Grading Baumgarten's Review

"...Dear Editor, Marjorie Baumgarten's review of Flags of Our Fathers earns Fs for both..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Postmarks

Review 10 Parts Stupidity, 20 Parts Cruelty

"...and 20 parts cruelty you served up in your "review" of Johnny Edson's CD [“Texas Platters,” Music, Sept. 29]...."

Oct. 2, 2006 Postmarks

Oliver Boberg / 1997-2005

The Oliver Boberg retrospective at Lora Reynolds Gallery is a must-see, but telling you why might spoil the surprise

"...In some sense, a reviewer's job is to help make the unknown more knowable:..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Review by Nikki Moore

An Error in Film Review

"...Dear Editor, Re: Error in Lage Raho Munnabhai review [Film Listings, Sept. 1]: I saw this movie this..."

Sept. 6, 2006 Postmarks

The Boulez Project

In concept, the Boulez Project was somewhat provocative, but in performance, it was carelessly assembled

"...concludes [an article in the May 29, 1971, Saturday Review] with a plea for amnesia in composers. (Later he..."

March 4, 2005 Arts Review by Jerry Young

Get Surfers to Review Films

"...Dear Editor, The woman who wrote the review of Riding Giants is not well informed [Film, Aug...."

Aug. 27, 2004 Postmarks

What a Horrible Review!

"...Dear Editor, What a horrible review (Molly Sweeney) ["Exhibitionism," Arts, July 9]! Your reviewer tells..."

July 9, 2004 Postmarks

Appreciates Savlov's 'Cat in the Hat' Review

"...drop a line to show my appreciation of your review of Cat in the Hat. It takes a lot..."

Dec. 1, 2003 Postmarks

Dosen't Like Dentler's Crack Pipes Review

"...Matt Dentler's review of Snakes in My Veins ["Texas Platters," Nov. 14]..."

Nov. 19, 2003 Postmarks

Visual Arts Review: “Porous Matters” at MASS Gallery

Gallery show reinterprets Edwards Aquifer’s low water levels as both urgent and romantic

"...Editor's Note: This review has been updated to reflect the correct names of..."

May 23, 2025 Arts Feature by Teedee Simons

Theatre Review: Raw Anger in Search of Revenge in FEAST.

Veteran actor Katherine Catmull chews through Megan Gogerty’s vengeful script

"...Editor's Note: This review has been edited to reflect that Melissa McKnight acts..."

May 9, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Theatre Review: Queer Madness and Mayhem in Lipstick

Austin Rainbow Theatre's production is a fast, frantic farce

"...Director Trace Turner, who has spearheaded some invigoratingly innovative..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Restaurant Review: Micklethwait Craft Meats’ Freshly Opened Brick-and-Mortar

Food truck’s long-awaited Springdale shop keeps up the standard of excellence

"...But it stands to reason that a cramped truck..."

April 25, 2025 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

SXSW Film Review: For Worse

A divorced woman over 50 vs. the millennials in her life

"...Does two movies make a trend? Does it have..."

March 11, 2025 SXSW Post by Joe Gross

SXSW Film Review: The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick

Anti-thriller mines wellness culture to unnerving effect

"...The effectiveness of the sound design does much to..."

March 10, 2025 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Speak No More: VVitch

This immersive, site-specific production is like a choose-your-own-ghost-adventure

"...Editor's note: This review has been updated since publication to clarify Sleep No..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Fantastic Fest Review: Witte Wieven

Dutch folk horror explodes into a rainbow of night

"...Unlike this year's other folk horror selection at Fantastic..."

Sept. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The Spirit of Halloweentown

Documentary heads to where the Disney Channel fave was shot

"...Tavern, dig his own grave over a bad customer review of a soggy burger is a little baffling, nor..."

Sept. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: AJ Goes to the Dog Park

Silly story of a man becoming mayor has handcrafted charm

"...AJ Goes to the Dog Park doesn’t feel like..."

Sept. 23, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: The Draft!

Indonesian metahorror takes a loving stab at tropes

"...No genre is quite so dedicated to self-awareness and..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Theatre Review: Is Paradise Lost in Arcadia?

Watching the unpredictable and the predetermined unfold at Austin Playhouse

"...The main two threads are two timelines in the..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Theatre Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre’s Cats

Cozy musical comfort in a purrfect classic

"...I’ll admit, I first jumped on the chance to review Cats purely because the memefication of the property made..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Theatre Review: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

ZACH creates a tapestry of Sixties poppy fun in this jukebox musical

"...Beautiful is essentially a jukebox musical, but King’s range..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Urban Heat Resurrects Synth-Pop With Towering Debut LP

The Tower is a grand-scale monument to the overindulgence of Eighties New Wave

Aug. 16, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Album Review: BLK ODYSSY’s Pop-Rock Pivot

Rising “Funkentologist” leaves R&B behind on 1-800-FANTASY

"...The records that brought BLK ODYSSY to national prominence..."

July 26, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Album Review: Fastball’s Sonic Ranch

With their latest, the trio creates what they call their best album yet

June 28, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Album Review: Big Bill’s Strawberry Seed

Austin’s Big Bill grows up – sort of

June 21, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

How Attorneys, Advocates, and Judges Worked to Review UT Protest Arrests

Inside the effort that led to dismissal of all 57 arrests

"...the while, prosecutors in the County Attorney’s Office were reviewing the probable-cause affidavits submitted by UTPD officers justifying each..."

May 3, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Theatre Review: The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body

Lisa B. Thompson creates a community space with “choreopoem”

"...to hear it now. It has to begin this review. It needs to be shouted from mountains and rivers..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

SXSW Film Review: Azrael

The left behind navigate a supernatural horror

"...Modern silent movies have been a little bit of..."

March 11, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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