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"...existed The Usual Suspects - directo r Bryan Singer's scintillating thriller that's been blasting audiences nationwid e to attention..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Q&A: Legendary Jazz Drummer Andrew Cyrille Speaks On Pleasing a Crowd, His Dream Collaboration, and Playing with Billy Harper

Modern Jazz Masters Play Scottish Rite Theater on Saturday

"...Cyrille (Cecil Taylor, Trio3, David Murray) intended to return that April as part of a duo with saxophonist Billy..."

May 4, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Parts You Lose

Icy thriller has no idea what to do with its talented cast

"...page for The Parts You Lose, you will learn that the film is about a young boy in a..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Fences

Denzel Washington scores big in August Wilson's great American play

"...This is Denzel Washington’s third at bat behind the camera while directing himself and, holy..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Spoon Surprises Hotel Vegas

Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, and crew meet Sabrina Ellis’ Sweet Spirit

"...“Small Stakes,” the second song in Spoon’s surprise set at Hotel Vegas Tuesday night. “Were we on time?” That..."

May 7, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Black Nativity

Kasi Lemmons’ adaptation of this Langston Hughes work is a muddled church-time reverie.

"...by: Kasi Lemmons. Starring: Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Jacob Latimore, Jennifer Hudson, Tyrese Gibson, Mary J. Blige, Nas and..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lee Daniels' The Butler

The stars shine bright in this broad yet moving overview of the last 90 years of African-American history.

"...achieves a grandeur in Lee Daniels’ The Butler, which displays an overarching perspective that’s glued together by a personal..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

'The NFL Beat': Week 10

Our little season is all grown up

"...Well, I told you so...."

Nov. 10, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

'The NFL Beat': Week Two

Back to the grind

"...introductions or the exchange of half-assed pleasantries. Winners know that shaking hands is just a primordial way of checking..."

Sept. 15, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

UT Baseball in the Sports Capital of Texas

Round Rock? Sports Capital of Texas?

"...kids of Texas Baseball probably savored the idea – rather, the honor – of playing a de facto home..."

April 2, 2012 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

The Laziest Girl in Town

Asleep at the Wheel's feminine ideal is pregnant with possibility

"...on the curved tangerine sofa in her East Austin home, glasses whimsically askew atop her sculpted nose. With a..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Black Swan

Darren Aronofsky and Natalie Portman whip things into a baroque frenzy in this crazed hybrid of drama and horror set amid a ballet corps.

"...Directed by: Darren Aronofsky. Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Up

Pixar tops itself with its new animated film that offers so much more than its promotional promise of a fantastical movie about a house that flies on balloon power.

"...and Bob Peterson. Pixar tops itself with its new animated offering Up, a movie so visually and emotionally skillful..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aztex Bid Farewell to Inaugural Campaign, and More

"...Premier Development League Southern Conference final, by the defending national champion Laredo Heat, and more specifically by a couple..."

July 30, 2008 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Texans Upset Panthers, Face Super Bowl Champs This Sunday on KEYE

"...Titans lose. KEYE to air Texans/Colts game this Sunday at noon. But before we start sending KEYE gift baskets..."

Sept. 20, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

The Miller's Tale

Swinging across the century with Ernie Mae Miller, 'a little blues, a little bawdy'

"...View Co-eds, the black, all-girl swing band from Texas that toured nationally during World War II. Miller's index finger..."

July 6, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Weathering the Storm

The Austin Lightning look to gain a foothold in Austin as soccer is primed for the national spotlight

"...A soccer ball slices through the steamy June sky at Bohls Park near downtown Pflugerville. Nearby, a white-haired jogger,..."

June 22, 2007 Sports Feature by Joe O'Connell

Academy Award-Nominated Live Action Shorts 2006

And the Oscar goes to … see the five nominees and judge for yourself.

"...Directed by: Various. Few surveys of the 2006 feature filmmaking world have failed to notice the ascendency of..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Broken Bridges

At first glance, Toby Keith drama Broken Bridges is about reconciliations; really, though, the movie is about the cross-marketing potential of contemporary country music full of cliché and contrived music performances.

"...movie. After all, Keith is the gravelly voiced, trucker-cap-wearing, multiplatinum-selling country singer who released an album called Shock'n Y'all..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Waterfalls and Sea Changes

The former and current artistic directors of Austin Script Works discuss new plays, local theatre, and the writer's voice

"...Swanson and I first met as grad students studying playwriting at the University of Texas. One day she brought..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Dietz

An 'Our Town' for Our Town

With 100 Austin stories, Zach builds a city on a stage

"...The thing about that play by Thornton Wilder – you know the one,..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Roll Over, Beethoven

An interview with Francis Preve, laptop composer and producer

"...editor to Keyboard Magazine, the Austinite was a speaker at SXSW's Interactive Laptop Studio, where he joined other techie..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Right Man for the Job

Charlie Robison says 'fuck everybody.'

"...in Nashville about Charlie Robison is to invite an anatomy lesson. They marvel at the size of his balls...."

June 29, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Blow Dry

"...Directed by: Paddy Breathnach. Starring: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Warren Clarke, Bill Nighy,..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Future's Still Bright

Barbara K, the woman who turned down $900,000

"...Barbara K is certifiably insane. That's the conclusion she's guessing you'll draw when you hear..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Image of a First Lady

Based on her physical appearance alone, Jean Stapleton is a natural to portray Eleanor. But it turns out that the accomplished actress' resemblance to the first lady doesn't end there. It extends to her idealism, her feminism, and even her awakening to activism.

"...the eyes, showing off a gleaming picket fence of great white teeth. The same apple cheeks, plump beneath the..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

It Takes Two

Asking local musical couples what it's like to do everything together

"..."O my Luve's like the melodie, that's sweetly played in tune" -- Robert Burns, "A Red,..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

A Room With a View

Steve Wertheimer prepares to open a second Continental Club -- in Houston.

"..."It basically feels like a grown-up version of what's in Austin." Steve Wertheimer is standing on the debris-strewn..."

May 26, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Playing on the Past

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June 11, 1999 Screens Feature by Chris Baker

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