20,000 Days on Earth

This documentary (for which Nick Cave receives a script credit), gets inside the artist's notoriously fussy creative process.

"...be a dismal place overflowing with violent death, insane religion, and loves lost, smothered, or, occasionally, disemboweled. And you’d..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

No Place on Earth

A spelunker in the Ukraine turns amateur sleeuth as he tries to make sense of the remnants he finds in a cave: They were left by Jews who hid there from the Nazis.

"...Made in conjunction with the History Channel’s theatrical documentary production wing, History..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

The Luv Doc: A Heaven-on-Earth Couplehood

The Luv Doc thinks this reader might have a malfunctioning amygdala

"...us is amazing. But I get so instantly intensely lonely when she leaves town I feel the absolute need..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

What Ever Happened to Peace on Earth?

Willie's new anti-war ballad

"...On Saturday night, Jan. 3, Willie Nelson performed the following..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature

DVDanger: 'Byzantium,' 'Kiss of the Damned,' 'Nosferatu,' 'Aeon: The Last Vampyre on Earth'

Time for a real vampire weekend

"...of vampire. Sexy and pained, or a walking virus. Personally, I have always preferred the "needs to be eradicated..."

Nov. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Plant Nurseries and Gardeners Are Essential on Earth Day (and Every Day)

At-home gardening in Austin for food and mental health

"...One kind of business deemed "essential" during pandemic restrictions –..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

Iron Orchard Gets Its Day on Screen

Austin Film Festival shows the film adaptation of the classic Texas novel

"...Standing in the shade opposite the historic John Bremond Jr. House at Seventh and Guadalupe, Lew Temple is..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Day the Earth Stood Still

This dull, unnecessary remake of the 1951 science-fiction classic features Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly in a wooden cautionary tale.

"...Directed by: Scott Derrickson. Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith,..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Public Notice: Peace on Earth, Good Will to Most

A final look forward at the start of the end of the CodeNEXT process

"...in a while as when I wrote a column on CodeNEXT three weeks back ("Public Notice: Back to the..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Superman: Peace on Earth

"...strange visitor from another planet, powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men? ó and truly saw him,..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Books Feature

Playback – Austin Record Convention: The Greatest Record Store on Earth

ARC of the covenant, good Reputations, and Blind Sight

"...the Bay Area, I scooped LPs at Berkeley's Mad Monk Center for Anachronistic Media (Rasputin Music's vinyl outpost) and..."

May 5, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Can the Earth Be Saved?

Walter Cronkite and the creation of Earth Day

"...At long last, on April 19, the University of Texas at..."

April 20, 2012 News Feature by Douglas Brinkley

Earth Day 101: All Things Consignment

Clean the city and your guilty conscience

"...Since the birth of Earth Day on April, 22, 1970, people have committed one..."

April 20, 2017 Events Post by Chelsea Pribble

Earth Days

Directed with a flawless eye and judicious craft, this documentary is an informative and nonpolemic look at the birth of the modern environmental movement.

"...Directed by: Robert Stone. An informative and nonpolemic look at the birth of..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Green on the Go

For Austin Green Art, every day is Earth Day – or eARTh Day

"...help but wonder when this guy will run for public office. Coming..."

May 25, 2007 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

SXSW Episodic Review: The Man Who Fell To Earth

First look at the Showtime sequel to the Bowie space oddity

"...Based on both the 1963 Walter Tevis novel and the 1976..."

March 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Sarah Jane

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...When I was a freshman at Sonoma State University in 2006, I received an assignment that..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

The Verde Report: Referee Ismail Elfath on a World Cup Final for the Ages

In part two of our chat, the Austinite discusses his time on soccer’s biggest stage

"...Last month at the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, Ismail Elfath..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

One Woman’s Battle for Justice After a Cop’s Reckless Driving Killed Her Partner

One moment destroyed Pam Watts' life and created an activist

"...her words slowing, her Texas drawl softening. "But you don't really know whether you have the memory or somebody..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Felicia Day, Defender of the Earth

'The Guild' star plays Asteroids tonight at the Alamo with 'Rock Jocks'

"...It's not every day you get to save the world, but tonight at..."

June 27, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...While for many on our tireless (okay actually very, very tired) music team,..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...It’s a bright afternoon on Indigenous Peoples Day, and Bertha Rendón Delgado is..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Sittin' on a Red Hot Stove

A Q&A with Charles Sanders, Jr. of Kool & Together

"...of Victoria, Kool & Together – led by brothers Tyrone, Joe, and Charles Sanders, Jr. – explored the expanses..."

Oct. 6, 2011 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

A Game a Day

Team Chaos has been busy making games for you

"...I'm not going to lie; I've wasted a fair portion of the last few days of my life on..."

April 14, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth

A dystopian future meets a pop-culture obsessed past in Ready Player One

"...imagine the man inside living an ordinary life. But once the doors open, the reality of the situation becomes..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Books Feature by James Renovitch

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part One: The Good, the Badass, and the Weirder

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...Locked away in a small, dark room, sustaining himself on madhouse flies and in thrall to the black-light flickerings..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Texas Monthly's Taco Editor on the Past, Present, & Future of the American Taco

Q&A with José R. Ralat, the man with one of the most envied titles in town

"...José R. Ralat has maybe one of the most enviable jobs in Texas – Taco..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

On Leaving Paradise for an Oasis

An Austin foodie falls in love with Marathon and West Texas' other boutique towns

"...chef, but like many who've headed in the same direction, I discovered much more. In my 22 years of..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

The First Earth Day, 1970

Austan Librach remembers

"...On its 40th anniversary, Earth Day has become a rather..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Public Notice: Happy Earth Day!

"...This coming Wednesday, April 22, marks the 50th Earth Day. You may..."

April 17, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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