Day Trips: Holiday Gift Guide

A wish list for the travelers in your life

"...Way of Life by the editors of Texas Monthly. John Wayne contributed to overcrowding by romanticizing the myth of..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Sonny Carl Davis Faces the Death of Old Austin in Buck Alamo

Checking in with the lonesome cosmic cowboy

"...Cowboys. "Of course the only person who ever killed John Wayne would kill this guy."..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Family History Gives Clifton Collins Jr. the Role of a Lifetime in Jockey

Director Clint Bentley gives the actor the inside track

"...tradition from his grandfather, who was in movies with John Wayne and Groucho Marx." [inset-1-right]..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Verde Report: After “Humbling” Experience, Cecilio Domínguez Returns to Star Form

To turn the season around, he's going to need to bring the heat

"...came around, Domínguez commemorated the occasion by dressing like John Wayne in his best Texan getup...."

Aug. 27, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

The latest on Texas festivals, swimming holes, and terrifying worms

"..."John Wayne: An American Experience" Through Dec. 31, Fort Worth,..."

July 2, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Beto's On His Way: "We've Got To Show Up, And That Means Coming to the Capitol on Sunday"

Weekend rally wraps up "Texas Drive for Democracy" tour

"...to a Tyson Foods chicken plant and Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian, and seat of Shelby County, which gave 79.1%..."

June 18, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Pho on the coast, statuesque women in Dallas; June is time to hit the road

"...John Wayne: An American Experience June 1-Dec. 31, Fort Worth,..."

June 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Faster Than Sound: Mobley vs. the Occident Supreme

Virtual tour of new EP caps Mobley's movie-sized year

"...the action movie star, the indie-pop artist's take on John Wayne involves skinny jeans and a wide-brimmed hat. The..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Yellow Rose Gives a New Face to Country Music

Director Diane Paragas blooms in her Austin-made drama

"...'First of all I haven't cried like that since John Wayne. I also think Trump should renew DACA.' They..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Screens Feature by Lilli Hime

Attica Locke on Solving Crime on Highway 59

Heaven, My Home author talks her East Texas roots and the blues

"...too, you know, it’s not just the kind of cowboy/John Wayne image. There are black folks in the South..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...John Wayne imitators are bound to use the word "pilgrim"..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Fantastic Fest Asks "Who Is Wrinkles the Clown?"

And why do we want him to scare us?

"...at all," said Michael Beach Nichols. Maybe it was John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer who slapped on the..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hit the Spot Cafe

This local library’s diner serves up cheese, grease, and nostalgia

"...old maps decorating the walls. A cardboard cutout of John Wayne leans by the cash register. It feels like..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Reach for the Skyline

Other Worlds Austin Film Festival goes above and Beyond

"...it fantasy fighting. Action film fans always wondered, could John Wayne beat Gary Cooper in a barroom brawl? Would..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Austin’s Rarest Vinyl

Want exclusive vinyl for Record Store Black Friday? Check out some of Austin's rarest wax.

"...Stains "John Wayne Was a Nazi" 7-inch (R Radical Records, 1981)..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Don Swaynos on New Short Film "Don't Ever Change"

Austin filmmaker serves up gore and giggles

"..."'true-crime memorabilia' stuff, like Jeffrey Dahmer tote bags and John Wayne Gacy candles, the kind of products that would..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of High Noon

Glenn Frankel’s new book on the classic film explores a very timely history

"...the blacklist edges are right-wing actor and Cooper pal John Wayne, gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, young HUAC member Richard..."

March 3, 2017 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Bill Ham Had My Back

ZZ Top’s onetime manager made rock & roll history

"...which ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill said, “He was our John Wayne” – won’t let me...."

June 24, 2016 Music Post by Bill Bentley

DVDanger: Kill or Be Killed

Western revenge, Texas style

"...But this isn’t the Western John Wayne would recognize. This is much more the noir..."

March 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...John Wayne liked to play chess and was a top..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Cracking the Nightmare Code

Director Mark Netter on his new techno-horror

"...code in The Godfather, or the hero code in John Wayne movies." As humans become more dependent on technology,..."

Sept. 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: The St. Anthony Hotel

The legendary San Antonio hotel reopens with the look of modern luxury

"...The hotel that hosted Princess Grace and John Wayne has a new angular look with modern colors..."

July 31, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Our Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2015

The summer movie season has begun, and we've got opinions

"...involved trips to the drive-in to watch everything from John Wayne to Jane Fonda. I saw my first R-rated..."

May 1, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

The Hightower Report

Defending the Alamo – from a U.N. takeover

"...Santa Anna's army – with Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, John Wayne, and nearly every other defender being killed?..."

March 6, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

Austin Film Festival: Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West

Cats and dogs living together

"...of the Fabled American West” incarnated as a mysterious John Wayne impersonator replete with six-shooters and matching stallion.)..."

Oct. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

William Dear Says Freedom, R.I.P.

Biker tale 'The Northville Cemetery Massacre' revs at Weird Wednesday

"...to the corrupt sheriff. But he wasn't inspired by John Wayne and his white hats, but a bleaker visions..."

July 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: Musicians of Behavior

Actors are musicians of behavior

"...profound music that belies the simplicity of her songs. John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and Audrey Hepburn – they did..."

May 2, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Have Car, Will Travel for Film

Four Texas film festivals on the not-so-distant horizon

April 25, 2014 Screens Feature

'Pet Sounds'

Charles Long's menagerie of blobby sculptures beg to be touched, and coo approvingly when they are

"...everything from boxes to jewelry to the handles of John Wayne's six-shooters, this work creates a moody dreamscape of..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Face Off' Recap: Double the Work, Half the Pay-Off

Giant successes and monstrous mistakes this week on SyFy's FX show

"...judges, but when it comes to guests, we had John Rhys-Davis luvvying it up, and a bunch of DC..."

Feb. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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