SXSW Eco and TribFest: Festivals for the Rest of Y'all

Sate your inner policy wonk at these two fall favorites

"...for their festival pleasures. Some crave the communal solitude of the cinema. But when policy wonks want to get..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Aftermath of the Big Headline: Stronger

David Gordon Green talks about the unlucky bystander to history

"...During the opening weekend of the Toronto International Film Festival, Stronger made its world..."

Oct. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...space is small and austere: fluorescent bulbs and walls of bare brick, a window for observers in an adjoining..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Banks of the Blanco

Environmentalists and Hays County clash over river-clearing project

"...trees onto a bonfire. That's the scene a group of kayakers found one recent morning at a bend in..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Windmill State of Mind

A Q&A with the authors of a new book on the story behind Texas wind power

"...Wind power may seem to be the redheaded stepchild of Texas' energy portfolio, but it turns out to have..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Evolution of KNDRX

Rapper finds his singing voice

"...Following a three-year drought of musical output, Cory Kendrix bounced back in late July..."

Aug. 6, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Many Worlds of Author Marshall Ryan Maresca

The Austin-based maestro of Maradaine writes and sells at a steady and impressive pace

"...Marshall Ryan Maresca's debut novel, The Thorn of Dentonhill, came out from DAW Books in February of..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

When You Pause the Heart of an Eagle and Can Feel Its Fear

Steve Moore's smartphone thriller for Fusebox comes to an end.

"...been getting text messages from the FBI since April of this year...."

Oct. 22, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story

Tristram Shandy’s inspired, breakneck madness provides a good forum for Michael Winterbottom’s chief talent: the illumination of human nature, with all its messes and occasional marvels.

"...Walliams, Jeremy Northam and Benedict Wong. A quick skim of Michael Winterbottom’s large and varied body of work, and..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Survival of the Fittest?

The unlikely story behind the Austin-based black comedy, Natural Selection.

"...It is, by all accounts, an unlikely story: During the 1996 Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Robert Rodriguez Brings His Next Project Back to Austin to Trailblaze Safe Production Protocols

Troublemaking in the time of pandemic

"...a July 27 start date – making it one of the first features to go into production under new..."

July 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: The Horror and Hilarity of HOAs in Subtopia

Luis Caffesse and Clifford Wildman bring friendship to the screen

"...on together and surprised them with a special screening of the completed movie...."

Oct. 23, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Land of the Freberg

Interview with radio-comedy pioneer Stan Freberg

"...At the grand old age of 78 years, most folks are enjoying their retirement, sitting..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...scored an invitation to the show from a member of Badu's team, but they lacked the juice to produce..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Taking the Temperature of 'Cold in July'

The film based on Joe Lansdale's novel, 'Cold in July,' is a gnarled tale of modern horror

"...His film adaptation of Cold in July is a writhing rattlesnake of Texas..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Of Comics and 'Immortals'

'Kabuki' creator David Mack talks about Tarsem's new epic

"...letting Tarsem – the director behind the visual overloads of The Cell and The Fall – loose with a..."

May 29, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Killing Fields, Kind Of

A culinary history of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre farmhouse

"...past, a neat farmhouse stood on the windswept crest of Quick Hill, southeast of the sleepy little Texas town..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

Soldier of Fortune

Comic Steven Wright offers observations on his return to short film, "One Soldier," the pressure of following up an Academy Award, and this bad trick called life.

"...else. His exquisitely crafted one-liners and dancing quantum leaps of logic reveal a mind that has spent many hours..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

The Untold Tale of Stuntwomen

Director April Wright is setting the history of Hollywood straight

"...The tale of Hollywood is just like any other narrative. "It depends..."

Sept. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Art of 'Green Lantern'

Three local artists quiz DC Comics' Doug Mahnke

"...is his run on DC Comics' Green Lantern one of the best-selling titles on the racks, but he has..."

June 23, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

An Order of Horror, Hold the Monsters

Fantastic Fest vet Simon Rumley brings his brand of scary movie to Austin

"...In 2006, British director Simon Rumley won the hearts of Fantastic Fest fans with shockingly little stage blood and..."

June 26, 2009 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Tomar Williams Hones Four Decades of Soul

Breakout of his family band, the performer seizes on his pop, soul, R&B, and hip-hop successes and failures in Tomar & the FCs

"...The dynamic namesake of Tomar & the FCs certainly looks the part in..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Michael Madsen, Last of the Warrior Poets

Mr. Blonde on poetry, hats, and 'Reservoir Dogs'

"...Ask Michael Madsen about the toughest part of filming Reservoir Dogs, and it wasn’t the low budget..."

Dec. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Into the Woods, In Search of Sator

The secret family history behind Jordan Graham's supernatural horror

"...spirit that communicated with her that became the core of Sator, the supernatural woodland horror created by her grandson,..."

April 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Cthulhu Humor of William Browning Spencer

Austin author William Browning Spencer finds the lighter side of Lovecraft and other horrors

"...H.P. Lovecraft has enjoyed something of a renaissance in the past few years. Once recognizable..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Feature by Mike Berry

The Holy Glow of TV in Hollywood Priest

New documentary on the life and faith of producer priest Bud Keiser

"...dog collar, you'd swear it was LBJ's famous method of winning people over; but it's not. It's Father Ellwood..."

May 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What Is the Livestreamed, Interactive, Cross-Country, Music-Fueled, Comedy of Natatorium?

American Berserk Theatre + Density512 really pools the talent

"...you go to live The Good Life? Would you rip-off the hardwon possessions – or the ill-gotten booty –..."

April 7, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Six Degrees of Ron Berry

With another acting job in a new play, his own new theatre about to open, his own stage company that champions theatre as something fun as well as substantive, and a lot of friends to help him make "good stuff" onstage, is Ron Berry the Happiest Man in Austin?

"...Walking into the Off Center to review the production of Physical Plant Theatre's..."

June 16, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

A Dream Collaboration: Richard Linklater and 30 animators team up to produce a startling, surreal new film.

"...Richard Linklater is on the stage of Austin's Paramount Theatre introducing his new animated movie Waking..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Project S (aka Once a Cop)

"...you know what you're seeing: Once a Cop (or Project S, its Asian title) is actually Supercop 2, which..."

June 17, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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