Richard Whittaker’s Top 10 Films of 2019

"...1) The Souvenir..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fungi

There’s more to this wonderful biological documentary than mushrooms

"...One of the many, many facts that you will ingest..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Knives Out

Cunning if slight murder mystery revives the whodunit

"...Christopher Plummer, Ana de Armas, Don Johnson, LaKeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, Noah Segan and Edi Patterson...."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"..."I don't think I would have ever imagined using the phrase, 'I just got off the phone with Kim..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Interview with JNL Barbecue Pitmaster: “A Lot of Fire and A Lot of Meat”

Former Franklin BBQ cook opens his own trailer at Buzz Mill Shady

"...JNL Barbecue, a new barbecue trailer located at the new Buzz Mill Shady location, will present to the..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Food Post by Rod Machen

Death Watch: Is “Broken” Justen Hall Competent to Be Executed?

If a stay is not granted, Hall will be the fifth Texas inmate put to death this fall

"...district court in El Paso, asking that it dismiss the appeals filed on his behalf and set his execution..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

This spell isn't as bewitching the second time around

"...Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Harris Dickinson, Ed Skrein and Chiwetel Ejiofor...."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Sarah Marloff

Iron Age's Seminal Album Reverberates Through Texas' Metal Scene

The Sleeping Eye turns 10 with a reissue, its creators and other Texas metal icons consider its influence

"...An hour southwest of Austin sits another world. Rolling hills and winding roads..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Luv Doc: Being Circumspect

A stupid, irritating, or contemptible person

"...to younger people is as thrilling as thinking about the sex life of slugs. Absolutely no one wants to..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Column by Luv Doc

One Cut of the Dead

Horror becomes filmmaking comedy becomes a touching family triumph

"...or Grudge that made mainstream international horror audiences shriek, there was a low-budget straight-to-DVD or – even worse –..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Every Body Has a Story in The Mortuary Collection

Ryan Spindell brings period creep to the horror anthology

"...When the corpse is dead and decayed, what a life really..."

Sept. 21, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Living After Midnight With Jeremy Gardner and Christian Stella

Monstrous fantasy coincides with relationship drama (and karaoke)

"...approach to storytelling. "I always want to care about the characters first, and then drop them into a world..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Playing With the Tracking With Tim Robbins on VHYes

It's a father-son deal in this home movie insanity

"...Robbins' latest brainmelting creation, VHYes, but is also its executive producer...."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Ant Timpson Says Come to Daddy

How an old grieving tradition gave the filmmaker a new energy

"...Ant Timpson is (in)famous in genre circles as the producer of such gory gems as Deathgasm and The..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Ways YOU Can Fight Climate Change

Yes, you can do things to help the planet

"...It's been commonly called the defining issue of our time. The last four years..."

Sept. 20, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Traveling Through Time at the Speed of Life

Director Liz Manashil on a romance across time ... and Bowie

"...Have you ever had the sneaking suspicion that the universe has been broken ever..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sabrina Ellis Sings National Anthem for Hurting Nation

Mass shootings on the mind at Blues on the Green performance

"...The Great Lawn of Zilker Park looked like a quilt..."

Aug. 8, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

In Memoriam: Rhoda Winter Russell

Movement therapy pioneer who knew the greats of dance has died

"...extraordinary history in dance. As an aspiring dancer in the Forties and Fifties, Rhoda Winter Russell crossed paths with..."

Aug. 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

You Can't Eat Money

"...Dear Editor, The climate crisis is simply the impeding death of all..."

April 9, 2019 Postmarks

Shooting Lessons by Lenny Kleinfeld

Kleinfeld's newest Chicago-based crime thriller takes the safety off

"...fiction with reality and suspect for a moment that the American Gun Association in Lenny Kleinfeld's new novel Shooting..."

April 5, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Comedy: Doug Loves Movies Podcast Recording

Doug Benson and friends give South By a fond, filmic farewell

"...bang. Some end with a whimper. But what if there was a better, middle way?..."

March 18, 2019 SXSW Post by Rosalind Faires

Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn

Part one of epic anime quest is a fine first step

"...boy and an unusual girl – it seems like the perfect fodder for a fantasy anime, and that's exactly..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock and Mike D Talk Trap, Basketball, Bogus Conspiracies, SXSW, and Their New Book

"We realized that all we do have, before this started and after it ends, is the three of us.”

"...By their own accounts, the Beastie Boys never spent much time..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

One in a Crowd

Barton Springs history needs your crowdfunding help

"...potential backers, it can be hard to navigate all the sites out there, so here's a quick guide to..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Screens Column by Savannah J Salazar

Storied Austin Drummer Hunt Sales Gets His Shit Together

Forty years of junkiedom ends in debut solo album for Tin Machine drummer

"...hanging around his neck, tattoos: Hunt Sales looks like someone you met in jail. Ink on the lower knuckles..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

From charming zombies to pompous actors, 10 films to seek in 2019

"...You may be done with 2018, but 2018 isn't done with you. While..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Your friendly neighborhood web-head goes beyond Peter Parker

"...Peter Parker is dead. Technically, he's not our Peter Parker, because that's the..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Life of a Search and Rescue Drone Pioneer

How retired Air Force medic Gene Robinson found new purpose looking for missing persons

"...Back in 2004, when aerial drones were still synonymous with Hellfire missiles and top-secret military..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Cat Cardenas

Edward Carey's Portrait of Madame Tussaud in Little

The Austin author both writes about and illustrates the grand, strange life of the waxworks queen

"...There's an inherent humor to a book titled Little that's..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

The Luv Doc: Hot Mom

Austin has more Peter Pans than just about any city this side of San Francisco

"...seems to be hanging out with people my age rather than her own. My friends all think she's awesome,..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

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