Austin at Large: A Quick Trip to Los Angeles

There’s more than one left coast model of big-cityhood that Austin can avoid

"...Getting deeper, broader engagement in local politics – a..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Most Memorable Moments of Saturday’s ACL Fest

Adrian Quesada, Big Boi, and painting the town P!nk

"...Cimafunk doesn’t just put on a performance, or a..."

Oct. 9, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Vesper

Enthralling eco-fable rewrites Snow White as a young Galileo

"...Unlike most eco-horrors, this is not an arid, baked..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Safety Instructor Fired After Insulting Massacre Survivors

Caldwell County detective lost his job after his presentation at Lockhart High School

"...A Caldwell County detective – and also the president..."

Sept. 9, 2022 News Feature by Jordan Buckley

Automatic License Plate Readers to Return?

Plus, votes on the Statesman PUD, 12th Street plans

"...ALPRs use cameras mounted on stationary objects or patrol..."

Sept. 2, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Preview: Automatic License Plate Readers to Return?

Advocates call on CMs to just say no to controversial program

"...ALPRs use cameras mounted on stationary objects or patrol..."

Aug. 30, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

Emily the Criminal

Aubrey Plaza goes from wage slave to free crook in a capitalist critique

"...There are few things as satisfying as watching Aubrey..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Fire of Love

Fascinating true romance in the shadows of the burning Earth

"...“A kamikaze existence in the beauty of volcanic things,”..."

July 29, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., were also arrested...."

July 22, 2022 News Feature

Mad God

Phil Tippett's stop motion masterpiece of depravity and the divine

"...What he's created is a postapocalyptic psycho-Discordian archaeological dive..."

July 1, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Benediction

The closeted life of British World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon

"...in 1988 with the cinematic equivalent of the high Mass, the autobiographically rich Distant Voices, Still Lives, a dreamy..."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Opinion: 19 Children Are Dead. Someone Should Do Something.

A hospital-based pediatrician explains steps we can take to prevent the next tragedy

"...We have found ourselves in this place where mass..."

June 3, 2022 Column by Lauren Gambill

Lil Ugly Mane’s (Very Good) Bad Hair Day at Oblivion Access

Reclusive legend of internet rap brings along a furry frenemy

"...Lil Ugly Mane performs so infrequently and boasts a..."

May 13, 2022 Music Post by Julian Towers

K.G.F: Chapter 2

Sequel to the 2018 Kannada-language action drama

"...K.G.F: Chapter 2 is an odd mix of a..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

The Contractor

Mercenary drama fails its mission of being good

"...There is a certain category of mass-market releases – found in dollar theatres and Redbox kiosks..."

April 1, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Out of the Blue

Dennis Hopper’s lost film murders the Seventies

"...Most of that power comes from Linda Manz: the..."

March 25, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Long Walk

Enigmatic supernatural mystery from the heart of Laos' forests

"...Returning to the past, the young boy helps his..."

March 4, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Award short list is predictable in form and content

"...swirl around this story as the approaching homecoming game amasses emotional weight...."

Feb. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Longtime Commissioners Face Challenges From Their Left

In the hot seats

"...permanent clinics, says Ledesma-Woody, not just pop-ups like the massively successful Circuit of the Americas vaccination site: "We've been..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Parallel Mothers

Almodóvar and Cruz's latest pairing unearths Spain's history

"...Remember the old running gag from the early seasons..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Public Notice: Giddy Optimism

Omicron will save us, Part II

"...seasonal flu. (Apologies for overstating the size of that mass; the Span­ish flu killed an estimated 50 million people,..."

Jan. 7, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

National Champions

Ric Roman Waugh places the NCAA on trial in this chilling sports drama

"...A high-stakes workplace drama, National Champions is Austin-based Waugh’s..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Aftereffects of Astroworld

Austin promoters ScoreMore fall under scrutiny after deadly concert

"...One thing's certain: the way large concerts are operated..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission

Latest anime outing for the heroes-in-training is loud but not much fun

"...the case of the latest adaptation of Kōhei Horikoshi's massively successful manga My Hero Academia, the homages to Marvel's..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bob Libal Launches Bid for Commissioners Court

Former Grassroots Leadership executive director challenges Brigid Shea in 2022 Dem primary

"...The veteran activist said that "for me, and for..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Eighth Street Survivors Still Wait for Resolution From the City and APD

Sixteen months later, civil and criminal cases move slowly

"...“It was affecting my throat and my lungs and..."

Sept. 29, 2021 News Post by Brant Bingamon

No Man of God

Elijah Wood dissects the mind of Ted Bundy

"...Yet the unlikely cohorts are not drinking buddies. It's..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Candyman

Cabrini Green’s monster returns to manifest abiding Black fears

"...The script, by DaCosta, producer Jordan Peele, and Win..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Suicide Squad

James Gunn's bad guys doing good prove DC needs to get silly

"...Yet, for a story so linear, Suicide Squad feels..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sixth Street Shooting: One Dead, Two In Custody, Lots of Statements

UPDATE: Second suspect, aged 17, reportedly arrested Monday

"...Douglas Kantor, a 25-year-old tourist visiting Austin from the..."

June 14, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

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