SXSW Film Review: Poached

A riveting portrait of compulsive human predators

"...When does a childlike enthusiasm become a destructive obsession? That’s the central question of Timothy Wheeler’s riveting documentary..."

March 17, 2015 SXSW Post by Michael King

It's Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas

Jingle Bell Rocks! spins under the musical mistletoe

"...Forget carols and devotional music. In my house, it's not really Christmas until we break out..."

Dec. 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Retro Redemption

Nerd out with The Stream, Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie

"...will never be another time like it for cinematic obsession, and the makers of The Stream (Cinedigm) know it...."

Sept. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Looney Tunes

A swan song for the conspiracy series

"...What is my obsession with 9/11 conspiracy theories? There are many reasons,..."

July 13, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Dancing About Architecture

The Austin Music Network changes administrations once again.

"...in front of our 45-inch Mitsubishi: "I was hoping my obsession would pay off someday in the form of..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

'My First Movie: Take Two' and 'Cinema of Obsession: Erotic Fixation and Love'

Take Two is the sequel to My First Movie, a collection of interviews with now-successful directors discussing their first feature films. Sexy subject aside, Cinema of Obsession barely even manages to simmer.

"...My First Movie: Take Two Ten Celebrated Directors Talk About..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...some dark corner of the National Archives in Washington (my guess is that someday a floor tile will be..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

Too Much Caffeine Woman

Watching Jean Caffeine's eyes light up.

"...They bumped me because I was going to miss my plane in Houston since I got distracted talking to..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 12-18

"...21-June 20): According to novelist Octavia E. Butler, "Positive obsession is about not being able to stop just because..."

June 12, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

The Heart of a Printer, the Art of a Chef

Designer Jeff Scott brings the culinary life to vivid, multilayered display

"...He's plied his creative trade and fed his artistic obsessions for a while now, and Scott, who's been coming..."

April 20, 2012 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

I'm Crazy for You

Blow-Up' at the Drafthouse

"...Celebrity and obsession are the chocolate and peanut butter of life. They..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Arlo & Julie Puzzles Over Love

The Arlo & Julie team puts the pieces together

"...tender touch on the perpetual puzzle of late-twentysomething love, obsession, and ... Ulysses S. Grant?..."

May 8, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Screen Trash

Garbage Stands Out from the Rubbish Heap

"...of Ismael Merchant/James Ivory pictures haven't nailed me to my seat...."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Tells Tales of the Long and the Short and the Tall

Short film selection from Austin to Estonia, animation to sushi

"...shocker 'Baskin' after his highly NSFW gory thriller To My Mother and Father. And, as always, congrats to the..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Writes of Spring

"...Kafka's Curse, a middle-aged Muslim loses his life and mysteriously transforms into a "beautiful and sensitive" willow right in..."

April 9, 1999 Books Review

The Bon Appétit Test Kitchen Crew Has Answers

Nine pro chefs and YouTube personalities tackle our burning food Qs

"...team has become an object of national adoration, even obsession...."

March 20, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Paradise

Ten years after Gravity, Alejandro Escovedo finds his "Paradise."

"...by Iggy Pop's Lust for Life. Escovedo abuses the whammy bar protruding off his azure axe, a glowering riff..."

June 28, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...left the U.S. in mid-September I saw one of my ethnic Albanian friends who came to Austin as a..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...to those of us who live and work here. My local Hill Country news did likewise, as City Council..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...daily life and its shortcomings in America, such as myself, have taken at least a moment to reflect on..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

Holiday Viewing: Eyes Wide Shut

Stanley Kubrick’s lovely holiday tale of marriage and orgies

"...Christmas setting is said to have come from Kubrick’s obsession with lighting (the novel he adapted the film from..."

Dec. 19, 2017 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Chef D'oeuvre

Austin pastry stars recount the dishes that made their careers

"..."My mother was never much of a baker, but one..."

May 6, 2016 Food Feature by Amira Jensen

Arch Support

Foot Patrol's TJ Wade might just know the meaning of 'toe jam football'

"...where it was going. Several minutes later, I had my feet in his lap...."

April 29, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

What is this "running" thing you speak of??

"...Hello Cyber Peeps. Since this is my first blog, allow me to introduce myself. My name..."

Oct. 3, 2007 Promotions Post

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...to resolve anything but rather perpetuates the assumptions and myths regarding the group. The United States may thus want..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...saved you the trouble and provided the photo on my driver's license...."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

Something Wicked This Way Comes ... Again!

Dueling Macbeths on the stages of Austin prove once again this Shakespearean killer's undying popularity.

"...at the heart of the play, that creates a mystique around it. Its depiction of naked human lust and..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Sick Jock Guide

Marion Winik has discovered yet another addiction, but this time, she probably won't quit. The Sick Jock Guide outlines her 10-step plan to late-life fitness.

"...as Rubenesque, it was rather a shock to find myself trailing the hardbodies by a mere half hour. The..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Features Feature by Marion Winik

Mule Conversations

"...Saturday Night" to "Downtown Train" and beyond, the songwriter's myriad compositions are filled with otherworldly music and universal guttural..."

April 23, 1999 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Coach's Corner

"...predictable and alarming pattern of decay and ravage in my body. As any good television detective can tell you,..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

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