Man on Fire

Denzel Washington heads up a pulsating kidnapping thriller.

"...spectacular action and revenge is predicated on the wave of kidnappings that have targeted the country’s wealthiest citizens and..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...space is small and austere: fluorescent bulbs and walls of bare brick, a window for observers in an adjoining..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Old Man River

Once an outlaw, always an outlaw: The Return of Steven Fromholz

"...hours to write "Daybreak," "Train Ride," and "Bosque County Romance." Long before Lyle Lovett paid his respects by including..."

April 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Liminal Lone Star State: Iliana Sosa’s El Paso in God Save Texas

HBO docuseries screens at AFS Cinema this weekend

"...Making a documentary is always a process of discovery. While Iliana Sosa was filming La Frontera, her..."

March 1, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: A Barney Fife God's Universe

People are just no damn good

"...my classmates through email or on Facebook/Instagram and I know generally what they are up to and how they..."

July 27, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

March of the Flower Children

The last interview with Seeds frontman and oh-so-brief psychedelic Austinite Sky Sunlight Saxon

"...perfect poise, Sky Saxon sits cross-legged atop a bed of brown and gold silk sheets in his living room...."

July 24, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

A Hell of a Year

Kathy McCarty presses Jon Dee Graham about the good and the bad old and new days

"...We were both struggling musicians, but little did we know the struggle had barely begun. He was playing in..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Music Feature by Kathy McCarty

The Memories of the Long-Distance Runner

After surviving a holocaust, Gilbert Tuhabonye runs through life to tell his tale

"...As he lay amid the dead bodies of his schoolmates, Gilbert Tuhabonye vowed that he would report..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

In God's Country

Why U2 is the best band ever

"...and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know" -- Jeremiah 33:3, Bible verse referenced on the..."

March 30, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...I've asked but no one can explain why three novels set in 19th-century..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

Soldier of Fortune

Comic Steven Wright offers observations on his return to short film, "One Soldier," the pressure of following up an Academy Award, and this bad trick called life.

"...Steven Wright does stand-up comedy like nobody else. His exquisitely crafted one-liners and dancing quantum leaps..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

The Shape of Water

An unconventional love story from one of the best fabulists

"...Guillermo del Toro. Starring: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Doug Jones, David Hewlett and..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Wrath of Don

Zimmerman's constituents accuse him of online, in-person abuse

"...In late August, David and Anita Brad­ber­ry walked out of their Northwest Aus­tin home and headed to the nearby..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Stations of the Voice

Vox populi: Levon Helm, Ray Lamontagne & Secret Sisters reviewed

"...the Secret Sisters began the ensuing four-hour marathon summoning no less than the Everly Brothers...."

Nov. 15, 2010 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

No Prozac for the Wicked

The Cool Capers of Donald Westlake

"...Like God and the Devil, - - writer Donald E. Westlake..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...releases like The Fall Guy and Road House, but now it's added the world premiere of one of the..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Call of the Wild

Buck the dog makes another trip to the Yukon, this time with CGI assistance

"...This domesticated adaptation of Jack London’s 1903 novella tempers the brutality of the..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Making Mjolnir Out of a WiiMote

Local game developers Red Fly talk 'Thor'

"...Fly got this week when Thor topped the box office: A surge of power and press for their tie-in..."

May 11, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: The Body of Christ

McNally play defies the fake religiosity of those who would suppress it

"...When public officials engage in literary criticism, the results are seldom edifying...."

April 23, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Love Man: Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye's latest reissue.

"...Gaye’s tears, like Levi Stubbs’, endure as a natural phenomenon, no less than a magnolia tree or Tammi Terrell...."

June 15, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Fantastic Fest Interview: Richard Stanley Sees the Color Out of Space

How his mother's love and death shaped his Lovecraft adaptation

"...Lovecraft, it's that the universe is utterly amoral, and humanity is no more important than sand or the eternal..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Solider of Fortune

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

"...for its third album Night Life, a neon shard of electric R&B. Harmonizing with mercurial Scottish axe murderer Brian..."

April 23, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Results of the Free Market

"...Dear Editor, On the conservatives' list of things we believe in, just under God, is the..."

June 12, 2007 Postmarks

Saving HeteroTexas: God and the GOP

God – or rather, those who claim to speak in his name – works in mysterious ways this election season

"...season. According to Glen Maxey, the folks who claim God on their side in the fight over same-sex marriage..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...The short unhappy life of Sophia Chante King came to a sudden end a..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Two Bios of Barbara

"...Golden Touch Press, $9.95 paper Mary Beth Rogers' biography of Barbara Jordan, Barbara Jordan: American Hero, is what a..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Books Review

God's Own Clothesline

In Search of Far Flung Adventures With Butch Hancock

"...was just here," said Zenna through the whiny strains of an acoustic guitar coming from the tape deck behind..."

May 15, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

God on the Bench

Some Judges Look to a Higher Authority

"...illustration by A.J. Garces The most distinguishing feature of Judge John Devine's courtroom in Houston is a painting..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature by Bob Elder

The Man

Bobby “Blue” Bland (1930-2013) made me one too

"...Bobby “Blue” Bland is The Man. There’s no other way to think about the singer...."

June 28, 2013 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Like the Rest of Us

Atmosphere's Slug isn't dead from tequila poisoning yet

"...Felt. The Minneapolis duo’s also built up one hell of a devoted fan base in the process...."

Nov. 5, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

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