarence James ever attended included him on the bill at Empire..."

June 26, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Verde Report: James Ruth Is Bringing Austin FC’s Blueprint to the NFL

Club’s first head of marketing talks about building a brand

"...us up to a much larger range of people,” James Ruth, Austin FC’s first head of marketing and current..."

March 15, 2024 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

The Flaming Lips, Jim James

SXSW showcase reviews

"...The Flaming lips, Jim JamesAuditorium Shores, Friday, March 15..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Remembering James “Prince” Hughes, Atomic City Owner and Austin Punk Luminary

The Prince is dead, long live the Prince

"...Last Thursday, Aug. 4, at 4:30am, James “Prince” Hughes, owner and sole proprietor of the legendary..."

Aug. 7, 2022 Arts Post by Marc Savlov

Playback: James Petralli's Constant Bop

Has White Denim become Bop English? Which festival might relocate to the new superstage at Circuit of the Americas? Is LBJ turning over in eternity over the Beatles exhibit at his library? That and other Q&As in this week's music news.

"...For James Petralli, whose fleet-fingered fretwork, eclectic songwriting, and soulful singing..."

June 12, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

The unreleased and the oddly evasive titles from 2013

"...Another micro-budget movie (as director James Byrkit explained during Fantastic Fest, the cost of one..."

Jan. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sliding Doors

"...of the train, thereby encountering the charming, jocular commuter James (Hannah), and interrupting Jerry's midmorning tryst. From that pivotal..."

April 24, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Rebel Without a Cause

If you haven't ever seen this Nicholas Ray/James Dean classic in widescreen … trust me, you've never really seen it. It's been 40 years since James Dean essayed his quintessential role in as a troubled American teen and, along with co-stars Wood and Mineo, established an iconography of adolescence whose potency extends into the present. Ray, who told stories that were "bigger than life" and pulsing with "hot blood," was one of the most dynamic directors of the American screen and his capacity to tell a widescreen story was as articulate as his ability to pinpoint an individual stuck "in a lonely place."

"...Directed by: Nicholas Ray. Starring: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo and Jim Backus. I..."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Divergent Series: Allegiant

The penultimate installment in this YA series arrives with a thud

"...Directed by: Robert Schwentke. Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Zoë Kravitz, Naomi Watts, Miles Teller, Maggie Q, Ansel..."

March 25, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Boiling Point

"...Directed by: James B. Harris. Starring: Wesley Snipes, Dennis Hopper, Lolita Davidovich,..."

April 23, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Titanic

James Cameron's epic and romantic fantasy of the ocean tragedy

"...Directed by: James Cameron. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...an absolute gem of a country album. Its author, James Hand, surfaces occasionally to play the Broken Spoke ("He's..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Dead Women Owned His Soul

An Interview with James Ellroy

"...doesn't just write noir fiction, he's lived it. He's James Ellroy...."

Feb. 14, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Quantum of Solace

It's grim, dark, and relentlessly violent – James Bond as Terminator rather than Templar – but it delivers the goods in bloody high style.

"...a whole new level of goodness knows what. I haven't seen star wattage this laser-focused since Gert Fröbe attempted..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Peace Hotel

"...past, has opened the titular “peace hotel,” a safe haven where anyone seeking protection from the outside world can..."

July 14, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

"...movies undoubtedly produce the greatest amount of sequels. From James Whale's Frankenstein to John Carpenter's Halloween, and from Merian..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Snowman

Jo Nesbø's crime series hits the big screen

"...just doesn’t elicit quite the same frisson as “Bond, James Bond,” but then this chilly, borderline clinical adaptation of..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hotel Transylvania

There's no need to put a stake in the heart of this animated film full of familiar monsters; it's already deadly dull.

"...time. Indeed, there's more honest, eye-watering emotional truths in James Whale's Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein than anything here...."

Sept. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lewis & Clark & George

"...Their zeal is infectious. Reaching even farther for praise, James Brolin and Paul Bartel turn in nifty cameos and..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

White Denim 2.0

Frontman James Petralli talks of the old days and a new era

"...Late last Friday, James Petralli sat in a local warehouse full of light..."

Feb. 4, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Book of Eli

In a post-apocalyptic time, Denzel Washington is the lone man who carries the world's last remaining Bible.

"...mean hollaback to John Singleton's Boyz n the Hood, haven't had a movie in theatres since 2001's artful clunker..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Mercy

The case of James Allridge raises familiar questions about the Texas justice system

"...On August 26, Texas is scheduled to execute James Allridge III for the 1985 murder of 21-year-old Brian..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Wind in the Willows

"...Fry, Bernard Hill, Michael Palin, Nigel Planer and Richard James. Where did this come from and why haven't we..."

March 6, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Pine Curtain

First-time author Dina Temple-Raston's A Death in Texas pulls the James Byrd Jr. murder out of the East Texas woods.

"...(Holt, $26), an account of the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. and its aftermath, first-time author Dina Temple-Raston..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

These Things I've Come to Know

What times are we living in? South Austin's James McMurtry spells it out.

"...James McMurtry makes up stories and sets them to music...."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Kick It Off

Keith Richards never bought a Ricky Nelson album, only James Burton's LPs

"...James Burton is a god among guitar players. Born in..."

April 4, 2008 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Midge Ure Completely Solo

Synth-pop Scot on DIY, Band Aid 30, and Ian McLagan

"...James “Midge” Ure, born 61 years ago in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire,..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Honor Among Thieves

James Carlos Blake demystifies A World of Thieves and the world of writing.

"...James Carlos Blake puts the roar back into the Roaring..."

March 8, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

From Nowhere to Here

Interview with Nowhere Man James Duval

"...James Duval is the coolest superstar you haven't seen yet......"

Aug. 29, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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