The Luv Doc: Paying for It

Being broke in America is a cardinal sin

"...broke, which, in America at least, is a cardinal sin. That may seem a little harsh, but consider that..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

Books on Wheels

In Austin, bookmobiles aren't just a thing of the past; they're the literary wave of the future

"...totally get that," says Patrick McMahon. His wife and business partner Sukyi McMahon agrees: "You just can't bottle or..."

July 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Too Sinful for Hollywood

MPAA rejects poster for ‘Sin CIty: A Dame to Kill For’

"...when it nixed the hot Eva Green poster for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. The outlawed poster..."

June 1, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Anne McCue at Continental Saturday

Australian rocker plays Austin

"...in Europe was all it took to get me jonesing for the hometown sound, so when the Sin City..."

June 4, 2010 Music Post by Margaret Moser

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...SXSW 09 has some big-buzz films, like Spike Lee’s Passing Strange, Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre, and the locally made..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Looking for Las Vegas

An Austin playwright discovers Sin City by going to Louisville

"...American culture through scenes set in Vegas, but I'm focusing on the glitz factor myself. We're asking each writer..."

May 5, 2006 Arts Feature by Dan Dietz

Page Two

'Sin City' may offer almost no suggestion of a moral substructure. But it insists there is morality, no matter how fragmented.

"...column is going to turn into a discussion of Sin City, at which point certain important plot details will..."

April 15, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...the most cash-and-talent-strapped of current cinematic special-effects-laden outings. But surprisingly, and somehow comfortingly, as well, even in this highest..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Exhibitionism

Blood Wedding: Folk Tale Under a Glitter Moon

"...wretch that takes up space downtown, plying her trade, chasing at the heels of the local gentlefolk, working in..."

April 30, 1999 Arts Review

The Music of Our Sins

Letters at 3am

"...1930s) are mostly about another old and inescapable word: sin. The murders of lovers, children, and ne'er-do-wells; suicides; failures..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Making Trouble Look Good

How Kurt Volk got to be Robert Rodriguez's go-to poster designer

"...A whole pinboard of character sheets for the upcoming Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, the sequel to..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Judas Priest

"...Judas PriestSin After Sin (Columbia Legacy)Judas PriestStained Class (Columbia Legacy)Judas PriestHell..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

The Music of Our Sins -- Part II Letters at 3am

"...were Viva Zapata, The African Queen, High Noon, and Singin' in the Rain. The variety shows of Milton Berle,..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

The Work of Kurt Volk

"...about his design process. This first promotional image for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For started as a..."

Aug. 21, 2014 Photo Gallery

Man on a Mission

Professor, Collector, Leader Gil Cárdenas

"...well as drawers full of flat files at Galeria Sin Fronteras...."

Aug. 18, 1995 Arts Feature

El terror del sueño americano

Cómo Texas destrozó el camino a la ciudadanía de un residente de Austin

"...por 30 minutos a lo largo de la orilla sin mirar atrás. Sin saber que cerca estaban, se sumergió..."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

Hypnotic

Robert Rodriguez and Ben Affleck team up for a pulpy mindbender

"...series. There's the super-stylish genre fan who made super-noir Sin City and live-action anime Alita: Battle Angel. And then..."

May 12, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Energy Forward

Sofia Resnick gets her kee-op! on at Master Yi Martial Arts Academy

"...a style of martial arts he invented, in Austin since 1982. There have been a handful of Tukong academies..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Sofia Resnick

Seven Deadly Sins

The seven short plays that make up iron belly muses' production Seven Deadly Sins aren't always pleasurable to watch, but several capture that desperation behind sins' commission and ask interesting questions about transgression itself.

"...Seven Deadly Sins: The Sins of Our SistersHyde Park Theatre,..."

April 26, 2002 Arts Review by M.B. Rice

Robert Rodriguez: Future Sins, Fiery Projects

Update from Wizard World on 'Fire and Ice', 'Sin City 2' and more

"...Now, the big film news: Sin City 2 should be out August 2014. The sequel..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Gay Place

It's a week filled with sun, Sin, geeks, gays, and Divorcées.

"...Bounce for Jorge (see Friday), Summer Sin (see Friday and Saturday), and Queer Qumbia, featuring hot..."

July 26, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Do Right Woman

Polly Parsons, only child of Gram Parsons, comes full circle in Austin with the Hickory Wind Ranch, sober living for women

"...Parsons turns her face to the unprepossessing porch. Her ice-blue eyes linger on it, the summery..."

July 31, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

A Girl Named Soo

'Never the Pretty Girl'? Surely not BettySoo!

"...Once the headgear comes off, she's transformed into BettySoo, singer-songwriter...."

June 19, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Film News

Rodriguez and Q.T. go back to the grind; plus, 'Screen Door Jesus,' back to Sundance, and all kinds of opportunities to get involved

"...• 'Sin' Grinder: Robert Rodriguez, not one to rest on his..."

June 10, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Nader: Think Global, Act Texan

Ralph Nader dips into Texas politics while pursuing ballot access

"...decay of any society in history. Slot machines – casino devices currently prohibited by Texas law and considered the..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Letters at 3AM

Forgive Elia Kazan his sins, but never forget his lousy deeds.

"...error of my ways." Surely the word "irony" applies, since that is precisely what he was now doing with..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Theatre Critics Table Nominations 1997

"...Theatre & Dance Jack and Jill, Zachary Scott Theatre Sin, Subterranean Theatre Company Sylvia, Zachary Scott Theatre Director, Musical..."

May 9, 1997 Arts Feature

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...inept in Ellroy's world to have pulled off the assassination. In fact, ineptitude is the engine that pushes things..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

City Acknowledges Its Debt to Sexual Assault Survivors

Seen and heard

"...Another survivor-plaintiff, Heather Sin, said we likely won't know for some time whether..."

Feb. 4, 2022 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

A Walk on the Wild Side

Sundance fave Tangerine is loud and proud

"...the tale of two best friends and sex workers, Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) and Alexandra (Mya Taylor), who spend..."

July 24, 2015 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

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