Horror Abounds in Our Weekday Event Recommendations

But it's more than just scares

"...month with a live score by the Invincible Czars. Robert Eggers’ remake arrives in theatres Christmas Day.   –..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Cassette Roulette, Some Bitchcraft, and More Arts Events

Get arty this week with our recommended happenings

"...adapted by Lobel’s son-in-law Mark Linn-Baker with music by Robert Reale and book & lyrics by his brother, Willie...."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

"...star studded to date, with Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton, Oscar-nominees Robert Downey Jr. and Paul Giamatti, and electronic pioneers New..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Nicholas Galitzine, Miles Fowler, Marshawn Lynch, Dagmara Dominiczyk, Punkie Johnson (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Bruce Lee cultural biography Be Water, and Freak Power, Robert Kennedy III's long-rumored documentary about the gonzo king, Hunter..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...in Lydia Lunch – The War Is Never Over; Johnny Cash's first and often overlooked wife is brought back..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...Georgetown – along with the winner of this year's John Bustin Award for Conspicuous Versatility, Delanté G. Keys, and..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...director, Booksmart; Texas Film Hall of Fame 2019 inductee John Lee Hancock's period crime drama The Highwaymen; and Kathy..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...and Wine) will present a 45th anniversary screening of John Huston's hard-hitting boxing drama Fat City...."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...y los Coronas, True Believers with Roky Erickson, Eric Johnson, Lou Ann Barton & Angela Strehli with Paul Ray..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Chicago Remixes Chicago

Founding keyboardist Robert Lamm’s gym kismet

"...Against this background, I spoke to founding Chicago keyboardist Robert Lamm by phone from Vancouver last month. The interview..."

July 16, 2015 Music Post by Greg Beets

True Story

A writer meets the murderer who stole his identity

"...Starring: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, Ethan Suplee, Robert John Burke and Gretchen Mol...."

April 17, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...of their isolating grief. Cast: Wendy Moniz, Trevor St. John, Oona Laurence, Jeremy Shinder, Sonya Harum, Mike Faist, Rachel..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

My Life As Marky Ramone

Ramones drummer spins stories tonight at the Long Center

"...by Hal, Ringo [Starr], Mitch Mitchell from Jimi Hendrix, John Bonham, and Ginger Baker. I loved Buddy Rich a..."

Jan. 26, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Mechanicals’ premiere of Kirk Lynn’s Shakespearean reboot Fixing King John. (Since this author was a member of that show’s..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Chairman of the Board

Antone's Blue Monday boss Derek O'Brien keeps the music alive and blue

"...A choice bit of little-known Austin music history: Guitarist Johnny Copeland lived here in the early Seventies. The Louisiana..."

April 25, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Playback – SXSW: Zero Hour

SXSW started early this year, but now – as usual – everything hits at once

"...SXSW Film premiere Chef, Jon Favreau's new comedy. Sunday, Johnny Depp, in town for the Texas Film Hall of..."

March 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

2 Guns

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg let the bullets fly in this intricate action puzzle.

"...Paxton, James Marsden, Fred Ward, Edward James Olmos and Robert John Burke...."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Saturday Showcases

"...Orleans' style tunes with a Texas tilt. Closing is John Beauchamp's once flatlined roadhouse country band Them Duqaines, who..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Stronger With Each Tear: Mary J. Blige

Soul queen slays the Moody Theater

"...James Brown, Al Green, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Solomon Burke, Prince, D’Angelo, Nas, Jay Z, Ice T, Ice Cube,..."

March 1, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Safe

The (Jason) Stathamization of action filmmaking continues with the star's latest.

"...Boaz Yakin. Starring: Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon, Robert John Burke, Reggie Lee, Danny Hoch, James Hong, Joseph..."

April 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin and the Academy

'Tree of Life,' 'Bullhead' score Oscar nominations

"...Direction "The Artist" 
Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"..."

Jan. 24, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Super Heavy Stones

Assessing the Rolling Stones' 2011

"...band zip through “Time is On My Side,” Solomon Burke's “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love,” “(I Can't Get No)..."

Dec. 29, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Recounting the first decade of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, one year at a time

"...Dedicated to Johnny and June Carter Cash, with Drive-By Truckers, North Mississippi..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Nights in White Satin

Streaming Spotify all the way back to the reel-to-reel

"...no preparation. Quincy Jones weighs in. When he tweaks John Mellencamp, the singer's wife fires back (protectively but not..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Art To Enchant

The winners of the 2010-11 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Cobbe (theatre), Jonelle Seitz (dance), Avimaan Syam (theatre), and Robert Faires (arts). Obligatory ethical note: Critics refrain from voting..."

June 10, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Night at the Opera

Opera for dummies: Name one male tenor

"...the Skyline Club on North Lamar in the 1950s. Johnny Cash, however, breached a new frontier somehow, no talent..."

May 27, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Drive Angry

Nicolas Cage plays a parent on a mission to avenge the murder of his daughter and granddaughter.

"...Lussier. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, Christa Campbell, Charlotte Ross, David Morse, Tom Atkins and..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dramatic Turn

Actress Meredith McCall is about much more than musicals

"...her Best Actor/Actress (along with co-star and friend Martin Burke) while she was triumphantly leading that hymn to tippling..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Black Watch'

This play gives audiences an up-close view of Scottish soldiers in Iraq

"...get a grunt's-eye view of their deployment. Playwright Gregory Burke provides the authenticity, drawing his lines – blunt, unsentimental,..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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