Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...Fantastic Fest – the Austin-based film festival dedicated to horror, sci-fi, action, and..."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Wen Ren’s End-of-the-World Drama Last Sunrise Found Its Spark in China

Light in the dark

"...There can be no more definitive end of the world..."

July 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Local Exhibitions Point to Ways People of Color Were Freed but Still Aren't Free

The Carver Museum asks: Freedom when?

"..."Awaiting Freedom" – those words greet visitors just inside the entrance to the Carver Museum, Cultural..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Getting to Oz Through Austin Arts

Area arts events make a Yellow Brick Road to The Wizard of Oz in Zilker Park

"...Summer is the season of travel, of leaving your humdrum, gray existence..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

DVDanger: Building The Iron Giant

Tim McCanlies talks behind-the-scenes of the animated classic

"...There are few American animated features more beloved than The..."

Sept. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: When Horror Came to Shochiku

Criterion box set restores a lost corner of J-horror

"...Imagine a world where Twila Tharp released the Friday the 13th films. That was kind of what..."

Dec. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Fun Platform

Helen Knode's new murder mystery finds her leaving noir and stepping into the light

"...of those slight, reluctant action heroines of late – the ones with the dragon tattoos and the bow-and-arrow setups...."

April 27, 2012 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

Into the Heart

U2 drops the 'Atomic Bomb'

"...To get an idea how U2 rates on the longevity..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

End of the Line

The Short and Troubled History of Austin's Streetcar System

"...His Austin Rapid Transit Railway Company was one of the best ways to get potential home buyers to look..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...This is what Sagebrush was made for. The South Congress honky-tonk is full to the brim. Dancers..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

"...The South by Southwest speaker list for the conference side..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Wednesday

The buzzy, the brave, the thrash-able twee-pop

"...Day three of South by Southwest’s first Music week since 2019 began to radiate the..."

March 17, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

An Immigrant Family Brings Iranian Cuisine to Austin

Chef Amir Hajimaleki and his family honor the fundamentals of Persian cuisine in all six of their restaurants

"...is currently bringing his fourth, fifth, and sixth restaurants to fruition in Austin. "Growing up in Iran – in..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Austin Playwright’s Final Play Might Have Died With Him, but a Community Joined Together to Ensure Its Survival

Saving Jason Tremblay’s Gretel! The Musical

"...a taleteller happened upon an idea for a new story. So he began eagerly stitching words together that he..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin's First Cannabis Oil Dispensary Is Ready to Grow

Compassionate Cultivation prepares to serve epilepsy patients

"...Austin mother Katie Graham plays a delicate balancing act. Her 7-year-old..."

Dec. 1, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Flapper Era

What 'Flappy Bird' can tell us about the present and future of game design

"...This is the story of Flappy Bird, a little game about flying..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

The Road to 10-1

The City Council districting destination is settled. Is anybody driving the bus?

"...On Nov. 7, Ken Mory awoke to an early, complicated Christmas present that would require extensive..."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Two Sides to His Story

Manuel Gonzales leads the nonprofit Austin Bat Cave into uncharted territory while readying for a rapid literary ascent of his own

"...are busy, and a bright, warm equilibrium exists between the interior and exterior. The light is pristine. Two girls..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Try To Remember

How two kids from UT changed the course of the American musical

"...title that portends a career of earthshaking import in the fine arts. But what can you do, Posterity? That..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Inside the Actor's Superego

How Michael Baldwin got here (hint: It involves a showbiz upbringing, Oreo cookies, and shrieking armadas of flying, brain-sucking spheres)

"...If, by chance, you happened to be a teenage girl living in Japan in 1976,..."

July 1, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin @ Large: The End of the Roads

The toll plan takes us down the right path, but there's still a long way to go

"...Let me start off by apologizing to those readers who felt my column last week went..."

July 30, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Here Come the Transporters

In the endless Central Texas transportation wars, the lions and the lambs look for ways to make peace

"...week, two nights, two PowerPoints, two different parts of town, two different community meetings on two different transportation plans...."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Life by the Drop

The return of Doyle Bramhall

"...The coffin-shaped door of the dive at Eighth and Red..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...The short unhappy life of Sophia Chante King came to..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

"...photograph by Minh Carrico..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

The Last Shall Be First

New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin

"...The last night of 2005 will be the first night..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West

"...Directed by: Bruce Neibaur. The danger of the uncharted West comes to life in..."

April 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...We've already teased some of the highlights of the just-announced SXSW Film 2011 lineup –..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...The following program notes were originally printed in conjunction with..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Imagining the Scene

Christopher McCollum on Set Design

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson From the outside, the home..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

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