SXSW TV Review: American Born Chinese

Disney+ graphic novel adaptation is not just another superhero show

"...explores racism through stereotypes for a platform that designed to create uncontroversial family friendly content?..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

Day Trips & Beyond: Texas Springs Under Threat

Visit these five watering holes while you can

"...Imagine sitting on the edge of a spring-fed pool with your feet dangling..."

April 20, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

This Week's Waste of Time

You have died of dysentery

"...If there's one thing we learned from computers in the early..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Alejandro Escovedo, Vagabond & Wandering Spirit

Iconic rocker’s love affair with the USA, part one

"...Saturday at the Moody Theater, Austin rock & roll icon Alejandro Escovedo..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Fantastic Fest Wave Three

Multiple monsters, sequels, and regulars (and RZA)

"...a certain sense of homecoming. Maybe that's a way to balance out the high weirdness of the programming, but..."

Sept. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Journeyman Neal Schon

Definitely progressive fusion rock

"...Long before “Don’t Stop Believin’” – and “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’,” “Any Way You..."

May 17, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Damsel

Austin's Zellner brothers head out to demolish myths of the Old West with Robert Pattinson

"...Austin mainstays the Zellner brothers have managed to make a Western genre..."

June 29, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Dolemite Is My Name

Eddie Murphy pays homage to the comedy genius of Rudy Ray Moore

"...Lemmon and Walter Matthau had a hand in inspiring riotously foul-mouthed comedian Rudy Ray Moore’s transition from a Redd..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Science Fair

The future is as bright as these charming science kids

"...a new generation. Filmmakers Costantini and Foster previously worked together on the first episode of Netflix's The Naked Truth..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Ida

Concisely but with great depth, this Polish film explores questions of individual and national identity.

"...nationalities, physical appearances – all are things that are bequeathed to us by those who came before. But what..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...We had a little bit of the Christmas morning feeling when the complete lineup for the..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Daughter From Danang

"...emotionally unsparing but polished and unobtrusive in its production. The camera follows Heidi Bub, a military wife and mother..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters

The remarkable journey – and uncertain toll – of Steve Bilich's 'Native New Yorker'

"...Every film has a backstory just like every life has a history, but rarely..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

An old adversary spices up an otherwise very Dragon Ball-y flick

"...Few franchises have become as new-viewer-unfriendly as the the 38-year-old Dragon Ball series. What started off as..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Every Body

RBG director introduces the lives of intersex individuals

"...Director Julie Cohen is finally on her own. Having previously..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

AFS Announces 2020 Short Film Grant Recipients

Projects from Austin, Dallas, El Paso get support

"...forbidden anger; friendship and technical creativity between two teenagers. These topics and more are part of the stories told..."

Dec. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...cause for joy, but for thousands of filmmakers, it's the annual time of frayed nerves and to-the-quick-bitten nails, as..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Crazy in Alabama

"...Directed by: Antonio Banderas. Starring: Fannie Flagg, Noah Emmerich, Robert Wagner, Richard..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Money Changes Everything

Greg Pak's 'Robot Stories' is ap-pealing to just about everyone, seven years after his appeal to the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund launched his career.

"...Director Greg Pak's Robot Stories is the most entertainingly humanistic..."

May 7, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Learning One's Letters

Why was Oscar Wilde's 'Letter to Momma' lurking undiscovered in Texas?

"...Paper conservators have a tendency to get so absorbed in the..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

Who Killed Father Ryan?

A 1981 Odessa murder haunts crime researchers, the Catholic Church, and an ex-con determined to prove his innocence

"...a deeply suntanned man, about 40 years old, walked into the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Boise, Idaho, and..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Finding Refuge

UT theatre students cross borders with the acclaimed artists of the Moving Company in Refugia

"...Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq. Hundreds of thousands entering the U.S. from Mexico each year. One Estonian composer emigrating..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"...!important; font-family: 'Gotham A','Gotham B'; font-weight: 800 !important; } photograph by Todd V. Wolfson..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Full Circle

Ali to his friends, Shakey Graves to the world

"..."I choose to weave my life into a narrative that's sitting there..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

NBA Playoffs: Thoughts and Notes

Spurs the team to beat in the West

"...After a weird 66-game season, after an elbow to the back of the dome, after a guy missed..."

April 30, 2012 Sports Post by Will Schmidt

Light and Power

The Future of Seaholm

"...photograph by Minh Sunbeams stream through the clerestory windows, delineating..."

May 8, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...Miss Manners once passed along an MP3 file to fellow KOOP 91.7FM host Ryan Blake, offering a rare..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Austin's Sustainable Secret

Student-founded Green Is the New Black makes renewable energy at Huston-Tillotson

"...In many ways, Green Is the New Black is like any other student organization on..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Krewe Kuts: Pride Edition

The Gay Place Krewe has the final word on Austin Pride.

"...We know we're tardy for the party. Pride has come and gone and Austin's queertizens..."

Oct. 8, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Summers of Youth: Director Atsuko Ishizuka Says Goodbye, Don Glees!

The anime artist creates a new tale of adolescence and loss

"...era when it seems like every anime released in the West is either another chapter in a juggernaut franchise,..."

Feb. 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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