2005 ACL Music Fest Preview

All 'picks' no 'sleepers' for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one blurb at a time

"...pop, these lads pick up the spacey pace. – Matt DentlerMofro1:30pm, Heineken stage..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Feature

Born on Highway 61

Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.

"...Sonny Boy Williamson, born Aleck "Rice" Miller, didn't have just any old radio show, he hosted..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...Booster Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery,..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...with. Cast: Dylan Gelula, Cooper Raiff, Amy Landecker, Logan Miller (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Nick Offerman for small-town scandal drama Frances Ferguson; then Matthew McConaughey gets back to the urgent business of taking..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...the Veep cast (Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anna Chlumsky, Tony Hale, Matt Walsh, Timothy Simons, Reid Scott, Gary Cole, Sam Richardson,..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Showing Black Lives Matter

Facing race then and now onstage in Pretty Fire and Hands Up Hoodies Down

"...Tony Robinson was shot by Madison, Wis., police officer Matt Kenny, and so the triumph of this landmark event..."

March 13, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

KUTX Shuffles Programming

Longtime deejay Ed Miller is out, John Aielli shifts times, and more

"...Program Manager Matt Reilly discharged two Sunday staples – longtime KUT deejay..."

Aug. 19, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

sxswf: Fannish Fury

Rodriguez, Rucka ask who put a hit on the graphic novel adaptation

"...he was doing when he adapted Sin City. Frank Miller knew what he was doing when he wrote it...."

March 13, 2011 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Cloverfield

Cloverfield is a pure-blood, grade A, exultantly exhilarating monster movie in the grand tradition.

"...Directed by: Matt Reeves. Starring: Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Yustman, Lizzy..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Looking More Closely When Others Look Away

On directors examining structure, storytelling, and how pictures can move us

"...of all, you have to be what SXSW producer Matt Dentler calls an "up-and-coming" filmmaker, a term that's actually..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Cap City Comedy Club Closes

COVID closure shutters the venerable stand-up home for good

"...was confirmed by owners Margie Coyle, Colleen McGarr, Rich Miller, and Duncan Strauss in a statement first reported by..."

Sept. 9, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Other Music

History of a lost Manhattan record store keeps a basic tune

"...Filmmaking duo Puloma Basu and Rob Hatch-Miller have undoubtedly done their homework, and aren't completely hagiographic...."

April 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...THE TENTH MUSE Alyssa Cole A Prince On Paper Matthew Cordell EXPLORERS Martha Cotera VOICES FROM THE ANCESTORS Audrey..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Comedy: Your 2019 Lineup

Leading the laughs: Griffin, The Daily Show, and Elon Musk?

"...featuring Broad City’s Ilana Glazer; and • 420 With Matt Besser, with Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson...."

Feb. 26, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Reed, Martin Spanjers, John Getz, Miranda Bailey, Susan Burke, Matt Peters. (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2018 Primary Election Filing Time

And the candidates are ...

"...U.S. Senator R: Ted Cruz, Geraldine Sam, Mary Miller, Bruce Jacobson Jr. D: Beto O'Rourke, Edward Kimbrough, Sema..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...Island, having top hits in Sweden, sleeping on Buddy Miller's couch in Austin during the Seventies where he performed..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Greg Abbott and the Nuge

Democrats wonder why Abbott stumps with 'admitted sexual predator'

"...break from the busy job of serving as Sid Miller's campaign treasurer (yes, former State Rep. Sid "mandatory sonograms"..."

Feb. 18, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Radio On

'Austin Music Minute' maven Laurie Gallardo takes her time on KUTX

"...the fore voices being groomed on KUT: Programming Director Matt Reilly, and hosts Rick McNulty, David Brown, and Laurie..."

June 28, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

Scouting reports on Austin Psych Fest and Reckless Kelly's Celebrity Softball Jam

"...the past," reasons leader and electric Autoharp spellbinder Bill Miller. "Maybe it was just something from another world."..."

April 29, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

'Hot Smoke & Sasafrass': Bubble Puppy reunites, James McMurtry fires back, and a final verdict for the estate of Don Walser

"...reunion," clarifies lead guitarist/vocalist Todd Potter. Onetime guitarist Mark Miller will be filling in for co-founder Rod Prince, and..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Hideout Improv Marathon

In hour 40, these improvisers were still in top form: fresh, focused, and incredibly funny

"...had gone the distance – Kareem Badr, Kaci Beeler, Matt Pollock, Curtis Luciani, Jeremy Lamb, Andy Crouch, Troy Miller,..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Matt Hislope and Josh Meyers, Holes Before Bedtime..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Short Cuts

Will McDonald's be part of our post-SXSW, prehibernation meal?

"...says South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival producer Matt Dentler, a fact confirmed by the extensive variety of..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Matt the Electrician

Texas Platter

"...Matt the ElectricianMade for Working … (Nice Guy)..."

April 11, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...A.SCOTT MILLER: Onetime member of the V-Roys, A. Scott Miller's solo..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

November Previews

"...D: Kevin Smith; Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, George Carlin, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Jason Lee,..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...screening and the rumors and teasers surrounding its subject matter have made Kubrick's final film one of the events..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Jazz Sides

"...or just some well-looped sonic mayhem? Does it even matter? I think not. Next stop Birdtown. 3 stars -..."

June 12, 1998 Music Review

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