Checking In: Johnny Nicholas Moans in the Moonlight

Venerable Hill Country bluesman digs into Cherry Springs

"...Hilltop Cafe patriarch Johnny Nicholas boasts his own stage, but that didn’t level the..."

Oct. 28, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Madness of King George

"...Directed by: Nicholas Hytner. Starring: Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Amanda..."

Feb. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Ghost Stories

Three very British tales of terror.

"...Halfpenny, Amy Doyle, Paul Warren, Ramzan Miah, Ryan Oliva, Nicholas Burns, Lesley Harcourt and Derren Brown...."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Provoked

What should have turned out as a terrific movie about the crime of spousal abuse has instead received the equivalent of a ham-handed molestation by director Jag Mundhra.

"...Andrews, Rebecca Pidgeon, Nandita Das, Robbie Coltrane, Steve McFadden, Nicholas Irons and Lorraine Bruce. What should have turned out..."

June 8, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Censor

British video nasty throwback finds the real danger was in the cuts

"...Directed by: Prano Bailey-Bond. Starring: Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin, Sophia La Porta, Adrian Schiller, Clare..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Letters @ 3AM

To blame disasters like the Twin Towers and New Orleans on a few perpetrators is to ignore the greater disasters that are the foundation upon which the developed world lives: our attempts to hold on to an unsustainable way of life

"...be a cease-fire, "there have to be certain conditions." Nicholas Burns, third-ranking official in the State Department: "We want..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...Fool's Gold Detective Michael Burns is a 15-year veteran of the Austin Police Department,..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Agnes

Sleazy, sexy, bawdy and surprising look at religion, lust, and power

"...power, what happens when it collapses – and he burns all those issues up in the crucible of an..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...dangerous game. Cast: Ana Asensio, Natasha Romanova, David Little, Nicholas Tucci, Larry Fessenden, Caprice Benedetti (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Carmen: Hot! Hot! Hot!!

Austin Lyric Opera's latest staging of Bizet's Carmen is such a refreshing and vivid presentation -- and at the City Coliseum, no less -- that this tale of a gypsy love-sorceress and her jealous soldier-lover should smolder in audiences' imaginations well after this production's last embers have flickered out.

"...its climax, Shaham turns death into defiance. Her Carmen burns with passion, then burns out with a flash. Shaham..."

May 25, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Screamlines

"...D: Nicholas Roeg (1990) w/Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Rowan Atkinson..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Not Going Quietly D: Nicholas Bruckman Screenwriters: Nicholas Bruckman, Amanda Roddy Producer: Amanda Roddy..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: History

Any time you start poking around in someone's skeleton closet there is a good chance you're going to get boned

"...Instead, you turned into fucking Ken Burns – which is a horrible first date strategy even..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin Film Festival Full Slate

Marquee names include Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Patton Oswalt

"...Boys in the Trees: Written and directed by by Nicholas Verso (US Premiere)..."

Sept. 14, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Hunt, Benjamin Earl Turner, Atticus Woodward, Jaylen Barron, Candace Nicholas-Lippman, Rafael Casal, Margo Hall, April Absynth, Lance Holloway (World..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Director/Screenwriter: Chris Moukarbel, Producers: John Hodges, Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns, Chris Moukarbel, Tierra Whack, Anthony Seyler, Sanjay Sharma, Roya..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Nicholas Evans' romantic novel about a horse trainer (Redford) with..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Austin-Made Horror Anthology Comes Back Home for Other Worlds

Delivering a Scare Package

"...for Austin's filmmaking outsiders. Still, he credits producer Cameron Burns with pushing him toward portmanteau-style storytelling. "He said we..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

What's Fantastic at Fantasia

Highlights from the Canadian genre fest, plus films you may see soon

"...D: Anthony Scott Burns, 2018, Canada..."

Aug. 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: A Bad Case of the Sequels

Retreads, remakes, and do-overs rule the home releases

"...Series creator Nicholas McCarthy steps aside for his follow-up, handing the reins..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Agnes

Mickey Reece's church drama has a surprising, dark heart

"...power, what happens when it collapses - and he burns all those issues up in the crucible of an..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Jury Awards Announced

The Fallout, Lily Topples the World take big wins

"...for Humanity in Social Action: Not Going Quietly, D: Nicholas Bruckman and frequently rousing.”..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Anna Margaret Hollyman, Josephine Decker, Louis Cancelmi, Grace Gonglewski, Nicholas Webber, Caridad de la Luz (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Pleasure of the Paynes 2014

The 'Fix' was in at the 40th theatre awards ceremony

"...Direction Beth Burns, Der Bestrafte Brudermord..."

Nov. 4, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Beth Burns, der Bestrafte Brudermord..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Neighbors Director: Nicholas Stoller, Screenwriters: Andrew J. Cohen, Brendan O'Brien Seth Rogen,..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...war colonel in charge. Cast: PJ Boudousqué, James C. Burns, Chris Petrovski, Octavius J. Johnson, Nicholas Bateman (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Most Valuable Player

Making a movie in Austin? Dana Wheeler-Nicholson's your gal.

"...Her role in Aaron Burns' blacktino is a smaller one, done at the request..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Postscripts

Post-Pope Modernists

"...crown jewel at the end of the century, Robert Burns' Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786)." Todd eventually..."

April 9, 1999 Books Column

Record Reviews

Abbey Lincoln

"...Love," a duet featuring Lincoln and Maggie Brown, while Nicholas Payton, his trumpet, and his flugelhorn make excellent use..."

April 2, 1999 Music Review

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