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South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

Texas' death chamber is only heating up

Horrors: A nanny finds that her new charge is a life-sized doll

A well-researched and swiftly paced historical novel for grown-up girls who dreamed of being knights

And other non-spoilery bits about Sunday’s season 3 premiere

'Chronicle' staff past and present on 20 years of covering SXSW Film

Criterion box set restores a lost corner of J-horror

A surreal musical recording of the 1940s yields a charming stage spectacle today

Katniss Everdeen wins the Hunger Wars and our hearts.

Harry Knowles wants to reinvent Famous Monsters of Filmland for the digital generation

Learning Buddy Holly's game, 203 tracks at a time

Julie Taymor takes the timelessness of the Beatles' music and yanks it earthward into a minefield of literalism.

This British coming-of-age drama and romantic comedy is fairly predictable, although the charming actors manage to keep the story’s characters just this side of stereotype and mediocrity.

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

Lots of information and finely honed arguments characterize this vicariously thrilling and joyous documentary that explores heavy metal’s many permutations and sheer endurance over the past 30-odd years.

Environmentalists and Hays County clash over river-clearing project

Linklater maps out our 'Fast Food Nation'; plus, Andrew Shapter, Dante James, and a Mitchum among us

Our readers talk back.

Shot over the course of 10 years, underground filmmkaker Jim Van Bebber tells the story we all think we know. This time, however, the story graphically unfolds from the perspective of Charles Manson.

Steve Earle brings Townes Van Zandt's ghost along on Silver City's magical mystery tour; it hangs around for the Toronto Film Festival

By popular demand, the boys of 'The Dead Presidents' Club' are back in town

Picks & Sleepers

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

Months of speculation come to an end as Austin Lyric Opera appoints conductor Richard Buckley to the position of artistic director.

Drummer Ernie Durawa's Way of Knowledge.

There was no snow at Sundance this year, but a strong slate nonetheless.

Local asses contribute to community.

The former bakery turned arts center on Tillery gets another tenant, Austin Musical Theatre gets an executive director, and Zachary Scott Theatre Center alums get plum acting gigs on opposite coasts.