The Deer King

Gorgeous epic fantasy anime replaces combat with compassion

"...years after his work as a supervising editor on Princess Mononoke, Ando has crafted an ecosystem that feels just..."

July 15, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Belle

Social media and fairy tales meet in this gorgeous, grounded version of Beauty and the Beast

"...Belle, a name more befitting the ethereal freckled pop princess that flies through the air on a giant whale..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Crowns Spencer Closing Night Film

Princess Diana biopic headlines last round of titles

"...another AFF title, 2017's Jackie, stars Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana Spencer at a gathering of the British royal..."

Oct. 6, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Most Memorable Moments of Friday’s ACL Fest

Megan, Miley, Maidza, and one really long line

"...Your favorite Disney princess is now a rock goddess...."

Oct. 2, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Man Who Sold His Skin

Tunisia's Oscar nominee layers art, commerce, and romance

"...a knight in shining armor, destined to save his princess Abeer who has been forced into an arranged marriage..."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

The also-rans are as good as this year's animated nominees

"...Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, and King Princess' rhapsodic, elegiac, and effortlessly romantic "1950" – for a..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Totally Under Control

Alex Gibney drops his October Surprise in this dissection of Trump's coronavirus disaster

"...or how the administration kept the cruise ship Diamond Princess off the coast so they could keep the infection..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Paramount Lights Up Tonight With the Classic Film Series

An Austin tradition returns with Casablanca

"...Sun., Sept. 20 1pm The Princess Bride 5pm; Jaws..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Fires Up The Flux Capacitor For Retro Warm-Up Fest

SF film fest makes jump online, starting with weekend tease

"...mystical martial arts fable "The Sun Devil and the Princess," plus three blocks of shorts selected by associate artistic..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mulan

Forget the cartoon, Disney goes back to the source for the Chinese warrior legend

"...at Disney and, despite Mulan’s conscription into the Disney princess machine, it’s not going to end there, either. First..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Son of the White Mare

Gorgeous avant garde animation recounts a Hungarian myth

"...the Underworld, to claim their castles and the kidnapped princess they have forced into marriage...."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Penfold Theatre's Ghost Quartet

Among the threads of this darkling tapestry are spirits of malice and mayhem and longing and love

"...Kelly, that stone-cold fox of yesteryear, but if the Princess Grace Foundation saw fit to give Liz Fisher, the..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

This spell isn't as bewitching the second time around

"...– not some prince’s – who wakes the sleeping princess Aurora...."

Oct. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Sarah Marloff

Shadow

Zhang Yimou's period martial arts drama probes the moral grays of life in a royal court

"...dead set on defending the truce. Meanwhile his sister, Princess Qingping (Guan), goes from an innocent imprisoned by position..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: A Well-Deserved Celebration for Cheer Up Charlies

And so many hot events, we can't reco them all!

"...Princess, Hey Jellie, & Caleb De Casper Performance art duo..."

April 19, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Field Guide to Evil

Folk horror anthology has intriguing international scares

"...Peter Strickland's retelling of the Hungarian fairy tale "The Princess' Curse," about two shoemaking brothers vying for the attention..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Turns Out Final Weekly Band List

De La Soul, Mavis Staples, Ximena Sariñana highlight 10th lineup drop

"...Converse, Mujeres Podridas, Nimbus, Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band, Phoenixtheproducer, Princess Barbie, Range Emotion, RF Shannon, SaulPaul All-Stars, Sharkweek, SierraShante,..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Learn How to Bake Dessert From a British Royal Chef

Carolyn Robb’s new book lends tips for even the least experienced cooks

"...Carolyn Robb, British Royal Chef for Prince Charles, Princess Diana, Prince William, and Prince Harry, is offering her..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Food Post by Alisha McDarris

Kacey Musgraves – Everywoman

Texan’s taping, country and folk to disco, unites ACL

"...a bouffant à la June Carter looked like the princess of Nashville, her home for the past five years...."

June 7, 2018 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Star Wars Memories

In honor of Star Wars Day, Austin’s creatives talk about how the Force changed their lives

"...I was lucky enough to inherit the role of Princess Leia much of the time and though I certainly..."

May 4, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Endless

Sibling banter and cosmic terror means observational comedy horror.

"...Cary Elwes, somewhere between the innocent charm of The Princess Bride's Westley and the awkward idiocy of Jerry the..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Midnight Sun

Ill met by daylight in this photosensitive romance.

"...first-time screenwriter Eric Kirsten, this teen romance is a princess-locked-in-a-tower modern fairy tale that echoes last year’s Everything, Everything...."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Ready Player One

Video gaming and Eighties culture get the Spielberg treatment

"...In the book, she's basically a manic pixie gamer Princess Peach, but here Cooke embodies the best of the..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music's Hip-Hop Hierarchy

From up-and-comers to rap royalty, 20 key sets to see

"...cover Sounds of Blackness' "Optimistic" on an eponymous bow. Princess Nokia..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Austin Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos

Dude ranch antics make this reimagining of Strauss too busy, but when the music takes center stage, it’s gorgeous

"...acrobatics singing Zerbinetta's aria of romantic adventure, "O, great princess!" Jonathan Burton dominates as the Tenor/Bacchus, and local David..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

A stellar entry into the beloved franchise

"...While Fisher’s memorable performance as the sardonic but sentimental princess-turned-senator-turned-general is given additional poignancy by her death, it does..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

The origins of the iconic Amazon princess

"...an outfit strikingly similar to that of the future Princess Diana of Themyscira. Backlit with a golden corona and..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Your Weekend in Film

Partner up to switch things up

"...on down to an animated New Orleans when The Princess and the Frog screens Friday. Of the fairy-tale musical,..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...– Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Leia, Princess of Alderaan Malinda Lo – A Line in the..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Your Weekend in Film

This week's big release is just another reason to not like clowns

"...double dose of romance with Sixteen Candles and The Princess Bride, or the University Hills Branch Library, which will..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

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