Sniper 66 Conceptualize Austin's First Serial Killer

The street-punk vets tell the tale of the Servant Girl Annihilator

"..."He was the first serial killer in the U.S., starting in 1884 right here in..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Killer Lifestyle

Patty Schemel doc Hit So Hard remembers living and dying in the 1990s

"...(and later, her aggressive, moneyed weirdness), the band's unabashed ambition, and its failure to abandon pop structures and standard..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Lover of the Last Empress

"...transforms herself into a cruel and merciless bitch. Her ambition destroys everyone around her and leads to a predictably..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Dangerous Touch

"...a couple of years back with a film called Ambition. The puny plot of Dangerous Touch has Phillips playing..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Something Wicked This Way Comes ... Again!

Dueling Macbeths on the stages of Austin prove once again this Shakespearean killer's undying popularity.

"...classical drama. Like some Elizabethan ancestor to the ruthless killer of Camp Crystal Lake, he stalks the stage, leaving..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Crimes That Paid

In Jesse Sublett's top reads of 2014, wherever the protagonists go, trouble follows

"...district attorney turned crime novelist) at her appearance for Killer Ambition (Mulholland Books), and the BookPeople appearance of Austin..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Ones Who Will Take Your Dead

Director's real life experiences with gang members inspire horror

"...a joke, a one-shot gag about how badass the killer is. That's not William, the begrudging protagonist of I'll..."

June 15, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF2012: 'Francophrenia (Or Don't Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is)'

In James Franco's mind, no one can hear you scream

"...to see, in spirit and in sheer unfettered artistic ambition...."

Oct. 20, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Will Patton, Harry Connick, Jr. (R, 110 min.) Serial killers are in vogue in the movies - witness the..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Will Patton, Harry Connick, Jr. (R, 110 min.) Serial killers are in vogue in the movies - witness the..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...can be a tough and ruthless town, a real killer. Therefore, who better to grab all that bull by..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Black Panther

High drama and high action as Marvel gives Wakanda life.

"...black leads before, but nothing of this scale, or ambition, or with so many African-American creatives involved at every..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...silliness both especially memorable. Ultimately, however, the Hughes Brothers' ambition is admirable, but, as with their main character, ambition..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...Siegel A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home. Cast: Kate Siegel, John Gallagher..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Broke Up

Awkward anti-rom-com can't work out what kind of funny to be

"...The setup is killer, the title fulfilled in a handful of minutes. As..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Photograph

Get ready for romance with this Valentine’s release about family secrets

"...got away, his one true love whose talent and ambition led her to leave the Big Easy behind for..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beyond the Mask

Christian swashbuckler changes the storytelling mode but not the message

"...Having more ambition than apparent budget, Beyond the Mask suffers from a..."

June 12, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Screamlines

"...the nerd, bubbling over with sexual energy and social ambition, becomes cool. Louise the witch, erratically powerful, learns how..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Exhibitionism

"...CHICAGO: STILL A KILLER..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Arts Review

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...department are the dueling meteor movies Deep Impact (whose "killer" opening business has already set new summer records) and..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...there any other kind?) who stumble across a serial killer whose motivation seems to be lifted directly from the..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Lake of Scented Souls) and Tuo Zhong Hua (Zodiac Killers), for their turns as the mother and son, respectively...."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Self Portraits, Carnivals, and Cannibalism in Our Recommended Events

The weekend in arts and culture

"...years on and they still sniff about his naked ambition to have the kind of success that Basquiat and..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

November Previews

"...possesses more drive than cash. Yet nothing daunts his ambition and nothing deters his will, though the observer might..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...same source material that inspired Leonard Kastle's The Honeymoon Killers -- a story about an overweight woman and her..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film

Film Reviews

"...crime they didn't commit (something to do with a killer computer virus capable of capsizing a fleet of oil..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

We Give Two Thumbs Up to These Weekend Events

Arty and culture-y things to get up to

"...and Morgan Freeman track down the methodical seven-deadly-sins serial killer on the big screen, even while already knowing what’s..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: Oddity

A wickedly fun blend of melodrama and horror

"...is able to use a personal belonging of Dani’s killer to peer into her final night on earth. But..."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

OroBianco Italian Creamery Makes Magic With Water Buffalo Milk

Making mozzarella from white gold

"...the tools to get this thing done, other than ambition.'"..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

2019's Big Stories Shaping Austin's Path Into a New Decade

Never a slow news day

"...project could be the center-piece that delivers on that ambition. The November rejection of the Proposition B citizen initiative..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

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