All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Also making the trip from Park City are the remarkable STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie, about the Back..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Riders on the Storm (Austria) Directors/Producers: Jason Motlagh, Mark Oltmanns A young horseman battling to make his name..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Summer: The Donna Summer Musical

Now is the Summer of our discontent after this flat jukebox

"...In the 2015 sci-fi film The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is left for dead on the..."

May 7, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

kYmberly Keeton Wants Your Stories for the Black COVID-19 Index

And at the Austin African American Book Festival 2020, she’ll tell you why

"...stories we need to hear. This year, that's Dr. Damon Tweedy, author of the 2015 memoir Black Man in..."

June 26, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...for Waves and HBO’s The Watchmen. That series’ director Damon Lindelof, co-creator of Lost, will appear with Reznor and..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Film Festival Revs Up With Ford v Ferrari

Honey Boy, Motherless Brooklyn in feature lineup

"...the friendship of American car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and British driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) takes pole..."

Sept. 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...David Mark Cohen New Play Award Catalina de Erauso, Elizabeth Doss..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Murdered Women of Juárez Find a Voice Onstage

Isaac Gomez’s one-woman show The Way She Spoke

"...and off, and went on to win the David Mark Cohen New Play Award from the Austin Critics Table...."

Jan. 12, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Sunday ACL Fest Face-Off: Gorillaz vs. The Killers

Compare the headliners!

"...Government name(s): Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Best TV Shows of 2017 (So Far)

The return of Twin Peaks is cause for celebration

"...Twin Peaks series with Lynch directing and co-writing (with Mark Frost) the whole shebang, it’s cause to celebrate. If..."

June 23, 2017 Screens Post by Mark Fagan

Critics Table Tops at 25

The nominees for the 2016-17 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The awards mark their 25th anniversary with an influx of new members..."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

ATX Television Festival Adds FX's Snowfall

Fest adds more premieres, plus network president panel

"...• HBO: Damon Lindelof, Tom Perrotta, and Mimi Leder discussing the seres..."

March 23, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Loves Me Zell Miller III, Hunger/Hands Up Hoodies Down Mark Pickell, The Strangerer/Year of the Rooster Andrea Skola Summers,..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...Ryan, Ryan Cassata, Sanda Weigl, MJ Frank, Samuel John Damon, Jamal Batts (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2015

"...1) Son of Saul This remarkable Hungarian film about a Jewish prisoner conscripted to burn..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

The Martian

Circumstances force Matt Damon to become a wily Robinson Crusoe on Mars

"...Directed by: Ridley Scott. Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fantastic Fest Wave 2: The Martian, The Witch, and More

New Ridley Scott flick, plus dozens more added to fest

"...festivals around, with releases from Israel, Laos, Turkey, France, Denmark, Belgium, Chile, Japan, a Ghanian-Romanian co-production, and their first..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...David Mark Cohen New Play Award..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...the Throat (UK) Director: Graham Henman, Screenwriters: Graham Henman, Mark Townend Bone in the Throat, based on celebrity chef..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: 'The Vincent Price Collection'

The master of horror at the height of his Poe powers

"...a transfer, but Shout!'s worker bees have done a remarkable job here. Corman's first experiment with Cinemascope has a..."

Nov. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Leonard for a Day

Louis Black and Leonard Maltin reminisce on 50 years of moviegoing

"...the film revolves around her character, Apple Annie, the Damon Runyon character that Bette Davis played in the remake...."

May 24, 2013 Screens Feature

Margaret

A tangled post-production history kept this Kenneth Lonergan film from completion for six years, and its story about teenage trauma suffers as a result. But, oh, what a cast.

"...Reno, Jeannie Berlin, Allison Janney, Matthew Broderick, Kieran Culkin, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Damon and Olivia Thirlby...."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

AFF Teases 10 Titles

Duplass Bros.' latest comedy gets regional premiere

"...AMERICAN TEACHER Director: Vanessa Roth Narrator: Matt Damon Regional Premiere Weaving interviews of policy experts and startling..."

Aug. 23, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night of SX handicapping

"...the surges of urgency behind Kate Cooper's guitar and Damon Cox's drums. This spring's sophomore effort, Walls, matures in..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

SXSW Friday Showcases

Friday night's SX showcases are bar-the-door-Katy good

"...with last year's dark-hued On the Ones and Threes. Mark Eitzel's American Music Club has been keeping things pastoral..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

2010 Screens Top 10s

"...2) The Fighter Mark Wahlberg effectively rope-a-dopes it while encircled by a brilliant..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Record

Red River anchorman Frank Hendrix stakes his claim to the Eastside and beyond

"...After partnering with blues landmark Antone's in mid-August, Emo's owner Frank Hendrix is now..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Other Guys

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg star in this buddy cop comedy that takes some digs against corporate criminals.

"...Directed by: Adam McKay. Starring: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson,..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gorillaz

"...the World of the Plastic Beach." Greenpeace ensues until Damon Albarn shuffles his best simian gene hop since "Feel..."

April 23, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Informant!

Soderbergh's corporate whistleblower comedy is tuned in the key of Richard Lester.

"...Directed by: Steven Soderbergh. Starring: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey, Thomas F. Wilson..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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