Doctor Strange

The Doctor is out, far out

"...Ancient One. (But of course.) Cumberbatch plays Doctor Stephen Strange with exactly the right amount of cocky smugness –..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

John Merriman and Steve Collins Admit I've Got Issues

But hey, who doesn't?

"...of the heartfelt oddities in I've Got Issues, the strange and wonderful new Austin-made comedy from Steve Collins, starring..."

Oct. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cargill Gets Strange

Local author revealed to be Marvel's hidden scripter

"...the upcoming adaptation of Marvel's supernatural adventure series Doctor Strange...."

Dec. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Strange Brew Empties

Financial duress buckles South Austin listening institution

"...Suspicions that Strange Brew was under financial duress were confirmed last Thursday..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Strange but True

Jad Fair making art out in Manor with monsters, aliens, and dead dogs

"...Moore, Teenage Fanclub, Maureen Tucker, the Pastels, Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, Kramer, John Zorn, Yo La Tengo. Last summer..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

News Roundup: 10-1, Lawsuits, and Strange Fruit

The end of the year is a busy time

"...hanging from trees is not exactly a good look. Strange Fruit Public Relations, which noted in Jan. 2013 that..."

Dec. 8, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Strange Bedfellows, Stranger Enemies

"...the e-mail include: Beau Armstrong, CEO of Stratus Properties; Steve Drenner, attorney for Stratus Properties; Casey Dobson, outside attorney..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Prop. 6: Strange Bedfellows on Both Sides

Boondoggle or necessary step? Odd alliances form on both sides of state water proposal.

"...former Texas Environmental Quality Commission Water Utilities Division Director Steve Walden, having a centralized fund will cut loan costs,..."

Oct. 25, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Strange Wilderness

When a popular wildlife TV show starts slipping in the ratings, the clueless hosts go off to the Andes in search of Bigfoot and big ratings. Big mistake.

"...Directed by: Fred Wolf. Starring: Steve Zahn, Allen Covert, Jonah Hill, Ashley Scott, Peter Dante,..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Public Notice: Strange Bedfellows

Does ridesharing work for Austin?

"...out what State Senator Kirk Watson and Austin Mayor Steve Adler are thinking about what could be next for..."

April 1, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Lege Lines: Guns vs. Business, Strange Bedfellows, and More

Lege walks the line between proliferating guns, protecting businesses

"...Austin Mayor Steve Adler joined a demonstration on the Capitol steps against..."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Coneheads

"...Directed by: Steve Barron. Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Michelle Burke, Laraine..."

July 30, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...09 has some big-buzz films, like Spike Lee’s Passing Strange, Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre, and the locally made Beeswax..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Academy Award-Nominated Shorts 2003

"...for Academy Awards in the past year: "Inja" by Steve Pasvolsky, "The Cathedral" by Tomek Baginski, "I’ll Wait for..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Hereditary

Toni Collette's burning inferno of a performance illuminates this extraordinary horror

"...Her eulogy – delivered to a chapel full of strangers – is a last attempt to put a shroud..."

June 8, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jackass: Number Two

Strange as it may be to say, Jackass: Number Two is just the kind of vicarious excitement for which the movies were invented.

"...Directed by: Jeff Tremaine. Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, Ryan Dunn, Ehren McGhehey, Jason..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Tina Fey becomes a war correspondent in her new comedy

"...Barker’s first-hand account in the book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot has..."

March 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dee Snider's Strangeland

"...Elizabeth Peña, Brett Harrelson, Robert Englund and Linda Cardellini. Strange is an understatement. Who knew the world's first modern-primitive..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mayor's Ex-Budget Chief Joins Prop K Team

Another strange bedfellow

"...the petition drive that put it on the ballot ("Strange Bedfellows, Stranger Politics," Aug. 10). Last week, they picked..."

Nov. 2, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Kicking & Screaming

Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, and Mike Ditka all appear together in a film that sings the praises of kids soccer and caffeine addiction.

"...Does anyone care? Likely as not, since this genuinely strange film hybridizes Michael Ritchie’s original 1976 underdog comedy, The..."

May 13, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Becomes a Waterboys Town

Music big and small rouses the Parish

"...When Mike Scott and Steve Wickham performed acoustically as the Waterboys during SXSW, it..."

Oct. 31, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

High, Low, and In Between

Steve Earle talks Townes

"...When Steve Earle was only 16 years old, he had already..."

June 19, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

An Unreasonable Man

This documentary is a far cry from the dry polemics one might expect from a survey of Ralph Nader's career as a consumer activist and political candidate.

"...Directed by: Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan. If you're under the age of, say, 35,..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

aGLIFF Opening Night Film Blitzed! Dances the Night Away

Nightclubbing with Britain's answer to Studio 54

"...one got through the door unless co-founder and doorman Steve Strange gave his approval to their handcrafted look. Ashley..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jaimee Harris’ Wrecking Ball

“Wear something pretty and white”

"...turns 25, so she’s put together a tribute at Strange Brew to Emmylou’s Wrecking Ball, released 20 years ago..."

April 1, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Maps, Balls, and Testifying

The testimony gets mighty strange at the re-redistricting trial.

"...a very odd moment, but it typified both the strange misalliance between, and the standard defense of, the state..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Billy Harvey’s Headed Toward Danger

ATX wordsmith on acting, building mountains, and his inner finger

"...Waterloo Records today, 5pm, and four hours later at Strange Brew...."

July 31, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

SXSW: Nik Turner Spreads His Cosmic Wings

Hawkwind co-founder to re-enact the 'Space Ritual'

"...into the musical cosmos on the wings of Hawkwind, stranger in a strange land and a friend to all...."

March 15, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Andy Brown Wins Scoot Inn Beer-Bobbing Contest

"...Beer Bob (this year benefiting the Crack Pipes' Billy Steve Korpi) with live music, a beer-bobbing competition, and free..."

July 8, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Public Notice: Through the Looking Glass

The strange logic of "new urban" housing policy

"...such proposal was raised at Council, it was Mayor Steve Adler and urbanist darling Greg Casar who quietly scotched..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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