Just Cos

SXSW Comedy headliner Bill Cosby shares his worst gigs ever

"...cows or rabbits? The answer is human beings. Okay, here we go...."

March 5, 2014 Arts Post by Raoul Hernandez

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wes Anderson's delightful animated film has room for both existentialist dread and a grinning joie de vivre.

"...even uses the same signature font (Futura) throughout. Anderson’s last two “variations,” The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou and..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...LIF5:30pm, Town Lake Stage @ Auditorium Shores In these days of political conservatism, few MCs are willing to take..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

The Italian Job

"...the sales figures of the Cooper Mini puncturing the stratosphere. BMW’s pip-squeak sexbomb of an automobile should rightfully be..."

May 30, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Good Thief

"...to mention Roger Duchesne, the original inveterate gambler Bob, here played by Nick Nolte. To the cineplex-going mainstream, Jordan’s..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sweet November

"...Cupid's quiver with a Sig Sauer 9mm pistol, but there you go. It's true. Doomed romance as packaged as..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Loser

"...characters, it was obvious she loved them too. But here, the types/targets are too easy, like a professor (Kinnear)..."

July 21, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Funky, renovated barn where VORTEX Repertory Company artistic director Bonnie Cullum recently crowed..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Closer Than Last Week

"...and remember, our crack staff of investigators (it says here) have developed a foolproof system for detecting ballot-stuffing (it..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Column

The Nutty Professor

"...to provide stand-up comics with enough fat jokes for days. When a beautiful new teacher by the name of..."

June 28, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Project S (aka Once a Cop)

"...Police Story 3, the huge Jackie Chan draw from last summer (Chan pulls out the stops on a brief..."

June 17, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography

"...get past that RTF 301 title, what you'll find here is an extremely engrossing meditation on an aspect of..."

April 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

For the Boys

"...as a vehicle to transport Midler back to the days of her early success as a raunchy songstress with..."

Dec. 6, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

The COVID-19 Long Haulers

Nearly 1 in 3 coronavirus survivors have strange, often changing symptoms without known causes or cures. Here’s what they and their doctors are doing about it.

"...experts have yet to resolve. How long will symptoms last? What causes them? Why do some people experience long..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Austin ISD Moves To 100% Remote Learning for the Week Following Thanksgiving

On-campus instruction will resume Dec. 7

"...Last night the Austin Independent School District announced it will..."

Nov. 26, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Checking In: The Still is Still Moving to Oliver Rajamani

ATX’s Romani Lone Star makes another auto doc, My Mind

"...added videos they listen to, so I added James Last, his orchestra. I’ve been listening to him since childhood,..."

Nov. 10, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Bus Stops and Court Benches

On immigration in McAllen

"...and people slowly pour out onto the parking lot. There are 60 of them, many parents holding small children...."

Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Martín Steinhagen

Action Point

Johnny Knoxville takes one for the team (again)

"...to get all misty-eyed about the lazy, hazy summer days of the Seventies, when health and safety was a..."

June 8, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Annette Bening soars in the last days of starlet Gloria Grahame

"...thought experiment: Pick any Meryl Streep performance of the last decade and then imagine Annette Bening in the part...."

Feb. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Graduation

A man goes to great lengths to secure a better life for his daughter

"...Mungiu shared the award for Best Director at last year’s Cannes Film Festival for Graduation, though the film..."

April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Grooving With Cass McCombs

“I don’t think people really understand that my music is experimental”

"...dweller’s eighth LP Mangy Love, which came out late last month, prompted the call. That and his show at..."

Sept. 14, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Wedding Ringer

Kevin Hart and Josh Gad crank out this aggressively dumb and un-embarrassingly sophomoric wedding comedy.

"...It is the rare film these days that is as aggressively dumb and un-embarrassingly sophomoric as..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Louis Black

Whit and Witticism

Nineties auteur Whit Stillman returns with 'Damsels in Distress'

"...Stillman's light campus comedy is, in fact, rather serious. Whereas mental illness (real or imagined) is a peripheral subject..."

April 27, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

My Life in Ruins

Nia Vardalos, who hit pay dirt with My Big Fat Greek Wedding, is on shakier ground with this clichéd story about an American tourist guide in Greece.

"...McGowan, María Adánez, Sheila Bernette and María Botto. If last summer’s Mamma Mia! left you with a hunger to..."

June 5, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rainin in Paradize 2

Manu Chao speaks

"...Rain’d in paradize last night. Finally. Rained fire in the Austin City Limits..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Hustle and Show

City Theatre Company's first year is a lesson in building a new stage and mounting a season at breakneck speed

"...theatre company opened the doors of its performance space last October as it simultaneously launched its first production, the..."

July 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

For the Sick: An Interview With Michael D. Williams

A post-jail interview with Eyehategod's frontman.

"...In “Last City Zero,” the opening poem from Cancer as a..."

June 20, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Neil Young: Heart of Gold

Jonathan Demme dreams us back to the golden age of performance films, in which Neil Young unfolds his latest album Prairie Wind in concert at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

"...rock & roll enthusiast not only records another The Last Waltz – figuratively speaking, in this case – he..."

March 17, 2006 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Halloween: Resurrection

"...in this perrenial fall franchise during the sweat-soaked dog days of summer makes about as much sense as releasing..."

July 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...is the centerpiece, what's the opening night movie? Well, there isn't one yet (expect that to be announced with..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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