Page Two: Telling Stories, Watching Movies

The real and the known, the unreal and then some

"...I'm walking around drifting and dreaming. Remembering staying at John Bird's apartment in New Orleans, where he kept the..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Take This Job and Shove It

Hugging it out with the cast of Party Down

"...(Veronica Mars' Ryan Hansen) and his female counterpart (Jane Lynch in season one); a struggling comedian (Lizzy Caplan); and..."

July 1, 2011 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

'Chronicle' Mock NFL Draft

"...will also take in the second round (maybe Josh Johnson of San Diego, or Michigan’s Chad Henne) and finish..."

April 25, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Indictments Pending: TRMPAC, TAB, and the Travis Co. D.A.

"...– M.K. and J.S. 'The State of Texas v. John Colyandro, James Ellis, and Tom DeLay'..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature

A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine

The simple but elegant art of picnic pairing

"...The Matchmaker: John Roenigk, the Austin Wine Merchant..."

April 22, 2005 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Texas Platters

The Rev. Horton Heat

"...2 stars -- David Lynch JIM STRINGER & THE AUSTIN MUSIC BAND..."

May 28, 1999 Music Review

Live Shots

"...Moore at the Continental Club November 13 photograph by John Carrico BUICK MACKANE..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature

Joe Lansdale

The Hardest Working Unknown Author?

"...-- Paul Sammon had that for a while, then John Irvine -- Savage Season, John Badham had that one,..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Upsizing the Ante

Old Settlers Bluegrass & Acoustic Festival

"...good as any of those other three festivals," says John Aengus, one of the producers of the festival. "Last..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Mardi Gras Pre-Party, Improvised Intimacy, and More Recommended Events

Allow us to help sort your weekend out

"...courage for producer Darryl F. Zanuck and writer/producer Nunnally Johnson to bring in director John Ford (fresh off the..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...with his latest road trip comedy Four's Company; Joe Lynch (Everly, 2014) with his tribute to Stuart Gordon and..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"...done to their faith in the city process." – John Donisi, president of the Heritage Society of Austin, on..."

Oct. 12, 2007 News Feature

ACL Fest Saturday Picks

"...promise beyond his years. The 20-year-old Scottish singer-songwriter, like John Martyn before him, eases his sexual tension through American..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Albert Brooks again sallies forth where others fear to tread, although his comic results are more mildly amusing than riotously funny.

"...Sheetal Sheth, Emma Lockhart, Homie Doroodian, Jon Tenney and John Carroll Lynch. Perhaps only Albert Brooks, the master of..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

"...Guitarist Beaty Wilson's songwriting has continued to grow, complementing John Hunt's stellar catalog and cementing the group's locomotive dynamic..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Chrysta Bell quits the Souvenirs; the Meat Puppets' new record could come out in record time.

"...a few things recently when she visited director David Lynch in L.A. Lynch had her in his studio adding..."

July 21, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Texas Platters

Surfin' Senorita

"...3.5 stars -- David Lynch JESSE TAYLOR..."

March 5, 1999 Music Review

Texas Platters

"...straightforward pop from the Million Sellers and a distortion-addled Johnny Goudie. This batch of tunes certainly runs one hell..."

May 23, 1997 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...heed. (Saturday, Liberty Lunch, Midnight) 3.0 Stars -- David Lynch..."

March 7, 1997 Music Review

Please Baby Please

Andrea Riseborough remains unmissable in this wild, weird, and divisive Fifties fantasy

"...like if The Wild One, West Side Story, and John Waters all got together and made a baby? Impossible,..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...LYNCH/OZ D: Alexandre O. Philippe USA, 2022, Texas Premiere, 108..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Visual Acoustics

The architectural photographer Julius Shulman is the subject of this documentary, but through his work we learn an awful lot about modernist architecture.

"...Neutra, Rudolf M. Schindler, Frank Lloyd Wright, Albert Frey, John Lautner, Eero Saarinen, and Charles Eames. Although ostensibly a..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Gaythering Storm

It's raining gays... hallelujah?

"...This is the same site that brought Prop 8..."

April 24, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Saturday Sleepers

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...8pm, Eternal To some, he's Dr. John with a Texas ZIP code, but Papa Mali –..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Holes

Adapted from the children’s book by Austin author Louis Sachar, the film features LaBeouf as a teen stuck at a Texas camp for juvenile delinquents.

"...to the uproar of their 19th-century vehemently white neighbors-turned-terrifying lynch mob – are handled with a distant, sepiaed reverence;..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The T.A.B. Timeline

Reviewing the major events in the ongoing controversy of T.A.B. expenditures during last fall's campaigns

"...John Colyandro, former executive director of the Republican Majority group,..."

March 28, 2003 News Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...cranked up to at least nine to compete with Johnette Napolitano and Concrete Blonde, whose L.A. trio returns to..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Autumn Tale

What Movies Look Like This Fall

"...progress, I suppose, but maybe if we don't tell John Carpenter he'll make another great film someday. Maybe. This..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Transforming Herself

Sissy Spacek's Most Memorable Movies

"...Brian De Palma (1976); with Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, John Travolta, Amy Irving, William Katt, Nancy Allen...."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postmarks

Turner Is Worthy

"...In response to David Lynch's article on Russ Smith's Chocolate Records label ["Psychoactive Sounds,"..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Column

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