Trust the Man

With distinct echoes of Woody Allen, Trust the Man follows fashionably neurotic New Yorkers in oversized apartments as they search for happiness, love, and sex.

"...world is against him while constantly missing his girlfriend’s not-so-subtle hints about marriage and babies. The two couples tease..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Just Friends

A tepid romantic comedy with a side order of vitriol.

"...Anna Faris, Chris Klein, Christopher Marquette and Julie Hagerty. Funny, I never noticed how scarce sometimes-comic actor Julie Hagerty..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

Whither Austin or: Funny, It Looks Bigger on TV

"...fuck didn't we schedule this thing for Fort Lauderdale?" Not that our (unpaid) local bands at the festival became..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Luv Doc: Tell It Like It Is

Not everything you hear is true

"...met at a fundraiser. He was really sweet and funny and we got along really well. We spent almost..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

'Ida,' Ho!

Gilbert & Sullivan's 'Princess Ida' makes her Austin debut

"...Princess Ida. Not a title that's in heavy rotation on the Gilbert..."

June 13, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Q&A Hole: Which One Typeface Would You Eradicate Forever?

With Swissmiss, Marc English, Jennymarie Jemison, and more

"...– and that person was right. So I would never want to eradicate any typeface, because that same typeface..."

March 4, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The More You Learn About God, the Further Away from Him You Move

mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss likes a good question, but finds some answers easier than others

"...Aaron Weiss is a man of God. Not because the mewithoutYou frontman sings about Judeo-Christian matters throughout..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Kid Beyond, Beyond a Kid

Getty spits with the Human Beat Box.

"...since I was in diapers, and he says it never gets old. A Buddhist and calm soul (you just..."

March 16, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...27]. We at the Austin Public Library Foundation could not agree more with his urgency, reasoning, and passion. Founded..."

March 12, 2004 Column

Dig Deeper

Now what kind of mother would take her kids to see a movie about juvenile delinquents serving time in a hard-labor prison camp? A smart one, if she's read Holes, Louis Sachar's wacky, wickedly funny children's book that makes the leap to the big screen this Friday.

"...representatives for the studio declined to comment. If they're not careful, they risk making a movie that's every bit..."

April 18, 2003 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

Tulia's Freedom Ride

Activists travel to Tulia for "Never Again!" rally against drug war.

"...of several local residents on hand hours before the "Never Again!" rally was scheduled to begin. He believes that..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Jennie Kennedy

Paper Tigers

Some Editors Not So Smart About Smart Growth

"...study of mainstream media obsequiousness toward big corporations: Let's not do anything to offend them, because they do so..."

April 3, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Megan McGinnis is Full of Life in Beetlejuice, the Show About Death

The Broadway star on the magic of bringing a movie to the stage

"...Most actors fear dying on stage. Not Megan McGinnis: because as Barbara Maitland in the Broadway..."

Feb. 6, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Riding With Joe Carnahan and Latinx Superhero El Chicano

The action innovator on film, politics, the Coens, Blumhouse and more

"...Joe Carnahan is the action filmmaker's action filmmaker. Not CGI and strings, but gut punches and debris. In..."

May 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc: A Few Thousand Words

Even a few thousand words from a fake doctor are not enough to fix years and years of dysfunction

"...black. Back then, there were some places that would not even let us come in, but we made it..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Prima Doñas' LatiNacional: tu casa es mi casa

The improv troupe behind Latinauts gives 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a makeover like the country has never seen

"...declare war. As the sponging Tío, Carlos LaRotta is never without a beer in his hand or a hand..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Lost Art of Being Offensive

Swimming in satire with cartooning documentary Mr. Fish

"...has a staff editorial cartoonist. For Pablo Bryant, that's not just a problem for newspapers, but a reflection of..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tag

Ridiculous true story of childhood retained makes for ridiculous fun

"...throw in a sequence that is a picture- and note-perfect Predator spoof, and it actually works. He's the grand..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

My Favorite My Favorite Murder

When comedians Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstack talk homicide, people listen

"...The good news: A murderino is never creepy. Funny, irreverent, a loud gasper, a strident advocate..."

April 14, 2017 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

ATX Television Festival: Denis Leary

Rescue Me, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, and blue collar blues

"...probably … Denis Leary. He said, “Unless there’s a funny story to be told, or something to be used..."

June 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Election Night Live

Up-to-the-minute midterm coverage

"...Austin has never seen anything like this. Ten new districts, nine new..."

Nov. 5, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Fantastic Fest 2014: Joe Lynch Guns for Everly

Director of Salma Hayek action flick talks sealed-room rules

"...learned an important lesson at this year's Fantastic Fest. Never tell a Texan that samurais are better than cowboys...."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ask the Best Straight Girlfriend

Warning: ALTRFW! (A little too racy to open at work)

"...around a man with deep soulful eyes. He is funny, he is kind, he will cheerfully accompany you to..."

May 21, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Claire Harrison

Solider of Fortune

Thin Lizzy's “Still Dangerous,” just ask its anchoring guitarist Scott Gorham.

"...L.A.-born Gorham, the only Yank musician Lizzy embodiment Phil Lynott ever entrusted his band to – from ’74 all..."

April 23, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

On Hitch: A Digression

"...off the whole comic book movie canon, it is nothing short of flabbergasting – not a word, I don’t..."

July 8, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Doesn't Like Ad

"...to have a Wal-Mart ad unleashed upon us? Or, another way to put this: Are you stark-raving mad? It’s..."

Feb. 21, 2007 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM: Effete!

It's never too late to see yourself as you are

"...reckless compulsion to look straight into everyone's eyes and not relent until they looked away first, no matter how..."

April 14, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

TV Eye

How a former nurse in polyester pantsuits can spice up your sex life.

"...have a healthy budget for hair, make-up, and wardrobe. Not so with the grandmotherly Johanson. She often hems and..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

World affairs and more Critical Mass mess missives

"...Gas Mask Not Funny..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Cars the Issue, Not Parking

"...sounds like a piece written in the 1950s. He notes "more students are getting squeezed out of valuable parking..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Column

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