Readings From the Fringe

"...Mystery and science fiction sometimes go hand in hand. They've spent a lot of time together in the pulp..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Books Review by Mike Shea

The Abreasted Development of Russ Meyer

"...The X-rated king of softcore sex films, Russ Meyer, looking..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?

"...Now and again in history there comes a mark in time, a point of no..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

The Numbers Game

Read Council's Lips: No New Taxes

"...("We're rich!") followed by a promise ("No new taxes!"). The local economy is apparently so strong that nothing -..."

May 29, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Not by the Book

Charter Schools Gain Respect Right and Left

"...The Fenton Avenue Charter School in Los Angeles as documented..."

Sept. 5, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

The LCRA Means Business

Authority's Plans to Expand Threatens Austin's Control Over Growth

"...general manager Mark Rose will step in to help the MUDs if the City won'tphotograph by Jana Birchum On..."

Feb. 7, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

As the Council Turns

Intrigue, Hearsay, and Accusations

"...While Brigid Shea is doing her best to get the city's ethical rulebook thrown at Eric Mitchell, Ronney Reynolds..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Column

Elgin Agrarian Community Promises Co-op Living on the Blackland Prairie

“It’s like an urban twist on traditional farming.”

"...On Friday afternoons, residents of the Elgin Agrarian Community will knock off work, return..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...That's Hobo With a Shotgun, to be exact – the Rutger Hauer-starring exploitation pic that set cult-movie fans salivating..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Here Comes the Guv

Kinky Friedman lights up his campaign

"...guess it just by looking at him. Waiting in the green room of San Antonio's Municipal Auditorium for his..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Race Is to the Swift

In Texas, livestock are better vaccinated than children.

"...A privately chartered jet arrived in the U.S. from England last October, carrying 34 immigrants of..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...This is no doubt the strangest story I've ever had to write. What makes..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Devil

A group of strangers takes a ride with the devil on an elevator to hell.

"...Directed by: John Erick Dowdle. Starring: Chris Messina, Geoffrey Arend, Logan Marshall-Green, Bojana Novakovic, Jenny O'Hara and Bokeem..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scream 3

"...Third time's the charm in the concluding (maybe) chapter of Wes Craven's..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DOA: Dead or Alive

Female fighters start out as enemies but strip down to their bikini tops to fight a common foe.

"...Jaime Pressly, Holly Valance, Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter, Natassia Malthe, Kane Kosugi, Matthew Marsden and Eric Roberts. Let’s hope..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Wranglers Defeat Gladiators in Season Opener

Austin Wranglers win season opener

"...Did the Austin Wranglers manage to “rustle up” a way to..."

March 5, 2007 Sports Post by Jeremy Martin

Murderball

This doc about quadriplegic rugby entertains, informs, and inspires.

"...Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro. In action, they look like gladiators from some warped Mad Max: Beyond..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Primary Colors

"...Maura Tierney, Larry Hagman and Paul Guilfoyle. It's uncanny: the pasty, puffy physique; the graying blow-dried hair; the throaty..."

March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

I Declare War

A bunch of sixth-graders playing capture the flag in the park lays the groundwork for a disturbingly inventive film.

"...Patton in this disturbingly inventive film about a bunch of sixth-graders playing capture the flag one Saturday afternoon in..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Any Given Sunday

Stone's tale of a professional football team is full of excess, machismo, and a ripped-out eyeball.

"...Jim Brown, Aaron Eckhart and Frank Gifford. Just watching the trailer for Oliver Stone's new football epic a few..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kid Powers

Charlie Belle kicks up some Magnetic Fields buzz

"...Local kid wonders Jendayi and Gyasi Bonds of the band Charlie Belle got a shout-out in USA..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Screens Post by Cindy Widner

Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights gets under the skin of the porn film industry's exuberant burst of public semirespectability in the late Seventies, prior to the home-video revolution that changed the rules of the game forever. The movie is no socio-cultural abstract though; it is at heart the story about a group of characters and the de facto family that emerges from their relationships.

"...Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, William H. Macy, Heather Graham, John C. Reilly, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay,..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Arcade Interview: Robin Hunicke

Designing games for the heart instead of the adrenal gland

"...Despite the din of a HighBall stuffed to the gills with..."

Sept. 24, 2011 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Waiting ...

This frequently offensive and doggedly disgusting film about working in the restaurant industry is technically inept and wholly crude.

"...Chriqui, Alanna Ubach and Wendie Malick. Rightly or wrongly, they gave Tarantino hell for inspiring a raft of Reservoir..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

In Our Nature

Writer/director Brian Savelson’s feature debut is a study in fine gradations of resentment in the great outdoors.

"...Romantic vacations are riskier than most of us care to admit. Bad weather, unreciprocated smiles, and..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Kim and Josh Agree to Agree

"...peace between us… but that’s exactly what happened. Behold the awesome power that is the Fresh Prince, now and..."

July 9, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sore Winners

The GOP seems determined to make representative government a game of 'winner-take-all'

"...The new Republican order promises to be entertaining, in a..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Will Texas Patch Up TABC Before It Bursts?

If ever an agency needed to be scorched by the state’s Sunset Act, it’s the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Com­mis­sion

"...If ever an agency needed to be scorched by the liquid fire of the state's Sunset Act, it's the..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Slam as It Ever Was

The nationals come to Austin amid the polarizing medium's 20th anniversary

"...dudes at a South Austin dive bar. Don't worry: They're poets, semiretired. One – Penn Jillette in timber and..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Arts Feature by Shawn Badgley

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