Texas to Execute Father Accused of Murdering Child Despite Innocence Argument

Will Gov. Abbott allow Robert Roberson to be put to death?

"...ask Gov. Greg Abbott to stop the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson. Texas prison officials plan to..."

Sept. 27, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Marona's Fantastic Tale

Animated adventures of a hound with many owners is no pointless shaggy dog story

"...Yet joys are in short supply in her hard life and unfair death (fair warning: the whole story is..."

June 12, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

45 Years

A long-married couple begins to question their union

"...has been found, perfectly preserved in ice, 50 years after she fell to her death during an Alpine hiking..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Kick-Ass 2

Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl are back for more bloody and profane to bust more supervillain heads.

"...its own (frequently entertaining nonetheless) clusterfuck. The world of real-life, semi-superheroes has become a national movement of sorts after..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From Prada to Nada

Former Spy Kid Alexa Vega co-stars in this comedy that provides a Hispanic spin on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.

"...continues to entice filmmakers and authors nearly 200 years after her death, remains eminently fertile ground for modern retellings,..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM: The Thing About Words

Words are the property of all

"...He saw three trees in Eden: "the Tree of Life and Death, the Tree of Good and Evil –..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Tuber

First place

"...Meaning some things are plain meaningless. Meaning sometimes life has nothing to teach us. And this is your..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Mark Grayson Mayer

Gift guide

"...Turner Home Entertainment, $39.98Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Without Evidence: Executing Frances Newton

Another Texas death row case marked by official carelessness, negligence, and intransigence

"...is one more in a long line of Texas death row cases in which the prosecutions were sloppy or..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Very Long Engagement

The director of Amélie reunites with that film's star, Audrey Tautou, for this World War One love story.

"...World War I novel to the screen, but only after the international success of his last film, that bright,..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mostly Martha

"...finds herself the guardian of 8-year-old niece Lina (Foerste) after the sudden death of the girl's mother. That a..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Still Lives

Kate Breakey talks to Clay Smith about why she photographs dead birds and flowers and other animals.

"...In the afterword to Small Deaths (University of Texas Press, $65), a..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Arts Feature by Clay Smith

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...Me, a Steve Guttenberg-Shelley Long movie with a shelf life of about 10 minutes...."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

TV Eye

The cure to the summer rerun doldrums? HBO's Sex and the City and Six Feet Under.

"...are supposed to be fine television. But for the life of me, I have never been a big fan..."

June 8, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Saint Jackie

It was with high expectations of low class that Stephen MacMillan Moser embarked upon the latest crop of books about Jackie O. But shortly into it, he found himself thinking, "Where's the dirt?"

"...trampiness) would have landed him in the doghouse shortly after he entered the White House. Imagine: No Camelot. No..."

June 9, 2000 Books Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Desert Blue

"...around a barren New Mexico township, searching presumably for life, love, and answers, and finding very little of any..."

June 4, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All About Guitars

"...this year at Seven Percent Solution's South by Southwest after-hours party at Movements Gallery. Not that this attention radiated..."

April 16, 1999 Music Feature by Kim Mellen

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...it quickly becomes obvious George's engaging introduction was written after the book itself. "I'm offering no single organizing theory..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

Air Bud: Golden Receiver

"...aspirations, Air Bud: Golden Receiver falls somewhere between the After-School Special zone and that hellish gray area specially reserved..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Friend of the Deceased

"...and void and stifles almost every other aspect of life. A bleak, bitter satire from the Ukrainian director Krishtofovich..."

June 12, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...novelist at the height of his lengthy career, and after I completed The Buffalo Commons it no longer mattered..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets

"...of a decaying country manor whose greatest passions in life are his pet toad and sharing a pint down..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills

"...Baldwin, a Metallica fan, were charged with the murders after Jesse confessed during police questioning. Although each entered a..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Manny & Lo

"...their family ties involve, quite literally, bondage and kidnapping. After the death of their mother, 16-year-old Manny (Johansson) and..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider

"...Directed by: Catherine Warnow and Regina Weinreich. Starring: Nick Rafter, Shirley Knight and Rob Keith. Writers who are not..."

March 31, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blue Sky

"...rippling road becomes a metaphor for the family's turbulent life. Married to a major in the United States Army,..."

Oct. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

White

"...Tricolor of blue, white, and red, Kieslowski (The Double Life of Veronique) uses these colors as a structure for..."

June 24, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hated: G.G. Allin and the Murder Junkies

"...Directed by: Todd Phillips. The heroin-induced death of G.G. Allin last June was a decidedly anticlimactic..."

Oct. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Veterans Leading the Charge

Psychedelic healing around Austin and beyond

"...“On the outside, life was going well,” he said. “I was doing everything..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...Indian American woman, finally has sex with Vehd one afternoon but things quickly turn messy, causing a fight to..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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