Recommended Events for This Week’s Cooling Temps

Fairies, succulents, and lowriders in this weekend’s suggested happenings

"...the traditional young Arthur finding his way or Merlin casting spells. Instead, the viewpoint swings to the daughter of..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 9-15

"..."The sun was flooding everything with a light of pure gold." I see your life in the coming weeks..."

June 9, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Labyrinth of Cinema

House director’s love letter to movies, peace, and history

"...(His Motorbike, Her Island), to his powerful anti-war trilogy (Casting Blossoms to the Sky, Seven Weeks, and Hanagatami)...."

Dec. 31, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

BoomBaptist and the Art of Crafty Self Promotion Schemes

Instrumental hip-hop mastermind sells us his world

"...and a cassette resembling a Super Nintendo cartridge. "He's casting a wide net, bringing in people who'd never buy..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Ron's Gone Wrong

Number Five, er, Ron is alive in this animated tech fable for kids

"...always good, and Zach Galifianakis as Ron … perfect casting. He totally brought that B-bot to life. I love..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

The Green Knight

Dev Patel and David Lowery enchant with this astounding Arthurian myth

"...Britain is imploding through insularity, this simple act of casting reopens a door. The Arthurian myths remain because we..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Recommended Shows Worth Your Musical Bandwidth This Week

Lomelda, Katy Kirby, and Christine Renner lead the live pack

"...her running with the aforementioned faction, and Ann Magnuson casting a deep, deep spell on "You Don't Love Me..."

July 16, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

ATX Television Festival Goes From Small Screen to Big Screen to Small Screen Again

How the celebration of TV is leading the way in streaming fests as it becomes ATX TV ... From the Couch!

"...password-protected VOD, limited to specific web browsers with no casting capability, to reduce piracy. Tribeca and a host of..."

June 5, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Comedy, Just in Time, For Other Worlds' James Vs. His Future Self

Catch a Zoom Q&A with director Jeremy LaLonde

"...travel stories, working with the inimitable Daniel Stern, and casting dogs across the space-time continuum...."

May 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Complicity And #MeToo in The Assistant

Kitty Green unravels systems that enable the Weinsteins of the world

"...is Not a Brothel, The Assistant is her first pure narrative drama. It may seem like a switch in..."

Feb. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Celebrating Woman Director Awareness Month With Recommendations From Local Filmmakers

From artistic inspirations to personal connections, the legacies of women directors

"...female protagonist in An Angel at My Table or casting America's beloved girl next door Meg Ryan as a..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Screens Feature

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt's metaphorical novel gets an award-season adaptation

"...feelings of entrapment, his errant desire to keep something pure in the world, his secrets, but primarily his mother...."

Sept. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Pinkish Black

"...Daron Beck in a chat with the Dallas Observer. Pure marketing jargon, that traumatic Eighties pizza chain rebrand was..."

July 5, 2019 Music Review by Christina Garcia

The Hummingbird Project

Who knew you could tell a character story about laying fiber-optic cable?

"...data transmission through neutrinos (an idea that seems like pure science fantasy, but was first successfully achieved in 2012..."

March 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ellsworth Kelly's Austin Opens at the Blanton Museum of Art

By building this structure, the Blanton enabled a major modern artist to realize his masterwork

"...investigating. Lining the walls are 14 marble panels of pure black and white that play the two off each..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Managing Secrets

Council's search for city manager may be confidential ... or not

"...landed Ott could be praised, as Dunbar noted, as “pure sunshine and transparency.” But even with the two-finalist finish,..."

April 10, 2017 News Post by Michael King

How La La Land Went From Pipe Dream to Musical Fireworks

Producers on creating a city of stars

"...That included their aspirational dream casting of Gosling and Stone. Berger said, "If you'd seen..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: I Am Trump, You Are Trump

The dangerous cancer of a charismatic populist demagogue leader

"...the complete antithesis of the supposed philosophies of those casting them, their intent is hard to understand. The Naderites..."

June 3, 2016 Column by Louis Black

DVDanger: Justice League vs. Teen Titans

Why is DC Animated better than DC's Cinematic Universe?

"...bench of in-house talent.) There’s one bizarre moment of casting, and it’s in a central character of Taissa Farmiga..."

April 19, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Of Manos and Mosquito

Two schlocky classics get a pre-Halloween restoration

"...drive-in revamp of Dracula, its inadvertently hallucinogenic vibe is pure accident, but oddly enthralling. Everyone stares at the camera..."

Oct. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Labors of Love (and Money)

Film production services melting pot Arts+Labor eyes a commercial expansion

"..."That means being able to migrate between commercial and pure creative endeavors. It also means we're constantly trying to..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Far From the Madding Crowd

This Thomas Hardy adaptation is a reflection of our times

"...true character of poor Tess of the d’Urbervilles (“A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented”) or the rough plot of The..."

May 8, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Good Eye: Allies in the Industry

Giving Austin actresses a seat at the table

"...Mars and Joshua Weber. After the table read, local casting director Vicky Boone stood up and personally thanked Mars..."

March 27, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

McFarland, USA

Despite heavy sports-underdog cliches, this film with Kevin Costner as the coach of an all-Latino high school track team taps into a lot of modern realities.

"...on their first night in town doesn’t serve burgers. Pure hell for gringos indeed, and then there’s those loco..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Youth Gone Wild

Pre-millenial teen angst, both period and retro, melds with noir

"...Place at Fantastic Fest 2013, Bad Turn Worse is pure teen noir, with kids desperate to get out of..."

Jan. 17, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Green Thoughts in a Green Shade

Adler and Martinez debate enviro records and policies

"...• Both support moving the Pure Casting foundry out of its East Austin neighborhood, but..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Post by Michael King

DVDanger: Identity Crisis

The Double, Filth, and Moebius melt minds

"...words, The Double (Magnolia) sums up that moment of pure existential fear that our lives are not our own...."

Aug. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Smoke and Mirrors

The 'Oculus' team on taking a ghost story to the big screen

"...as a rehearsal partner, but as a source of pure evil. "It's like going back to my childhood," she..."

April 11, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Byzantium,' 'Kiss of the Damned,' 'Nosferatu,' 'Aeon: The Last Vampyre on Earth'

Time for a real vampire weekend

"...been hanging long over Austin this week, with big casting news about Robert Rodriguez's new TV adaptation of his..."

Nov. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mourning After

Kelly Daniela Norris on the unexpected paths of grief and love

"...Cuba to memorialize her deceased brother, but it's not pure narrative; Norris began writing the film in part as..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

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