DVDanger: Ryan Reynolds, the Most Interesting Man in the World

How Van Wilder became Hollywood's most unpredictable talent

"...of the plot is a pedophile network. It's a dark evolution for Egoyan. He has regularly made sex workers..."

May 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: SXSW Mission Statement

Six lists to get you through SXSW 2015

"...Institute: Dark, hardcore-spiked post-punk..."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Most Read Film Reviews of 2014

Bombs away!

"...“Gone Girl is pitch-black neo-noir, and part of me would just love to..."

Jan. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: Nick Damici Sees Late Phases

Werewolves, contact lenses, and the Hap and Leonard series

"...gained the reputation as the guy who takes on hard-to-pitch horrors. Werewolves in a retirement community with a blind..."

Nov. 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Smokey Emery

Tape Deck

"...instrumentation and scavenged sound comes cut, looped, mixed, and pitch-shifted to the point of nearly unrecognizable. Definitely not music..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Review by Greg Beets

Aye, No!

This Teatro Vivo show finds its comedy in the contradictions within us and the way we relate to our families

"...the abuela's mouth, and the first flies upward, the pitch high and lilting like a wren taking wing, and..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Sunday Listings

FFF Sunday by the blurb

"...tenable middle ground that enables him to shift his pitch from crossover thrash to the neo-soul of Erykah Badu,..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature

ACL Music Fest 2014 Sunday Listings – Second Weekend

Blurbing a final day of ACL 2014

"...sons – Dylan, Daniel, Jesse, and Johnny – who pitch accordion-tinged rock with their continent's native rhythms. – Nina..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Music Feature

ACL Music Fest 2014 Sunday Listings

Blurbing Sunday ACL

"...sons – Dylan, Daniel, Jesse, and Johnny – who pitch accordion-tinged rock with their continent's native rhythms. – Nina..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature

The Road to Urinetown

Composer Mark Hollmann on the show's creation and success

"...Chcago, shows that were strange and of a really dark world where there was something really corrupt just below..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Moontower 2014, Day 2: Dennis Miller

Whatever his politics, the man's still a comedy treasure

"...he would intone as the set faded to a pitch-HBO-after-dark-black before he would barrel ahead anyway to suss out..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

SXSW Tuesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW blurbing

"...keeps its corrosive black metal raging at a fever pitch. – Michael Toland Archie Powell & the Exports..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature

'Pet Sounds'

Charles Long's menagerie of blobby sculptures beg to be touched, and coo approvingly when they are

"...equivalent of barnyard noises – that will sometimes change pitch or frequency as you move your hand over them..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

The unreleased and the oddly evasive titles from 2013

"...me earlier in the year about adapting Todd Rigney's dark and unforgiving novella, and the film is every bit..."

Jan. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Event Horizon

As festivals, crowds, and expenses proliferate – is Austin approaching major event overload?

"...Media is another key factor. In his pitch to bring the 2014, 2015, and 2016 ESPN X..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Clear As 'Mud'

Writer/director Jeff Nichols dishes the dirt on his third feature

"...got an HBO pilot that I sold off a pitch, and I spent six months writing that thing, and..."

April 26, 2013 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Festival Fest

Old Settler’s, Austin Reggae, and Convergence converge

"...the 74 year-old singer hit that high and lonesome pitch, the crowd roared – knowing they’d just witnessed real..."

April 22, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The AggreGAYtor: November 6

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• With anti-gay sentiment rising to a fever pitch in neighboring Serbia, it is nice to see Croatia..."

Nov. 6, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Long and the Short of It

It's an uphill battle securing a future for a short film

"...– they were all super into the exact same dark laugh."..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Third Coast Invasion! Austin At San Diego Comic-Con

Mondo, 'Darksiders,' and 'Ultimate Spider-Man' at SDCC

"...him to unveil some droolworthy artwork from the upcoming Dark Horse comic adaptation of Vigil Games' Darksiders II on..."

July 10, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Total Utility

The pain and politics of raising electric rates as a means of controlling our destiny

"...was going to represent a relative stab in the dark. Council's carefully crafted rate solution may spread revenue increases..."

June 15, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

ATX Television: TV Fantasy Goes Mainstream

Tales from 'Firefly,' 'Teen Wolf,' 'Supernatural,' & more

"...working on Grimm), and Jose Molina (writer on Firefly, Dark Angel, Haven, and more)...."

June 2, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

An Evening of Evil

Richard Hell hosts a film noir double feature

"...Richard Hell would dare to program one of the darkest film noirs in cinema history with the antic, Techni-candy-colored..."

May 25, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Face Off Recap: The Finale And What Came Before

So what happened to Matt? The long overdue wrap-up

"...emotional plea for victory. We already had RJ's sales pitch at the beginning of the season, that he's doing..."

March 29, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Party Crawl

"...speeds (slow and fast) but had only mastered one dark mood, while the following act, Balaclava from Richmond, Va.,..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

The Lion in Winter

Even fading lights couldn't dim the glow of Austin Playhouse's lovely staging

"...dedicated troupe of volunteers labored for a month to pitch this glowing white tent, an IKEA version of a..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Beautiful Bitter

The heartachey animation of Don Hertzfeldt

"...His films are uneasy dreams, more often than not pitched just this side of reality, which, in his art,..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

ACL Music Fest Friday Listings

The blurbing of ACL 2011

"...bleep-rock à la Animal Collective while retaining its infectious, pitch-perfect harmonies. New single "Boomerang" gets all beachy nostalgic. –..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature

30 Things

The Highs, the Lows, the Lists

"...the past three decades – is reaching a fever pitch...."

Aug. 19, 2011 Features Feature

Wednesday Rewind

Humping in three clicks or less, plus Hellfire Social

"...According to frontman Chris Brown, the Hollywood high concept pitch for Bali Yaaah is “LCD Soundsystem meets the Black..."

Aug. 10, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

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