2018/19 Austin Music Industry Poll Top 10s

Nearly half of this year's Austin Music Poll/Austin Music Awards winners are now known

"...RUNNERS-UP: Westbank String Shop, Guitar Center, Dick DuBois, Sam Bass Music, Straight Frets Guitar Service Best Live Music..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Feature

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back (again)

"...Directed by: Jon Watts. Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Marisa..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

John Singleton and Chris Cooper to be honored

"...Keep in Touch Writers: Sam Kretchmar, Michael Angelo Covino Director: Sam Kretchmar..."

Sept. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Pawn Sacrifice

Fictionalized tale of famed chess bout between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky

"...Starring: Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber, Peter Sarsgaard, Lily Rabe, Michael Stuhlbarg, Robin Weigert and Evelyne Brochu...."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave of Titles

Lineup drops the latest from Todd Haynes and a Hank Williams biopic

"...Sorrentino (This Must Be the Place), Youth, which sees Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel looking back on their lives..."

Aug. 19, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Campaign Snapshots

City Council districts 1 and 2 forum preview

"...(nine contenders in all), now including very late filers Michael Cargill (gun shop owner) and engineer George Hindman, both..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Film Flam

The news goes on … Forever

"...in conjunction with The Writer's Road: Selections from the Sam Shepard Papers, the exhibit on view through Feb. 14,..."

Oct. 9, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Lake Bell Is 'In a World' of Her Own

Sound studios, trailer voiceovers and high-speed rivalries

"...the mic. A few months ago, I was interviewing Michael Madsen (see "Michael Madsen, Last of the Warrior Poets"),..."

Aug. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Evil Dead' Rises Again

Three originals brought in Fede Alvarez for this horror remake

"...own films. Cecil B. DeMille with The Ten Commandments. Michael Haneke and Funny Games. Now the three men behind..."

April 5, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

2008 was the year of the woman on AMC's Mad Men

"...Steve Carell makes the doofy, mildly competent middle manager Michael Scott his own while still making him likable...."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Letters at 3am

A bounty to getting older is that you grow tired of the uselessly dramatic aspects of yourself, and most of your fears evaporate

"...again – Andy & the Rattlesnakes, A Band Called Sam, Lofty's Zebra, bands I was the only journalist to..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Election Info

Dates, voting locations, and ballots

"...Sam Houston Building, 201 E. 14th, 8am-6pm..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...in his favor last Friday, but U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks upheld the state's decision. Democrats charge that Gov...."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Out of Austin's primordial music past comes John Andrews with tales from the music hall of legends

"...was talking about, because I was suffering from the same fate, but even worse: It was nostalgia for a..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Drawn to Be Funny

At Camp Fig's new show, forget the art history and just laugh at the oddball imagery

"...last Saturday at Camp Fig. Hopefully everyone knows that Michael Sieben, the guy who put the show together and..."

June 17, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Payne Pleasures 2004

Latest ACoT theatre-award nominations favor two Austin musicals

"...Forever Plaid, Sam Bass Community Theatre..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey

The leaden acting, tablecloth wardrobe, and Sixties-era Star Trek set design are more likely to leave nonbelievers stupefied than awestruck.

"...Directed by: Gary Rogers. Starring: Noah Danby, Mark Gollaher, Michael Flynn, Cragun Foulger, Jacque Gray, Bryce Chamberlain and Jan..."

March 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...ruling upholds the July 2002 opinion of federal Judge Sam Sparks. Longhorn is still completing its refinancing and remaining..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Slackers

"...Nicks. Starring: Mamie Van Doren, Joe Flaherty, Laura Prepon, Michael C. Maronna, Jason Segel, James King, Jason Schwartzman and..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Texas Book Festival Unveils Its List of Participating Authors

In-person and virtual panels and discussions abound

"...Ann Cleeves, Tamron Hall, Nathan Harris, Louis Menand, and Sam Quinones...."

Sept. 22, 2021 Arts Post by Adrienne Hunter

Fantastic Fest Wave Three Crashes Down

Music and madness fill festival lineup

"...his run with Between Worlds; and then there's Karyn Kusama's eagerly awaited follow-up to the unnerving The Invitation as..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

People Get Ready

Excerpt from Kevin Phinney's 'Souled American'

"...been too long denied equality, he said, restating the same argument posed to him. "Who among us would then..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Music Feature by Kevin Phinney

Can Schlotzsky's Be Saved?

John Wooley and the battle to bring Schlotzsky's back to life

"...before the vote, the board had already lined up Sam Coats, a former airline executive, to replace Wooley as..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

From 380 Angles

Karen Kocher's multimedia 'Austin Past and Present' tells hundreds of stories in almost as many ways.

"...Interactive maps of each area of Austin illustrated by Sam Hurt. And all of the parts are interwoven together..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael May

Murder by Numbers

"...Directed by: Barbet Schroeder. Starring: Chris Penn, Michael Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Ben Chaplin and Sandra Bullock. Personal..."

April 19, 2002 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Fish Tales

Eaves Bros. Quality Seafood, At the Sign of the Neon Lobster

"...Husted and his sister Jamie sold Quality Seafood to Sam Eaves, who combined it with his existing wholesale business,..."

March 22, 2002 Food Feature by MM Pack

Hamlet

You have to admire Michael Almereyda's contemporary rendition of Shakespeare's Hamlet if for no other reason than its audacity in staging one of the passive prince's timeless soliloquies in the Action aisle of his local Blockbuster. “Go Home Happy,” chirps the store banner in the background.

"...Directed by: Michael Almereyda. Starring: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora, Liev..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

D2: The Mighty Ducks

"...Directed by: Sam Weisman. Starring: Emilio Estevez, Michael Tucker, Jan Rubes and..."

April 1, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Greatest Showman

Don't be fooled by this whitewashed version of the great huckster

"...Directed by: Michael Gracey. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya,..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...feels still more so since it's created in the same instant that it's performed. But the Austin improv scene..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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