America: Imagine the World Without Her

Another book by conservative political commentator Dinesh D'Souza gets the documentary treatment.

"...pundit Dinesh D’Souza is review-proof. Designed to appeal to the convinced believer, its purpose is not to inform or..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Readers and fans of the literary, you might want to grab a napkin before..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Blink-182 Bring the Banter to “Austin Titty Limits” and More From ACL Fest’s Friday Kickoff

Chris Stapleton twangs and bangs, Leon Bridges grooves

"...– and performances ranging from fest OGs Asleep at the Wheel to Nashville glam queen Tanner Adell and bilingual..."

Oct. 5, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s

Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history Satanic Panic revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria

"...There are any number of things about the Eighties that..."

March 11, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Savlov

The Q&A Hole: Why Are So Many People Unhappy With President Trump?

Can’t American citizens cut that orange shitgibbon a little slack?

"...We felt we had to ask. Because, before the election, we asked Why Would Anyone Vote For Donald..."

June 12, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: It's the Time of the Season for Absolute Moral Certainty

The "Anybody but Hillary" movement makes strange bedfellows of the progressive left and the hard right

"...more a given that Bernie Sanders will not receive the nomination, though many of his followers still believe it..."

July 22, 2016 Column by Louis Black

DVDanger: The Return of Artsploitation

Indie label returns with three psychosexual horrors

"...respite from mainstream cinema, or even mainstream indie cinema, there's a whole globe of bizarre and envelope-pushing movies. The..."

June 17, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

When the Bough Breaks

In 1993, the Hyde Park Baptist Child Development Center hired a teacher who proved to be a little 'rough' with the children. Now the church is being sued for ignoring alleged child abuse.

"...as much time as possible with her son, Parker. The Hyde Park Baptist Child Development Center, run by the..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Emily Pyle

The Luv Doc: Dropping Hints

Your patience is heroic

"...Me and my boyfriend have been together nearly six years and he still hasn’t asked me..."

March 28, 2025 Column by The Luv Doc

The Hightower Report

Why has nefarious corporate behavior become so commonplace?

"...raker of muck, it's my job to root out the nefarious doings and innate immorality of the corporate creature...."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Good Eye: Killer Outfits – Anna's Blue Dress

Isabelle Adjani is a devil in a you-know-what

"...Last year the New Yorker's book critic James Wood asked, in all..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

The Flapper Era

What 'Flappy Bird' can tell us about the present and future of game design

"...This is the story of Flappy Bird, a little game about flying..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

"Fire"-man Arthur Brown The God of Hellfire

"...For better or worse, when The Crazy World of Arthur Brown released "Fire" in 1968..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Music Feature

Off the Record

Songs in A&E: Recovering from the 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival and revving up for the third annual HAAM Benefit Day

"...Both the 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival and the triumphant..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Highway 61

"...Peter Breck and Art Bergmann. You might not recognize the devil when you meet him, and redemption might not..."

Aug. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Shame the Devil

The celebrated 19th-century actress Fanny Kemble possessed the courage both to stand on a stage and speak as someone else and to stand on principle and speak up for someone else, as we learn with admiration and delight in the Pollyanna Theatre Company's production of Shame the Devil.

"...Shame the Devil: Profile in CourageDougherty Arts Center, through Jan...."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Review

Bones

"...pal Spike Lee to shoot Malcolm X and in the interim both men's creative output have been, ah, colorful...."

Oct. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kidnap

Don't mess with Halle Berry

"...While the writer of Kidnap probably could have come up with..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

Fox fairies, ultra-violence, and amnesia dominated 2015

"...top 10 lists. Some are relatively easy: Who has the best cheese sandwich, who wrote the best law? It's..."

Jan. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...Songs Sung and Played on Guitar at the Same Time (Shockorama)..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Texas Platters

The Rev. Horton Heat

"...Brothers and sisters of the Lone Star State, on the..."

May 28, 1999 Music Review

DVDanger: Dark Skies

Keri Russell is a modern suburban scream queen

"...and I'm not talking about Moulin Rouge. I mean the Nicole Kidman that was tempted to cool, interesting genre..."

June 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Red Sox Win It All and More Postseason Prognostication

"...last long. I can’t believe we are already in the postseason. Where has the time gone? It’s been a..."

Oct. 3, 2007 Sports Post by John Hunt

DVDanger: Three Holiday Horrors

A trio of chillers, but which do you want in your stocking?

"...Horror and the holidays go together like trees and tinsel, eggs and..."

Dec. 23, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

An Archive of Reelings

Reflections on a town hall meeting: A love letter to "community"

"...and reflection and personal goals are particularly germane – the “I want to be fitter, more thoughtful, more responsible,..."

Jan. 8, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

DVDanger: 'Crimewave'

Sam Raimi's weirdest, plus nunsploitation and swinging sleazy London

"...There are two Sam Raimis: There's the one that does..."

May 18, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: Confusion Center

The devil's in the details of collecting intelligence

"...but it's telling that civil libertarians' latest complaint about the Austin Regional Intelligence Center – a Central Texas addition to..."

May 21, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: Film Vault

With Hellboy II, Guillermo del Toro makes the leap from mere great director to cinematic superhero

"...charge of excess made against this column is stating the obvious. In a way, it's a lot like bitching..."

July 11, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...For the 11th time, Austin Critics Table has found a whole..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...Kids, it seems, will be kids. So little of the boilerplate tensions accompanying the Cuban missile crisis crept into..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

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