Slate’s Slate: Preserve the Past

‘Lost Austin’ and other ‘hysterical’ markers

"...Lost Austin arrives as a gem of book, and no..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Pharoahe Monch, Forgive Me

Local beats and thinking back on hip-hop circa '99

"...and it kind of put me on my ass. Lost in the shuffle of late 1990s albums, Monch’s debut..."

Oct. 23, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The True One

The Byrds' fifth dimension, Gene Clark, eight miles high and as wide as Americana

"...sensible points of orientation and all original taste is lost...."

June 30, 2006 Music Feature by Louis Black

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

"...this week by Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams -- relies on both digital and non-digital artists..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Motherless Child

Obscure monument to balladry finally sees the light of day

"...at the very pinnacle of his craft. Even Rhino's Lost & Found, which combines five tracks from The Source..."

July 6, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Murder Charge Against Man Insisting Innocence Since 2018

Court agrees Hays County lost important evidence in the case

"...Gray’s trial, it became apparent that Hays County had lost taped interviews from at least eight witnesses questioned in..."

Jan. 17, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Ethics of Playing God in Meanwhile on Earth

Director Jérémy Clapin explores the bleak choices society makes

"...nothing. As writer and director of 2019's Oscar-nominated I Lost My Body Jérémy Clapin knows that omnipotence. Yet while..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...the Austin-shot Song to Song and his directorial debut, Lost River. But now he's bringing his Hollywood action hero..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Rustin

Colman Domingo brings a lost mainstay of the Civil Rights Movement to life

"...more conventional story beats of love hidden and love lost fail to add to the broader narrative. The emotional..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Quiet Girl

Irish tale of a lost girl finding hope will break and mend your heart

"...her bags at Green Gables, the idea of the lost child finding unconventional love in a seemingly prickly new..."

March 10, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: Another School Shooting – This Is Our America Now

We are a country that loves its guns more than the children we've lost to gun violence

"...By the end of the horror, three young students lost their lives and a shooter died from a self-inflicted..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by Heather Lewis

Deemo: Memorial Keys

Anime fairytale of two lost souls bonded by cherry blossom and music

"...Not reviewed at press time. Fantastical anime about two lost souls bonded by cherry blossom and music...."

Feb. 3, 2023 Movie Review

Kuttey

Brutal thriller as three gangs clash over lost loot in Mumbai

"...press time. Brutal thriller as three gangs clash over lost loot in Mumbai...."

Jan. 13, 2023 Movie Review

Public Notice: Public Land for Public Good, v.2

Has Austin lost its groove? A surprising answer.

"..."it asks two very important existential questions: Has Austin lost its groove? And has San Antonio lost its soul?..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Day Trips: 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial, Grapevine

Poignant monument pays tribute to those who lost their lives

"...law enforcement officers, 343 firefighters, and 2,977 civilians who lost their lives 20 years ago this month...."

Sept. 10, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Can we all finally just be excellent to each other?

"...to bring everyone, all the oddballs and weirdos and lost friends and new friends together with peace, understanding, and..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wendy

J.M. Barrie’s classic flies on new, grimier wings

"...a new cosmology built upon the wildness of the Lost Boys, the chaotic energy of Peter, and the allure..."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: A Plea for Red Flag Laws

Emma Bribiescas Mancha-Sumners lost her niece in a homicide last year. She believes stronger gun laws could have saved her niece’s life.

"...of our kids growing up together. The day we lost London, my three kids lost a sister. Bringing them..."

March 6, 2020 Column by Emma Bribiescas Mancha-Sumners

Little Women

Relish the contemporary touches in this new version of Alcott’s classic

"...don’t know Little Women, you might get a little lost with writer/director Greta Gerwig’s plotting. Instead of relating in..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Them That Follow

Snake-handling drama quietly eviscerates that whole "thoughts and prayers" deal

"...Lemuel (Goggins) and fiancée to Garret (Pullman), a former lost sheep who has come back to the fold. Yet..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Hummingbird Project

Who knew you could tell a character story about laying fiber-optic cable?

"...Fortunes, the old wisdom goes, can be lost in the blink of an eye. Technology has made..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Mustang

Two wild spirits, man and horse, find peace in the microepic

"...forlorn score, The Mustang is a microepic of the lost and the found...."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn

Part one of epic anime quest is a fine first step

"...are seemingly accelerated by the discovery of the ultimate lost treasure: Reg (Christian), a robot boy of incredible powers..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action

Childhood trauma dominates this year's narrative short list

"...harrowing portrayal of a mother trying to help her lost son locate his missing father. The film unfolds as..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Unbridled

Religion and horses are insufficient therapy for this abuse drama

"...Sarah’s stepfather comes looking to reclaim the life he lost, everything Sarah worked to accomplish comes crashing down around..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Serenity

Matthew McConaughey's beach thriller drowns in red herrings

"...can’t seem to catch and the faraway son he lost touch with once Baker’s childhood sweetheart Karen (Hathaway) married..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

1985

Stunning AIDS drama looks beyond the disease and into grief

"...16 mm may make the film feel like a lost home video, but there’s an element of unevenness to..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

True life forgery black comedy rings surprisingly true

"...effort, the tenuous relationship and jostling interplay between their lost souls imbuing Can You Ever Forgive Me? with a..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

First Man

Gosling and Chazelle's moon man biopic soars

"...wonder, the global ramifications of that moment, have been lost. Space travel has become the property of billionaire technocrat..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Little Women

The Louisa May Alcott classic charmlessly updated

"...book’s publication a century and a half ago is lost in translation here. Alcott’s novel may be timeless, but..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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