Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2016

"...The purest, most deliciously romantic musical in post-millennial memory, feet..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

American Honey

Youths hit the road in this rambling epic

"...Directed by: Andrea Arnold. Starring: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough, McCaul Lombardi, Arielle Holmes,..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest: American Honey

Star Sasha Lane on an eye-opening road trip

"...Not many first-time actresses see their debut feature at Cannes, but that's exactly what happened..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Emma Cline's The Girls

This seismic literary debut tracks a California girl drawn to a dark cult in 1969

"...novel with some social significance, set (or not) in another time, illuminating the present, becoming an instant sensation. It..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin Classical Guitar Narratives Series

"...Agee, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, and James Joyce. The series – conceived by guest artistic director Tom Echols,..."

July 8, 2016 Arts Feature

A Whole Lotta Lit to Hit

Texas Book Festival's 2015 Lit Crawl is as huge as the state

"...Ghost stories in the State Cemetery. Nerd Jeopardy. Crimes Against Humanity with books...."

Oct. 14, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Big Bend Pipeline?

Conservation Alliance opposes international gas project

"...The Big Bend Conservation Alliance has launched a presidential petition..."

April 27, 2015 News Post by Michael King

SXSW Live Shot: Stones Throw Records

“Stones Throw got that funk shit, Stones Throw got that soul”

"...Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records at SXSW Film, the independent left coast label was back again cultivating a..."

March 21, 2015 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Silk Rhodes

"...On their self-titled debut, producer Michael Collins and falsetto-freakin' singer Sasha..."

March 20, 2015 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

The Good Eye: Tales From the Beauty Box

Side-eyeing the confines of female film roles

"...In my last column ("Boyhood, Girlhood, Personhood," Feb. 6),..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Gay Place: Well-repped at EAST

Head EAST, young thing...

"...A "gay guide" to the East Austin Studio Tour would rival the heft of..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

We Play Chekhov: Two Short Stories on Stage

Breaking String's two-course meal of Chekhov tales proves both meaty and effervescent

"...Rollins Theatre at the Long Center, 701 Riverside, 512/474-5664 www.breakingstring.com Through..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

Gay Place: Which Splash?

Let Austin booty fill you with joy this week

"...WORLD GOTH DAY The gays love the goths and the goths love the..."

May 23, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: PRETTY:UGLY

Punk rock San Antonio takes Austin in an ugly show of loveliness

"...New San Antonio punk band FEA took the grammatically gendered approach to their name: Ugly. Ugly, plain..."

April 11, 2014 Column

Gay Place: LGBTQmunity

Open your eyes to trans visibility

"...Is there such a thing? Are you open to venturing outside..."

March 28, 2014 Column

SXSW Film Review: 'Open Windows'

A restrictive conceit becomes the film's most engaging feature

"...contest and is set to meet actress Jill Goddard (Sasha Grey) at Austin’s Fantastic Fest. But that plot point..."

March 14, 2014 SXSW Post by Marc Calderaro

SXSW Saturday Showcases

Park your hiney at a Saturday night SXSW showcase

"...Take Me to the River2:45pm, Butler Park..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Food Issue Extra Helpings: Edibile Beyoncé

Valentine’s dinner for one

"...Brooklyn Italian joint Brucie upped its game to a SASHA level of fierce with a menu dedicated to everyone’s..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Food Post by Abby Johnston

Gay Place

It's Valentine's! Who's your lover? Gay Place, that's who.

"...HAPPY HOUR WITH MS. WRIGHT The legendary Ms. Wright on the black & whites is..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

From Russia, With Love

More than 20 years after the Soviet Union fell, Austin finally experiences some culinary glasnost

"...The first thing one sees upon walking into Russian House..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Gay Place

Old friends bring new art to new gallery, and it's Q as all get-out

"...MR. COOK'S STRIP-OFF It's a competitive, amateur taking-off of the clothes with $300 in cash prizes. Thursdays, 12mid. Rain..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...school football to our communal spirit of filmmaking in the face of the bigwigs in New York and L.A...."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Transgender Dysphoria Blues

A “superior” golf club and Against Me! – common ground?

"...journalism grad student, I pontificated long and hard on the sports site outing the inventor of the “scientifically superior”..."

Jan. 23, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Gay Place

Boy, and Bern, and Cho, oh my. (Sorry, no Takai.)

"...THE GAY LIST..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

DVDanger: 'Would You Rather'

Rich people are weird, but not as weird as what people do to be rich

"...Whether it's psychotic burglars in The Cat and the Canary,..."

July 16, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: Combat Girls

The dark shadow of a post-Hitler youth, plus new releases

"...neo-Nazi in Germany – a nation that will bare the fetid scar of the reich on its soul for..."

July 10, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sour Notes Tour Diary

Local indie troupe cruises NXNE and all points between

"...In his seminal 1994 memoir, Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag, Henry Rollins..."

June 28, 2013 Music Post by Jared Paul Boulanger

Best in Show

The 2012-13 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The Hidden Room Theatre production of Rose Rage was the..."

June 7, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...A toast, please, to the 170-plus artists and creative projects recognized in the nominations..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Kathleen Hanna Kills It

'The Punk Singer' turns up the volume on Riot Grrrl pioneer's passion, politics, and devastating illness

"...moment not just for music, but for a movement. The segue from "Suck My Left One" into "Feels Blind"..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Audra Schroeder

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