Rock, They Wrote

Writing From Both Sides of the Musical Fence

"...author Steve Erickson suggested that the great American novels of the past 35 years were to be found not..."

June 21, 1996 Books Feature

How Austin's Theatrical Couples Keep Romance Alive Love's Labors Won

"...that reads "Love Shack." Because the theatre is one of those places -- like summer camp -- that gives..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts and Culture Events to Get You Off the Couch

It's spring break (for some of you), get out and have some fun

"...under their care to the library’s glory early and often. So why not drop in this coming Monday at..."

March 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Soccer Mommy Is Always Changing

Singer-songwriter talks Evergreen before Saturday Austin set

"...writes sounds alike, but it’s easy to clock each of her albums – released, like clockwork, every two years..."

Feb. 20, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The UT Grads Who Helped Moana 2 Take to the Seas

How Hei Hei became the mascot for all those finishing touches

"...Working on a Disney movie means being part of a legacy. Working on a Disney animated sequel amplifies..."

Nov. 26, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Shaggy Dog Tale in Norwegian Mindbender Good Boy

Writer/director Viljar Bøe explains life inside a dog costume

"...That's basically the setup for Marley & Me, one of the great charming romantic tearjerkers of all time. It's..."

Sept. 6, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Exit Interview: So Long, Jeff Pinkus

BH Surfers/Honky/Melvins bassist off to Asheville, banjo on his knee

"...On Tuesday night, a procession of cars and pedestrians cruised by the curb of a..."

May 1, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Unearthing Daniel Johnston’s If

Producer Brian Beattie has an unreleased Daniel Johnston album ready, but can’t make amends with the late cult singer’s management

"...Kevin Curtin spoke with cult legend Daniel Johnston ahead of Austin's inaugural Hi, How Are You Day concert. The..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin's Next Shot at Ending Homelessness

Thanks to an infusion of philanthropic cash, the city and its iTeam embark on a new effort

"...I was having fun and had guys taking care of me. My significant other at the time didn't think..."

Aug. 24, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Sistering the Brothers Grimm

Austin-born artist Natalie Frank makes fables viscerally visual in her exhibition at the Blanton

"...the graying hippies dream, there lived in the heart of Austin a young woman given to traveling, who would..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Go Make Your Own Movie

Local filmmaker tackles the Big Boys

"...own band!" – have continued to influence multiple generations of artists and misfits the world over. Frankly, an equally..."

June 5, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Vanish

Bryan Bockbrader takes the sealed-bottle drama on the road

"...together. So what happens when you combine the claustrophobia of one, with the perpetual movement of the other? That's..."

Feb. 21, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Russian Drama Festival

Austin gets another taste of contemporary Russian drama, and so does actor Joey Hood

"...Austin actor Joey Hood will again star in one of the contemporary Russian plays being presented in Breaking String..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

sxswf: Even More 'Incendiary'

More from our Q&A with filmmakers Steve Mims and Joe Bailey Jr.

"...The death penalty case of Cameron Todd Willingham, executed in 2004 for the alleged..."

March 10, 2011 SXSW Post by Jordan Smith

For Mature Audiences Only

How did Kevin Smith prep to make a movie about two kids making a porn? Years of research.

"...what it sounds like. It's raunchy, sexy, funny, and profane enough to make your grandmother explode at 20 paces..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

In Stereoscope

Sarah Lipstate's songs – and shorts – of innocence and experiments

"...show and her experimental band will showcase as part of South by Southwest's Film and Music Festivals, only months..."

March 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Comics (Artist) Panel

Five Austinites on the state of the sequential art, from comics to comix to manga and beyond

"...Austin has a pedigree of comic-book artists to make any bullpen on any coast..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Joey Seiler

Don't Fear the Interface

Web designers are wielding the coolest new tools for the greater good

"...to complete my day's tasks. Let's, for the sake of discretion, call this tool SapDitch; it is the bane..."

March 3, 2006 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Keeping Cesar Alive

Actor Ed Begley Jr. explains how he was inspired to write a musical honoring his friend Cesar Chavez

"...If all you know of Ed Begley Jr. is his work on television or..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Trouping Ahead

The Latino Comedy Project keeps creating laughter and its own opportunities

"...The contemporary comedy scene boasts plenty of culturally adept comedians who are witty or clever, but..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad

SXSW Film Reviews

"...Academy Awards for his landmark cinematography (including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?). Mark is a blandly jovial fellow who..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Anybody's Home?

The Texas Documentary Tour: Liz Lambert's 'The Last Days of the San José'

"...week (or $30 a day) – with the intention of transforming the vintage 1936 Spanish Colonial-style tourist court with..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Mouthing Off

Lowell Bartholomee has a lot to say, and he says it in plays that blaze like a Klieg instrument throwing gritty metrosphere of modern life into stark relief -- stark comic relief.

"...Lowell Bartholomee ... yeah, the name's a bit of a mouthful -- and the man himself has more..."

July 26, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Homecoming Queen

Many actors leave Austin seeking a career on the stage and are never heard from by the folks in their old hometown. But Austin native Starla Benford has come home as the star of a national tour. She talks about starting out at Harvard, making her mark as a professional, and nine months on the road with The Vagina Monologues.

"...Every season sees a handful of actors who have distinguished themselves on local stages take..."

June 8, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Who You Gonna Call?

Small Texas towns look to Austin and Washington to jump-start economic development

"...against, Brim couldn't get a bank to touch his project. So he ran through a long, withering gauntlet of..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Flies on the Wall With Attitude

Cinéma vérité pioneer Robert Drew, coming to town this Wednesday for the Texas Documentary Tour, speaks about the films he has made and the film style he helped create.

"...under his belt, is widely viewed as the father of American cinéma vérité, a style of documentary that emerged..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Blood Feast

Shadow of the Vampire isn't just an imaginative riff on the making of F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu. "It is an allegory of an aspect of what cinema is at its heart," says director E. Elias Merhige. "It's this dangerous, mad kind of science."

"...hearts pump blood to our bodies. The flickering pulse of the images create physiological reactions that make our hearts..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Record Reviews

Barbarito Torres

"...the Buena Vista Social Cloob. Destined to become one of the few musical legacies from the Nineties, BVSC is..."

July 9, 1999 Music Review

Tasting Defeat

"...at all. He says it's because he fears awkward, off-the-cuff commentary could dilute songs he's spent years perfecting. Along..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Weird Bands From Texas

"...When Butthole Surfers drummer King Coffey made his New Year's resolution to start a record..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

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