Only the Brave

"...Kokkinos. Starring: Elena Mandalis, Dora Kaskanis and Maude Davey./////playing The Part/////d: Mitch Mccabe. Who am I? Such a simple..."

May 5, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Only the Brave

Visceral dramatization of the heroic work of the Granite Mountain Hotshots

"...The profession of firefighting is shown for the hard, heroic..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Puerto Rican Literature The Land of the Brave Lord

"...that has been systematically silenced and shoved aside by the mainstream of American letters, even as those same teachers,..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Books Feature

The Brave and the Bowled-Over

How to survive the creativity marathon that is 24 Hour Comics Day

"..."It's not exactly a conventional sort of fun," says the Austin Sketch Group's John Rubio. He's talking about 24..."

April 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Descent

Urban professionals go spelunking in an attempt to wipe away old horrors, only to find some new ones to call their own.

"...Buring, Nora-Jane Noone, Oliver Milburn and Molly Kayll. Is The Descent the horror film to beat for the foreseeable..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: The Time of the Toad

The New McCarthyism, or why the way the Dixie Chicks incident passes into history matters

"..."Some time before he became involved in the Dreyfus Affair, Emile Zola wrote an article called 'The..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Point Austin: On the Border and Elsewhere, Gov. Abbott Suffers the Little Children

Best governor in the nation? Depends on who you ask.

"...bring back his column whenever he’s inspired to tackle the state we’re in...."

July 21, 2023 News Post by Michael King

The Emperor's New Groove

"...Directed by: Mark Dindal. Instead of venturing out to the theatre to see the Mouse's newest, I'd have been..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Review: “If the Sky Were Orange”

Journalist Jeff Goodell curates the Blanton’s call to action on climate change

"...The title of the Blanton Museum of Art's ongoing exhibition..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Feature by Lina Fisher

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 book’s Darwinist narrative, one in which..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Page Two: The Long Scream

The endless Republican nightmare casts its shadow on health care reform

"...Then again"..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu

Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton

"...Robert Ellis feels pretty good these days...."

May 24, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Color of Fire

The Austin Fire Department is making another attempt at staff diversity – will it do any better this time?

"...There was a time not so long ago when Austin's..."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Now Streaming in Austin: The Texas Archive of the Moving Image

Fall down a rabbit hole with this incredible resource

"...easy to forget that your Austin forebears were making their own videos - only they called them home movies...."

March 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summoning the Blair Witch

Into the woods with Simon Barrett and Adam Wingard

"...Love it or hate it, The Blair Witch Project birthed a genre, and any sequel..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Man Behind the Leatherface Mask

Gunnar Hansen signing "Chain Saw Confidential" at Bookpeople Sunday

"...Gunnar Hansen joined a little independent horror film called The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as the hulking butcher Leatherface...."

Sept. 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

LoneStarCon 3: The Howard and George Show

Howard Waldrop and George R. R. Martin really do like each other

"...To commemorate their half-century of improbable friendship, writers George R. R. Martin..."

Sept. 1, 2013 Books Post by Robert Faires

Going With the Flow

The next life of Waller Creek

"...Waller Creek and environs is to live intensively in the modern world and at the same time to be..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

The FronteraFest Way

Christi Moore's top rule for producing the annual festival: Just say 'yes'

"...Congratulations! You've just won the plum job of producing a long-running, much-loved performance festival..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: The Stravinsky Theory

The healing power of prescience, set on "repeat"

"...Hopin' for the best..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Over the 8 Ball

Anna Hanks consults one of the world's most enduring toy fortune tellers just in time for Halloween.

"...Imagine how children across America will feel when they discover that one of their most enduring and popular..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Anna Hanks

Austin at Large: The Big Fat Blue Lying Line

Nothing about Uvalde should surprise us in Austin about the credibility of police

"...Two years ago, the last weekend in May saw one of the worst..."

June 3, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards Goes Digital

The Long Center’s annual celebration of excellence in high school musical theatre moves center stage to center screen

"...The Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Award show is..."

May 29, 2020 Arts Feature by Nataleah Small

Rolling the Dice

Behind the scenes of The Adventure Zone with Griffin McElroy

"...There weren’t particularly grand aspirations when the pilot for The..."

Oct. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

We Were the Urban Pioneers

Our search for the just-right million-dollar condo, in the wilds of Downtown

"...Think of the Puritan settlers, eking out a new life amid impossibly..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

'The Sporting Life': … or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving to Lose

"...and man of leisure. I am a gentleman.    All the same, I must destroy Happy Jack.    The game is..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...Festival No. 1 – is raring to go, and the proof is in the lineup. As of today, the..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Brave

Although the animation looks terrific and the story features an immensely sympathetic heroine, Brave lacks the sheer imaginative oomph of prior Pixar pics.

"...Elastica, and Irvine Welsh were still cool. Now, with the release of this 13th feature from Pixar, I seem..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Getting a Read on the State of Anti-State Bookstores

Brave New Books and Monkeywrench Books keep thinking outside the mainstream

"...Around the turn of the century, Slacker-era Austin was on its..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Taylor Prewitt

Welcome to the Dollhouse

"...Directed by: Todd Solondz. Starring: Heather Matarazzo, Brendan Sexton, Matthew Faber, Eric Mabius, Angela Pietropinto,..."

June 28, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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