Unleashing the Hounds of Love

Director Ben Young on his serial-killer couple drama

"...The serial killer as lone wolf is terrifying enough. Yet..."

May 12, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

Remarkable animated adventure from graphic novelist Dash Shaw

"...just think James Cameron’s Titanic could’ve used more sharks? Then Fantastic Fest has good news: Comic book artist/writer turned..."

Sept. 24, 2016 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

The Year in Food

The 2014 tastes we just couldn't stop thinking about

"...1) JESTER KING/LIVE OAK KOLLABORATIONSBIER Featuring the uncanny likeness of Live Oak Brewing's Chip McElroy (albeit..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Food Feature by Anna Toon

Luv Doc Recommends: Marmalakes, the Frontier Brothers, Mother Falcon

Parish, Saturday, November 27, 2010

"...Simmer down, Aggies, simmer down. Yes, the rotting corpse smell of the Longhorn football season has..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

The Daily Hustle: 4/27/10

Sample some TDH -- no permit required

"...Wade through the agenda with us after the jump...."

April 27, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Town Lake Animal Center: The End of the Beginning of the End

Council moves closer to some resolution of the animal shelter problem, amidst furious protests.

"...expected. A capacity crowd at Thursday's council meeting saw the council make a step towards the closure and demolition..."

Oct. 12, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Night at the Movies With Evan Smith

Texas Tribune founder honored by the Texas Film Hall of Fame for his services to cinema

"...Looking back over its 20 years, the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards ceremony has given..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

We the Animals

Growing up dysfunctional in this literary adaptation

"...We the Animals isn’t the sort of film that much concerns..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Pick of the Litter

Five adorable puppies on the path to changing lives

"...It's one of those old conundrums that has plagued the human-canine relationship, but such issues do not bother this..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Bookshop

British period literary drama is pretty weak tea

"...Who can possibly hate a book shop? Or rather, why? That's the ponderous engine meant to drive the..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Rider

Powerful docudrama of life on the range.

"...doctors warn that he will likely die from any further head injuries. A cowboy and a gifted horse trainer,..."

April 27, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Untamed

Sex and body horror in the backwoods

"...it is or where it comes from? Some residual animal instinct perhaps. In Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalante’s fourth feature,..."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Claw-in-Claw With The Lobster

Director Yorgos Lanthimos reveals the beast within

"...you’ll be turned into a crustacean. It sounds like the setup for a Disney fairy tale, but in his..."

May 20, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stop the Torture!

"...progressive city filled with thinkers and people who lead the way on social issues. Let's stop this barbaric torturing..."

March 2, 2016 Postmarks

Summoning The Witch

Writer/director Robert Eggers on making a historical horror

"...The past is a terrifying place, and the dark, devil-plagued..."

Feb. 18, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Norm of the North

Animated bear protects his Arctic home

"...child who won’t take no for an answer is the only reason I can think of to recommend seeing..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Peter and the Wolf Go to Texas

Lionheart Youth Theatre's new adaptation unites the music of Mother Falcon with the puppets of Glass Half Full Theatre

"...To get from the Peter and the Wolf that you know (Russian folk..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Death Watch: Neville the Dog

Neville the dog's euthanization order appealed

"...Last month a 2-year-old boy was bitten on the cheek by Neville, a 30-pound lab mix and Austin..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Boy Next Door

Jennifer Lopez stars in this brazenly dumb MILF thriller.

"...incandescent Judy Garland standing in a moonlit window in the 1944 screen musical Meet Me in St. Louis, wistfully..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bill of the Week: No 'Easy Death'

Bill ends animal shelter gas chambers

"...Seagoville Police Sergeant Karl Bailey was asked to run the town's animal shelter, he knew he had a problem...."

May 18, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

The Croods

Animated cave dwellers are stealth charmers.

"...Stoopid title. Sweet movie. And not the crack-your-teeth, cloying kind of sweet: DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Future

As an unsparing portrait of disaffection among the small-paycheck, faux-creative class, Miranda July's film is on the mark but her performance grates nevertheless.

"...asides and keen observations in her second feature film. The Future is a drab dramedy about thirtysomethings flailing about..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Sunday Survey: 9/19/10

Perry debate-dodges and council budget-passes

"...debate by setting ridiculous criteria. Huzzah! So much for the democratic process...."

Sept. 19, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

A kidnapping caper with only three characters and one basic location, this masterful British film ratchets up the suspense to mind-frying proportions.

"...As thrilling cinematic tension goes, this UK import bypasses the metaphorical piano-wire garrote and blasts off into the razor-ribbon-around-an-infant's-neck..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Daily Hustle: 5/5/10

One dog of a post

"...Busy day on the Board and Commission roster: City Council's Public Health and..."

May 5, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Animation

See the five animated shorts in competition for the Oscar, and judge for yourself.

"...Directed by: Various. I’ve given up predicting the Academy Awards. Most years the wrong films are nominated,..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Mountain Goats Gruff

Getty's got the Mountain Goat on the horn.

"...The first time I heard John Darnielle's voice, he ripped..."

March 11, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate Getty

The Aura

A sure winner for arthouse audiences with crossover appeal, Fabián Bielinsky's The Aura spins a purely enjoyable web of intrigue within a meditative, dreamlike setting.

"...observant but inactive beta male who fantasizes about robbing the bank while waiting in line for a teller. Dumped..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Adapted from Patrick Süskind's heretofore unadaptable cult novel about an olfactory vampire in 18th-century France, Perfume is a gorgeous but woefully overlong and ultimately misguided mess.

"...that attempts to re-create Süskind's memorably overripe novel via the visual (and to a lesser degree, audio) nature of..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj

This highly unanticipated offering is cut ’n’ paste horn-dog humor.

"...As a primer on 1,001 ways to refer to the female anatomy without actually using the word "vagina," his..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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