Experts at SXSW Debate if AI Will Save Us ... or Destroy Us

Scads of panels ponder a rosy or bleak future

"...Hinton, left his job at Google to warn the world that the technology he is partly responsible for advancing..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film Review: WeWork: or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn

How hubris was baked into the mega-startup

"...only needs to look at the Fyre Fest debacle or those GameStop upstarts launching Wall Street into a tantrum..."

March 19, 2021 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Interview: Without Getting Killed or Caught

Tamara Saviano on the bonds between Guy, Susanna, and Townes

"...In one of her last audio diaries before Townes Van Zandt died on New Year's Day 1997,..."

March 18, 2021 Screens Post by Doug Freeman

Anti-Displacement Task Force: Money, or Nothing

A city task force with no budget or staff?

"...At the Anti-Displacement Task Force's first meeting in December, the group of stakeholders appointed..."

Jan. 19, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Health Care for All ... or Just Some?

Misappropriating funds or marketing?

"...Central Health critic, attorney Fred Lewis, issued another salvo against the health care..."

Nov. 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Is Austin’s Art.Science.Gallery. Evolving or Dying?

Crucial times for the city’s science-celebrating bastion of art

"...Evolve or die, right?..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Death Watch: Killer or Fall Guy?

Was Daniel Nagle murdered by a man acting alone, or was it part of a larger conspiracy?

"...the afternoon of Dec. 17, 1999, in Beeville, Texas, correctional officer and local AFSCME union president Daniel Nagle was..."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

To Join Or Not to Join

Austin actors tell how they negotiate the Actors Equity choice

"...When local actors talk about pay – which is often – you..."

Jan. 22, 2015 Arts Post by Katherine Catmull

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

A Hollywood star falls to earth with mad, exhilarating results.

"...Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring: Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Amy Ryan, Naomi Watts, Andrea Riseborough, Zach..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

It's Do or DIY

Whether quiet protest or paradigm shift, the handmade crowd has plenty to say

"...now been around long enough to become joke fodder. Portlandia reworked its "The Dream Is Alive" sketch for a..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Brandon Watson

DVD Watch: 'To Be or Not to Be'

Lubitsch's 1952 film casts Jack Benny as a Nazi?

"...that's what the first five minutes of To Be or Not To Be (Criterion, $29.95) would have you believe...."

Aug. 27, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

To Zhoosh or Not to Zhoosh: aGLIFF Spiffs Up in a Word

The Polari Fest (nee aGLIFF) asks "What’s in a name?"

"...Sexual and gender minorities have always had a knack for language. Depending on..."

Sept. 27, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Is Debbie Riddle 'Color Blind' or Just Blind?

Riddle doesn't understand the point of HB 789 provisions

"...Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball, got a tad self-righteous this morning in the House Criminal Jurisprudence subcommittee on criminal procedure,..."

March 30, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Love or Confusion?

More vinyl memories

"...to younger brothers and friends as I outgrew it. Or so I thought...."

July 14, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

SXSW Film Review: Join or Die

Can Rotary Clubs and bowling save America?

"...collective mind? Well, to hear the SXSW documentary Join or Die tell it, it’s the lack of collective endeavors..."

March 20, 2023 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

If or When I Call: Will Johnson Discusses His Debut Novel

Long-held itch harvests the road, autobiography, and compassion

"...rivers and highways of Southeastern Missouri where he was born, If or When I Call titles the debut novel..."

April 9, 2021 Music Post by Matt White

SXSW Film Review: Without Getting Killed or Caught

Guy Clark's life, entwined with his wife and best friend

"...The history of Country Music is filled with legends that Nashville..."

March 25, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blumhouse's Truth or Dare

Truth or dare? We say pass on this demonic schlock.

"...say, last year’s Academy Award-winning Get Out is far more mysterious than anything that happens onscreen in Blumhouse’s Truth..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hell or High Water

Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, and Ben Foster shine in West Texas crime film

"...This West Texas crime movie barrels in with the force of a full-gale dust storm over the flat, dry..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: Kill or Be Killed

Western revenge, Texas style

"...Western is back. The most American of cinematic art forms (except for when the Italians took it and did..."

March 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Telling The David Whiting Story or, the Cesar Romero Joke

Louis Black reflects on working decades ago with Walter Reuben

"...The David Whiting Story or, the Cesar Romero Joke, being shown on Tuesday..."

Feb. 16, 2015 Screens Post by Louis Black

Black or White

Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer play guardians who fight over the custody of their granddaughter.

"...2014 was a banner year for race-minded movies from African-American filmmakers. Selma examined the political..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Pioneers or Settlers?

Balancing renewables and affordability at AE

"...Last summer, the Austin Generation Resource Planning Task Force issued a bold recommendation to Austin Energy, the city's..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Luv Doc: Are Americans Crazy or Just Stupid?

We’re far beyond the era when a well-regulated militia – or for that matter even a poorly regulated militia - can provide our security

"...weapons in America? Is it because Americans are crazy, or is it because they’re just stupid? - Donal..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Column by The Luv Doc

Adventures in Fashion: Six Items or Less

Our contributor Shelley Seale takes the ultimate wardrobe challenge.

"...Could you get by for an entire month wearing only six pieces of clothing..."

Feb. 14, 2011 Design Post by Shelley Seale

Quee-r-eminiscence! -or- California Goddamn

Since the election I haven't come out of my hidey-hole...

"...things. Among them "a remembered experience" and "the process or practice of thinking or telling about the past." Southern..."

Nov. 12, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Live Free or Die Hard

As John McClane, Bruce Willis once more brings the noise and blows the bejesus out of the bad guys.

"...Q, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Kevin Smith. There's something enormously comforting about watching Willis' smoldering, forever put-upon NYPD Detective..."

June 29, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DOA: Dead or Alive

Female fighters start out as enemies but strip down to their bikini tops to fight a common foe.

"...Directed by: Corey Yuen. Starring: Jaime Pressly, Holly Valance, Devon Aoki, Sarah..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Life or Something Like It

"...play an association game. Angelina Jolie is to Life or Something Like It as Tiffany's is to a suburban..."

April 26, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shoot Or Be Shot

"...Christie, Scott Rinker, Harry Hamlin and William Shatner. Shoot or Be Shot is a little indie about Harvey Wilkes..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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