Cody Chesnutt

"...years ago, when Cody Chesnutt laid down The Headphone Masterpiece, the Atlanta native remained something of a reclusive mad..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Screenwriter Andrew Davies to talk at UT

Plan II brings in Britain's famed adapter of classics

"...me, you've got a standing Sunday night date with Masterpiece Theatre, then you'll recognize Andrew Davies' name as a..."

April 28, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

"...offered up. After four listens, I consider this a masterpiece work by musicians who are nowhere near being stagnant...."

June 20, 2003 Column

Scanlines

The Haunting

"...and the array of stories. Wise made a horror masterpiece (The Haunting), a science fiction masterpiece (The Day the..."

July 23, 1999 Screens Feature

Reissues

"...LP, Fresh Cream, and before tossing off the band's masterpiece, Disraeli Gears, it separates the albums with a demo..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature

Self Portraits, Carnivals, and Cannibalism in Our Recommended Events

The weekend in arts and culture

"...is Silence of the Lambs. AFS screens the Demme masterpiece alongside a new doc detailing the life of “Goodbye..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Last Showgirl

Pamela Anderson captivates as an aging Vegas performer

"...Substance – and, much like Coralie Fargeat’s body horror masterpiece, Coppola’s story isn’t afraid to examine those same women’s..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Piano Lesson

Siblings clash over what to do with the family's heirloom piano

"...and whose dad, Denzel, previously adapted Fences, another Wilson masterpiece...."

Nov. 8, 2024 Movie Review

Green Border

An angry, visceral masterpiece about refugees turned into political pawns

"...of work of such depth it’s downright daunting. Early masterpieces Angry Harvest and Europa Europa, her TV work with..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Bob Dylan Puts an End to “Rough and Rowdy Ways” With Two Nights in Austin

Triumphant world tour concludes at ACL Live at the Moody

"...Dylan’s. And the song, 1971’s “When I Paint My Masterpiece,” was never released on a studio album. Here, it..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Shawn Badgley

The First Omen

Gruesome gynohorror prequel to 1976’s satanic masterpiece The Omen

"...There’s already a prequel to Richard Donner’s 1976 satanic masterpiece, The Omen, and it’s called the Bible. OK, glib..."

April 5, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Strangler

Restored French serial killer flick is more Albert Camus than Freddy Krueger

"...Strangler/ L'étrangleur, a knowing reference to Albert Camus' existentialist masterpiece The Stranger/L'Étranger. Émile is only interesting to writer/director Vecchiali..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 17-23

"...love to see you intensify your devotion to your masterpiece – however you understand "masterpiece." It could be a..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

The Exorcist: Believer

David Gordon Green moves from Halloween to another massive horror franchise

"...to William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty's genre-defining 1973 masterpiece, it is a thematic heir to the widely reviled..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Horror sets sail with the scariest section of Dracula

"...damned ship inspired by the disaster in Stoker’s 1897 masterpiece of horror, Dracula. The eerie slaughter of the crew..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Disappointing biopic of the woman that made "I Will Always Love You" her own

"...film retroactively makes Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis look like a masterpiece for actually trying to be bedazzling and insane, because..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Deer, Otoboke Beaver, Nikki Lane, BLK ODYSSY, and more recommended live shows

"...BLK ODYSSY's debut masterpiece, BLK VINTAGE, arrived 14 months ago, and since then..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

The Innocents

Norwegian "evil kids" horror delivers a sickening catharsis

"...Grøvlen behind the lens, and for both his one-shot masterpiece Victoria and black-and-white architectural study Last and First Men..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Medusa

Brazilian religious/political allegory loses its venomous bite

"...to watch, but it falls flat, because unlike Kubrick’s masterpiece, there’s nothing magnetic about Mira’s journey...."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Dashcam

POV horror comedy punishes you with the real worst person in the world

"...After his game-changing Zoom horror Host (arguably the first masterpiece of the oft-damned subgenre), director Rob Savage swaps his..."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

To Oblivion and Beyond: A Breakdown of the Bands at Oblivion Access

Translating the scrolls at Austin’s most interesting festival of the year

"...to the seismic wonder and majesty of their 2000 masterpiece, Jupiter.  – Julian Towers Elizabeth Colour WheelEmpire, Thursday 12,..."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Five Recommended Austin Arts Events

Our weekly pick of the top art events to get you out of the house

"...voices return to live concerts with this haunting choral masterpiece by Joby Talbot, inspired by the historic pilgrimage to..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Capote Tapes

A literary life of oblivious self-destruction

"...to the end, promising to unveil his unfinished Proustian masterpiece that never was, Answered Prayers, almost to his dying..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Small Engine Repair

Toxic masculinity sizzles and pops, leading to a reeling third act

"...A mini-masterpiece of toxic masculinity, anger management issues, and friends and..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Need to Do Something

The terror is coming from inside and outside the house

"...psychoses gone haywire is Bruce McDonald’s woefully underappreciated 2008 masterpiece Pontypool, another slice of IV-drip nightmare fuel and a..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gaia

The moldering earth has had enough with humanity in this South African ecohorror

"...below – in what I can only call a masterpiece of socially aware eco-horror. Gaia, the Greek personification of..."

June 18, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Luca

Pixar's lull continues with a shallow fish-out-of-water tale

"...streak for the studio. (I’d venture its last unqualified masterpiece was 2017’s Coco.) First-time feature director Enrico Casarosa takes..."

June 18, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sound of Violence

Murderous melodies never hit the right note

"...study of the devastating pursuit that is creating one’s masterpiece, and how far someone might go to do it...."

May 28, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...adult, she pursues a career in music composing her masterpiece through gruesome murders. Cast List: Jasmin Savoy Brown, Lili..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Saint Maud

Agony and ecstasy intertwined in this horror as Catholic angst turns self-destruction

"...were quick to name Saint Maud as the latest masterpiece from indie distributor A24, a designation that was not..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

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