Life

Astronauts discover that a wall won't keep out a new alien life form

"...In the reincarnated horror film Life, the real dread comes from the feeling you’ve seen..."

March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Wild Life

An animated spin on Robinson Crusoe

"...befriend their shipwrecked visitor and his loyal canine. (Spoiler alert: The dog’s subsequent fate will upset both child and..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Train of Life

"...in the peculiar tradition of such Holocaust dramedys as Life Is Beautiful and, to a lesser degree, Mel Brooks'..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sound the Alarms: Does Central Texas Need a Storm Alert System?

Austinites struck by surprise when tornadoes swept the I-35 corridor on Monday

"...anymore because of the near ubiquity of cellphones. Emergency alert text services are offered by the offices of emergency..."

March 25, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

TV Storm Surge ... and the Demanding Life of a 'Statesman' Editor

What would we do without TV during a storm?

"...Wednesday night, the National Weather Service triggered the emergency alert system to warn TV viewers of looming danger. Flee..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...comparatively miserable. I worried I had been day-job-spoiled for life by my time video clerking. Luckily, touring in a..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

'Life, the Universe, and Everything' Bowl

"...I propose this to CBS 42: Let’s have the Life, The Universe, and Everything Bowl (it’s a Douglas Adams..."

Sept. 17, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

App Alert: 'Hundreds'

A deceptively simple and deeply satisfying game for iPad

"...electronic rustle of a killer buzzsaw coming back to life become necessary warnings leaving your eyes free to keep..."

Jan. 8, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Cool App Alert: Awesome Eats

Austin-made app lets kids play with their food

"...didn’t realize just how much it would change my life...."

June 27, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Cute Band Alert!

W-S Burn creeps through the woods.

"...one of the most enjoyable musical experiences of my life."..."

July 24, 2007 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Grandma Steven: Austin’s Very Own Golden Girl

This bearded queen is not your average nana

"...own golden girl, Grandma Steven, and she has the Life Alert® button to prove it...."

Dec. 20, 2019 Qmmunity Post by A. Micah Mills

Admission

Tina Fey and Paul Rudd go rom-drahm, while Lily Tomlin runs circles around everyone.

"...claims to love her high-pressured job and child-free home life with Mark (Sheen), the chair of the English department...."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blue Is the Warmest Color

This three-hour-long French film has been much hyped for its graphic sexual content, but it's the less explicit stuff that makes it worth a watch.

"...An alert, inquisitive 17-year-old, Adèle (Exarchopoulos) is hungering for fireworks, fatedness,..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Girl in the Spider's Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story

Lisbeth Salander is back, and now she's James Bond

"...two more novels (including this film adaptation), the complicated life of this woman continues to unfold with new secrets..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Vengo

"...it to stave off the inevitable vagaries of Romany life. Gatlif is known foremost for his 1993 documentary Latcho..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Miss You Already

Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette co-star as best friends facing crises

"...and Jess (Barrymore, who also narrates) are facing major life changes at the same time. Milly – impeccably put-together..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mistress America

Greta Gerwig borrows from Holly Golightly in Noah Baumbach's new comedy

"...the thrill of it all, Brooke’s seemingly charmed, quasi-boho lifestyle. But Tracy’s also a sponge, and a cutthroat. Like..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jimmy's Hall

Ken Loach film is based on an episode in the life of Jimmy Gralton

"...than the political and historical in this dramatization of real-life figure Jimmy Gralton (Ward), a firebrand who returns in..."

July 31, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live-Action

An uneven selection does not represent the best narrative shorts

"...roundabout code to the dispatcher so as not to alert the driver, whose actual intentions are maddeningly unclear. It’s..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Waves

A bracing dive into a Floridian family set adrift

"...dark and soul-shattering first half – familial storm warning alert! – later on gives way to the possibility of..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Traffik

Sleazy modern exploitation falls off its poorly staked moral high ground.

"...some swimming pool hanky-panky, a home invasion scenario, a life-threatening pursuit in a darkened woods (to quote Thelma Ritter:..."

April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Salesman

Gripping drama from the director of A Separation

"...first-person observations in this intensely observational film, which is alert to the background sounds of children playing, a theatre..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Congress

This live-action/animated hybrid starring Robin Wright is total stoner bait.

"...when Hollywood has become an animated zone. It’s a real-life Looney bin, where cartoon incarnations party hard with fin..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Wolf of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese's latest take on the American hoodlum is a relentlessly wild ride.

"...to fleece victims from their money, sure as any lowlife pickpocket. Based on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort (adapted..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tomorrow Is Better

Walter Meyer is more than just a survivor of Nazi Germany; Katherine Catmull reveals why.

"...a warm, vivid eyrie, spilling over with color and life. That makes it all the more difficult to realize..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull

Campus Hacks: University of Texas

Surprisingly, hook 'em isn't the only thing you need to know

"...Acres,” incoming Longhorns. You have much to learn about life on the actually-434-acres of the UT Austin campus, so..."

Aug. 23, 2017 Chronolog Post by Maria Mendez

Sirkus Maximus

Douglas Sirk's Fifties film melodramas expose a world of emotional turbulence lurking beneath the placid surface of the Eisenhower years.

"...Magnificent Obsession in 1954. His final film, Imitation of Life, was released in 1959 and was Universal's biggest box-office..."

May 12, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cult Film Hero Don Coscarelli Turns a Page

Phantasm director discusses his new memoir

"...fascinating phenomenon were it not for the memoirs and true-life “How I Did It” books that reveal the many..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Zoe Bell on 'Raze'

Tarantino's favorite tough lady talks underground fighting

"...Zoe Bell has done some tough things in her life. But beating up Doug Jones, the nicest man in..."

May 24, 2014 Screens Post

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...her first lineup. Like many who inhabit it, Muse's life has been dramatically altered by the Kerrville experience. It..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

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