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Oct. 31, 2008 Music Feature by Cindy Widner
Once a Cardinal, Always a Cardinal
Josh Hancock, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, dead at 29
"...I didn't have much of a connection to the late Josh Hancock, other than that he played for..."
April 29, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley
Fostering Family Values
The Legislature engages in its biennial exercises in gay-bashing -- families be damned.
"...Jeff Lutes waited with hundreds of others last Tuesday night to testify against one of a..."
May 2, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith
Alive and Kicking
Just when a heavy cynicism about the future of independent film has overtaken the industry and most of its observers, the Sundance Film Festival came along during the early weeks of 2001 and, almost unexpectedly, brightened the downcast mood shared by its most dour participants.
"...Pulling up to the Austin airport at the crack of dawn to leave..."
Feb. 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Postmarks
SUVs are not sluggish, the Internet is not homogenous, and roads are not decongestants.
"...Blinded by Science..."
Feb. 11, 2000 Column
You Won't Hear That on Commercial Radio
"..."You've introduced me to the Derailers, Tosca, Steve James, Shirley Dominguez, and Goddess knows..."
Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig
Naked City
"...Bryce, Nate Blakeslee, Walter Cole, and Lisa Tozzi. Off the Desk:..."
Nov. 14, 1997 News Feature
Running to Daylight
Blind runner and teacher determined to see what he can do
"...I met Roberto Baylon the same day that he'd earned himself a fresh laceration..."
Dec. 20, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Undefeated
This Oscar-winner for Best Documentary tells a rousing and heartwarming tale of a West Memphis high school football team overcoming the odds.
"...This film about a high school football team of underdogs contains so many of the..."
April 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Access Denied
Cap Metro saving money means hardship for neediest riders
"...Life has never been easy for Marie and Bill Chandler. But it used to be..."
July 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Never Look Away
Art history drama set across and after the Third Reich has few lessons to teach
"...Oscar gold in 2007 with his debut German-language feature The Lives of Others, finds the filmmaker returning to Germany..."
Feb. 22, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Dolphin Tale
This true story of the world's first dolphin with a prosthetic tail provides solid family entertainment.
"...family entertainment is delivered in this film inspired by the true story of the first dolphin to be fitted..."
Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More
Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave
"...So SXSW made its first announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition titles,..."
Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
DVD Extra: Revenge Double Feature
Kurando Mitsutake on bringing Japanese action to the U.S.
"...Revenge. As a Japanese filmmaker working in the U.S., Kurando Mitsutake knew this was a universal story..."
May 29, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup
Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more
"...a half-dozen titles, SXSW Film has finally drawn back the curtain on its 2016 lineup...."
Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki
Full Circle
The gospel according to Ruthie Foster
"..."When my mind didn't know how to get there, I trusted my heart, and I swear, my soul..."
Jan. 27, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman
Civics 101
Calendar of civic events, Oct. 20-Oct. 27
"...Watson. 7-10pm. Bob Bullock Museum, 1800 Congress. Email [email protected] for ticket info. Friday21..."
Oct. 21, 2011 News Column
Be Prepared
The secret to improv's split-second successes is in years of training
"...To see these six people performing this musical number together about the..."
Sept. 2, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Vice
Unsubtle Dick Cheney bio-pic is the political bludgeon we deserve
"...In writer/director Adam McKay’s 2015 film The Big Short, he razzle-dazzled a dry subject – 2007’s..."
Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
My Brother Is an Only Child
This Italian film is a coming-of-age story about a young man who – like the era he was born into – has no idea how to come of age, except by fits and starts.
"...he’s a fiery young student at a Catholic preparatory school in small-town Italy. It’s October 1962, and across the..."
May 16, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
SXSW Adds to Music Roster
Imarhan, Minus the Bear, Joan of Arc, Charlotte Day Wilson, and 152 more
"...October has been a busy month for South by Southwest. The organization executed the inaugural South..."
Oct. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Delbert McClinton Oughta Know
Lone Star blockbuster at Gruene Hall
"...Countless films, Rancho Deluxe to Road House, have courted the sheer euphoria of a perfect honky-tonk pairing. Soup to..."
Aug. 19, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Mandy
Nicolas Cage is stunning in this hallucinogenic revenger
"...eat my Doc Martens. It’s been seven years since the Canadian filmmaker’s well-received first feature Beyond the Black Rainbow..."
Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More
Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more
"...Booking a film festival is about whittling. This year, the SXSW Film Festival staff received about 1,500 narrative features..."
Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Tone Deaf
Deaf Austinites say police can't seem to listen to reason
"...Esther Valdez is deaf...."
Dec. 3, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Balls of Fury
Goofy pingpong comedy gets by on the amiable nerd panache of chunky lead Dan Fogler.
"...Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, James Hong and Aisha Tyler. Possibly the greatest comic riff on Enter the Dragon ever filmed..."
Aug. 31, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Ourshelves
What sort of brain food sits on the shelves of the women who spin Ear Candy?
"...What sort of brain food sits on the shelves of the women who spin Ear Candy? A..."
Nov. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Kate Cantrill
Dangerous Liaisons
A Blind Man Can See What a Good Writer Amy Bloom Is
"...to have your baby die, or to have a stepmother of a different race than you, or to be..."
Aug. 25, 2000 Books Feature by Marion Winik
What Price Baseball?
The Rangers Ain't Gonna Like This, Yogi
"...by Robert Bryce Photos courtesy of the Texas Observer..."
June 20, 1997 News Feature
My Donkey, My Lover & I
Giddy romp through the South of France is charming and scenic
"...kids to sing a song of temptation and longing for the school’s talent show, of sorts, for the parents...."
