The Way, Way Back

In this indie comedy, a young teen finds confidence at a local water park after suffering emotional abuse from his insensitive, would-be stepfather.

"...Directed by: Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. Starring: Liam James, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Sam Rockwell, Allison Janney, Maya..."

July 12, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...the Wheels of Steel." When Afrika Bambaataa teamed with James Brown on "United" the following year, hip-hop staked its..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

How the West Was Sung

The Newton Boys Soundtrack: An Oral History

"...Steve Schwelling: drummer..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...vs. George Lucas, Shane Meadows’ Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee, Steven Soderbergh’s And Everything Is Going Fine, Matt Harlock and..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...adaptation/fanboy-bait Max Payne (from local screenwriter Beau Thorne), and James Gray's Two Lovers, which netted a lot of attention..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Steve James Boom Chang (Burnside)

Texas Platters

"...Steve JamesBoom Chang (Burnside) Boom Chang is the fourth album..."

June 30, 2000 Music Review by David Lynch

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...the Road, and connected with heroes like Shawn Colvin, Steve James, and Iris Dement. She's ours. Her warm blanket..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

P.S. I Love You

Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank needs to call her agent before getting involved in any more romantic codswallop like this.

"...Kathy Bates, Harry Connick Jr., Jeffrey Dean Morgan and James Marsters. LaGravenese is usually a terrific screenwriter (The Fisher..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Art Should Be Brave...

James Earl Jones on Apartheid, Racism, and Hollywood

"...by Steve Hammer..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Screens Feature

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...1990: Townes Van Zandt, Nanci Griffith, James McMurtry, Poi Dog Pondering, Daniel Johnston; An Austin Hoot..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Starving the Beast

Doc exposes big money on campus

"...Directed by: Steve Mims...."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shame

Exquisite control and spasmed anguish mark the performances of Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan in this dark, NC-17-rated story about a sex addict.

"...Directed by: Steve McQueen. Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale,..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Great Escape

One of the all-time great action movies also features an all-star international cast. Steve McQueen is unforgettable as the "Cooler King" in the drama about an Allied prisoner escape from a Nazi POW camp.

"...Directed by: John Sturges. Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Richard Attenborough,..."

Jan. 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Upsizing the Ante

Old Settlers Bluegrass & Acoustic Festival

"...to mention genre royalty like Peter Rowan, Herb Pederson, Steve Forbert, and gospel group The Fairfield Four. And that's..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Alejandro Escovedo: R-O-C-K with the U.S.A.

Iconic rocker’s love affair with the Austin, part two

"...plus artists like Blues Boy Hubbard and Snuff Johnson. Steve James is doing a Snuff Johnson song.”..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Run Rudolph Run

Revisiting Keith Richards' “Run Rudolph Run”

"...KO’d by the opening “Big Enough,” Keith and collaborator Steve Jordon dropping Maceo Parker into their James Brown glower...."

Dec. 22, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Scanlines

Above the Rim

"...D: Steve James (1994)..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Austin Film Festival Snags Widows

High profile and local features fill out the schedule

"...of the year, both already gaining Oscar speculation: The Steve McQueen directed, Gillian Flynn-penned remake of British crime drama..."

Sept. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

To C-Boy, With Love

Continental Club maverick Steve Wertheimer pays tribute to his mentor – with a nightclub

"...Steve Wertheimer spent more than half a million dollars and..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Jobs

Ashton Kutcher plays Apple visionary Steve Jobs in this unrevealing biopic.

"...Matthew Modine, J.K. Simmons, Lesley Ann Warren, Ron Eldard, James Woods and Kevin Dunn...."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Terminal Stage

With 'Adam Sultan,' playwright Steve Moore again reflects on friendship and mortality in Austin

"...thespians, that is, until you consider the source. Playwright Steve Moore is about the last person in the theatre..."

April 5, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

At the Death House Door examines the death penalty through the eyes of a former death row chaplain

"...justice. This is what drives the newest film by Steve James and Peter Gilbert, At the Death House Door,..."

May 23, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Reel Paradise

This documentary shows what happens when famed producer’s rep/author/gadabout John Pierson convinces his family to move with him to Fiji, where, if all goes according to plan, he can leave behind the indie-film rat race, immerse himself in a completely foreign culture, and, best of all, screen all sorts of movies for the natives.

"...Directed by: Steve James. When it comes to mid-life crises, some guys..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson A Big Hand for a Little Lady

"...aborted efforts at an album by producers Gurf Morlix, Steve Earle & Ray Kennedy, and Roy Bittan, the new..."

March 13, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

This story of a milquetoast with a wild imagination stars Ben Stiller and is as pretty as it is busy. Opens 12/25.

"...Based on the 1939 story by James Thurber and adapted by Steve Conrad, this Walter Mitty..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

What Maisie Knew

Young Maisie’s divorced parents are negligent, not cruel, in this contemporary take on the novel by Henry James from the co-directors of the Deep End.

"...McGehee and David Siegel. Starring: Onata Aprile, Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, Alexander Skarsgård and Joanna Vanderham...."

July 12, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Bard of Blast

Steve Wolf's pyro-antics are poetry in motion

"...dull stuff. But for Austin-based stuntman and pyro expert Steve Wolf, engineering is fun. "We do nothing but fun..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

"This is one of those rare cases where the initial conception was ambitious to begin with," Executive Producer Steve James says of The New Americans, a three-part documentary premiering March 29 on PBS' Independent Lens.

"...conception was ambitious to begin with," said Executive Producer Steve James from the Kartemquin Film offices in Chicago before..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Yards

"...Directed by: James Gray. Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

The Party Never Stops!

"...& the Howlers, Kenny Neal, Guy Forsyth, and Corey Stevens. Ticketmaster can set you up for $10 a pop...."

April 3, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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