Take Me to the River

Memphis and Stax Records music artists from an earlier era mentor a younger generation in this ambient documentary.

"...Everybody gets caught up in the lovefest Take Me to the River, the scruffy documentary about the recording..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Drag Me to Hell: The Wait Is Almost Over

Sam Raimi shows a work-in-progress print of his new horror film Drag Me to Hell at a SXSW midnight screening

"...Raimi's work-in-progress print of his new horror film Drag Me to Hell is definitely one of those things. Fans..."

March 16, 2009 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Toddler and Me

The Music Awards walk, not crawl.

"...There’s no moment in the day right now that isn’t inflated with..."

Feb. 18, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Don't Let Me Fall

One ancient, cracked 45 opens the doors to the church of the Relatives

"...blue van, banging on the side and waiting for something cold, but the man under the hood is not..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Adaptation of Judy Blume's classic is just as perfectly poignant as the book

"...Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. is not the first page-to-screen adaptation of a..."

April 28, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Take Two Aspirin and Ping Me in the Morning

Heath care: an oral future

"...Translating a message that might save mankind, John Nosta sounds like one..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Take Me Home: Kelley Mickwee

Trishas singer steps out front

"...After spending years singing as a duo with Jed Zimmerman and finding success with the currently on-hiatus Trishas, Mickwee..."

July 22, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...other music industry hopefuls at Austin's annual spring break megaconference...."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Let Me Show You Something You May Have Missed

Sean Perry's photographs offer to show you familiar settings in a whole new light

"...the world need another photograph of Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium? You might not think so. After all, we've..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM: SXSW: Let Me Guess

Rio eyed Shreveport. Shreveport eyed Rio.

"...that, Rio opened a beer while Shreveport watched suspiciously. (Names have been changed to protect the guilty.)..."

March 11, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Knowing Black

"...in college in Austin in the Seventies before he formed The Austin Chronicle. I was just a kid back..."

April 15, 2010 Postmarks

Austin Playhouse's She Loves Me

This old-fashioned rom-com musical oozes charm and earns its Pollyanna platitudes

"...If the musical She Loves Me were any more adorable, it would be licking your..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Bob Abelman

Knowing One's Station

What does it mean to be the hostess with the mostest?

"...It's Sunday morning and it's time to go to the church of brunch. We've arrived..."

June 19, 2015 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Beam Me Up, Simon

Simon Pegg carefully engineers his role in 'Star Trek Into Darkness'

"...WWJDD? What would James Doohan do? That's the question behind every moment of..."

May 17, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Don't Fence Me In

The Fun Fun Fun Fest schedule arrives, Flesh Lights return from touring with the Hives, and Tim O'Connor lives to fight another day

"...of July wasn't quite as notable as mine. I came home late that night to find my front yard..."

July 13, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Let Me Paint You a Picture

Movies were made to be shared

"...Parental Accompaniment, Not for the Prudish..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Not All of Me Will Die:
Remembering Joe Watson

In remembrance of The Brick Row Book Shop's Joe Watson

"...Sometimes I find myself missing my old hometown even though..."

Oct. 23, 2010 Books Post by Sidney Brammer

Advantage of Knowing Waiter's Name

"...chummy waiters. I don't want to know a waiter's name, and I don't want them to know mine" [“Split..."

Nov. 7, 2005 Postmarks

Cine Las Americas 2022 Review: Hazlo Por Mi (Do It For Me)

Spanish drama finds innocence in a warm, unlikely friendship

"...of the house, he is soon burdened with the former inhabitant’s herd of cows. Not knowing how to take..."

June 23, 2022 Screens Post by Valeria Valdez

Marathon House Debate Yields “Show Me Your Papers” Sanctuary Cities Bill

Amendment lets cops question detainees' immigration status

"...R-Lubbock, imposes civil and criminal penalties on local law enforcement leaders who don’t fully comply with federal immigration policies..."

April 27, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

'Face Off' Recap: Quit Bugging Me

The last remaining Austinite joins the creepy-crawly challenge

"...Could we be more predictable? How about something that's not monstrous? I mean, I know this is..."

Feb. 26, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Looking at the USA, Not Knowing Whether to Laugh or Cry

"...Dear Editor, A friend in Holland recently told me that better-educated people in the world are looking at..."

Dec. 15, 2007 Postmarks

Knowing Me Knowing You

The 'Knowing Me Knowing You' two-disc set comprises all six episodes of the show, one of the most hilarious satirical comedies in recent memory. and is loaded with special features

"...Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge: The Complete Series..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Review by Jess Sauer

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

Jessica Chastain plays Her and James McAvoy plays Him, and together they're Them in intriguing head-scratcher.

"...Directed by: Ned Benson. Starring: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Viola Davis, William Hurt, Isabelle Huppert, Ciarán Hinds,..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

B.B. King Saved My Life

He played blues so we can find a way through ours

"...the Blues” for the past 50 years, but for me, Riley “Blues Boy” King remains the man who showed..."

May 15, 2015 Music Post by Bill Bentley

The Man

Bobby “Blue” Bland (1930-2013) made me one too

"...Though he passed away last Sunday at 83, for me Bland will live forever. He came into my life..."

June 28, 2013 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Simone

"...and Al Pacino. In our current age of digitized media where truly lifelike images of dinosaurs routinely trundle across..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Longshots

Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst directs Ice Cube and others in this sports movie about the first girl to play Pop Warner youth football.

"...Directed by: Fred Durst. Starring: Ice Cube, Keke Palmer, Tasha Smith, Jill Marie Jones, Dash Mihok, Matt Craven,..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Running With Scissors

This film depiction of Augusten Burroughs' hellish childhood is tonally fractured and features a series of performances that pitch and yaw between "normal" and utterly mad.

"...as I can tell, this adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' memoir of family dysfunction finally and irrevocably lost me right..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spotlight

This terrific newspaper movie gets all the elements right

"...Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Brian d’Arcy James, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Len Cariou, Billy Crudup, Paul..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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