Locke

In this bravura movie, Tom Hardy plays a man who tries to mend the unraveling threads of his life while behind the wheel of a car for 85 minutes.

"...Hollywood product, we’ll say no more.) Hardy’s newest film, Locke, won’t court a kernel of the audience that popped..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

A double murder in an East Texas town draws a black Texas Ranger deep into the shadows of the Piney Woods and the tangled race relations there

"...you that the shadows there are dark and deep – so dark and deep that something hidden in them..."

July 6, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Attica Locke on Solving Crime on Highway 59

Heaven, My Home author talks her East Texas roots and the blues

"...who's experienced its grandeur and mysteries firsthand. Which Attica Locke has. The great serpentine body of water that curls..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Randall “Poodie” Locke (1948-2009)

Healing hands of time

"...An Epic Life, author Joe Nick Patoski writes, “Poodie Locke, Willie’s stage manager, was the only roadie in show..."

May 8, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Drive, He Said

A conversation with 'Locke'-smith Steven Knight

"...Ivan Locke is "an ordinary man going through what I like..."

May 16, 2014 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival 2019:
Embracing the Journey

Anika Fajardo and Tembi Locke travel far to find what’s near

"...Both Anika Fajardo (Magical Realism for Non-Believers) and Tembi Locke (From Scratch) have written moving memoirs about moving forward;..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Barbara Purcell

Pin Gods

"...Directed by: Larry Locke. Pin Gods opens theatrically in Austin following its previous..."

May 16, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hear My Song

"...on the actual life of famed Irish tenor Josef Locke, who fled England in the 1950s to avoid arrest..."

Feb. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Serenity

Matthew McConaughey's beach thriller drowns in red herrings

"...Taboo), Steven Knight made a directorial splash with 2014’s Locke, a daringly stripped-down sort-of thriller about one man in..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Pleasantville

Attica Locke's stylish novel proves she knows how to craft a fiendishly intricate detective story

"...Pleasantvilleby Attica Locke Harper, 432 pp., $26.99..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Molly Odintz

Science Goes to Court

Death row case sets new state law against prosecutorial resistance

"...that her son was dead, from massive internal injuries – including a severed pancreas and a colon torn from..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

TV Eye

The End of the Cardigan-Clad Wise Man as We Know Him

"...dad felt betrayed. Jack felt guilty. And don't forget Locke (Terry O'Quinn). His long lost dad played him so..."

May 18, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Everything That Rises Must Converge

SXSW 2000 Interactive Festival

"...A presentation by Christopher Locke..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Funeralgate Hits Texas

What Did Bush Know?

"...he will be soon. And he will be a key witness when May's case goes to trial, as will..."

July 9, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Retribution

Liam Neeson does the Liam Neeson thing, this time with exploding cars in Berlin

"...first. If you watched Tom Hardy in Steven Knight’s Locke and wished there were more exploding cars, Liam Neeson..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Centigrade

Snowbound horror is a situation tragedy

"...it, too. Films like van-set thriller Vanish, character drama Locke, or even the airborne 7500 are all restricted to..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Marjorie Baumgarten's Top 10 List

"...5)Locke A man, a car, and a cell phone –..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Josh Kupecki's Top 10 List

"...2)Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Iñárritu finally pulls the stick out of his butt, and..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

A Boy Named Emo

What was your favorite show on Red River at Emo's?

"...sprints ahead of the curve. With this in mind – and apologies to Shakespeare, bastardized in my first line..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Music Feature

Off the Record

Mourning the loss of two Austin music giants, Stephen Bruton and Randall 'Poodie' Locke

"..."We started playing music together almost 50 years ago – the first song we played was 'Hello Stranger' by..."

May 15, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Scanlines

"...one concerning the unpredictable world of theatrical talent booking. Mickey O'Neill (Dunbar) is an Irish expatriate living in England..."

June 23, 1995 Arts Feature

Austin Real Estate Developer Nate Paul’s Arrest, What We Know So Far

A.G. Ken Paxton's attorney suspects Paul's arrest is connected

"...San Antonio criminal defense attorney Shannon Locke pointed out in a Thursday Tweet that attorneys representing..."

June 9, 2023 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...book How to Be an Antiracist; Houston native Attica Locke, discussing her new novel Heaven, My Home, a sequel..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Insidious: The Last Key

Ghostly goings-on continue in franchise's fourth part

"...Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Josh Stewart, Caitlin Gerard, Spencer Locke, Javier Botet, Kirk Acevedo, Bruce Davison, Tessa Ferrer and..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...Manhattan Beach, fresh off the presses. Houston native Attica Locke, a writer and producer of the FOX series Empire..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Norwood Trial: Retracing the Morton Murder

Testimony admitted, attorneys begin deliberations on second killing

"...Aug. 13, 1986. Retired Williamson County Sheriff’s Deputy David Locke detailed the crime scene. Prosecutors flipped through photographs of..."

Sept. 20, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Year in Film

Austin Chronicle critics throw in for Boyhood

"...reflect on the movies that will outlast the year – the best of the best that have already transcended..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...It was the 12 members of the grand jury." – William Gibson, foreman of the Travis County grand jury..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature

Lawyers Should Be Held Accountable for Their Firms' Work

"...the Bush campaign at www.tpj.org. There you will see Locke Liddell and all the other big firms listed for..."

Dec. 22, 2003 Postmarks

The D.A.'s Dodge

"...investigate the influence-buying scandal swirling around Service Corporation International ­ Attorney General John Cornyn and Travis County District Attorney..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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