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

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...The Texas State Capitol is currently playing host to an..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Revenge, Deferred in Stephen Mills' Hamlet

Post-pandemic, Stephen Mills brings his career-defining Hamlet back to Ballet Austin

"...Ballet is often about the intersection of classic stories and instantly recognizable classical music...."

Sept. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Questioning AI

Terrible taste is pretty much hardwired into the American aesthetic

"...– even in casual conversation – I immediately suspect they are trying to trigger my RHCPPTSD and bait me..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jay Trachtenberg’s Top Books of 2021

In a lost year, retrospectives and reprints with new context were comfort reads

"...In light of the naked antisemitism on display in our fair..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

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 of..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Jason Lutes: Berlin

Texas Book Festival brings the author and his magnum opus to Austin

"...City of stones. City of smoke. City of light...."

Oct. 22, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Courage Moves in Ballet Austin's Exit Wounds

For his new dance, choreographer Stephen Mills turned to moments of inspiration in his own life

"...An older woman facing the end of life. Three young men facing AIDS in..."

April 6, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be the top to its tail as closing night films, and..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: The Best of Times …

Remaining optimistic in a world spinning into darkness

"...It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,..."

May 5, 2017 News Column by Michael King

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2016

These inductees – Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz and Stephen Mills, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Peter Bay – are cultural heroes who lead by example

"...That the vitality of Austin's cultural scene is owed to its..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...When the discipline under discussion is dance, it's the nature of..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Luv Doc: - * - = +

When is it appropriate to punch the Dalai Lama in the face?

"...to my girlfriend complaining to me about her friend. The negativity bothers me so much that I've told my..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Column

Metaldom Will Miss Red 7

Closing club moshes this final week

"...Australian pop hardcores Royal Headache unleashed “destructive joy” on the venue’s front room for 34 hold-your-breath minutes. Your favorite..."

Aug. 24, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback

Neil Young premieres his director's cut of Human Highway at SXSW, while Graham Reynolds brings Marfa to the Festival

"...Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter, rocker-of-the-free-world Neil Young dropped..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Plantation at Comal Bluff

Sneed House ruins tell a story beneath and behind modern Austin

"...written about what has come to be known as the "Sneed House." Like teasers in a TV news report,..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

Gay Place: PRETTY:UGLY

Punk rock San Antonio takes Austin in an ugly show of loveliness

"...New San Antonio punk band FEA took the grammatically gendered approach to their name: Ugly. Ugly, plain..."

April 11, 2014 Column

No Place on Earth

A spelunker in the Ukraine turns amateur sleeuth as he tries to make sense of the remnants he finds in a cave: They were left by Jews who hid there from the Nazis.

"...Made in conjunction with the History Channel’s theatrical documentary production wing, History Films (also..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Top 10 (+1) Dance/Classical Music Treasures of 2012

In 2012, dance memorably explored profound topics, and classical embraced Charlie Brown and George Washington

"...1) 'SOLO SYMPHONY' (Forklift Danceworks) A revelation – of the dance at the heart of an orchestral conductor's movements,..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Ensembles of 2012

The year's most memorable groupings in classical music, dance, and theatre

"...few years, we'll see this choral ensemble's name alongside the most distinguished in its genre. Thanks to James Morrow..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Other Notable Film Books

New collections from critics David Thomson and David Denby, Richard Burton's candid journaling, and more

"...The Big Screen: The Story of the Moviesby David Thomson..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Fantastic Fest Is Here To Bash Your Brains In

Shock, schlock, and awe at America's premier genre fest

"...way through my bathroom door with a fire axe. The joke's on him – it's a sliding door, sucka!..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

For the 20th time, a big hand for the nominees if you please

"...half-dozen arts writers are handing out honors to local theatre artists in the Continental Club, and the next, a..."

May 25, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chaos in Tejas Lists

"...Antisect (Sat., 11:15pm, Mohawk) These UK crust progenitors formed in 1982 only to dissolve..."

June 1, 2012 Music Feature

Moving Toward the Light

On the heels of its balletic colleagues, Chrous Austin melds music and movement to voice the unutterable

"...Those who did not attend Ballet Austin's remount of Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project last weekend missed an unmistakably..."

March 30, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Dancing What's Overwhelming

Two choreographers tackled weighty topics onstage last week in a remarkable fashion

"...same weekend, two different works of contemporary movement prompting the same question: How do you make a dance out..."

March 30, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Dark to Light

Issues of sensitivity and clarity hamper this dance program

"...Dark to LightAustinVentures StudioTheater, March 3..."

March 9, 2012 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow

Director Sophie Fiennes gives us this elegant examination of the highly personal artwork of German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer.

"...manuscripts pile on top of and spill over one another. Mammoth canvases painted with molten lead and then beset..."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ballet Austin

Ballet Austin shines a light on human rights and the Holocaust in reviving its 2005 work

"...Ballet Austin has once again turned on the Light, but this time it's even brighter – 50..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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