Crawl

Chompy creature feature is the savior of summer horror

"...Ever get the feeling that some filmmakers are overthinking things? Nuance, insight, cinematic innovation,..."

July 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Review: Our Town

City Theatre’s safe staging of the classic embraces nostalgia

"...The City Theatre Company, which has temporarily lost its permanent venue due..."

Feb. 27, 2019 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Playback – Typecast: David Yow & Brett Bradford

Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard in their new roles, plus a Twin Peaks themed concert

"...As a murderous meth head in I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, David Yow found a..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Gospel According to Lee Fields

Soul man tells it all ahead of Saturday’s ice cream social

"...Saturday’s Ice Cream Festival boasts an after hours lineup of..."

June 22, 2018 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

American Animals

Truth, lies, and self-deception in this remarkable true-crime docudrama

"...For many moviegoers, documentaries are synonymous with truth, a re-creation of historical events using primary documents and firsthand accounts...."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Rude Mechs' Fixing Troilus and Cressida

The third show in the Fixing Shakespeare series makes his mess of a play about the Trojan War hilarious and even engrossing

"...It's easy to forget that Shakespeare wrote a play about the Trojan War, because..."

March 16, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

City Theatre's The Seafarer

Karen Sneed’s staging is shot through with compassion for the play’s hard-luck, hard-drinking Irishmen

"...In McPherson-esque fashion, though, there's a bit of a supernatural twist to the holiday happenings onstage at City Theatre...."

Nov. 24, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four

Doc chronicles a shameful chapter in San Antonio history

"...At the tail end of the last gasp of the..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Toys in the Attic

There's something for the kid in all of us at the Austin Toy Museum

"...What's that old saying about having the most toys? If..."

April 15, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

De Novo Comes to Texas

Jeffrey Solomon's play brings the violence of Central America to life

"...Edgar, the lead character in De Novo, a documentary play that's based the true story of Edgar Chocoy, 16,..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Tender Rough Rough Tender

Groundswell turns up the heat in its developmental staging of Sarah Saltwick's new play

"...into the world. Eternities pass in the minds of playwrights between an idea's conception and the first marring of..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

More Old Settler's Music Festival Preview

OSMF preview

"...Dr. Ralph Stanley over the land line from his home in rural Virginia, downplaying the heroic tour schedule he..."

April 11, 2014 Music Feature

Party All the Time

'Much Ado' and much fun with Whedon, Acker, and Denisof

"...Old friends at a party. That's the feel Joss Whedon was after..."

June 21, 2013 Screens Post by Robert Faires

The Unknown Soldier

Bill Carter steps out from under the shadow of Captain Jack Sparrow

"...A waitress at Hyde Park Bar & Grill says she likes Bill..."

May 3, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Audio Hype: Emily Wolfe

Emily Wolfe is set to play the Cactus Café on the 16th

"...for some folksy tunes in a historical venue this Saturday? Singer/songwriter/guitarist Emily Wolfe will play the Cactus Café on..."

Feb. 13, 2013 Events Post by Joe Layton

'The NFL Beat': Week Five

Inspirational fantasy football thoughts

"...the testicles so you can feel the pain. Cuz that's the pain I have waking up every day. "..."

Oct. 6, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Raising Their Voices

An Austinite in Russia hears theatre's rising dissent

"...On Sept. 1, I left the States for a three-week trip to Moscow, to visit the..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Graham Schmidt

Billy Friedkin Kills It

Extended Q&A with the man behind 'The Exorcist,' 'French Connection'

"...have a Q&A with legendary director William Friedkin, whose latest film Killer Joe opens in theatres tomorrow...."

Aug. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Aztex: Running Through the Playoff Scenarios

Playoff picture cloudy as regular season draws to a close

"...The Austin Aztex clinched a playoff spot with their win over El Paso on Sunday,..."

July 11, 2012 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

'The NFL Beat': Back To Reality

NFL playoff scenarios

"...If "The NFL Beat" was a car commercial it would feature the fastest..."

Dec. 29, 2011 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

A Dangerous Method

David Cronenberg forgoes his customary viscera for the more unknowable id as Drs. Jung and Freud hash out the origins of our unconscious impulses.

"...earlier works like Crash or Dead Ringers. This isn’t that kind of Cronenberg picture, however. In fact, it’s a..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Second Life

For her new play's sophomore production, Suzan-Lori Parks turns director

"...A play's first production is unquestionably important. What were simply lines..."

June 17, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Perilous Road Ahead for UT Men's B-Ball

Aggies and Jayhawks loom

"...Though UT’s Jan. 8 home loss to Kemba Walker and No. 10 UConn was..."

Jan. 17, 2011 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Football Watch

Muschamp gone, Texans and Cowboys continue slides, and more

"...yet to be a Texans fan. When you set expectations so high, you have so much farther to fall...."

Dec. 24, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Football Watch

Another tough week for football in Texas

"...lose to Jags!? Texans lose to Colts ... well, that one at least we should be used to by..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

The Blind Side

John Lee Hancock, director of The Rookie, scores with another sports drama, this time concerning a true football story.

"...Lee Hancock. Starring: Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Tim McGraw, Kathy Bates, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon and Kim..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A-Roid

Steroids, baseball, whatever

"...know about you, but when I heard the news that Alex Rodriguez had taken performance enhancing drugs while playing..."

Feb. 25, 2009 Sports Post by Justin Sanders

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...are Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected (starring Jeff Goldblum), videogame adaptation/fanboy-bait Max Payne (from local screenwriter Beau Thorne), and James..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

UT Baseball Reality Check

"...and difficulties they would face. My thought process was that the elder statesmen were going to be solid, and..."

March 18, 2008 Sports Post by Christopher Bond

Night and Day With Maceo

Still blowin'

"...“Maceo, blow your horn!” James Brown hollered that famous refrain nearly 45 years ago and Maceo Parker..."

Feb. 19, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

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