Never Goin' Back

Augustine Frizell ingeniously revamps the stoner buddy comedy

"...and a plethora of raunchy jokes. The notes that Never Goin’ Back hits seem overly familiar yet fresh. Debut..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

Has Todd Haynes reinvented the biopic? Or has he reinvented the Todd Haynes film?

"...rationality and a complete legibility. And all great films never rely just on those elements. They're always working in..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Mickey and the Bear

Life on the front line of the opioid crisis

"...at his 18-year-old daughter Mickey (Morrone, of Augustine Frizzell's Never Goin’ Back), “everyone knows everything that happens here.” And..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AFS Announces Filmmakers for its Artist Intensive Program

Rising directors meet with industry experts to finesse future films

"...hiatus due to Covid, Austin Film Society is bringing back its annual Artist Intensive Program. The three up-and-coming filmmakers..."

May 11, 2022 Screens Post by Dina Barrish

Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners

Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers

"...Kat Candler (Hellion), the Zellner Bros., (Kid-Thing), Augustine Frizzell (Never Goin’ Back), and Keith Maitland (Tower). The program is..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...a decade at the helm, said, "As we look back on the body of work of talent discovered, careers..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Grants Announced

$115,000 awarded to filmmakers

"...allegations at the root of his investigation might have never happened...."

Sept. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Danielle White’s Top 10 Films of 2018

"...Quasi-historical satire delivers gorgeous backdrops and deliciously bitchy performances. 4) Mandy..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Danielle White

Austin Film News

Locals at SXSW, plus RSVP for a Maybe Shower

"...AIDS crisis with 1985, while fellow Dallasite Augustine Frizzell is back for the first time with Never Goin' Back (if..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Let AFS Help Fund Your Film

Annual grant cycle for independent Texas filmmakers opens

"...ensures that the most promising Texas filmmakers of all backgrounds have the resources they need – and are paid..."

May 6, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo Turns 50

The landmark album spins at the Moody Theater via two of its makers and their virtuosic friends

"...bringing it to Austin," he enthuses. "I distinctly remember back in January, we were in Austin for the day,..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Eye of the Beholder

"...more atmosphere (of which the film has loads). Looking back with the benefit of six or so hours or..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jackson 5

"...Presents the Jackson 5/ABC (Motown)Jackson 5Third Album/Maybe Tomorrow (Motown)Jackson 5Goin' Back to Indiana/Lookin' Through the Windows (Motown)Jackson 5Skywriter/Get It..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Music Review by Greg Beets

Texas Titles in Toto

"..."Coming Back to Texas," Kenneth Threadgill..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Honky-Tonk Soul Man Charley Crockett Makes His Move

The singer’s long road to Austin

"...enlarged because 30 percent of my blood is flowing back into my heart between heartbeats since I'm missing a..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Record Reviews

Ibrahim Ferrer

"...the great Sonero More, for whom Ferrer once sang backup vocals. There's some nice instrumental work here as well;..."

June 11, 1999 Music Review

Hail to the Chiefs

By popular demand, the boys of 'The Dead Presidents' Club' are back in town

"...It's summer, and the dead presidents are back – that is, the four expired commanders in chief..."

July 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Music Reviews

"...powerfully melancholy tunes that coolly, casually embrace Harris' voice. "Goin' Back to Harlan," written by McGarrigle, is a delight;..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Music Review

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Live Shot

"...the rumored Bobby Charles didn't show for "Tennessee Blues." Nevertheless, C.C. Adcock, Steve Riley, Warren Storm, et al. handled..."

May 2, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Vinyl Ashes

A gray vinyl 7-inch with your exit songs?

"...tenor saxophonist Elias Haslanger comments herein, "Wow, the Internet never fails to amaze." Our tiny pod had a field..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Record Reviews

Barbarito Torres

"...in his native tongue, Ferrer's vocals are still generic. Nevertheless, a trio of lovely compositions, "La Tarde Se Ha..."

July 9, 1999 Music Review

Record Reviews: Reissues

"...one CD. While the Samoans were pissed-off wussbags and never denied it, Social Distortion leader Mike Ness never admitted..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Music Review

Letters at 3AM: Today, 100 Years Ago

On Feb. 7, 1914, the world first beheld Charlie Chaplin on the screen in his iconic getup

"...for farm work. Like most folks in 1914, she's never turned on a faucet or an electric light, nor..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Will a Matchbox Hold My Clothes?

Letters at 3am

"...from him. And she, too, conveyed that there was never anywhere to go, but you had to go there..."

March 20, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson

Shirley Ratisseau wrote a song with Robert Johnson

"...Even so, her name has slipped through time's back pages...."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Letters at 3AM: A View From the St. James Hotel

The St. James: It's an infirmary, it's a morgue, and it's a hotel where we each share a room with the dead

"...Teagarden's jazz trombone remains unsurpassed. His vocal style was laid-back, ironic, and resigned, and he sang the saddest images..."

May 18, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Summer Reading

Reviewing the Central Market Cooking School

"...Which brings us back to the farmers' market: With this book in hand,..."

May 26, 2006 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Say Anything

Eric Bogosian Comes Clean

"...the Floor With My Forehead, blew me out the back of the theatre. A year ago, I saw his..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Arts Feature

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Premieres: Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities (Kirk Smith), Goin' to Georgia (Joy Cunningham), Norm L. (Aaron Brown), Triskelion..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Return of the King: George Strait

Megastar plays Gruene Hall for the first time in 34 years

"...“Here we are, back again. That’s a full circle now,” he offered, marveling..."

Nov. 17, 2016 Music Post by Doug Freeman

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