Get Me to the Funny: Chortle Portal

Weekly comedy showcase at UT keeps the students coming back for more

"...stand­up comedy night? Taxi? Bicycle? How about a Chortle Portal? That’s the name of the weekly show produced by..."

March 9, 2016 Arts Post by Spencer Beghtol

Fantastic Fest 2015: "Portal to Hell"

Down in the depths with Roddy Piper

"...secret to great comedy? Ask Vivieno Caldinelli, director of "Portal to Hell," and the answer is simple. "Exploding heads..."

Sept. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Other Side of the Door

The portal between the living and dead is once again breached

"...film in which a grief-stricken mother opens a forbidden portal between the living and the dead. However, atmospherically, this..."

March 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Window to Paris

"...in their apartment that acts as a kind of portal that, magically, leads directly out to the rooftops of..."

May 19, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Deliver Us From Evil

A police officer and a priest team battle supernatural forces in this horror thriller from the director of Sinister.

"...Iraqi cave. Turns out, this chance encounter opens a portal to hell that remains ajar when the men return..."

July 11, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Dark Tower

Roland the Gunslinger hits the big screen

"...tower via mind-melting fireballs. When Jake stumbles into a portal to this other reality, he finds Roland the Gunslinger,..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Dark Song

Black magic goes awry in this taut thriller

"...six months, the pair attempt to break through the portal betwixt life and death so that she may have..."

May 26, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Darkness

Supernatural horror film from the Blumhouse scare factory

"...hallways as the youngster unwittingly begins to open a portal to the underworld, allowing the five Anasazi demons entrapped..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Health Inequities Dog Austin

Racial disparities are glaring

"...County, and Central Health unveiled Healthy ATC, a web portal that “work[s] together to track disparities and create health..."

Aug. 19, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

Thor: The Dark World

The Marvel cinematic universe opens its gates once again, and The Dark World does not disappoint.

"...her astrophysicist thing. But once Jane stumbles onto a portal between realms and – oopsy-daisy – gets poxy with..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris just goes to show that if you wait long enough Woody Allen will finally deliver another terrific movie.

"...clock strikes midnight, Gil discovers quite by accident a portal of sorts into the 1920s. There, he boozes it..."

June 10, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

The real Parnassus of this story is director Terry Gilliam, who salvaged his movie despite the sudden death of his star, Heath Ledger, midway through shooting.

"...Imaginarium, a traveling road show that features a mirrorlike portal into one’s unconscious, but the real Parnassus here is..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

This Week's Waste of Time

Another free game that the future you recommends

"...In what will likely be one of my favorite..."

Sept. 24, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Fusillade No. 1 in Disney's presumed seven-film adaptation of C.S. Lewis' beloved children's tales is marred by dodgy CGI work and windy pacing.

"...they encounter a magical wardrobe that functions as the portal to the miraculous land of Narnia, currently ruled by..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thirteen Ghosts

"...a glass-and-chrome monstrosity that is -- surprise! -- a portal to Hell (kinda sorta) powered by 12 restless spirits..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Being John Malkovich

"...(Bean) is 105 years old. Soon Craig discovers a portal behind a file cabinet that swooshes him inside John..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cube

"...in the center of each wall sits a sliding portal through which egress can be made. The trick? Some..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Henry Fool

"...fans; to the newcomers there may be no better portal of entry...."

July 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Funeral

"...create a piece that may serve as the perfect portal into the “Ferrara” universe...."

Nov. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Waterloo Park Hosts an Eclipse-Themed Sculpture

“A portal through time, backwards and forwards”

"...speaks the language of 'eclipse’ – it is this portal through time, backwards and forwards.”..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Robyn Ross

Residential Address: Jenny Parrott's Cozy Nest of Songs and Stories at Hole in the Wall

The Austin folk experimentalist offers a free-entry Friday time portal

"...Those Stars" created the perfect theme song for that time-portal moment on this particular July evening...."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

The Daily Hustle: 11/11/10

The check is in the … mainframe?

"...Tomorrow, they're set to unveil the eCheckbook, an online portal where you can snoop through the city's finances...."

Nov. 11, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

This Week's Waste of Time

A free browser game from Fantastic Fest that you can play at home

"...The inaugural year of the Fantastic Arcade arm of..."

Sept. 23, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

This Week's Waste of Time

Hey video games, tell me a story.

"..."If you have a minute, I'd like to tell..."

Jan. 28, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

This Week's Waste of Time

Taking the video-gamed Little Prince for a test drive

"...So, as you may have noticed, there was no..."

Oct. 8, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

hellsite.austin.gov

Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?

"...position watching the city try to make the vaccine portal work, offering her advice in vain to confused bosses...."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Information Junkie

"...AC: You're talking about "portals" in the real sense of the word, doorways to..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

This Week's Waste of Time

Now you're thinking with Portals

"...a 2D Flash version of a console sensation called Portal. The original is a first-person shooter, but instead of..."

May 21, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Faster Than Sound: Levitation Returns for Halloween Weekend

A conversation with Botany and other cross-genre recs

"...Botany, producer and multi-instrumentalist Spencer Stephenson says September EP Portal Orphanage may hang up the alias. The follow-up to..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Portals

SF anthology brings in genre heavy hitters but still whiffs

"...the texture and create one singular vision. Horror-SF anthology Portals sits in the mid-realm, where a diversity of voices..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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