Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...the brim. Dancers swirl on the packed dance floor and looky-loos line the border all around, watching the movement..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

All Down the Line

Forget the Exile on Main St. reissue. Here's the 1972 Stones in all their cinematic glory, plus a 1981 bonus to make it a double feature.

"...Rolling Stones magnum opus reboot, Exile on Main St., and now Keith Richards' sensational autobiography Life – published Monday..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...first announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Perfect Man

Less a feature film than 90 minutes of tweenage feminine wish fulfillment, The Perfect Man is like Teen People come to life.

"...Directed by: Mark Rosman. Starring: Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear, Chris Noth, Mike O’Malley,..."

June 17, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...SXSW Film Festival staff received about 1,500 narrative features and 1,000 documentaries, and narrowed that down to about 150..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'The Sporting Life': … or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving to Lose

"...   I must destroy Happy Jack.    I am a sporting man, a gambler, and man of leisure. I am a..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Sex, Lies, and Katie Folger

The Austin artist on her new show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man

"...In the grand history of dating and hookups, there's going to be..."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Gadgets and Gizmos

From digital derring-do to super sculpey miniatures, imagination turns into mind-blowing matter in Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

"...today, Austin's Robert Rodriguez has embraced the digital filmmaking lifestyle, from pre-production to post, and, truth be known, it..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Fuel and Frost

Nixon film and doc review response offer different kinds of surprises

"...it's all montage set to a soundtrack of too many beats. The only time it slows down, the noises..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Column by Louis Black

No Beyoncé, Lots of Jelly Roll, and More Takeaways From the CMT Music Awards

Best and worst moments from the ceremony’s uneven Moody Center return

"...Red Solo cups were raised in memory of Toby Keith. A Phil..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Walkabouts, Rallies, and Carnaval in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

The chilly weekend is heating up

"...curing that vagina pain with healthy doses of laughter and sobs. This one-woman show broke barriers at Edinburgh Festival..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Spider-Man 3

When cascading through the cityscape, Spider-Man 3 still makes us gasp with delight, but on Earth those gasps come solely in reaction to the cynical dreariness of the script.

"...James Cromwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Dylan Baker, Rosemary Harris and J.K. Simmons. Ever since 2004’s Spider-Man 2 became one..."

May 4, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...to a Jewish Orthodox Polish immigrant turned window washer and a young German spitfire working in a bakery on..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...be found in last week's issue. The symbols (RP) and (WP) indicate regional and world premieres...."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"..."I program a lot with my gut," explained producer and senior programmer Jarod Neece. "I was a biochem major,..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Wrapped and Ready

"...Christmas." Oh, there's plenty of the regular old drama standards and entertainment for the kids and family alike. But..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Ol' Webhead's latest adventure is a breathtaking masterpiece

"...Directed by: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson...."

June 2, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...certain kind of mood or movie. Summer is light and carefree, aimed at all the kids out of school..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

This Is My Life

LZ Love's reveal: dance music!

"...LZ Love's gaze lifts, and her light brown eyes shine. Her face displays the..."

June 4, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...The short unhappy life of Sophia Chante King came to a sudden end..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...he is an aficionado, one for whom the beat and the noise and fury was All, punk rock has..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Trans Rights, Comedy Nights, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...sense of grief only members of a diaspora can understand. Houston-born photographer and activist Irene Antonia Diane Reece concentrates..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...deep into southerly latitudes, to Sydney, Australia. The torch, and all its coinciding headiness and headaches, passes by the..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...Joe Dishner had left to go into film production, and Ed Lowry had just headed off to teach at..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Right Man for the Job

Charlie Robison says 'fuck everybody.'

"..."I don't suffer fools easily and never will," says Robison. "I haven't and won't make..."

June 29, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Alejandro Escovedo – Not Slowing Down

Third annual Moody show on Saturday whips up a hurricane

"...Ten days into 2015, Alejandro Escovedo takes the ACL Live at the Moody Theater..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

10 Freaks and Geeks to Redefine Austin Music

Local passion projects with singular visions

"...Attic Ted Once upon a time in the Nineties, San Marcos artist Grady..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Man With Two Brains

Ghostland Observatory pulls back the curtain

"...Braids intact and trademark shades whipped off, Aaron Behrens bursts through the..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Burn Down the Mission

Darden Smith

"...things are more painful than shifting through the ashes. And yet, the remarkable thing is, no matter how blackened..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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