Take Care of the Troops

"...Dear Editor, I cannot believe that the answer to the mistreatment of our service members is..."

Feb. 28, 2007 Postmarks

The Witches of the Orient

How the 1964 Japanese women’s Olympic volleyball team healed a nation

"...What sorcery is this, this tempest darkening the Eastern skies? This relentless deluge of streaking orbs pouring..."

July 16, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Paxton’s Problems Go Poof: Ken Paxton is once again avoiding a jury trial..."

March 29, 2024 News Feature

The Walking Dead

"...Vonte Sweet, Roger Floyd and Bernie Mac. Hyped as the “first film to accurately portray the plight of African-American..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Innocents

Polish nuns raped by soldiers during WWII trigger wider moral issues

"...The wintry-hued The Innocents imagines the unimaginable: the rape and..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

'Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning' Hits VOD in the Brain

Action reboot revives the sci-fi action franchise as psycho-mystery

"...The whole point of Fantastic Fest is to be blindsided..."

Oct. 30, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Last Full Measure

A true story of a hero denied recognition

"...Heroism is often complicated – and sometimes it’s very simple. On April..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sheehan's Field of Dreams

Hundreds gather at Camp Casey to mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living

"...Sheehan wiped tears from her eyes as she looked southeast along Prairie Chapel Road down the long line of..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rick Noriega's Speech to the Texas Democratic Convention

Blasts Cornyn, calls for end to Iraq War.

"...After the jump is the speech Rick Noriega just gave to..."

June 6, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Luv Doc: Facial Hair

In the end the mortality rate of bearded vs. non-bearded people is exactly the same

"...look at some examples: Abraham Lincoln – shot in the back of the head. Jesus Christ – tortured and..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Letters at 3AM: Jesus Walking the Panhandle

The Christian cross is a question mark

"...We lived in a caboose and a trailer near the cliff of a quarry by the Salt Fork of..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Pavement’s Cross-Generational Arrival to Austin City Limits Taping

What a career, career, career, career, career it’s been

"...taped set for Austin City Limits felt like a cross-generational arrival Monday at the Moody Theater...."

Oct. 11, 2022 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The Cinema of Dual Citizens

In the upcoming series Driven into Paradise: European Émigré Directors 1933-1950, the Austin Film Society will be screening (at the Alamo Drafthouse) six classic films reflecting the ethical sensibilities and aesthetic innovations of these exiled masters.

"...Sometime in the late 1930s, the Hollywood dream factory started birthing the..."

April 18, 2003 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...Posted after the jump is the entire transcript of CNN's Democratic presidential..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Austin Jewish Film Festival Reaches Out

From homophobia to 'Hava Nagila,' these 21 features cross boundaries and borders

"...The 11th annual Austin Jewish Film Festival, which kicks off..."

April 12, 2013 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell

Flies on the Wall With Attitude

Cinéma vérité pioneer Robert Drew, coming to town this Wednesday for the Texas Documentary Tour, speaks about the films he has made and the film style he helped create.

"...40 years under his belt, is widely viewed as the father of American cinéma vérité, a style of documentary..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Fear & Loathing on the Inaugural Trail

One man's journey to the Bush inauguration confirms more than it denies.

"...The great thing about presidents is their vulnerability. Nothing is..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Bolduc

The Hightower Report

The horrors of war just keep unfolding

"...THE BUSH MEMOS ON PRISONER ABUSE..."

June 11, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

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

Why did Adil Dghoughi die?

"...The country flattens as you cross from Hays to Caldwell..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...We've already teased some of the highlights of the just-announced SXSW Film 2011 lineup..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...know you're in for a long, hot summer when the weather has hit 100 degrees before the beginning of..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Off the Record

Fun facts from the Festivus for the rest of us

"...Feats of Strength..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Tale of a Tale Spinner

How a ballplayer, a piano player, beatnik poetry, and Lubbock made Terry Allen an epic storyteller.

"..."I'll tell you a funny story about my mother," offers Terry Allen, grinning wryly like he does. "I..."

Dec. 19, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ravenous

"...and Guy Pearce. Antonia Bird is best known for the unsettling Priest, which tackled the issue of gay clergy..."

March 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Priest

A warrior priest is on a mission to recapture his niece from murderous vampires.

"...recent war that everyone would now prefer to forget. The hero has become an outsider, neither conforming to his..."

May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Men With Guns

"...Dan Rivera Gonzalez, Tania Cruz and Damian Alcazar. One of the most original filmmakers working today, John Sayles never..."

April 17, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Broken Bridges

At first glance, Toby Keith drama Broken Bridges is about reconciliations; really, though, the movie is about the cross-marketing potential of contemporary country music full of cliché and contrived music performances.

"...back, it was probably unreasonable to expect much in the way of subtlety from a Toby Keith movie. After..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Spotlight: Ricky Skaggs

Ricky Skaggs, at home with God, Bill Monroe, and his own music.

"...as a Christian, his dedication to his family, and the music he performs so beautifully because of his many..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dracula Untold

Prince Vlad fights off the Turks with with a little old-school vampirism.

"...up my cape and say, “This sucks,” but where’s the fun in that? Every generation gets the Dracula (or,..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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