The Tree of Life

Terrence Malick's latest film bursts with unbridled ambition and vision, and while it doesn't always reach the heights for which it aims, it soars boldly and fearlessly.

"...Directed by: Terrence Malick. Starring: Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Sean Penn, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler and..."

June 3, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

It's a Gas, Gas, Gas

South Austin's Neon Transformers Light Up Life South of the River

"...They admit they love it: seeing their work illuminated and towering..."

Jan. 19, 2001 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Life Again in Oz

On the 20th anniversary of the premiere of her play Ozma of Oz, Suzan Zeder revisits Frank Baum's enchanted land to turn the show into a musical and finds a part of herself there.

"...The dog is 20 years old. "We got her with the first royalty check," she grins, from her play..."

April 21, 2000 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

"...Directed by: Chuck Workman. Starring: Viva, Dennis Hopper, Ultra Violet, Tom Wolfe, Holly..."

Aug. 2, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"...using the phrase, 'I just got off the phone with Kim Kardashian,'" said Bryce Benjet, lead attorney for Rodney..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

"Other Forms of Life" at the Contemporary Austin

With her mysterious and compelling artwork, Huma Bhabha puts us face to alien face

"...I first came across the work of New York-based modern artist Huma Bhabha earlier this..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Arts Feature by Sumaiya Malik

Playback: Shakey Graves’ Active Dream Life

“I figured it was important to rebreak the mold sooner than later”

"...On Alejandro Rose-Garcia's kitchen table, there sits a miniature habitat he built of..."

May 4, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Best Year of Her Life

After her hellish 2012, comedian Tig Notaro is feeling great

"...Not Disturb” signs and her sequence of chance encounters with ephemeral Eighties pop star Taylor Dane. Those bits highlighted..."

Oct. 14, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Nik Wallenda: Life on the Wire

In which we send an aerialist to talk to a stuntman. Whoa.

"...[From the Editor: Last week, aerialist Raven Hinojosa spoke with tight-rope aerial..."

May 19, 2011 Arts Post by Raven Hinojosa

Lucie 'splains It All

Austin Cabaret presents Lucie Arnaz, and here we have a lovely convo.

"...Lucie Arnaz comes this Sunday to entertain Austin as..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Arts Post by Kate X Messer

Electric Sheep Co. of 'Second Life'

Herding pixels for fun and profit

"...You've probably already heard of the online 3-D world called Second Life: It's been getting a lot of..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Memory Harker

'Something Went Wrong'

Six months after he was killed by an Austin cop, Jessie Owens' family still wants some basic answers

"...least he thought so -- enough to have the words tattooed in fancy script on the fleshy part of..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Waking Life

This animated journey through one character's dreams is a stirring, motivational, and metaphysical head trip.

"...Richard Linklater. Starring: Wiley Wiggins. Early on in Waking Life, a character announces -- maybe even warns -- that..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Examined Life

Prior to a retrospective of his documentaries at SXSWFilm, D.A. Pennebaker reflects on a career spent as a fly on the wall.

"...today as influential as documentarian D.A. Pennebaker. Best known for his enormously influential film Don't Look Back, which followed..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Get It While You Can

"...Joplin running from? She must have been running from something; why else would she have ridden her rocket to..."

March 19, 1999 Books Feature

Something to Live For

"...photograph by Austin American-Statesman..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

The Riverboat Gamblers' Something to Crow About Turns 20

The album that made Austin's apex punks earns anniversary vinyl remaster

"...put the band on the map," says Riverboat Gamblers guitarist Ian MacDougall of Something to Crow About, the second..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Carson McHone: Still Life, Still Alive

Potent Austin songwriter, now married and living in Canada, explores themes of attachment and longing, uncertainty and loss on new album

"...point to: the moment when the slow shift to reality with COVID-19 became a fast and full tilt. Maybe..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Boy George’s New Life

Culture Club frontman relives the Seventies

"...The most subversive pop singer of the Eighties, Boy George brought alternative lifestyles into homes around the globe via..."

July 4, 2018 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Art or Parenting?

Four professional artists discuss how having kids has affected their careers and ways of working

"...Curious things happen as one grows a bit older in this creative town. One of them is..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

All or Nothing

Ian McLagan: Small Face, Face, auxiliary Rolling Stone, A-list sideman, Austinite

"..."He did something I never saw anybody do before he went onstage,"..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Where Does It Hurt?

With The Inside Story, Scott Rice gets people talking about mental health

"...Whether it's performers facing stage fright, artists dealing with depression, or..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bob Byington Sees the World, Writes Home About It

Harmony and Me's adventures in Australia

"...to Australia, we asked him to keep a journal for us of his travels. Back home now, Bob starts..."

March 8, 2011 Screens Post by Bob Byington

The Game of Life

An early look at Will Wright's Spore

"...video-game fans scanning the shelves at their local electronics store will soon find a box adorned with the simple..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Saltzman

Life and Work, Light and Dark

How the legacy of Townes Van Zandt more than met its match in 'some dumb New York girl'

"...Margaret Brown is drinking a lot of coffee with her migas at her neighborhood Tex-Mex-eria as she talks..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

'Sanctity of Life'

"...Dear Editor, Like many Americans, I recently watched some of the..."

April 7, 2005 Postmarks

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

Bill Murray won't get the elusive Oscar for this one – for all its visual majesty, The Life Aquatic is too slight – but the film is nevertheless a funny, bewildering, and giddy spectacle.

"...Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Bud Cort, Seu Jorge, Robyn Cohen, Waris Ahluwalia and..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

His Whole Life

How Lake Austin Spa and Resort chef Terry Conlan rose to the top without losing his perspective and priorities

"...the image that frequently comes to mind is clawing, or scaling mighty heights. The accompanying fallout includes, in this..."

March 21, 2003 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...The space is small and austere: fluorescent bulbs and walls of bare brick, a window for..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bring It

'Soldier of Cinema' Werner Herzog unloads on the state of short film and the ancient Greek drama that is WWF

"...Has there ever been another filmmaker like Germany's Werner Herzog?..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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