Luv Doc Recommends: SXSW Film Festival screening of Super Size Me

Paramount Theatre, Saturday, March 13, 2004

"...while eating. Nothing wrong with a little multitasking. Just remember to hold your sammich away from the paper, or..."

March 12, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

A Walking Contradiction: Texas High Schools, Football, and Concussions

Thousands of students mash helmets every weekend – at what cost?

"...Jacob Baran knew his brain was injured, though any memory of the hit is lost. His recollection is limited..."

Oct. 30, 2013 Sports Post by Joseph Baucum

A Super Bowl to Remember

Who Dat nation rejoices

"...The Super Bowl is arguably the biggest sporting event in the..."

Feb. 8, 2010 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Imposters Take Toll On Me and Mack Brown

"...You’ll recognize me at Mack Brown’s Monday morning press conference as the..."

Sept. 4, 2007 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Super Dark Times

Fantastic Fest 2017 preview

"...Ignore the retro-teen look: Super Dark Times is less Stranger Things, more Lars von..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Super-8's Super Fans

The Cinemaker Co-op preserves the art of the littlest of motion picture formats -- Super-8 -- and trains tomorrow's filmmakers along the way.

"...stumbling across a cache of my father's old film equipment secreted away in our spacious, chilly, and forbiddingly dank..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

High-Tech Heist

A former Power Computing company employee stole memory modules and drew a 25-year prison sentence.

"...officer for a company called Power Computing. To get some quick cash, Pierce fiddled with Power Computing's accounting software..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt

Vivid yet impressionistic, this documentary tribute to the musician Townes Van Zandt brings the life and the music of this songwriter's songwriter into focus.

"...late musician and his career into rare focus. The documentary’s point of view can be as broad and rambling..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Long Lines and Close Races Defined Super Tuesday in Travis County

The votes are in!

"...Texas did not deliver too many shocking surprises, but high Election Day turnout and the resurrection of Joe Biden..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

High Texas Rider

Before the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados, the Lone Star State's voice of the Vox organ, Augie Meyers, was San Antonio's Lord August & the Visions of Lite

"...On the yet-to-be-compiled list of Top 10 All-Time Rock & Roll Keyboard Riffs, Augie Meyers is a..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

AISD: A Chat With the New Super

"...Austin Independent School District gets its new leader when Meria Carstarphen leaves her current post, as superintendent of St...."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

High Stress at EMS

ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...resolution to "be done with this place," Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services paramedic Ryan Burger took a Glock 40..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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

"...other music industry hopefuls at Austin's annual spring break megaconference...."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

The Slow Dying of Johnston High

State accountability standards may close a school on the edge of survival

"...Eastside might have been a turning point for Johnston High School...."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

High School Stakes

Austin ISD election could shape a new direction for the district

"...They will effectively be holding a referendum on district Super­intendent Meria Carstarphen. Currently, the board is balanced 6-3, with..."

Oct. 5, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

It's a Mystery to Me

"...a certain snotty conceit that all genre fiction is somehow inferior to so-called "literary" fiction, that Hammett was a..."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Take Two Aspirin and Ping Me in the Morning

Heath care: an oral future

"...Translating a message that might save mankind, John Nosta sounds like one..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Point Austin: The Super Looks Back

Retiring Pat Forgione considers a decade mostly well spent

"...fair. While it's undeniable that the retiring Austin ISD superintendent could talk the painted mascot off a gymnasium wall,..."

May 22, 2009 News Column by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: High Times at the Hunker A-Go-Go

Campaign antics are a good way to kill time in the mayor's race

"...Groening, here are this election campaign's forbidden words: "Tough Times." "Renewable." "The Crow's Nest." "In It for You." And..."

April 3, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Little Documentary That Could

How Morgan Spurlock's 'Super Size Me' took a giant bite out of the fast-food industry

"...from "I'm Not Really Lovin' It: Morgan Spurlock and Super Size Me," Austin Chronicle daily, March 19.] Don't know..."

May 14, 2004 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

Maxed Out

A documentary about our credit-card mess and some of the casualties of debt.

"...Directed by: James D. Scurlock. To the list of great and terrifying..."

March 16, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Doug Benson's Total Scam of a Life

The 411 on the 420 comedian

"...Comedian and Super High Me star Doug Benson should be..."

July 2, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

All Access

Austin's B-Side Entertainment rethinks how to get a movie to the masses

"...On Jan. 25, The New York Times ran what was a fairly glum take on the..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Mike Kanin

Janie Cowan’s Fascinating Musical Journey Finds Her Playing Alongside Bob Dylan in Shadow Kingdom

Checking in on the one-time Austin bass standout

"...Everyone’s smoking: perfect, exquisite, timeless smoking. Endless puffs of cigarette smoke wafts up from..."

July 28, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...So SXSW made its first announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Film News

We're No. 1! We're No. 1!

"...Ponder these two facts: MovieMaker magazine has proclaimed Austin the best place to "live, work and make..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

SXSW Comedy: Doug Benson & Master Pancake: Leprechaun 5

Beloved pot and movie buff is back at SXSW with signature shows

"...are like frozen yogurt shops: There are always three times more of them than the world needs. At least..."

March 17, 2017 Arts Post by Carina Magyar

New Model for a Funny Business

Bill Burr and Al Madrigal's All Things Comedy lets the folks making jokes own more than the laughs

"..."It used to be that comedians were these competitive independent contractors, lone wolves sort of..."

March 13, 2015 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Top 5 SXSW Comedy Shows

From a family of Pythons to upstanding citizens, this year's biggest laughs

"...to date. Give yourself a much deserved break, and come laugh along at the South by Southwest Comedy Festival...."

March 11, 2022 Features Feature by Dina Barrish

Fun Fun Fun Fest Comedy

Your quick guide to the national headliners and local laugh makers at Fun Fun Fun 2013

"...David James (Fri., noon) Area man, dapper host of Austin's favorite..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

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