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Graphic novels creep into the multimedia mix

"...The fact that a panel like "Creating a Graphic Novel Hollywood Will Buy" is needed shows..."

March 15, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Plethora of Riches: How Richard Samuel Turned an Art Gallery Into a Community Center

RichesArt launches annual Black History Month exhibit with new philanthropic initiative

"...White walls, fluorescent lights, the occasional “keep your distance” line of tape on the floor: Most art galleries present..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Carys Anderson

Poor Things

Emma Stone thrills in this Frankenstein-inspired satire of self-actualization

"...Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring: Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef and Mark Ruffalo...."

Dec. 8, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...Frederick "Rick" Patterson was born in the small Southeast Texas city of Edna, seat of..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...there are only 15 weekends - the weekends that define the summer movie season. To you and me that..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Magnificent Seven

Revisionist remake stars a diverse rainbow coalition

"...Directed by: Antoine Fuqua. Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

All Eyes on St. Vincent

PBS concert staple becomes Masseducation platform

"...the Dallas native known to her flock as St. Vincent, visited the Moody in February, she performed alone. Since..."

May 15, 2018 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Capital T Theatre's The Brothers Size

In this staging of Tarell Alvin McCraney's drama, struggles with brotherhood and blackness play out against Yoruban ritual

"...theatre and ritual? Is all theatre the ritual of storytelling? Aren't all rituals inherently theatrical in some way? One..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...of us much want to spend our leisure time contemplating nuclear annihilation or government surveillance. But that’s what’s so..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

A Tidal Wave of People Batter the Foundations of Austin’s Structural Racism

Thousands took to Downtown and Eastside streets to say, emphatically, that Black Lives Matter

"...Having been derailed a week prior by protest violence –..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Summer Splash Party Movie Nights

"...May 29Men in Black..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Closing the HIV Gap

More education, preventive tools needed

"..."We've let these populations of color down by not targeting disparities," says Austin PrEP Access Project (APAP) Exec­u­tive Director..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Getting the Shot

Cinema Club and Louis Black celebrate Samuel Fuller's centenary with 'Forty Guns'

"...Drummond, who is played by Barbara Stanwyck, she's dressed in black, riding a white stallion, and leading a swarm..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Black

"Little Hits" b/w "China"

"...The Black"Little Hits" b/w "China" (Moon)..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Monkeywrench

"...Trumpeted by inimitable Mudhoney whine connoisseur Mark Arm and wingman Steve Turner,..."

June 13, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Apollo astronauts tee off on the moon, but the pioneering French filmmaker did Buzz Aldrin one better, shooting a..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...Wyoming is a wild and very sparsely populated place. Little..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

All That Breathes

The struggle by three men to save the endangered black kite

"...from the sky onscreen, it’s a sure sign we’re watching a horror movie. When a bird falls from the..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The House That Built DJ Shani Hébert

Decades in the making, The Groove Temple arrives on KUTX

"...There's a difference between needing help and helplessness. Shani Hébert sometimes needs the former,..."

March 3, 2023 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Saturday

Ukraine's KAZKA, Fuck Money, Shawn Mendes, Beck, and more

"...The first in-person South by Southwest since 2019 came to a close..."

March 20, 2022 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Moontower Comedy 2018: Ali Siddiq

The Houston comedian on taking his act back behind bars

"...When the Houston comic, who's in town for the Moontower Comedy Festival, got his first..."

April 19, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...-- Those of us who report from the front lines of the social justice movement in Latin America share..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...orchestral pop of Pittsburgh-based Boxstep approaches grandiosity with a distinctly indie perspective. Their debut for Chicago indie Overcoat, The..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Fetishes

"...Directed by: Nick Broomfield. Never known for taking the easy way out, British documentary filmmaker Broomfield (Aileen..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hoop Dreams

Groundbreaking documentary follows five years in the lives of two promising high school basketball players from Chicago.

"...Directed by: Steve James. Hoop Dreams is an amazing documentary, nearly three hours long, that follows five years..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantasia Review: The Oak Room

Canadian crime labyrinth cuts deep and cold

"...A man walks into a bar. It's the classic set-up to a gag,..."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Walk the Line

Joaquin Phoenix is terrific as the musician Johnny Cash, whose rise, fall, and resurrection we watch as he does the Benzedrine 12-step in order to earn the love of country-and-gospel sasspot June Carter.

"...Directed by: James Mangold. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Patrick, Shelby Lynne, Ginnifer..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Seagull's Laughter

Set in 1950s Iceland, this film is equal parts noirish mystery and coming-of-age tale.

"...Directed by: Ágúst Guðmundsson. Starring: Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Ugla Egilsdóttir, Eyvindur Erlendsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld and..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...In/visible A: The Building of an Asian American Film Community..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Dance Repertory Theatre's 2019 Fall for Dance

In works ranging from tender to tense, the student dancers in the UT Department of Theatre & Dance embodied the spirit of "I can do anything"

"..."I can do anything."..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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