Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Black Fund Awards, a Moon Mullican tribute, S.G. Goodman, and more recommended live shows

"...Ball, Floyd Domino, Earl Poole Ball, Emily Gimble, Katie Shore, and Scrappy Jud Newcomb. For sure, "Good Times Gonna..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...fall out. The Irish dark comedy is directed by Martin McDonagh, whose last film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Take Me to the River New Orleans

Rhythms of the generations resonate in a portrait of the Big Easy

"...Directed by: Martin Shore...."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Two New Music Documentaries About New Orleans Merge Genres and Generations

A river runs through it

"...mentoring younger artists – in the words of filmmaker Martin Shore, "breaking down the barriers of generations, gender, and..."

May 20, 2022 Screens Feature by Michael King

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...De Margheriti, Daniel Monks, Yerin Ha, Lucy Barrett, Shaun Martindale, Amelia Lule, April Blasdall, Camille Cumpston (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...in this unsettling psychological thriller. Cast List: Andrea Riseborough, Martin McCann, Jonjo O’Neill, Eileen O’Higgins (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Breaking Surface

Underwater survival thriller scales down the disaster movie but not the tension

"...Directed by: Joachim Hedén. Starring: Moa Gammel, Madeleine Martin and Trine Wiggen...."

Jan. 8, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Song of Names

Holocaust drama about a missing musical prodigy never finds its rhythm

"...never heard from again, which causes his adopted brother Martin (Roth as an adult, Howell as a young man,..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

“Michelle Marchesseault” at Northern-Southern

The paintings filled with nesting S-curves comes from the artist’s meditative practice, but they’re joyful in their rumination

"...the reader to picture a wave breaking on the shore as they exhale, and then rolling back into the..."

April 6, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

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

"...People Are Going to Rise Like Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage Kathleen Shafer – Marfa:..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Missing APD Officer Found, Arrested

Coleman Martin tried to fake his own drowning in Val Verde County

"...Austin Police officer Coleman Martin was arrested on misdemeanor charges of False Alarm or..."

May 5, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Sea Change

Searching for sustainable shrimp

"...fish hatcheries." LeSassier, and his "co-shrimper in crime," Laine Martin, sells wild-caught shrimp through his family-owned, small-scale business, the..."

June 12, 2015 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...folkie Anthony D'Amato mourns September's tragic Shipwreck From the Shore. The Jersey bard's third LP and first for singer-songwriter..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The concluding chapter of Peter Jackson's Tolkien tales brings us full circle.

"...Directed by: Peter Jackson. Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ian Holm, Cate Blanchett,..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Take Me to the River

Memphis and Stax Records music artists from an earlier era mentor a younger generation in this ambient documentary.

"...Directed by: Martin Shore...."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

SXSW Saturday Showcases

Park your hiney at a Saturday night SXSW showcase

"...Premiering at SXSW Film, Martin Shore's Take Me to the River celebrates Memphis' multiracial..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Park. Cast: Aly Michalka, Dustin Milligan, Todd Lowe, Demetri Martin, Sophi Bairley (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Thursday Picks and Sleepers

"...5pm, Auditorium Shores Whatever you do, don't be late. Italian superstar Jovanotti..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

The Cold Light of Day

A young businessman on vacation in Spain with his family becomes caught in a tangled web of espionage and intrigue in this lackluster follow-up by the director of JCVD.

"...sailing vacation in Spain with his family, including dad Martin (Willis) and mom Laurie (Goodall), finds himself pursued by..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The LuvDoc's Celebrity Corner

A chat with Meg Bodi, master of esthetics

"...for an alabaster skinned young lady from the North Shore. Not surprising. Meg is multidimensional - and I'm not..."

Aug. 15, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

'The NFL Beat': Mock Draft

The 'Chronicle' gets Draft-y with a li'l help from friends

"...Carl Nicks, but you have the opportunity to now shore up a developing O-line with the addition of a..."

April 17, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Austin and the Academy

'Tree of Life,' 'Bullhead' score Oscar nominations

"..."The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius "The Descendants" Alexander Payne "Hugo" Martin Scorsese "Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen "The Tree of..."

Jan. 24, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Mourning Elizabeth Taylor and Geraldine Ferraro

"...by words," Ferraro said early in her speech, quoting Martin Luther King Jr. "Their meaning can only be articulated..."

April 8, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Thursday SXSW can't escape the blurbs!

"...7pm, Auditorium Shores Brooklyn's George Lewis Jr. no doubt listened to a..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...of passage that will forever change him. Chalk Director: Martina Amati Two teenage professional gymnasts are competing in a..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...Ted Demme, Tim Blake Nelson, Alexander Payne, Paul Dinello, Martin McDonagh, and Jason Reitman...."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Lake Mungo

"...Joel Anderson; with Talia Zucker, Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Martin Sharpe..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...aside 6 acres for the MACC on the north shore of Town Lake. Then in 1998, the matter went..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Beyond 'The Electric Company'

Can a bunch of toddlers watching television save the world?

"...scatter birds, trample trees. As it steps off the shore and into the water, a family of endangered sea..."

May 25, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the fact that mercy is dead in Texas. Dr. Martin Luther King once said, "The ultimate weakness of violence..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Column

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