King Knight

Gentle pagan comedy lets the outsiders find their place

"...Directed by: Richard Bates Jr.. Starring: Matthew Gray Gubler, Angela Sarafyan, Andy..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dreaming ART

This year in Austin, autumn brings a Spring Storm, and with it Actors Repertory of Texas, the realization of the city's long-cherished dream of a locally based professional theatre company.

"...same place before, much less this particular place. That kind of dream seems to come out of nowhere, a..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...can admire Henkel's restraint, but his noble thinking has kind of handicapped the movie. You'll like the performers, especially..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...can admire Henkel's restraint, but his noble thinking has kind of handicapped the movie. You'll like the performers, especially..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Squirrels, Girls, and Other Pearls in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

Acro-Cats, Earth Day, and all manner of arts and culture happenings

"...a strange, beautiful, and familiar apartment block.   – Richard Whittaker Lipstick..."

April 11, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...in a conversation with his longtime collaborator and friend Richard Linklater, who, incidentally, is the subject of a new..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Austin Musical Theatre Hits the Heights

That's Show Biz!

"...sums up what this director, Scott Thompson, his partner Richard Byron, and their company Austin Musical Theatre (AMT) deliver..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Feature

Devotion + Doubt

"...Hold up Richard Buckner, transient singer-songwriter who makes frequent but irregular stopovers..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

In Love and War

"...Directed by: Richard Attenborough. Starring: Sandra Bullock, Chris O’Donnell, Mackenzie Astin and..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Alison Macor

The Soul of ConjuntoI

Flaco Jimenez and the Conjunto Dream Team

"...his own conjunto; strings virtuoso Chucho Perales, and drummer Richard Herrera. These are Jimenez's friends, the "Conjunto Dream Team,"..."

July 5, 1996 Music Feature by Abel Salas

On a Magical Night

French fantastical bedroom farce trudges when it should dance

"...universe may disagree. Exiting their apartment after her husband, Richard (Biolay), discovers and is devastated by her infidelities, she..."

May 22, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Making History, Part One

Playwright Robert Schenkkan on bringing LBJ to the stage in 'All the Way'

"...there's something almost Falstaffian about him in a certain kind of way. It's really unfortunate that for most people,..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Across the Great Divide

Hacienda's Abraham Villanueva keys in on the Band

"...I had heard it. I think all together we kind of fell in love with it, and then individually,..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Controlling Their Own Destiny

So many questions for the gaming industry, so many Austin game developers to answer them

"...of South Korean-based NCsoft, headed by Austin gaming pillars Richard and Robert Garriott, late of Origin Systems, to the..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

How the West Was Sung

The Newton Boys Soundtrack: An Oral History

"...Richard Linklater: The Newton Boys writer/director..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...ASSASSINSD: Richard Donner; with Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore. A..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...regarded her actions as an avenging angel with a kind of Robin Hood-like flair. The movie is based on..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

When Confessions Prove False

Jonathan Holt told police he'd murdered his wife. But he hadn't killed her, and the cops should have known it.

"...Nearly five hours later, Austin Police Detective Richard Jennings traveled roughly four miles from Sylvia's house to..."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Entertainment Economy

As the Austin film, music, and gaming scenes become a "cluster," civic leaders are looking for industrial-strength creativity

"...one now-departed City Council member, entertainment "is the best kind of growth industry to have, because we don't have..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips

Fishing for striped bass in Lake Texoma.

"...to a slate blue. "Sorry I'm late," the smiling Richard Portz said, with more exuberance than any man should..."

June 15, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Gung Ho

Q&A with punk priestess Patti Smith.

"...in Their Eyes," from Gung Ho, comes across as kind of a rage against the rampant consumerism that's going..."

March 31, 2000 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

The Newton Boys

"...Directed by: Richard Linklater. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich, Vincent..."

March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...with Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Vince Vaughn, Arliss Howard, Richard Schiff, Pete Postlethwaite, Peter Stormare, Richard Attenborough...."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott, Richard Edson, Glenn Plummer. Strange days, indeed. It's 1999, the..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...Talbert, George C. Scott, Kathy Bates, Rita Moreno, Ariana Richards, Chris Owen, Lawrence Pressman. If you are one of..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Hit Man

Glen Powell co-wrote this real-life wild tale of a professor who goes undercover as a fake hitman

"...Directed by: Richard Linklater. Starring: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta,..."

May 24, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Stage, Left: Exit Josh Meyer

The co-honcho of Rubber Repertory heads for Hollywood

"...seek his fortune? To seek romance, more like. The re-kindling of romance, to be precise. And to exercise a..."

May 14, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Donnie Darko

This unnerving, electrifying film provides a unique take on the teen psyche in modern suburbia.

"...Directed by: Richard Kelly. Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Noah Wyle, Maggie..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...support, they should overthrow the regime that outlaws many kinds of productive activity, allows women to be beaten publicly..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I ask myself; What kind of person could intentionally harm an innocent Being? My..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

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