Life and Work, Light and Dark

How the legacy of Townes Van Zandt more than met its match in 'some dumb New York girl'

"...at her neighborhood Tex-Mex-eria as she talks about the New York premiere and national release of Be Here to..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...Democratic presidential primary debate between Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois on Thursday,..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Bella

This two-person character study features lovely performances that are models of restraint in what otherwise might have been a soppy melodrama.

"...indeed, a beautiful film. The bustling, cab-crowded thoroughfares of New York City have rarely looked as inviting and the..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Still Alice

In an otherwise tepid film, Julianne Moore delivers a terrific performance as a woman beset by early-onset Alzheimer's.

"...Alice Howland, a renowned professor of linguistics at Columbia University. Her husband, John (Baldwin) is a research scientist, and..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Portrait of Wally

UT film professor Andrew Shea’s documentary is an engrossing account of how this Egon Schiele painting changed hands over the years.

"...University of Texas film professor Andrew Shea’s documentary is an..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Room

Room wears the skin of a psychological thriller, but plays out as something far darker, weirder, and more distancing. The film was invited to Cannes and earned Independent Spirit Award nominations for its Austin artists, Kyle Henry and Cyndi Williams.

"...SXSW, but any truly representative roll call of Austin’s newest generation would put Kyle Henry front and center. In..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The War Within

This fiction film, in which the lead character is but one cog in a plot to detonate a series of bombs in New York City, portrays a terrorist’s point of view in a jarringly matter-of-fact manner.

"...a plot to detonate a series of bombs in New York City, although the initial date is scrapped after..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beyond the Closet Door

Gay/Lesbian Filmmakers Find New Inspiration

"...will also be in attendance. A politically motivated film, Stonewall is a semi-fictionalized (and, oddly enough, British) chronicle of..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Screens Feature

The Marvelous Jew

Larry Harlow talks salsa consciousness

"...A New York Jew with a thick Brooklyn accent, Larry Harlow..."

Oct. 7, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Larkin's Journey

New York choreographer Regina Larkin keeps coming back to Ballet East

"...of it. She has come down to Austin from New York, where she is artistic director of the Joyce..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad

Crazy Rich Asians

Joyful rom-com puts the American fish out of water among Asia's 1%

"...A couple splits dessert at a New York cafe. Both university professors, they’ve only been dating..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Stonewall

A Midwestern boy comes out amid the backdrop of the Stonewall Riots

"...a novelty that this fictionalized account of the 1969 Stonewall Riots that helped ignite the modern era of LGBT..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Skygazing With James Turrell

Skyspace: "The Color Inside" opens on UT campus

"..."sculptor of light," last spring when his arresting Sunday New York Times Magazine cover story surfaced from under the..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Arts Post by Anne Harris

Truth in Journalism: The Making of The Post

Reporters and researchers on Spielberg's journalistic epic

"...Renato Perez came home from his shift at The New York Times, he got a call from assistant foreign..."

Jan. 15, 2018 Screens Post by Acacia Coronado

David Carr Did Not Give Up the Secret Sauce

No silver bullet but NY Times guy still a helluva spokesman for new media

"...New York Times media reporter David Carr is that rare..."

Oct. 25, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The End of Poverty?

This documentary argues against economic globalization and corporate imperialism.

"...most of the time, and when it offers something new – for instance, the idea that all poverty woes..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Encore, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Accept Brett Favre Is a Jet

"...status. “Jet Setter” is the headline. "He’s going to New York [our old home], isn’t that Eli’s team?” she..."

Aug. 7, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Once Again, Redistricting Looms in Texas

Republicans hold all the power to draw new lines, but there's more attention on the process than ever before

"...Texas Legislature again hold all the power to draw new lines, having held off a Bluenami last November with..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

'The NFL Beat': Senior Bowl Recap

And a li'l Super news

"...and this morning I heard one media member ask New York Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin a three-part question..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Hustle and Show

City Theatre Company's first year is a lesson in building a new stage and mounting a season at breakneck speed

"...Austin's newest resident theatre company opened the doors of its performance..."

July 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Pete Seeger 1919-2014

Did the folk overseer ever play Austin?

"...Folk giant Pete Seeger died Monday evening at the New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. He was 94 and..."

Jan. 28, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

'... Might Be Good'

Wendy Vogel takes over as editor of Austin's online visual arts journal

"...last fall after having obtained a bachelor's degree from New York University and a master's from the Center for..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Adds Cheech Marin, Titane Director Julia Ducournau For 2023

Plus the Metaverse and student athlete NIL deals part of the program

"...this year, founder Yvon Chouinard transferred ownership to two new entities, the Holdfast Collective and the Patagonia Purpose Trust,..."

Nov. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...off his current lot in life: 32 years old, University of Texas graduate, single, emotionally and physically stable, successful..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Taps ConsenSys Founder Joseph Lubin for 2019 Keynote

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency track programming comes into focus

"...will be the first-ever SXSW Keynote speaker in its new-to-2019 Blockchain & Cryptocurrency track, devoted to the “ideas, investors,..."

Oct. 9, 2018 SXSW Post by Bonny Chu

Personal Effects

"...illustration by Jason Stout Grab a New York TimesBook Review and you may notice it regularly..."

April 16, 1999 Books Feature by Stacy Bush

Bob Bursey Takes Over Texas Performing Arts

UT hires the director of Bard College's Fisher Center to run TPA

"...Get ready to welcome a new executive director to Texas Performing Arts. Today, the University..."

Sept. 3, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Written in Stone

UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation

"...R. ("Jim Bob") Moffett and he's the chairman of New Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc...."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Gorgeous George

George P. Bush capitalizing on Latino roots to stump for Uncle George.

"...Featured on the front page of The New York Times, George P., who plans to attend law..."

Aug. 11, 2000 News Feature by Russell Contreras

Is This UTopia?

A Long-Overdue University Master Plan is Unveiled

"...by Mike Clark-Madison The war room for the University of Texas' campus master-planners is on the top floor..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

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