Taming the Screaming Toddler That Is Social Media

SXSW Online panel seeks to “unravel the social dilemma”

"...lucky if you’ve never had the awkward experience of trying to mend fences IRL after an argument on social..."

March 17, 2021 SXSW Post by Katherine McNevins

Soldier of Morality

Spc. Mark Wilkerson learns that it's a lot easier to get in the Army than it is to get out

"...When Spc. Mark Wilkerson enlisted in the U.S. Army, he thought he knew who he..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

The Holy Glow of TV in Hollywood Priest

New documentary on the life and faith of producer priest Bud Keiser

"...There's a photograph in new documentary Hollywood Priest. A tall man, looming over..."

May 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Como Las Movies Cumbias Despite Performance Shutdown

“[We] won’t be playing live for a long time to come”

"...Como Las Movies projectionist Nelson Valente Aguilar minds your children. “I teach 5th grade,” emails the bandleader...."

Aug. 12, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Austin Chronic: Should I Throw Away My Marijuana in Fear of Fentanyl?

APD reassures there’s no evidence that contaminated marijuana is “prevalent in our community”

"...days has been: “Should I be worried about there being fentanyl in weed?”..."

May 17, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

The New Moneyball in National Champions

Ric Roman Waugh calculates the human cost of NCAA profits

"...Roman Waugh admits that there’s a degree of humor in calling his NCAA drama National Champions (now on VOD)..."

Dec. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Q&A: Aharon Keshales Enters Texas Darkness in South of Heaven

Noir, cowboys ... and Ted Lasso?

"...When Aharon Keshales cast Jason Sudeikis as ex-con Jimmy in Lone Star crime flick South of Heaven, he thought..."

Oct. 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Drowning in Triviality

Instead of addressing our real problems, partisans fight over manufactured nonsense

"...Sometimes politics become so emotionally overwhelming that all reason is lost, and all the long-known..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Payment in Blood

"...illustration by Jason Stout In one afternoon at a suburban high school in Colorado,..."

April 30, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

In Print

The creator of TV's cult classic Freaks and Geeks and writer of another memoir, Kick Me, Paul Feig is no stranger to mining embarrassment's riches, and Superstud ranks high among his work for going so low

"...Superstud: Or How I Became a 24-Year-Old Virgin..."

July 8, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

ATX Television Festival: Dancing in The West Wing

Looking back on the legacy of the Bartlet administration

"...If White House communications director Toby Ziegler was an instrument, what instrument would he be? Richard Schiff paused for..."

June 12, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tobacco-Free Triumph Goes Up in Smoke

The smoking ban won't go into effect until Sept. 1 -- which is another way of saying it's dead.

"...In the week since the City Council voted 4-3 for..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Drag Fest, Nutcracker, and Puppets in This Week’s Events

Lots of weekend events to keep you occupied

"...Austin International Drag Festival..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Angels, Devils, and Jim Cummings at The Last Stop in Yuma County

The indie icon breaks down his new dusty noir and its ensemble

"...filmmakers who show people how to make films. Jim Cummings is self-deprecatingly the latter. “To follow somebody’s footsteps –..."

May 17, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Madness in General

A film review and recommendation for this blur of a year

"...Introduction: The Good..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Everything Went Black: Let's Talk About Pron

Why cineastes should give a fuck about anti-porn rhetoric

"...If you've been paying close attention to the political marketing machine since practically..."

Sept. 5, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor

Perry's melodrama centers an ambitious, married woman's dalliance with a handsome billionaire.

"...Directed by: Tyler Perry. Starring: Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Lance Gross, Robbie Jones, Vanessa Williams, Kim..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Light It Up

"...Directed by: Craig Bolotin. Starring: Usher Raymond, Judd Nelson, Forest Whitaker, Rosario Dawson,..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

World's Best Commercials: Cannes 'ninety-Two

"...not, television commercials are a permanent fixture on the broadcasting landscape. They relentlessly pitch everything from cars to beer,..."

Jan. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Ringmaster

"...Directed by: Neil Abramson. Starring: Jerry Springer, Jaime Pressly, William McNamara, Molly Hagan, Wendy..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Men, Women & Children

We might be able to connect as human beings if we could just disconnect from from our wired lives, says this movie about our modern world.

"...Directed by: Jason Reitman. Starring: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Garner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Judy Greer, Dean..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

Infamous literary scandal comes to life

"...Albert, became a literary success and all the rage during the early Aughts is a fascinating cultural phenomenon, and..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: A Higher Court

Rash judgment and vitriol don't validate simplistic morality

"...Many harbor an overriding belief in simplification, an ideological minimalism that makes decision-making..."

June 5, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Spawn

"...Directed by: Mark Dippé. Starring: Martin Sheen, John Leguizamo, Michael Jai White, D.b. Sweeney,..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Red-State Specials

In the current political climate, reasoned debate turns too easily to ideological hate

"...We live in a time of cheap and lazy fanaticism, when complexity..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Fantasia Review: The Columnist

Doomscrolling turns deadly in this Twitter troll satire

"...Opinions, the saying goes, are like assholes. They're everywhere. The..."

Sept. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Frontier Television

"...short film and video showcase that is beamed weekly into homes throughout the state of Texas. The television series..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Screens Feature

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...sandwich, or that bill passed. But films get weird in a town like Austin, where the calendar is broken..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The Sadness

Hyperviolent Taiwanese horror-satire pulls all morality away

"...When The Walking Dead became a TV smash, every producer seemed to..."

Sept. 29, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Zimmerman Rules

D6 Council Member Compares Gays to Pedophiles

"...While most Austinites saw their social media feeds bubble with celebration and..."

June 27, 2015 News Post by Michael King

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