The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...leave your mouth hanging open, they're the very definition of South by Southwest: discovering the undiscovered. Of course, local..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Viper Club

Susan Sarandon and the murky world of paying kidnappers

"...Governmental bureaucracy, good God y’all, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing in..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Letter From Guest Editor Ethan Hawke

Blaze director on why it’s time for us all to act like grownups and demand integrity from our elected officials

"...I was born here. Maybe it's because so much of the best of my work life has originated from..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Ethan Hawke

Kingdom Come

"...illustration by Jason Stout The reader's letter was brief, just two sentences:..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

DVDanger: The Evil That Men Do

Nothing Bad Can Happen, and other meditations on darkness

"...This is a battle, between the pettiness of malice and the naivete of faith. Tore (Julius Feldmeier)..."

Oct. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...There seems to be a lot of conflict as to the truth of The Texas Chainsaw..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column

Film

Film Reviews

"...on life in the 'hood. Clockers is the tale of two brothers, Victor (Washington) and Strike (Phifer) and what..."

Sept. 15, 1995 News Feature

Billy Joe Shaver Gets His Wings

Country songwriting sage (1939-2020) reunites with beloved son Eddy

"...The crème de la crème of Texas songwriters, Shaver wrote with the rare ability to..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Here We Go Yet Again

Michael Ventura revisits his "Letters at 3am" Columbine column

"...My column of 1999 follows; I see no reason to change a..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Chronolog Post by Michael Ventura

And Thy Right Hand Shall Teach Thee

"...illustration by Jason Stout Littleton won't go away, not because politicians and..."

May 28, 1999 Column

Something to Live For

"...when a young barrelhouse piano player by the name of Georgia Tom stopped in at the National Baptist Convention..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Ever the Spoils

Two University Dramas Tackle Women After War

"...The Love of the Nightingale In stature she was very tall," writes..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...about 150 titles. Now the Fest has announced 10 of the most eagerly awaited movies: the gory, gross, and..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Are What We Are

This effectively creepy horror story gives new meaning to the family film.

"...An American remake of Jorge Michel Grau's 2010 Mexican shocker, this Sundance and..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jacob Young Retrospective

"...Directed by: Jacob Young. Young is one of the most provocative documentarists working today. This West Virginian's..."

July 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Breakthrough

Evangelical tract never raises a pulse

"...Directed by: Roxann Dawson. Starring: Chrissy Metz, Topher Grace, Josh Lucas, Marcel Ruiz,..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wonder Wheel

Woody Allen's ode to Coney Island

"...most glorious-looking film since Manhattan, is an idealized dream-memory of Coney Island’s amusement park just after World War II...."

Dec. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

It Comes at Night

A lean, mean descent into primitive tribalism

"...Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Riley Keough and Kelvin Harrison Jr....."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sundance Recap: Part II

Musicals, sentimental journeys and a romcom farce

"...These next films are on the more comedic and softer side of my experience at Sundance. Some, I am..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

Second Life

For her new play's sophomore production, Suzan-Lori Parks turns director

"...first production is unquestionably important. What were simply lines of dialogue on a page now become utterances spoken by..."

June 17, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: Love, Grace, and Tears

Borne aloft by Jefferson Airplane

"...This is a consideration of music and memory: how each evokes, enriches, and enhances..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Fireproof

God helps a firefighter, played by Kirk Cameron, to repair his marriage.

"...Alex Kendrick. Starring: Kirk Cameron, Erin Bethea, Ken Bevel, Jason McLeod, Stephen Dervan, Eric Young, Harris Malcom and Dwan..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Ted's Ghost

The death of Ted Westhusing leaves a widening circle of sorrow

"...Greek hero Odysseus visits the Underworld in Book 11 of Homer's The Odyssey, he learns that his mother, Antikleia,..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature by Tom Palaima

ACL Fest Interviews

"...Solomon BurkeFriday 5pm, SBC stage After years of critical acclaim with immortal showstoppers like "Everybody Needs Somebody..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Mummy Returns

"...and The Rock. Exploding corpses, defiled tombs, POV shots of arcane weaponry, and more CGI monsters than you can..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Control Freaks

Film Top Tens

"...here parts, we like it Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. Errol Morris' unique documentary essay about the glory..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

High Risk

"...whose uneven hand recently gave us the surprisingly wonderful God of Gamblers Returns, is the man behind the wheel..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Dumb and Dumber

"...is… well, dumb and dumber. Hallelujah. Maybe it's indicative of my end-of-the-year brain-fry, but this dopey comedy about two..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...festival confirmed it will close with the new adaptation of Stephen King's Pet Sematary...."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Interview: Margaret Brown

We're all connected through the Great Invisible

"...Deep Water Horizon oil drilling platform happened in April of 2010, causing the world's largest oil spill that gushed..."

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

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