You Never Had It: An Evening With Charles Bukowski

Lost tapes of a drunken night with the dissolute apostle

"...he was professionally Bukowski, living up to his own myth...."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Irresistible

"Can't we all just get along?"-style political comedy from The Daily Show veterans

"...There is no Mister Smith, and buying into that myth was what landed us with Bill Clinton, and George..."

June 26, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How Are We Going to Vote?

While the U.S. moves toward voting by mail, Texas digs in its heels

"...its more permanent purpose, which was to spread the myth of widespread voter fraud while intimidating some voters (primarily..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

The Ghost of Peter Sellers

The tale of the comedy genius' lost film, and how he shredded it

"...The normal myth of a lost film is either of a maverick..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Burnt Orange Heresy

Disjointed art heist thriller is a better character study than crime drama

"...haul. James Figueras (Bangs) knows how to create the myth of worth: An art critic, washed up in Italy..."

May 8, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Becoming Leslie

The complicated real life behind Austin's weird icon

"...attempts to ferret out the man behind the self-invented myth. Dead in 2012 at the age of 60, Leslie..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Full Measure

A true story of a hero denied recognition

"...Yet there’s also something very questionable about peddling discredited myths about returning veterans being spat on by hippies at..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Midnight Family

Life in Mexico’s unregulated ambulance industry

"...care: providing a service, but doing so under the myth that the patients have a choice. There are moments..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Choir at the Cactus Helps Shy Singers Find Their Voice

Monthly program pairs brews with rock favorites

"...partnership with KUTX 98.9, is all about debunking the myth that singing should be frightening, or humiliating, or reserved..."

Sept. 4, 2019 Music Post by Roxy Bonafont

Ghost Light

The curse of Macbeth is given effervescent life

"...with a certain amount of magical baggage and a myth of being a cursed text. This is on top..."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Hellboy

Hellboy is back, and this time he's R-rated

"...battle that combines elements of Christian Apocalypse, Eastern European myth, and Arthurian legend...."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Owen Egerton Gets Physical for Mercy Black

Childhood trauma lingers in this Netflix horror

"...or if it's simply the power of an urban myth and childhood fantasy. The story is far removed from..."

April 5, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Field Guide to Evil

Folk horror anthology has intriguing international scares

"...to Evil, an anthology of horror shorts pulled from mythologies and folklores around the world. Produced by Alamo Drafthouse..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Hole in the Ground

Something evil in the Irish countryside

"...The myth of the changeling – of the child taken by..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

If Beale Street Could Talk

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins adapts Baldwin's tale of love and racism

"...indie cinematographer of choice James Laxton (Camp X-Ray, The Myth of the American Sleepover), catch this quiet bliss, the..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

AFCA Announces Local Film Short List

Five Austin films in contention for the annual award

"...Zellner) The Western goes up in flames as the myth of the lonesome cowboy meets toxic masculinity in this..."

Dec. 11, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Immigrants, the Musical! (Part Two)

With this improvised musical series, one family’s tale of coming to the states becomes a tale about us all

"...and throughout our past. They're part of our national myth. What co-directors Lahari Dunn and Asaf Ronen do here..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...so long. Death expanded their legacies, but by now myth has overtaken history. No one bothers to ask any..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

The King

America's soul explored on a road trip in Elvis Presley's car

"...bursting into tears on the back seat. It's the myth of Elvis vs. the reality, played out as a..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Izzy Gets the Fuck Across Town

Mackenzie Davis is a great traveling companion for this dull roadtrip

"...of Izzy, acting as the Fates in this modern myth, as they converse in a spoken-word style. Much of..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Damsel

Austin's Zellner brothers head out to demolish myths of the Old West with Robert Pattinson

June 29, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Oops!

"...Last week's story "The Border Patrol Myth" incorrectly identified the cause of death for Isaac Moraless...."

March 16, 2018 Column

Holiday Viewing: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Some Santas belong on the naughty list

"...But that's not Santa. That's a myth turned into a brand. And the myth will always..."

Dec. 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Marshall

Supreme Court judge biopic has bite

"...of Education case, effectively ending the “separate but equal” myth of segregated schooling.)..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Before I Fall

"...reckoning can she escape her Sisyphean hell (handily, the myth of Sisyphus is what’s being studied in class this..."

March 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Red Turtle

Poetic beauty abounds in this animated gem

"...all. But it sounds like something from an ancient myth, doesn’t it?..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Sausage Party

An animated film for adults from Seth Rogen and friends

"...the great beyond. When Frank begins to doubt the myth of the great beyond after a returned jar of..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Kubo and the Two Strings

Sublime animated movie is disguised as kids' fare

"...work here. Set in a world of ancient Japanese myth, the film tells the tale of Kubo, a young,..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Point Austin: Victory Lap

Voters respond to corporate bullying

"...some of the "10,000 rideshare drivers" (another unconfirmable TNC myth) about to "lose their jobs," somehow the 900 or..."

May 13, 2016 News Column by Michael King

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Michael Bay lends his firepower to this war that's not really a war

"...plowing his way through Joseph Campbell’s The Power of Myth – when the fledgling Libyan democracy movement goes pear-shaped..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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