Love Is Strange

Heartfelt, seriocomic romance about two longtime partners who wed after 40 years, then discover all is not bliss.

"...Directed by: Ira Sachs. Starring: John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Charlie Tahan, Tatyana Zbirovskaya, Olya Zueva, Darren E...."

Sept. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Love Is All Around

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

"...many states, following phone calls, e-mails, rendezvous hit and missed, onstage and off, over meals lavish and sandwich, on..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Strange Magic

Woodland goblins, elves, and fairies go to war in this animated movie from LucasFilm Animation.

"...The animated musical fairy tale Strange Magic from Lucasfilm Animation envisions A Midsummer Night’s Dream..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

This Is My Life

LZ Love's reveal: dance music!

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

June 4, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Strange Days

"...by: Kathryn Bigelow. Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott, Richard Edson and Glenn Plummer...."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Strange Kids Doing Strange Things

Eighties retro-spoofers Strange Kids Club has real mutant turtles

"...Then you're already a fully paid member of the Strange Kids Club...."

July 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Warren Hood Settles Into Strange Brew

Second generation fiddler finds a home for Sunday residency

"...Pipkin are the Brewbirds, who play every Sunday at Strange Brew, 8pm. When the bandleader, son of late Austin..."

April 30, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

What is Proper Nang? Austin’s Teen Beat

The next generation weighs in on what’s hip in the ATX

"...Proper Nang is a Brit term for the very coolest. I first..."

Aug. 6, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields

The work of this elusive songwriter and curmudgeonly frontman of the Magnetic Fields is examined in this sympathetic documentary.

"...going to cozy up to the camera and reveal his deepest-darkest, did you? This is, after all, a man..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I Love You Phillip Morris

Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor star in this tale of Texas con man Steven Russell, which walks an unsteady line between outright farce and redemptive gay love story.

"...the outrageous life and incarcerated times of Texan con artist Steven Jay Russell, I Love You Phillip Morris is..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Married a Strange Person

"...wonder about Bill Plympton's childhood sometimes. Was he indeed raised by nitrous-huffing aliens with oversized red rubber honkers, as..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

National Theatre of Scotland serves up one helluva grand show

"...tell, you'd feel it without the hooch after The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart. This lively tall tale, told..."

Feb. 15, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin-Made Romantic Horror The Carnivores Questions What It Is to Lose Control

Love bites in Caleb Johnson's strange examination of relationships

"...Southwest 2020, but the pandemic derailed those plans. However, this weekend it streams alongside two other local films (John..."

April 9, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Megan McGinnis is Full of Life in Beetlejuice, the Show About Death

The Broadway star on the magic of bringing a movie to the stage

"...Most actors fear dying on stage. Not Megan McGinnis: because as Barbara Maitland in the Broadway in Austin..."

Feb. 6, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Flow: For Love of Water

Documentary about the degradation of the world’s water supply through environmental indifference, chemical irresponsibility, mass privatization, and corporate chicanery.

"...comes to mind? Do you picture long hikes and crisp country air? Do you imagine long drafts of chemical-free,..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

We Have an Issue: Love Letters to Austin

Send us your stories about what you love and miss most about our city

"...except when it comes to email. As I type this, I’m looking at 69,542 emails in my inbox. Many..."

April 24, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

The J-Pop Story Behind Takashi Miike's First Love

How the Japanese director never meant to become a genre master

"...my goal to make genre films.” That may sound strange for Japanese director Takashi Miike, whose career has spanned..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

A Boner Bizarre, Improvised Love Stories, and More Arts Events

Get some culture and love this week

"...festival dedicated to bold creativity within the LGBTQ community is back again. Over four days, creators like Good Pollution,..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Author Casey McQuiston Loves Love

The debut writer dreams of queer romance and a bluer Texas

"...best of circumstances, international politics and heartwarming romance make strange bedfellows. In 2019, the pairing might be accused of..."

May 21, 2019 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Luv Doc: What Is Love?

A philosophical examination of Haddaway's classic 1993 dance hit

"...in the worlds of the real fact that there is definitive proof of life out there visiting, watching, etc...."

Sept. 25, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

This Is What Mourning Looks Like

Beginners sits shivah, postmodern-style and with profound humor and heart

"...on life for the grieving, now-orphaned son. "There was this real compulsion to do like my dad did and..."

June 24, 2011 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Whurley, Physics, and the Strange Work of Quantum Computing in Austin

Is the world ready to take a quantum leap?

"...forgiven for assuming the two-story building with the impressive "Strangeworks" sign is yet another trendy coffee shop. But you'd..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Tom Cheredar

Joachim Trier’s Thelma Is a Riveting Tale of Psychic-Sexual Coming of Age

Love makes the world burn down

"...down with Norweg­ian filmmaker Joachim Trier to talk about his new film Thelma, which had its world premiere during..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bringing Joy to Grief in Apple TV+'s The Sky Is Everywhere

And B. Iden Payne winner Jacques Colimon is the sun

"...weekend as one of the romantic leads of the strange and luscious new drama The Sky Is Everywhere. But..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Who Do You Love?

Jennifer Weiner returns with what might be her best love story yet

"...Weiner just released her 12th book, Who Do You Love. The sure-to-be smash is a classic love story, told..."

Aug. 18, 2015 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Mark Duplass Is a Creep

Found footage gets arty on Netflix

"...Is Mark Duplass the busiest man to emerge from the..."

July 14, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Genius of Love

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Page Two: It Is the Worst of Times, It Is the Worst of Times

It is the age of little wisdom, it is the age of foolishness

"...We are living in strange times, the most exaggerated and distorted of my life...."

Feb. 24, 2017 Column by Louis Black

This Is PiL

Sex Pistol and PiL frontman John Lydon, by God.

"...John Lydon was born on an island. That's what defines him. Not how he spat on..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul of Arizona Dranes

Michael Corcoran preserves gospel pioneer Arizona Dranes

"...Michael Corcoran commented that seminal gospel singer Arizona Dranes is “completely obscure, for really no good reason.” Unfortunately, that’s..."

Sept. 4, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

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