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Barton Springs and Riverside: A Separate Place

"...photograph by Rita Debellis South Austin, Texas, 78704." A separate place. So says the sign..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

ScriptWorks’ Out of Ink 2022: Unusual Embrace

Short-form showcase spotlights local artists in 10 minutes or less

"...Ten-minute plays are the amuse-bouche of theatre. Unlike their main..."

April 29, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Sundance Review: Prisoners of the Ghostland

Cage/Sono styles clash in underwhelming cowboy/ronin/gangster film

"...and the samurai film have always locked step. The ronin and the gunslinger are two sides of the same..."

Feb. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Joseph Stack Manifesto

Reprint of pilot's suicide note

"...The pilot who crashed into the building in North Austin left an online suicide..."

Feb. 18, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Mat Johnson: Black & White & Read All Over

Our interview with the Houston-based author

"...This is an interview with Mat Johnson, who wrote the acclaimed Pym –..."

June 18, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds

Seussian fairy tale from GKIDS about two sisters who turn into cats

"...has more than a little of My Neighbor Totoro’s chaos-causing little sister Mei about her. Of course, she's the..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Cocaine Bear

The ursine Dr. Rockzo goes on a bloody comedic bender

"...Directed by: Elizabeth Banks. Starring: Keri Russell, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Christian Convery-Jennings, Alden Ehrenreich,..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Next Next

Jasper Fforde reveals the secrets behind the new Thursday Next adventure, narrative gymnastics, and the job of writing

"...In the fifth novel of Jasper Fforde's series starring Thursday..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...Wyatt Roberts is telling other people how to live when, as an admitted..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Our Recommended Events Include Broods, Books, and Barking Buddies

The weekdays are filled with events worth leaving the house

"...the Alfred Hitchcock slasher came 23 years after the original, which is kind of like if they made a..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Violent Heart

Socially conscious murder mystery romance is more schlock than melodrama

"...Directed by: Kerem Sanga. Starring: Lukas Haas, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Cress Williams, Jovan Adepo and..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Death of Dick Long

A redneck comedy takes a tragic, compassionate turn

"...Directed by: Daniel Scheinert. Starring: Michael Abbott Jr., Virginia Newcomb, Andre Hyland, Sarah..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

FronteraFest Schedule

"...The Short Fringe at Hyde Park Theatre..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature

Ghostlight

A construction worker is drawn into a production of Romeo and Juliet

"...Directed by: Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson. Starring: Keith Kupferer, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Tara Mallen, Dolly de..."

June 21, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Challengers

Luca Guadagnino’s silly romance may turn you off sex and tennis both

"...Directed by: Luca Guadagnino. Starring: Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist...."

April 26, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beast Beast

Lyrical look at Gen-Z life trips on its own good intentions

"...Directed by: Danny Madden. Starring: Shirley Chen, Will Madden, Jose Angeles, Courtney Dietz, Daniel..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Friday

"...better known as Derek Smalls, the most important completely noninfluential bass player ever, Shearer brings to SXSW his weekly..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Aidan's Bed

While each of the seven bedroom dialogues in Aidan's Bed, Blake Yelavich's tight comic subversion of melodrama, relates to a deadly sin, the play as produced by Naughty Austin, is harmless at worst and titillation at its best.

"...Aidan's Bed:Light ConfessionAustin Playhouse at Penn Field, through Dec. 14..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Nic Cage and Sion Sono craziness is not the sum of its parts

"...Directed by: Sion Sono. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Bill Moseley, Sofia Boutella, Tak Sakaguchi and..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

They're Here! Fantastic Fest Wave One Arrives

Overlord, Apostle headline fest opening salvo

"...Austin's primo genre film festival, Fantastic Fest, has just opened..."

July 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two

What would have happened if we had not invaded Afghanistan and Iraq?

"...Keeping in mind that not only did I oppose the..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Column by Louis Black

To Ancient Troy (By Way of Denver)

Ancient Greece and modern Denver may seem an incongruous pairing, but in the new Greek epic Tantalus, produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, they prove a striking fit, creating a work that's heroic.

"...Greece and modern Denver. The two locales are so incongruous that their pairing seems more like the opening of..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

States of Grace

States of Grace, the opening program for Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks' 20th anniversary season, provided an optimistic opening to 2003, with bold and imaginative choreographers presenting creative movement against which the rest of this year's work will have to be measured.

"...States of Grace: Opting for Boldness..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Q&A With Kurt Braunohler

The absurdist comic has a seriously bright future

"...personal Tumblr page, Kurt Braunohler describes himself as someone “inserting absurdity into strangers' lives to make the world a..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Post by Sean L. Malin

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...A Prosecutor Weighs In..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Column

Everyday Whimsy

Remembering the late, beloved artist Tré Arenz through her warm and playful ceramic sculptures

"...– A Retrospective" at Women & Their Work is everything a memorial exhibit should be: funny and sad, warm..."

March 5, 2004 Arts Feature by Jacqueline May

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta was all set to hate The Oblongs, the new animated series on the WB about mutants living near a toxic waste dump. But then something unexpected happened: It was funny.

"...I am going to hell. I'm going straight to hell. Maybe I'll..."

April 13, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Money for Nothing

The Texas record on "enterprise funds" is even worse than meets the eye

"...be the state of "government accountability"? A place where businesses know they compete on a level playing field? Where..."

Oct. 31, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...Think film festivals are all about dour, arty indie pics?..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Here Comes the Guv

Kinky Friedman lights up his campaign

"...It's just before 8pm on a Saturday night in January, and Richard "Kinky" Friedman is nervous. So he..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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