Reissues

"...rock. All but the last are solid volumes, with Rich Kienzle writing very informative liner notes. Like the Western..."

July 28, 1995 Music Feature

Pencils Vs Pixels

Touching documentary draws on the incredible history of animation

"...like Alex Hirsch (Gravity Falls) and Seth McFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad), Jorge R. Gutiérrez (The Book of Life)..."

July 14, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Endangered Species

Make a donation to a conservation charity instead

"...because, after half an hour of being awful and rich, they break into a safari park in Kenya, get..."

May 28, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Present Beware! The Future Beware!

Austin animator Brad Neely drinks beer, hates British children

"...can of worms. There's that myth of the secret rich person who's living among the lower classes and eventually..."

June 13, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

A Prairie Home Companion

It's been a very long time since any Robert Altman film has been as enjoyable as A Prairie Home Companion.

"...the news. The station has been sold to a rich, heartless Texan (Tommy Lee Jones), and while the performers..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Animation Station

Through ADVision, Austin has become a hotspot for producing English-dubbed anime. Who knew?

"...he asks, his voice stripped of its round and rich tones...."

Sept. 22, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...Ecstasy, or if you're a chemical engineer, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. This guy, this normal-as-the-day-is-long guy is flashing back to his first..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...Wire to Wire, are the colors of autumn -- rich browns, burnt yellow and oranges, and ruby reds. A..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Texas Platters

"...starting with General Store producer Lloyd Maines. Then there's Rich Brotherton and Mark Patterson from Robert Earl Keen's band...."

Nov. 7, 1997 Music Review

Faerie Tales

Another Scene? The Original Scene

"...Festival during a hotel tune session featuring Miller, guitarist Rich Brotherton, and members of Altan, the Celtic supergroup who..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...of the complicated relationships between three Texas music icons: Guy Clark, Susan Clark, and Townes Van Zandt...."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Vice

Unsubtle Dick Cheney bio-pic is the political bludgeon we deserve

"...film, plainly seething – a primal howl from a guy who used to just goose howls of laughter...."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc: Speculation

The facts are merely ornaments that adorn the Luv Doc's mighty Douglas fir of speculation

"...After not hearing much from him the last few..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

This indie hit is sweet and funny

"...film’s constricted POV – that of a 17-year-old white guy from the suburbs of Pittsburgh – but it’s not..."

June 26, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Balls Out

College intramural football comedy features several SNL players

"...the rank and file of Saturday Night Live. McKinnon’s spoiled-rich coed provides one hysterical (in more than one sense..."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Whiplash

A student's desire to become a better drummer comes at the cost of becoming a supplicant to a monstrous teacher.

"...but in order to be anointed the next Buddy Rich. Early on, he’s tapped by an instructor named Fletcher..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Trickery Flickery Mock

Master Pancake makes the movies hurt so good

"...Parsons: Owen was the guy who started my comedic career entirely. He came to..."

May 1, 2009 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Requiem for a Dream

Portrait of a young junkie – and those he loves.

"...delusional). She finds a doctor who prescribes diet pills rich with amphetamines, and the pounds melt away, along with..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

SXSW Records

Jeff Beck

"...At the end of Westworld, Michael Crichton's 1973 film about a futuristic cowboy theme park in..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

Better Too Much Than Not Enough

"...to tell the truth. Pick up a copy of Guy Forsyth's new release, Can You Live Without, and up..."

April 2, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

The Eugenic Circus Comes to Town

A Downtown hotel is hosting a natalist, eugenics-aligned conference in December. Why Austin?

"...by Alex Kaschuta, he explained: "Let's say there's some guy who says white people are No. 1, white people..."

Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Luv Doc: Tinder Mercy

Stupidity makes its way to the surface eventually

"...just be doing your friend a huge favor. This guy might be rich, good looking, and incredibly charming, but..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Column by Luv Doc

The Flesh and the Faith of 'We Are What We Are'

Director Jim Mickle on remakes, religion, and America's dark history

"...New Orleans, because we need somewhere that needs a rich, deep, long cultural history." We don't really have much..."

Oct. 12, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Thanks, Canada

Blood-soaked nights on the road to punk rock with the Krum Bums

"...Hata" with a huge pot leaf on it. This guy's a real genius; good luck on that...."

July 11, 2008 Music Feature by David Rodriguez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...and your ass. Compendia released 2003's Scrape, featuring Keith Richards, Michael Brecker, Bonnie Raitt, George Duke, and Leo Nocentelli...."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

TV Eye

Why The OC rocks and why its many imitators should walk

"...Rich Man, Poor Man: Ryan (Austin's own Benjamin McKenzie) lands..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The final blow is the increasing gulf between the rich and the poor and middle class. The rich can..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...could examine the failed strategies other flip-floppers like Ann Richards, George Herbert Walker Bush, and, of course, Al Gore..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column

The Full Franklin

It's been 60 years since a biograpy of Benjamin Franklin has been written; Austin author H.W. Brands' The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin makes up for lost time.

"...Franklin is that he was the author of Poor Richard's Almanack and almost nobody read the Almanack itself; what..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Stratus Quo?

Stratus Properties tries to shake the ghost of Jim Bob Moffett as it is acquired by Tom Hicks.

"...size in Austin was either a fool or ridiculously rich...."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

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