The Banks of the Blanco

Environmentalists and Hays County clash over river-clearing project

"...clamshell excavator dumping full-grown trees onto a bonfire. That's the scene a group of kayakers found one recent morning..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Return of 'The Ozo 3'

Andy Langer interviews Ozomatli bassist on band's arrest during SXSW, and its aftermath

"...When the band Ozomatli hit town for last month's South by..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Andy Langer

Scavengers of the Vast Wasteland

Whether they're riffing on punk, metal, funk, jazz, film scores, or even klezmer music, Brown Whörnet attacks each passage with a vociferous intensity that seldom fails to keep an audience at attention.

"...You don't have to wade too deep into the Op/Ed section of any newspaper to find some egghead..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Empire of the Mind

"...From the cozy confinesof his West Campus efficiency, Peek-A-Boo Records "CEO"..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Memories of the Long-Distance Runner

After surviving a holocaust, Gilbert Tuhabonye runs through life to tell his tale

"...As he lay amid the dead bodies of his schoolmates, Gilbert Tuhabonye vowed that..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Song of the Thin Man

"...Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell, Gloria Grahame and Jayne Meadows. The sixth and final entry in the Nick and Nora..."

May 31, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rockets Season Over, Yao Out for the Year

"...The Rockets are riding high on a 12-game winning streak..."

Feb. 26, 2008 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

The Year That Wasn't

"...Career Options After He Retires as Mayor 1. City Manager Now that the mayor has been close to power,..."

Jan. 5, 2001 News Feature

Man of a Thousand Faces

Maverick filmmaker Vincent Gallo takes a time-out and turns his attention to music

"...Klein, and receiving onscreen fellatio from Chloë Sevigny in the critically savaged The Brown Bunny as he is for..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Top 9 Quotes of the Week 2009

"...1) "I'm pleased to say that there were more smiles in the House chamber for this..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature

Houses of the Unholy

Housecore Horror by the blurb

"...doom quartet Witchburn, lead sorceress Jamie Nova straddles whiskey-soaked Southern rock and punishing metal on 2013 sophomore effort Bathed..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Music Feature

She is a Man, He is a Woman

"...Starring: Anitia Yuen, Carinia Yau and Leslie Cheung. One of the top-grossing films in Hong Kong this year, this..."

Dec. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

A gentle, poetic look at gentrification that shimmers with the winds of history

"...The Last Black Man in San Francisco, already one of..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

No Impact Man

Colin Beavan, aka No Impact Man, and his cooperative family are the subjects of this documentary about their yearlong project in environmental sustainability.

"...and Justin Schein. Author Colin Beavan, aka No Impact Man, was a newly converted environmentalist in 2006 when he..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Purge

Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey star in this suspenseful horror film that's set in the near future and poses dark possibilities and even darker lighting.

"...In this horror-thriller set in the year 2022, America has become a nation "reborn.” The..."

June 7, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Solitary Man

In this small-scale drama, Michael Douglas plays a disgraced businessman and inveterate skirt-chaser who makes one bad decision after another.

"...Directed by: Brian Koppelman and David Levien. Starring: Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Danny..."

June 18, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Up in the Air

The director of Juno and Thank You for Smoking is back with another film that is perfectly in touch with the times.

"...Directed by: Jason Reitman. Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman,..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Man Who Wasn't There

The story is rife with the Coens' ripe ambivalence, a black seriocomic opera of fouled-up American dreams, and a meditation on ambivalence that is itself often as ambiguous as the emotional meanderings of its protagonist, a small-town barber. The film's black-and-white image processing is stunning.

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini, Jon Polito, Michael Badalucco, Katherine Borowitz, Tony..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Kid's Got Moxie!

Man of the Century director Adam Abraham talks about old-style Hollywood panache, the precarious nature of a career in independent cinema, and a little film that could -- and did.

"...You've probably never heard of Man of the Century. Of all the trailers you've..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Walking Dead

"...Vonte Sweet, Roger Floyd and Bernie Mac. Hyped as the “first film to accurately portray the plight of African-American..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Taste of Cherry

"...Afshin Bakhtiari, Ali Moradi, Hossein Noori and Ahmad Ansari. The prevailing critical sensibility is that the latest film, Taste..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)

Did anyone really ask for a third helping of this stomach-turning provocation?

"...serious cinematic infamy when he premiered “100% medically accurate” Human Centipede (First Sequence) at Austin’s Fantastic Fest back in..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Richards Named Track & Field News Woman of Year

Quartermiler and two other Texas Exes get No.1 rankings

"...Former Texas Longhorns sprinter Sanya Richards has been named the 2009 Woman of the Year by Track & Field..."

Dec. 29, 2009 Sports Post by Lee Nichols

Larry Dierker Enters the Blogosphere

"...As of Tuesday, May 22, Astros great Larry Dierker has officially..."

May 23, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

In the Bedroom

"...Field. Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, William Mapother, Marisa Tomei, William Wise, Celia Weston and Karen Allen...."

Jan. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Joe the King

"...Brooks' dictum, it's not always so good to be the king. Whaley's directorial debut may be the feel-bad movie..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Mystery of Rampo

"...Masahiro Motoki. An affectionate, if macabre, love letter to the works of the famous and controversial Japanese author Edogawa..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Crazies

A mysterious pollutant in their water supply is making the residents of a small Iowa town insane in this remake of George Romero's topical horror tale.

"...Panabaker, Lisa K. Wyatt, Larry Cedar and Preston Bailey. The Crazies, a remake of George A. Romero's 1973 film..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...The Year 2008 in Film, Culture, Uprising: Speculation This week,..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

The Royal Tenenbaums

"...Directed by: Wes Anderson. Starring: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Danny..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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