Romance & Cigarettes

John Turturro directs this oddball musical in which the stars (the eclectic cast of James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Mary-Louise Parker, Christopher Walken, Aida Turturro, and Mandy Moore) lip-sync and dance to popular songs.

"...Directed by: John Turturro. Starring: James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Mary-Louise..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lapsis

Bleak but funny look at life at the low end of the high-tech gig economy

"...Directed by: Noah Hutton. Starring: Dean Imperial, Madeline Wise, Babe Howard, Ivory Aquino, Dora..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

O Amor Natural

Recently unearthed erotic poetry of Carlos Drummond de Andrade is used by the filmmaker as an opening gambit for frank conversations about love and sex with random Brazilians.

"...Directed by: Heddy Honigmann. In terms of our cultural attitudes about sex, we Americans..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Hustle

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake can't con its way to success

"...Directed by: Chris Addison. Starring: Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson and Tim Blake Nelson...."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

"...Directed by: John Madden. Starring: Irene Papas, Piero Maggio, David Morrissey, Christian Bale, John..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements of South by Southwest, find harmony in the..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Flirting With Disaster

"...Directed by: David O. Russell. Starring: Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Tea Leoni, Mary Tyler Moore,..."

April 5, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Isle of Dogs

Wes Anderson's stop motion wonder is a tail-wagger

"...arguably at his best when he can create his bitter-tasting cotton-candy worlds down to the last hopscotch line drawn..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Interview: Santigold

Philly pop songstress struggles with change on new disc 99¢

"...Since releasing her sophomore LP Master of My Make Believe..."

March 18, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Fremont

Eccentric dramedy about an Afghan immigrant who works in a fortune cookie company

"...Directed by: Babak Jalali. Starring: Anaita Wali Zada, Gregg Turkington, Hilda Schmelling, Avis See-tho,..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...the movies at this year's hybrid event. The stellar lineupreally ignites with the world premiere of Apollo 10 1/2:..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Grudge

A new haunting from the J-horror franchise

"...Directed by: Nicolas Pesce. Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Tara Westwood, Demián Bichir, John Cho, Betty..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Uncut Gems

Sandler and the Safdies take a roller-coaster through the NYC Diamond District

"...Directed by: Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie. Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

DysFunKtional Family

"...Directed by: George Gallo. Starring: Eddie Griffin. This is not, as the title suggests,..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

At Long Last Love

Love will get you when you least expect it. So it goes in Charles Mee's Big Love, a vigorous update of the ancient Greek drama The Suppliants, and so it went when the Rude Mechanicals theatre company saw the play. They fell unexpectedly and unabashedly head over heels for it and are staging it now in what they describe as "a huge love affair."

"...You might as well not bother searching for it. You don't find it; it finds you...."

Aug. 31, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ready Player One

Video gaming and Eighties culture get the Spielberg treatment

"...Directed by: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Letitia Wright, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sxsw

"...Okay, take a deep breath. Hold it. Exhale. Again. There. Feel better? Look, just calm down. So what..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...the entire transcript of CNN's Democratic presidential primary debate between Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York and Sen. Barack..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Fantasia Review: Lapsis

The gig economy savaged in this SF warning about modern capital

"...easy to forget that it's only been 20 years since under half of American households owned a computer. Even..."

Sept. 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Road to Urinetown

Composer Mark Hollmann on the show's creation and success

"...They knew it was a stinker of a title. They even had one of their..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Trading One 'Community' for Another

Dan Harmon is talking to you

"...hop on and off vehicles up and down the line, limping under bindles full of spec scripts and napkin..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...Preston Hubbard. From 1984-94, I played bass for the platinum-selling, multi-Grammy award-nominated Fabulous Thunderbirds. Besides recording five albums as..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Point Austin: Waxing “Presidential”

Trump delivers the same threats in a more polite package

"...Well, as Samuel Johnson remarked in a very different context, should you see a dog..."

March 3, 2017 News Column by Michael King

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...South by Southwest will be kicking off its 2025 Film & TV Festival with The..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ott Strikes Back

City Manager responds to blogger accusations

"...In an unusual moment over the weekend, Austin City Manager..."

June 16, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Billy Friedkin Kills It

Extended Q&A with the man behind 'The Exorcist,' 'French Connection'

"...In this week's paper, we have a Q&A with legendary..."

Aug. 2, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Jim Hightower is all wrong about Accenture in his column under the headline "A Tax-Dodging Freeloader" ["The..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Column

Short Stories

From Hollywood to Austin and beyond: the rise and rise of short film online

"...Just last week, another chapter in the seemingly endless Elián González saga was filed when..."

May 5, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...Burning Spear's Winston Rodney photograph by John Carrico..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

The Talented Mr. Isaac

Scenes from an interview with the star of the Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

"...Having been sitting all day in a second-floor conference room,..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Screens Feature by Jeff Winkler

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