Black Out of the Press Room

Long-time Perry consigliere Robert Black stands down as communications director

"...Perry's long-time mouthpiece and close adviser, director of communications Robert Black, is leaving the guv's staff...."

July 14, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Robert Johnson Plays Antone’s Anniversary!

Antone’s resurrects Robert Johnson for its 42nd anniversary

"...C.J. Chenier, Willie spawn Lukas Nelson, Junior Kimbrough offspring Robert Kimbrough Sr., and T-Model Ford's grandson Stud Ford; local..."

June 30, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

AFCA Backs 'Black Swan'

Local film critics pick year's best

"...I am proud member) to buck the trend, naming Black Swan its best film of the year...."

Dec. 22, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Black Waters of Echo's Pond

Recalling the tone and spirit of Eighties horror films, this is an homage to exsanguinations past.

"...Directed by: Gabriel Bologna. Starring: Robert Patrick, Danielle Harris, Shawn Lawlor, James Duval, Nick Mennell,..."

April 9, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Panther

High drama and high action as Marvel gives Wakanda life.

"...exactly the same with the modern superhero film with Black Panther. There have been superhero movies with black leads..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

To The Lighthouse With Director Robert Eggers

On superstition, isolation, and trained seagulls

"...of oceans of flat isolation and briny treachery. Count Robert Eggers seemingly in the latter crew...."

Oct. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Black Christmas

Although this horror remake isn't as suspenseful or emotionally draining as its influential 1974 predecessor, the film almost makes up for that with its overriding weirdness.

"...Winstead, Jessica Harmon, Katie Cassidy, Oliver Hudson, Kristen Cloke, Robert Mann and Karin Konoval. When it was announced that..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Robert Plant Carries Fire

Ex-Austin deities sell out three nights at the Moody Theater

"...Carry Fire, Robert Plant’s 11th solo album since 1982, gifts mankind a..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Fifth Annual KOKEFEST Brings Clint Black and More to Hutto

Two-day lineup includes Turnpike Troubadours, Robert Earl Keen, Aaron Watson, and more

"...as influential to the era as Friday headliner Clint Black. The Texas native's 1989 debut Killin' Time shotgunned a..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Black and White

"...Schiffer, Joe Pantoliano, Allan Houston, Bijou Phillips, Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Brooke Shields and Power. Ever since his..."

April 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Into The Black Hole at Other Worlds Austin

Director Gary Nelson on Disney's sci-fi epic, returning this weekend

"...When Disney's groundbreaking science fiction oddity The Black Hole explodes back on the big screen at Other..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Black Friday? End of an Ear!

End of an Ear's new digs thrive just in time for Black Friday

"...Love Black Friday shopping, but hate bare-knuckle boxing soccer moms at..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

(Robert) Plant Life

Another sort of homecoming for the Led Zeppelin rock god

"...his “masterful combination of soft rock and REO Speedwagon,” Robert Plant also failed to update his 40-year-old stage moves..."

June 24, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Robert Plant Crowns Austin Music Awards

Fortune teller to unspool vintage Twine Time at local Grammys

"...Led Zeppelin oracle Robert Plant will perform on Wednesday at the Austin Music..."

March 15, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Other Worlds Goes Into The Black Hole

Disney cult fave for SF fest, plus final lineup

"...Wars. Disney dropped jaws and stretched minds with The Black Hole, one of the most unlikely family films ever...."

Oct. 30, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Live Review: With Nothing Left to Prove the Black Crowes Shake Their Moneymakers – Front-to-Back

Robinson brothers invoke a good old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll bash

"...As yet another band led by battling brothers, the Black Crowes have had a career as uneven as you..."

Aug. 16, 2021 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Lighter Side of Black

Perry's press guy explains why he's leaving.

"...When thinking about Robert Black, the soon-to-be-former-communications-director for Gov. Rick Perry, GSOH isn't..."

July 15, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Robert Earl Keen Takes a Final ACL Bow

Texas songwriting staple signs off with seventh taping

"...When Robert Earl Keen announced his intention in January to make..."

April 28, 2022 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson

Shirley Ratisseau wrote a song with Robert Johnson

"...tell. She blazed trails by blurring the distinctions between black and white music communities, and not just in Austin,..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Backing 'Black'

The Austin Film Critics Association announces 2010 awards

"...of the year yesterday, with Darren Aronofsky's psychosexual drama Black Swan taking Best Film and an additional four prizes,..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

ACL Interview: Robert Glasper Brings Buoyant Manifesto Black Radio III to Zilker

Grammy-studded Houstonian discusses third jazz installment

"...Calling last month, Robert Glasper had recently finished playing with Dave Matthews Band..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

The Black Phone

Ethan Hawke is a villain for the ages in this brilliant horror

"...cold, hard hunger within? Luckily, he knows writer C. Robert Cargill and director Scott Derrickson. They found Hawke's adeptness..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

In Person: Robert Greer

Dashiell Hammet and Chester Himes in a Pickup Truck

"...six-biscuit day, and Vernon Lowe hated six-biscuit days..." begins Robert Greer's second novel, The Devil's Red Nickel (Mysterious Press,..."

April 11, 1997 Books Feature

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Marvel's Afrofuturist paradise goes to war with the world

"...faces a similar problem: It's become unwieldy and huge. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has the advantage that it's a..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Black Widow

What happened in Budapest no longer stays in Budapest as Marvel learns spycraft

"...an in-joke between Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton, aka Black Widow and Hawkeye, one that has always hinted to..."

July 9, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

“Robert Collier Beam: Scry” at Pump Project

The artist uses photographs and other media to catch the invisible and intangible but in a remarkably peaceful way

"...some of his images of children. Clearly, for Dodgson, black and white stills were inadequate. He had a sense,..."

May 26, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...Leading the charge is The Black Phone, from director Scott Derrickson and Austin screenwriter C...."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Five Things to Enjoy as Black History Month Continues

We highlight artists of color who bring a diversity of aesthetic vibrance to the theatres, galleries, and other venues of our city

"...exhibition lies in the generations of skilled observation within Black and Brown communities, warning each other when sociological danger..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ethan Hawke Teams Up With Local Writer for The Black Phone

The team behind Sinister creates the summer's scariest film

"...really like. "They sucked for some people," said C. Robert Cargill. The writer has reunited with fellow Austinite Ethan..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Spotlight: Robert Glasper Experiment

Jazz and hip-hop go together like R&B

"...Although last year's Black Radio (Blue Note) garnered immediate accolades and captured a..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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