Mom's Night Out

The moms take a girls' night out and leave the kids home with their hapless dads. Chaos reigns.

"...Directed by: Andrew Erwin and Jon Erwin. Starring: Sarah Drew, Sean Astin,..."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Tully

Modern motherhood unraveled and rebuilt by the Young Adult team.

"...is two kids deep into an OK marriage to Drew (Livingston, still the king of the soft-spoken everyman). The..."

May 4, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Drop Dead Gorgeous

This parody of beauty pageants in the flyover states takes the form of a mockumentary filmed at Minnesota's Sarah Rose Miss Teen Princess America Pageant.

"...State) and a television writer (Lona Williams of The Drew Carrey Show), it's no wonder that this biting parody..."

July 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

It Comes at Night

A lean, mean descent into primitive tribalism

"...literally), and instead focuses on spouses Paul (Edgerton) and Sarah (Ejogo), who along with son Travis (Harrison Jr.), have..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Keeping It UnREAL

Co-creator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro talks season 2 of the hit Lifetime drama

"...The Bachelor, but ...'" and if you're familiar with Sarah Gertrude Shapiro's brilliant drama UnREAL, renewed for a third..."

June 10, 2016 Screens Feature by Jacob Clifton

Meat Joy Reunion Shows and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Ways to celebrate the annular eclipse, fundraise for Sarah Brown, and avoid ACL

"...Phillips, Mellissa Cobb, Tim Mateer, John Perkins, Jamie Spidle) drew inspiration from Austin's already-queer punk subculture, which included openly..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Music Column by Genevieve Wood

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Real Story of Lolita

Sarah Weinman on the true crime story behind Nabokov’s novel

"...For being about a forgotten moment in the past, Sarah Weinman’s The Real Lolita feels positively prescient. If My..."

Oct. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Top Books to Make You Cry on Your Lunch Break

Rosalind Faires' top reads of 2016 drew a discreet tear or two with their beautiful, brave, and bittersweet humanity

"...Last Painting of Sara De Vos by Dominic Smith (Sarah Crichton Books) Smith has us criss-crossing through time to..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Wall of Words

Artist Drew Riley on the power of Transgender Day of Visibility

"...Local artist Drew Riley – known for her Gender Portraits series –..."

March 30, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Drew Riley

Top Chef Texas, Week 3: The Bus Arrives

Pre-cooked frozen shrimp and the merits of screeching "orale!"

"...Cooking happens. Lindsay and Sarah inspect Keith's shrimp choice and roundly rejected it, 86'ing..."

Nov. 17, 2011 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Anthony Hopkins, and Ever After: A Cinderella Story with Drew Barrymore and Angelica Huston update and rework some timeless..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...Death of a Unicorn Director/Screenwriter: Alex Scharfman, Producers: Drew Houpt, Lucas Joaquin, Alex Scharfman, Lars Knudsen, Tyler Campellone,..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summer Reading

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

"...An important book for any baseball fan, Away Games..."

June 4, 1999 Books Review

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem , more announced for 2024 festival

"...LeitchProducers: Kelly McCormick, David Leitch, Ryan Gosling, Guymon CasadyScreenwriter: Drew Pearce Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred stuntman, is drafted back..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Southeast of Austin, an Unarmed Immigrant's Killing Galvanizes a Quest for Justice

Why did Adil Dghoughi die?

"...something that I was told was impossible." Adil and Sarah..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Bodies Bodies Bodies Director: Halina Reijn, Screenwriters: Kristen Roupenian, Sarah Delappe, Chloe Okuno, Joshua Sharp, Aaron Jackson, Producers: David..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fall Film Previews

September

"...D: Dean Parisot; with Drew Barrymore, Catherine O'Hara, Luke Wilson, Jake Busey, Shelley Duvall...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Walkabouts, Rallies, and Carnaval in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

The chilly weekend is heating up

"...enjoy some top-notch vocal acrobatics.   – James Renovitch Sarah Squirm..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Arrested Development?

Young-at-heart Austin is home to a booming Young Adult literature scene

"...trilogy capper of The Hunger Games, published in August, drew record numbers) and classics like The Chocolate War. Osmon,..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

Roll 'Em

March

"...D: Roger Kumble; with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair...."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sex Offenders Exposed

Are sex offender laws causing more harm than good?

"...Henry met Sarah in the summer of 1994, when he was 19..."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Drunk Bus

Unlikely friends comedy makes all the right turns

"...Carlucci and Brandon LaGanke. Starring: Charlie Tahan, Pineapple Tangaroa, Sarah Mezzanotte, Martin Pfefferkorn, Kara Hayward, Zach Cherry, Frank Iero..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

City of Austin Proclaims "Local Disaster," Cancels SXSW in Response to Coronavirus Fears

City officials emphasize preparedness, not panic

"...press conference, Mayor Steve Adler and Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt jointly announced the declaration of a “local state..."

March 6, 2020 SXSW Post by Austin Sanders

Wayne Alan Brenner's 10 Favorite Arts-Related Things of 2019

Kinetic performances and galleries mounting great show after great show kept the year exciting

"...Superbly presented and suggesting that the only way arch-chanteuse Sarah Marie Curry can top her performance here would be..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Top 10 Austin News Milestones of 2018

Days like these

"...the death of 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House; that explosion drew relatively little media attention and was downplayed by law..."

Dec. 28, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lege Bills Target Local Planned Parenthood Office

Latest attack rooted in faulty logic

"...SB 4, while House counterpart HB 14 by Rep. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, sits at the House's doorstep. SB 4..."

Aug. 4, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Reviews You Can Use

Find the gray area in 'The New Black,' or explore sweeping panoramas and unbridgeable divides in 'The Most Fun I've Ever Had With My Pants On'

"...At its heart, former Austinite Drew Denny's The Most Fun I've Ever Had With My..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by Brandon Watson

Bad Milo!

In this gross but smart comedy from Jacob Vaughan, a man's stress grows into a monster that explodes from his rectum.

"...but Marino (along with Jacobs as his sympathetic wife Sarah) walks the finest of comedic fine lines here and..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...(Hush Hush: Stories) Lou Berney (Whiplash River: A Novel) Andrew Blackwell (Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...“Largo” (USA, 112 min.) Directors: Mark Flanagan, Andrew van Baal Featuring: John C. Reilly, Fiona Apple, Zach..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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